South Africa: InterMed Taps Dimension Data to Support and Implement EMR System, Enhancing Processes, Responsiveness and Patient Care.

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Dimension Data, a $4.5 billion IT services and solutions provider, today announced the implementation, support and integration of InterMed, P.A.'s electronic medical record (EMR) system. For InterMed, a primary and specialty care medical group serving 65,000 patients in southern Maine, the use of EMRs provides improved efficiency -- with patient information, including allergies and medical history, readily available electronically -- as well as enhanced quality of care. In addition, InterMed physicians report that the EMR system has improved accuracy in records, enabled doctors to spend more time with patients and less with documentation, and contributed to a simpler, more accessible consumer healthcare experience.

"The EMR system and the new communication capabilities have given healthcare personnel in the office or working remotely instant access to all patient documentation, to include office notes, lab, imaging and administrative information they might need," said Dr. Dan Loiselle, Internal Medicine, InterMed. "With real-time access to patient appointment information across the entire practice, any cancellations can quickly be replaced, saving the practice both time and money."

To support InterMed's new EMR and practice management system -- which ties together all data on patient visits, billing, staffing, reimbursements and other documentation -- Dimension Data assessed network requirements, selected necessary hardware and software, designed and installed the network, and handled integration. For a successful EMR implementation, it was particularly important that InterMed's data be filtered, accessed and modified quickly, bringing relevant information to medical personnel's computer screens within seconds to ensure usability. By employing high-end load balancers, Dimension Data was able to maximize reliability and throughput, while minimizing time spent receiving and processing information.

"These new technologies have fundamentally changed the way we deliver care to patients," said Dan McCormack, CEO, InterMed. "As our IT needs evolved, Dimension Data has provided valuable assistance and expertise. As a result, doctors and staff have been impressed by the ease-of-use and efficiencies of our new system, and patients are blown away by the support we are now able to provide."

In addition, Dimension Data worked to support InterMed -- and ensure a smooth transition -- as the medical group consolidated four of its dispersed offices into a single location. Dimension Data brought InterMed's collocated network in-house, designed and set up a local area network (LAN) and IP telephony (IPT) infrastructure, and integrated systems for wireless and data storage. The work enabled InterMed to make its final move over three successive weekends, with a seamless reopening in the new office and no downtime incurred.

InterMed also worked with Dimension Data to implement a contact center solution, with Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE 

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