Printer Friendly
The Free Library
14,557,847 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Automates and Outsources Scheduling with SCI Solutions.


Access Management Vendor Achieves Rapid Implementation Record

LOS GATOS, Calif. -- SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec.

(hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface.

2. UART.
 Solutions, the premiere Access Management solution provider for healthcare, today announced it has partnered with Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center to provide advanced enterprise scheduling to the Brooklyn, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 area, servicing numerous medical clinics across five separate locations. Schedule Maximizer is SCI's intelligent scheduling application that streamlines Access, maximizes scarce resources, performs advanced pre-registration and enables web self-scheduling.

In March 2006, Kingsbrook, an 864-bed medical training institution comprised of a 326-bed acute care hospital and a 538-bed adult and pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children.

pe·di·at·ric
adj.
Of or relating to pediatrics.
 skilled nursing long-term care facility long-term care facility
n.
See skilled nursing facility.
, went live with SCI Solution's core Schedule Maximizer product. The go-live included the following: Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center with 33 medical clinics, Crown Heights Family Health Center with 7 medical clinics and five other community locations.

According to Nympha nympha /nym·pha/ (nim´fah) pl. nym´phae   [Gr.] one of the labia minora pudendi.

nym·pha
n. pl. nym·phae
Either of the labia minora.
 Meindel, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.


(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization.
, Kingsbrook, "We were extremely pleased with SCI's rapid installation process." She continued, "Schedule Maximizer was live five weeks after the project kick-off due to the use of SCI's iWizard technology for database building, the focused attention of SCI and Kingsbrook staff and the application's ASP delivery."

After the successful system implementation, Kingbrook outsourced call-handling for its clinics to American Medical Alert Corporation (AMAC AMAC Adults Molested As Children
AMAC Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities
AMAC Aircraft Monitor And Control
AMAC Approximate Message Authentication Code
AMAC American Military Arms Corporation
AMAC Asset Management Assistance Center
), based in Long Island City, NY. AMAC takes calls and schedules appointments for patients directly into Schedule Maximizer on Kingsbrook's behalf. The advanced Schedule Maximizer rules engine minimizes training for new users and ensures that AMAC agents never book an appointment in error.

In late May 2007, Kingsbrook will be expanding the use of Schedule Maximizer to its Radiology department and will also be implementing SCI's Eligibility module for automated checking of eligibility and benefits verification. In addition to improving the quality and efficiency of Radiology scheduling, this implementation will also feed appointment data to Stockamp's pre-encounter financial verification tool.

"Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center is committed to exceeding the healthcare Access needs of our clinics and our customers," stated Deborah Mabry, Assistant Vice President for Ambulatory Care ambulatory care
n.
Medical care provided to outpatients.


ambulatory care,
n the health services provided on an outpatient basis to those who can visit a health care facility and return home the same day.
 Services. She added, "We chose SCI Solutions because of their proven track record in improving their customers registration, scheduling and physician ordering/referral processes to make hospitals more physician/patient-friendly and efficient."

John Holton, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , SCI Solutions commented, "We are pleased with the opportunity to provide our advanced Access Management solutions to help Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center to streamline their administrative processes, improve their customers' satisfaction with their services and to expedite access to patient care delivery." He added, "SCI now has five Schedule Maximizer customers in the New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
 area."

About SCI Solutions

SCI Solutions is transforming healthcare Access Management with products and services that facilitate the efficient and secure exchange of clinical and financial information between patients, physicians and healthcare facilities. SCI provides a variety of applications and self-service portals that help physicians and patients interact easily and at their convenience for many of their access-related needs. From a hospital's clinical departments, to its financial executives, to its physicians SCI improves their effectiveness while making the patient's service experience first class.

Founded in 1999, SCI Solutions is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA with additional offices in Tucson, AZ, Pensacola, FL and employees throughout the Unites States. For more information about SCI Solutions visit www.scisolutions.com.

About Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, celebrating its 82nd year, is an 864-bed teaching Medical Center, dedicated to meeting the health needs of one of Brooklyn's most culturally diverse communities. Kingsbrook continues to implement programs and services that respond to the vital health needs and concerns of the community at large. Centers of Excellence Include: Physical & Rehabilitative Medicine, including Brooklyn's only New York State approved Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury and is one of two subsets of acquired brain  & Coma Recovery Unit, an inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Program, a Vascular Center of Excellence, an outpatient Caribbean Community Mental Health Program, the Wound Healing & Hyperbaric hyperbaric /hy·per·bar·ic/ (-bar´ik) having greater than normal pressure or weight; said of gases under greater than atmospheric pressure, or of a solution of greater specific gravity than another used as a reference standard.  Center, Orthopedic Surgery, an ADA Ada, city, United States
Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area.
 Certified Diabetes Self-Management Center, a Women's Wellness Center featuring Minimally-Invasive Gynecological Surgery and state of the art Digital Mammography. Other specialty areas include: Emergency Services, a state-of-the-art Cardioloy Suite, Ambulatory Surgery and a Certified Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, as well as a 538-bed Adult and Pediatric long term care facility. Kingsbrook and Rutland Nursing Home are JCAHO JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, see there  certified and not-for-profit members of the Greater New York Hospital Association and the Healthcare Association of New York State. For more information about Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center visit www.kingsbrook.org.
COPYRIGHT 2007 Business Wire
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2007, Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Business Wire
Date:May 15, 2007
Words:723
Previous Article:3M Acquires DMS Chile.
Next Article:Warner Bros. Pictures Chooses Vibes Media to Help 'Nancy Drew' Fans 'Get a Clue'.
Topics:



Related Articles
Putting patient care first.
LOCAL JEWS CELEBRATE WITH BOOKS.(L.A. LIFE)
David Minkin.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
MARKETRON LAUNCHES MARKETRON 6 BROADCAST MANAGEMENT SOLUTION.
BRIEFLY.(News)
KIRK, LUKE, Q ... WHO ELSE DO YOU NEED?(U)
Analyst terms EMS outlook 'cautious'.(Industry NEWS)
Mosler joins board of Kingsbrook Healthcare.(Bruce E. Mosler joins Kingsbrook Healthcare System Inc.)(Brief Article)
CARING DOESN'T GROW OLD AT CENTER.(News)
CRN co-principal investigator receives $1.04 million grant from the NIH.(News from the Foundation for Physical Therapy)(government grants for...

Terms of use | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles