Westchester Medical Center Selects Canopy Care Management Solution From Allscripts
New York Advanced Care Provider Automates Patient Care and Discharge Process
CHICAGO and VALHALLA, N.Y., (September 12, 2007) –
Allscripts (Nasdaq: MDRX), the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare, today announced that Westchester Medical Center has selected the Canopy(R) care management solution from Allscripts to help manage and coordinate care for their patients.
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The 635-bed Medical Center, an academic teaching facility of New York Medical College, is a Level III trauma center that serves more than 3.5 million people in the seven-county Hudson Valley region. Westchester Medical Center houses the leading kidney transplant program in the state and is one of only a handful of liver transplant programs in New York. Its Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is the only all-specialty children’s hospital in the region. All of the Medical Center’s facilities will now utilize Canopy to streamline their care management workflow, manage insurance claims, and to monitor each patient’s length of stay and health status from the moment they are admitted to when they are safely discharged.
“Westchester Medical Center treats the most critically ill and injured children and adults in New York State and Allscripts will help us ensure that they continue to receive great care even after discharge,” said Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Israel. “Effective case management is a critical element of any medical center’s health, and by improving that process, this technology will enable us to deliver on our advanced-care mission.”
Canopy streamlines and automates utilization, case, discharge and quality management processes while generating an immediate return on investment by improving length of stay and revenue recovery. A web-based, Application Service Provider (ASP) solution, Canopy can be installed quickly and efficiently with minimal IT support. Canopy Connect provides seamless, secure online communications with payers, physicians and others, enabling hospitals to quickly and easily communicate care management information such as clinical reviews and post-acute placement requests. The system also enables case management staff to electronically “task” the Medical Center’s Durable Medical Equipment (DME) department, transportation coordinator, and contracted home health care agencies to quickly coordinate the discharge of patients.
“We chose Canopy because I can honestly say it is truly user friendly — it’s easy for our clinical staff to focus on the patient as they manage care across the continuum,” said Joseph A. Borges, MD, MHA, Vice President, Clinical Care Management. “Canopy has improved our everyday life here in every single way, for example by making it simple to pass along tasks and information. Rather than wasting time on voicemail, email or paging someone, we can task that person and the entire patient record goes with the task, which allows us to accomplish more in less time.”
Borges added that Canopy has already delivered significant financial returns by reducing average Length of Stay at the Medical Center by nearly one-third of a day. “That may not sound like much but when you multiply it by tens of thousands patients each year, it represents a significant reduction in costs, and we expect length of stay to keep falling.”
The Medical Center will interface Canopy with its other information systems to provide a real-time feed of the essential patient information needed for the care management process.
“Hospitals today need accurate, real-time information to provide the best care possible and more effectively manage their costs, and Canopy delivers that while providing caretakers outside the hospital a window into the treatment their patient’s received,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts. “We’re very proud that Westchester Medical Center has selected Allscripts to help them continue to provide the most advanced patient care available.”
About Westchester Medical Center
As an academic medical center and the Hudson Valley region’s advanced care and Level III Trauma Center, Westchester Medical Center is on the leading edge of medical research and the latest advances in clinical care, serving more than 3.5 million people in central New York, northern New Jersey and lower Connecticut. Westchester Medical Center is home to six distinguished Centers of Excellence, providing advanced, specialized care to thousands of patients of all ages. The Centers of Excellence at Westchester Medical Center include the Trauma and Burn Center, featuring the only burn center between New York City and the Canadian border; the Heart Center, one of the most highly regarded cardiology and surgery programs on the East Coast; the Cancer Institute, offering the latest in cancer therapies including bone marrow and stem cell transplants; the Neuroscience Center, providing neurosurgical and neurological care including “knifeless” brain surgery, a designated stroke (brain attack) service, a comprehensive epilepsy program and a state-of the-art Cerebrovascular Center; the Transplant Center, providing state-of-the art evaluation and treatment for patients of all ages who require heart, kidney, liver, corneal and bone marrow transplants. To learn more, visit http://www.wcmc.com.
About Allscripts
Allscripts is the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve healthcare. The Company’s business groups provide unique solutions that inform, connect and transform healthcare. The Clinical Solutions Group’s award-winning software applications include electronic health record, practice management, e-prescribing, document imaging, emergency department and care management solutions. Additionally, Allscripts provides clinical product education and connectivity solutions for physicians and patients through its Physicians Interactive(TM) Group and medication fulfillment services through its Medication Services Group. To learn more, visit Allscripts on the Web at http://www.allscripts.com.
This announcement may contain forward-looking statements about Allscripts Healthcare Solutions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are developed by combining currently available information with Allscripts beliefs and assumptions. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance. Because Allscripts cannot predict all of the risks and uncertainties that may affect it, or control the ones it does predict, Allscripts’ actual results may be materially different from the results expressed in its forward-looking statements. For a more complete discussion of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may affect Allscripts, see the Company’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K, available through the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.
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