Kettering Upgrades to Next-Generation IDX Carecast(TM)
28 October 2003 - 8:53AM
PR Newswire (US)
Kettering Upgrades to Next-Generation IDX Carecast(TM) Long-time
LastWord(R) customer will use Carecast to enhance integration,
patient safety and billing efficiency DAYTON, Ohio and BURLINGTON,
Vt., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Kettering Medical Center Network
(KMCN), a long-time IDX LastWord(R) user, announced it will upgrade
to the next-generation IDX Carecast(TM) enterprise system from IDX
Systems Corporation . The agreement was signed in the third quarter
of 2003. KMCN will use Carecast to support its ongoing development
of lifetime electronic patient records by completely integrating
patients' clinical, financial and administrative data throughout
its four hospitals, multiple health centers and 40 satellite
facilities. KMCN also plans to pursue enhanced documentation
capabilities for nurses and physicians, as well as computerized
physician order entry (CPOE) and wireless barcode medication
administration with Carecast. "With LastWord, we've realized the
benefits of integrating all patient data, including clinical and
financial information, onto one platform -- a seamless way to
deliver the highest quality medical care," said Nyle Morgan, CIO of
KMCN. "Now, with the expanded functionality that Carecast offers,
we will close the loop on patient safety, while maintaining the
system wide efficiencies and cost-effectiveness that come with
integration." Carecast will further streamline processes for KMCN
clinicians through enhanced care documentation capabilities and
online charting, which promote communication between all members of
the care team and help reduce time spent on administrative
functions. CPOE, with its decision-support functionality and
ability to eliminate mistakes caused by unintelligible handwritten
orders, will provide even greater support for patient safety goals.
In addition, wireless barcode medication administration can make a
significant impact on error reduction by allowing physicians,
nurses and pharmacists to confirm the "five rights" of medication
administration. KMCN, which serves 43 percent of patients in the
Dayton, Ohio, area, will implement Carecast across its
organization, including the Grandview Medical Center. KMCN needed a
system that works with a wide range of facilities -- from large,
nationally renowned hospitals to small community satellites.
Carecast runs on the highly scalable HP NonStop(TM) platform, which
delivers subsecond access to information across the enterprise and
99.9 percent uptime. "It has been exceptional to work with KMCN, a
nationally recognized leader in a host of medical fields," said
Mike Raymer, Senior Vice President and General Manager, IDX
Carecast Division. "We look forward to the ongoing opportunity to
provide the IT tools to help KMCN meet its expanded patient safety
goals and advance fail-safe care." About KMCN Eugene and Virginia
Kettering founded Kettering Memorial Hospital in 1964 to honor the
memory of Eugene's father, Charles F. Kettering. Since that time,
the not-for-profit organization has rapidly grown to cover a
nine-county region and today is known as the Kettering Medical
Center Network (KMCN). KMCN serves the Dayton area and its
surrounding communities, with nearly 1,000 physicians, 6,000 staff
members and more than 800 volunteers. What makes the Kettering
Medical Center Network unique among health care providers is that
it is a faith-based, mission-driven organization. The Kettering
Medical Center Network has over 40 facilities including Kettering
Memorial Hospital, Grandview Hospital, Sycamore Hospital, Southview
Hospital and Kettering Youth Services. This past year,
HealthGrades, a leading health care quality ratings, information
and advisory services company, awarded Grandview Hospital a
Five-Star rating for their chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
care, head and neck surgery and knee replacement. In addition,
Kettering Hospital's orthopedic department was named top Orthopedic
Hospital in Ohio and given a Five-Star rating for total hip and
total knee replacements. Also this past year, ground was broken on
the Victor J. Cassano, Sr. Community Health Center, a medical
teaching facility associated with Grandview Hospital, which will
serve the underinsured and uninsured residents of the community.
From its state-of-the-art sports medicine program to the Wellness
on Wheels project, which visits the medically underserved,
Kettering Medical Center Network is committed to improving the
quality of life of the people in the communities it serves. About
IDX Systems Corporation. Founded in 1969, IDX Systems Corporation
provides information technology solutions to maximize value in the
delivery of healthcare, improve the quality of patient service,
enhance medical outcomes, and reduce the costs of care. IDX
supports these objectives with a broad range of complementary and
functionally rich products installed at 3,300 customer sites.
Customers include 138,000 physicians who utilize practice
management systems to improve patient care and other workflow
processes. IDX Systems are installed at: * 380 integrated delivery
networks (IDNs) representing more than 500 hospitals * 175 large
group practices with more than 200 physicians * 665 mid-size group
practices with less than 200 physicians The IDX web strategy
includes browser technology, e-commerce and web-based tools --
built using Internet architecture -- that facilitates access for
patients, physicians and care providers to vital health information
and data managed by the IDX clinical, administrative, financial,
and managed care products. IDX has approximately 2,100 full-time
employees worldwide. IDX, Carecast and LastWord are registered
trademarks or trademarks of IDX Investment Corporation. This press
release contains forward-looking statements about IDX Systems
Corporation that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among
the important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements
are uncertainties or difficulties in developing new services,
including Carecast, possible failure of IDX to realize the benefits
of developing clinical guidelines, difficulties in implementing
systems including Carecast, possible deferral, delay or
cancellation by customers of computer system or service purchase
decisions, possible delay of system installations and service
implementations, development by competitors of new or superior
technologies, changing economic, political and regulatory
influences on the healthcare and e-Commerce industries, possible
disruptions in the national economy caused by terrorist activities
and foreign conflicts, changes in product pricing policies,
governmental regulation of IDX's software and operations, the
possibility of product-related liabilities, and factors detailed
from time to time in IDX's periodic reports and registration
statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which
important factors are incorporated herein by reference. IDX
undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to
reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated
events, or changes in future operating results, financial condition
or business over time. For more information contact: Margo Happer
Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications IDX
Systems Corporation 802.864.1758 X6169 Robert Stirewalt IDX Media
Relations 802-864-1758, ext. 6933 Catherine Sweeney Media Relations
IDX Carecast 206-607-5462 DATASOURCE: IDX Systems Corporation
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