Cooley Dickinson Hospital Chooses QuadraMed Affinity for Patient Care Advantages.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers SAN RAFAEL San Rafael (săn rəfĕl`), residential city (1990 pop. 48,404), seat of Marin co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco on the northern shore of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1913. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 11, 2002 From Computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. Physician Order Entry to Patient Financial Management, Affinity's Functionality, Integration Capabilities Prove Superior QuadraMed Corporation (Nasdaq:QMDC) today announced that Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass., will replace its legacy systems with the QuadraMed Affinity(R) healthcare information system. The move, based on the superior functionality of Affinity's depth of clinical, financial, and patient management applications and third-party integration advantages, represents a $2.7 million investment for the facility. "QuadraMed's Affinity product, and specifically, Clinician clinician /cli·ni·cian/ (kli-nish´in) an expert clinical physician and teacher. cli·ni·cian n. Access, should help us give better care by improving access to clinical information to physicians and nurses at the time of decision-making," said Kim Bruce Abell, M.D., CDH Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) A condition in which the fetal diaphragm—the muscle dividing the chest and abdominal cavity—does not close completely. Mentioned in: Prenatal Surgery Selection Committee member and family physician on Cooley Dickinson Hospital's Medical Staff. "This includes access from the office and home, with appropriate security protocols. Computerized Physician Order Entry should help reduce errors, leading to better safety for all patients. The interface and navigation is easy, like browsing See browse. the Web, requiring fewer keypunches to get to data. QuadraMed seems open-minded about providing products and support for new technology in the future, such as handheld devices." "We feel confident we have chosen a go-forward product from a leading information systems vendor and believe we are assured of superior functionality," said Elise Ames, Chief Information Officer at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. QuadraMed Affinity is a Web-enabled healthcare information system that seamlessly integrates clinical, financial, and patient information systems in single- or multi-facility hospitals. Distinguished by its single person-centered database, Affinity allows healthcare facilities to improve patient care with a wide variety of tools geared toward effectively managing and using patient data. "We're honored to have Cooley-Dickinson as a customer. They were focused on quality of care issues and we are pleased that they are one of the first hospitals to purchase our Computerized Physician Order Entry," said Frank Pecaitis, Senior Vice President of QuadraMed's Enterprise Division. About Cooley Dickinson Hospital Offering a variety of inpatient inpatient /in·pa·tient/ (in´pa-shent) a patient who comes to a hospital or other health care facility for diagnosis or treatment that requires an overnight stay. in·pa·tient n. and outpatient services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples at its 125-bed facility in Northampton, Mass., as well as at satellite locations throughout New England's historic Pioneer Valley, Cooley Dickinson Hospital has pursued its founding vision of patient-centered healthcare for more than a century. The non-profit hospital A non-profit hospital, or not-for-profit hospital, is a hospital which is organized as a non-profit corporation. Based on their charitable purpose and most often affiliated with a religious denomination they are a traditional means of delivering medical care in the United States. has been consistently identified as the Valley's Best Hospital in local newspaper readership read·er·ship n. 1. The readers of a publication considered as a group. 2. Chiefly British The office of a reader at a university. surveys and was recognized by HCIA-Sachs' Regional Benchmarks for Success among "100 Top Hospitals Regional." Cooley Dickinson is a member of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance, a group of local hospitals, mental health centers and home health care agencies located in Vermont, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). and Massachusetts. Learn more about Cooley Dickinson Hospital at www.cooley-dickinson.org. About QuadraMed Corporation QuadraMed is dedicated to developing information technology and providing consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" that help healthcare professionals deliver outstanding patient care with optimum efficiency. Offering real-world solutions for every aspect of acute care information management, QuadraMed has four main product lines: Affinity(R) Healthcare Information System, Quantim(R) Health Information Management Software and Services, Complysource(R) Compliance Solutions, and Chancellor(TM) Financial Products and Services. Behind our products and services are nearly 1,000 professionals whose healthcare experience has earned QuadraMed the trust and loyalty of its many customers. To find out more about QuadraMed, visit http://www.quadramed.com/. Note to Editors: QuadraMed, Affinity, Quantim, and Complysource are registered trademarks of QuadraMed Corporation. Chancellor is a trademark of QuadraMed Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective holders. |
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