Ethidium Health Systems Powers Medical Record Network for Take Care Health Systems; System Facilitates Care for Tens of Thousands of Patients in Multiple States.HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. -- Ethidium Health Systems, a leading developer of clinical information management software and services, today announced that it has successfully deployed its clinical software in 16 Take Care Health Systems (TCHS TCHS The Colony High School (The Colony, TX) TCHS Temple City High School (California) TCHS Timber Creek High School (Orlando, Florida) ) locations in Portland, OR and Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , KS and MO. Using web technology and open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced (including HL7), the seamlessly integrated patient kiosk and electronic medical record (EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. ) solution connects nurse practitioners nurse practitioner n. Abbr. NP A registered nurse with special training for providing primary health care, including many tasks customarily performed by a physician. , patients, pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
Ethidium customized its E-Health Platform for Take Care Health Systems to enable their nurse practitioners to have secure, instant access to the medical records of any patient seen at any of their many convenient locations. With Ethidium's technology, patients can now sign-in to be seen by a nurse practitioner using a user-friendly kiosk in the pharmacy, and their information will automatically be updated in the EMR as well as corporate billing systems. The integrated solution delivers point-of-care documentation using guidelines, ePrescribing with formulary formulary /for·mu·lary/ (for´mu-lar?e) a collection of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions. National Formulary see under N. for·mu·lar·y n. and drug interaction checking, document scanning, automated coding, credit card processing, discharge instruction generation, and more. "EHS EHS Environmental Health and Safety EHS Early Head Start (pre-school program) EHS Extremely Hazardous Substance (EPA) EHS Environmental Health Services EHS Exchange Hosted Services quickly delivered a suite of clinical applications to Take Care that enhances their productivity and enables patients to gain access to high quality, affordable healthcare," stated Matias Klein, President and Chief Technology Officer of Ethidium Health Systems. Take Care operates Take Care Health Centers inside retail pharmacies. Take Care currently has 16 locations - seven inside Rite Aid Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) is a United States retailer and pharmacy chain, operating over 5,000 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains. in Portland, Oregon and nine in Osco Drug Osco Drug is a chain of pharmacy stores which operate under Supervalu Pharmacies. Most Oscos currently can be found in Jewel supermarkets. Since 2006, Osco is a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu Pharmacies of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu. stores in Kansas City, KS and MO. Take Care has deployed Ethidium's technology in all these locations. Take Care recently announced plans to open 1400 centers by the end of 2008, in partnership with major retailers such as Brooks-Eckerd, Rite Aid, and Osco Drug and Sav-on pharmacies. "Ethidium's E-health Platform has enabled Take Care to launch in our initial markets in a very short timeframe, while helping deliver upon our long-term goal of providing a paperless system for our nurse practitioners, and our vision of a system where patients can have their information recorded and stored electronically. Working collaboratively the fully integrated Kiosk and EMR are unique to the industry," said Pat Lucas, Chief Information Officer at Take Care Health Systems. "This successful deployment highlights how our next-generation, low cost, on-demand model clinical platform can connect patients, doctors, hospitals, and payors in support of the creation of market-driven Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs). We look forward to rolling out many more sites and moving forward in our mission to provide systems that streamline the business of healthcare while improving the clinician-patient relationship," stated Klein. About Ethidium Health Systems Founded in 1999 with the mission of developing simple, low-cost software systems that empower medical professionals and healthcare organizations to improve the quality of healthcare delivery, Ethidium Health Systems focuses on creative ways to solve the critical problems faced by their clients. www.ethidium.com. About Take Care Health Systems Take Care Health Systems of Conshohocken, PA is bringing high-quality, convenient and affordable health care to all Americans by working with national retail pharmacies, focusing on collaboration with traditional health care channels and leveraging best-in-class technology. www.takecarehealth.com. |
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