Sage North America today announced that Annapolis
Pediatrics, a leading healthcare provider to infants, children, adolescents
and young adults in Annapolis, MD and surrounding communities, has selected
Sage to implement the Sage Intergy Suite of financial and clinical products
across its four clinics. Sage has been providing ambulatory healthcare
systems for almost 30 years, serving more than 80,000 physicians in the
United States with practice management, electronic health records, and
other services to streamline patient care.
Annapolis Pediatrics, which served over 70,000 patients last year, sought a
new practice management and EHR solution that would provide instant access
to patient clinical information and greater flexibility in scheduling
across locations, along with more advanced reporting capability. After an
extensive review process, Annapolis Pediatrics selected the Sage Intergy
Suite for its ability to streamline processes and ultimately increase
quality of patient care.
According to Annapolis Pediatrics, Sage was chosen over three other vendors
because of Intergys sophisticated yet easy-to-use features that allow
users to navigate easily through complex practice workflows. Sage Intergys
integrated practice management and EHR solution easily connects with
existing systems, improves clinical documentation with easy template
customization, and offers financial benefits through billing error
reduction.
“With our previous solution, it was extremely difficult to locate and
access patient records across offices or out in the field,” said Lisa
Wannemacher, practice administrator for Annapolis Pediatrics. “The Intergy
Suite provides the advanced capabilities we need in an easy-to-use
interface that simplifies processes and reduces employee training time,
which allows us to focus on patient care.”
For Annapolis Pediatrics, with 70 employees and 21 practitioners, Sage
Intergy will also increase efficiency in connecting with patients and
pharmacies. With the solution, practitioners are able to quickly share
information with patients through an online portal as well as send
prescriptions to pharmacies electronically, thereby saving time and
enhancing the patient experience.
VHA Inc., the national health care network, strengthened its market position in 2009 by adding new members and expanding the scope of its relationships with existing members. In total, 109 health care organizations initiated or expanded their relationships with VHA last year, including:
“The people from VHA have transferred their knowledge to our supply chain leaders,” said Judy Rich, chief executive officer of Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center. “Now there is no limit to what we can accomplish because we have a lot of tools at our disposal. Previously, we didnt understand the impact that supplies were having on our organization. It was more about treating patients. Now we do both very well.”
“VHAs approach is about improving clinical utilization and patient care through best practices, said Rich Paoletti, vice president of operations at Lancaster (Pa.) General Health. “They are not just about cutting drug expense, but they are looking at the whole clinical cost. VHA helped us specifically identify the savings and then push it into a systematic cost-reduction approach. Bringing VHA in streamlined our processes for identifying and implementing the cost savings initiatives. I think they bring experience to the table and an approach that is worthwhile.”
According to Daly, hospitals have reported a range of reasons that made joining or expanding their relationships with VHA a strategic part of their efforts to improve care and increase efficiencies, including:
Onward Healthcare , Inc., one of the nations largest providers of healthcare staffing services, announced today that it has signed an exclusive vendor management services agreement with Good Shepherd Penn Partners (GSPP), a healthcare rehabilitation leader in the greater-Philadelphia marketplace.
GSPP is a joint venture between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown, PA, and Penn Medicine located in Philadelphia, PA. GSPP is a patient-centric rehabilitation services organization, and the physicians and staff of GSPP provide comprehensive rehabilitation and specialty services, including: inpatient rehabilitation care at the Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine; long-term acute care at the Specialty Hospital at Rittenhouse; outpatient rehabilitation care at Penn Therapy Fitness; and physical, occupational and speech therapy services within three acute-care hospitals of Penn Medicine (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center).
“The demand for rehabilitation professionals needed to meet the challenges of todays patient care environment is considerable. After conducting a lengthy and in-depth review of the market offerings for a preferred vendor, we are pleased to exclusively engage Onward Healthcare to provide GSPP with a customized service offering. Working with Onward, a long-time vendor, will allow us to focus on providing the highest quality care to our patients,” said Kim Grosch, Interim Director of Therapy Services for GSPP.
“We are very respectful of GSPPs rich tradition of providing quality and compassionate care to their patients, and we are excited to advance our relationship from vendor to preferred partner,” stated Nicole Poore, Vice President of Allied Operations for Onward. “In the current economy, we are committed to efficiently and cost-effectively managing GSPPs workforce solutions so that they can focus on delivering world class patient care.”
ABOUT ONWARD HEALTHCARE
Onward Healthcare is a leading provider of integrated travel and local contract staffing for travel registered nurses and allied health professionals , as well as vendor managed services for large health systems. Onward is fully certified by the Joint Commission and currently staffs clients in all 50 states including hospitals, outpatient clinics, magnet facilities, government facilities, schools, and long-term care facilities. Founded in 2002, Onward Healthcare is headquartered in Wilton, CT with local staffing offices in Encinitas, CA, Louisville, CO, Deerfield Beach, FL, Cherry Hill, NJ, Livingston, NJ and Melville, NY.
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