Misys Healthcare Systems Broadens UK Operations to Support International Business Growth; Company Opens Sussex Headquarters Office and Appoints New UK Executive.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers TUCSON, Ariz. & BURGESS HILL Coordinates: Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish within the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex. , United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2003--Misys Healthcare Systems, a division of Misys plc (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : MYS.L) and a worldwide market leader in healthcare information technology, announced today the opening of its UK headquarters office in Sussex and the appointment of Duane Lawrence as general manager and head of UK International Sales. "The opening of the Misys Sussex office led by senior executive Duane Lawrence offers enormous opportunities to better manage our business growth and build upon our strong service culture for our European client base of nearly 50 healthcare providers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and the Middle East," said Andrew Lawson Andrew Cowper Lawson (1861-1952) was a professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the editor of the 1908 report on the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake which became known as the "Lawson Report". , president of Misys Healthcare Systems, Hospital Systems business unit. "This strategic operations move establishes Misys as the premier clinical software company in the international healthcare market, where already the company has a proven track record of product expertise and longevity, solid financials and direct affiliation with Misys plc, the parent organization and one of the UK's most prestigious blue-chip companies." Lawrence has 15 years experience in the healthcare industry. He is a former director of Misys Healthcare Systems - Physician Services business unit based in Raleigh, N.C. During his career with Misys, he led client implementation services, oversaw product management of practice management systems, and held rising sales executive positions. Lawrence recently relocated to the UK. "Misys' best-of-breed laboratory, radiology and pharmacy solutions and the recent addition of Misys Image Management(TM) PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. solution and Misys CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac (TM), formerly Patient1(R) from Per-Se Technologies, forms our comprehensive clinical information suite now being offered to the international market," said Lawrence. "Our expanded clinical offerings, coupled with our new Sussex facility, positions Misys strongly to serve the needs of the National Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract (NHS NHS abbr. National Health Service NHS (in Britain) National Health Service ) as it works to integrate departmental and enterprise-wide systems within the Integrated Care Record Services (ICRS ICRS International Celestial Reference System ICRS International Cartilage Repair Society ICRS International Cannabinoid Research Society ICRS International Coral Reef Symposium ICRS Instituts Canadiens de Recherche en Santé ) initiative." Misys' newest UK-based customers include University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust National Health Service Trusts (NHS Trusts) provide many services of the National Health Service in England and Wales. They are not trusts in the legal sense but are in effect public sector corporations. , who recently acquired the CoPathPlus(TM) pathology system, and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, now implementing the Misys CPR, an electronic patient record (EPR EPR Electron Paramagnetic Resonance EPR Extended Producer Responsibility EPR Electronic Patient Record(s) EPR Emergency Preparedness and Response (US DHS) EPR Endpoint Reference EPR Ethylene-Propylene Rubber ) solution. Tony Curtis, chief executive officer of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and former EPR project manager, said, "We are pleased with the opportunities proposed by our new relationship with Misys Healthcare Systems. When implementing a system as complex as a multi-site electronic patient record, it is important to have not only the best solution, but also a strong technology partnership." Long-term UK client Kevin Feltham, Ph.D., project manager of pathology at Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust in West London West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London. Although it is only ambiguously defined, it is one of the most economically active areas of London outside of the centre, containing significant amounts of office space along with Heathrow Airport and many of , echoed support for Misys' new UK support facilities. "Misys is extremely supportive with our Misys Laboratory(TM) implementation and work with other third parties to install and test three different HIS interfaces to upgrade or replace nearly 400 workstations," said Feltham. "The General Laboratory module and CoPathPlus(TM) anatomic pathology system from Misys, expected to go live later this year, will enable our eight hospitals to track and manage specimen samples referred between the sites more efficiently." "We are delighted to see Misys Healthcare Systems strengthening their team in Europe," said Graham Frost, M.D., for UK-based InterSystems, the company partnering with Misys to deploy Cache database technology to support Web-based transactions. "With their expanded electronic patient record systems offering, Misys now has a powerful and proven suite of clinical solutions that deserves serious consideration by healthcare providers." About Misys Healthcare Systems Misys Healthcare Systems, a division of Misys plc, is among the top five healthcare IT companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The company designs, develops and supports a comprehensive suite of information products, and currently serves over 85,000 physicians, 1,200 hospitals, 600 home care providers and hundreds of commercial laboratories, clinics, managed services and other related organizations. For more information, visit www.misyshealthcare.com. About Misys plc Misys plc, the global software products and solutions company, serves customers in the international banking and securities, international healthcare, and UK retail financial services sectors. The group partners with its customers to deliver outstanding IT solutions to essential industries. For the year ended May 31, 2003, Misys reported revenues in excess of $1.5 billion. Misys employs more than 6,500 people internationally. For more information, visit www.misys.com. Misys CPR, Misys Image Management, Misys Laboratory are trademarks of Misys Hospital Systems, Inc. d/b/a Misys Healthcare Systems. CoPathPlus is a trademark of Cerner DHT (Distributed Hash Table) A method for storing hash tables in geographically distributed locations in order to provide a failsafe lookup mechanism for distributed computing. , Inc. Other trademarks or registered trademarks are the marks of their respective owners. |
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