TSI Selected By Top Medical Facilities.BOSTON--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 14, 1997-- Transition Systems Inc. (TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) ) announced today that it recently signed new licensing agreements for software and services with the following healthcare organizations. Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD purchased TSI's Transition II for IDS and Transition for Quality (TQ) software products. Named the top medical facility in the country for seven consecutive years by U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. , Johns Hopkins Medicine is a large integrated delivery system integrated delivery system Integrated provider Medical practice A coordinated health care system formed by physician groups and hospitals which ↑ efficiency and ↓ redundancy in providing health care; IDSs coordinate delivery of a broad range of health . Johns Hopkins Medicine has selected TSI to support its contract management and cost and quality processes. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. The main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets, with other locations in New , New York, NY signed a contract for TSI's Transition II and TQ products. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is a world leader in cancer care, research and education. For the fifth year in a row, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has been ranked the number-one provider of cancer care by U.S. News & World Report. Memorial Sloan-Kettering is one of thirty medical facilities in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. that have selected the TSI system. Queensland Health, Queensland, Australia, purchased a state-wide TSI license and will use the TSI system to better manage resources after the introduction of new funding approaches. A contract was also signed with Covenant Health System, Knoxville, TN, a not-for-profit integrated delivery system which comprises acute-care hospitals, outpatient services and several managed care organizations. Covenant Health System will utilize the TSI system to model new approaches to care, as well as manage the contract management process. Additional contracts were signed with Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY; Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center, Atlanta, GA; and Parkview Episcopal Medical Center, Pueblo, Colorado. Also, TSI's Enterprising HealthCare Inc. (EHI Ehi (ē`hī), the same as Ahiram. ) division signed new contracts for its integration software solutions. Its Master Patient Index In medical systems the Master Patient Index (MPI) is an index referencing all patients known to an area, enterprise or organization. The terms Patient Master Index (PMI) and Master Person Index are used interchangeably. solution, The_RESOLVER and its enterprise-wide data dictionary system, The_TABLE_MASTER, were both licensed by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii; Kuakini Medical Center Kuakini Medical Center is a private hospital located in Liliha, Honolulu External links
Several existing TSI clients purchased new licenses to expand their TSI system to additional facilities. These include: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; Partners HealthCare System Inc., Boston, MA; Samaritan Health Services, Phoenix AZ; and Southern California Healthcare Systems, Pasadena, CA. "TSI's recent sales are indicative of the demand in the marketplace not only for our core decision support system but also for our quality management system," said Greg Miller, vice president of sales for TSI. "We are delighted to add these new organizations to our client roster." TSI is a leading provider of integrated clinical and financial decision support systems for hospitals, integrated delivery systems, physician practice groups, HMOs and other health care institutions. TSI was founded in 1985 to apply management control techniques to the health care delivery process, with the objective of improving quality and lowering cost. TSI has and installed customer base of over 850 health care organizations worldwide. Business Week recently selected TSI as one of the 100 best small corporations in the U.S. for 1997. TSI is listed and traded on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Market under the symbol "TSIX TSIX Trusted Security Information Exchange TSIX Transcription silencing inactivation of X (chromosome/dosage compensation) ." CONTACT: TSI Randy L. Thomas (617) 723-4222 www.tsidss.com |
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