Hospital Sisters Health System Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record and Practice Management for Employed and Affiliated P
02 March 2010 - 1:07AM
PR Newswire (US)
CHICAGO and SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Allscripts announced today that Hospital Sisters Health System
(HSHS) has selected the Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR)
and Practice Management solution to automate and connect clinical
and business functions for their 130 employed physicians and the
more than 3,300 independent physicians affiliated with the health
system's 13 hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081013/AQM041LOGO) Based in
Springfield, Ill., HSHS includes more than 14,000 staff, $3.3
billion in assets and recorded $1.7 billion in operating revenue
during fiscal 2009. Sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St.
Francis, HSHS saw more than 128,000 inpatient admissions and more
than 317,000 emergency department visits during the last year. The
Allscripts solutions will support HSHS's strategy of developing
"care integration" partnerships with physician practices in
Illinois and Wisconsin - enabling physicians and other caregivers
to spend less time on systems and infrastructure, and more time
providing life-sustaining care. "At HSHS, our vision is to bring
together elements of today's fragmented health care delivery
system, provide superior value to patients and promote efficiency -
and our partnership with Allscripts is a critical part of that
strategy," said Stephanie S. McCutcheon, President and Chief
Executive Officer of HSHS. "Starting with HSHS Medical Group and
then expanding to our affiliated physicians, Allscripts will help
us practice better medicine and more efficient care, as well as
helping to drive the collaborative delivery models we're developing
by giving physicians the tools and infrastructure they need."
Allscripts will implement the integrated Electronic Health Record
and Practice Management solution first for the 130 physicians of
HSHS Medical Group, who are directly employed by HSHS. The health
system plans soon to offer to host the Allscripts solution for
non-employed affiliated physicians, providing them an affordable
means of accessing the clinical and back-office solution over the
Internet, without the upfront costs of purchasing new equipment to
host it themselves. Additionally, HSHS is creating a Central
Business Office (CBO) to handle billing and claims for its employed
physicians and as an option for affiliated physicians.
Participating independent physician practices would be able to
outsource to HSHS their most time-intensive back-office functions
while maintaining access to all information via their Allscripts
Practice Management system. As part of the CBO, HSHS plans to offer
Allscripts Revenue Cycle Management, which combines billing and
scheduling with integrated claims, remittance and eligibility
capabilities in a single package. The solution is used by thousands
of physician groups across the U.S. to process more than 260
million claims annually and 500 million revenue cycle management
transactions. "Hospital Sisters has developed a unique strategy for
building a truly integrated healthcare network, and Allscripts is
proud to have been selected to help deliver on that vision by not
only automating their employed physicians but connecting to the
communities in which they provide services, offering full
electronic health records as well as practice management," said
Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. "By partnering
with Allscripts, Hospital Sisters is encouraging more widespread
and rapid adoption of technologies that will ultimately lead to
higher quality, more effective patient communications, and better
management of the cost of care delivery." According to HSHS Chief
Operating Officer Larry Schumacher, HSHS selected Allscripts
following an exhaustive review of other products on the market. Its
decision was influenced by the success of Springfield Clinic, the
largest multi-specialty group practice in Springfield, which has
utilized the Allscripts Electronic Health Record since 2006 to
enhance the quality of care it delivers, generating a $4.5 million
return on investment in the first year alone. "We knew Allscripts
was the right choice for HSHS based not only on Springfield
Clinic's success with the EHR but also on the company's reputation
for client service, their market-leading position, and their
commitment to making the technology ever more powerful yet easier
for physicians to use," said Schumacher. HSHS will ensure the
exchange of relevant information between the Allscripts solutions
and HSHS's Meditech inpatient clinical systems, providing
physicians inside and outside the hospital with access to patient
information including lab orders and results, medication history,
allergies, problem lists, and hospital discharge summaries. About
Hospital Sisters Health System Hospital Sisters Health System is a
Roman Catholic health care mission founded to continue the healing
ministry of Jesus Christ. Sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St.
Francis, HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care framed in
traditional values taught by St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi.
It is dedicated to serving all people, including the poor and the
needy, at each of its 13 Local Systems in Illinois - Belleville,
Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Highland, Litchfield, Springfield and
Streator and in Wisconsin - Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Sheboygan
and two in Green Bay. For more information about HSHS, visit
http://www.hshs.org/ About Allscripts Allscripts uses innovation
technology to bring health to healthcare. More than 160,000
physicians, 800 hospitals and nearly 8,000 post-acute and homecare
organizations utilize Allscripts to improve the health of their
patients and their bottom line. The company's award-winning
solutions include electronic health records, electronic
prescribing, revenue cycle management, practice management,
document management, care management, emergency department
information systems and homecare automation. Allscripts is the
trade name of Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc. To learn
more, visit http://www.allscripts.com/. For more Allscripts news,
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Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. DATASOURCE: Allscripts-Misys Healthcare
Solutions, Inc. CONTACT: Dan Michelson, Chief Marketing Officer,
+1-312-506-1217,dan.michelson@allscripts.com, or Seth Frank, Vice
President, InvestorRelations, +1-312-506-1213,
seth.frank@allscripts.com, or Todd Stein, SeniorManager/Public
Relations, +1-312-506-1216, todd.stein@allscripts.com, all
ofAllscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions, Inc.; or Kathryn Kiefer,
VicePresident, Communications of Hospital Sisters Health System,
+1-314-469-3979,kkiefer@hshs.org Web Site:
http://www.allscripts.com/http://www.hshs.org/
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