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CENTRAL GEORGIA HEALTH network SELECTS eCLINICALWORKS UNIFIED EMR/PM AND ELECTRONIC HEALTH EXCHANGE
Community Health Record to Connect 428 Providers in
Central Georgia, Improving the Quality of Care
ORLANDO, Fla., HIMSS Conference, BOOTH #3485—February 25,
2008—
eClinicalWorksTM,
a market leader in
ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Central Georgia Health
Network (CGHN) has selected the company’s unified electronic
medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) solution to streamline
practice operations for 428 providers across Central Georgia. Also,
eClinicalWorks
Electronic Health eXchange (eEHX) will create a community health record
to engage CGHN physicians and their patients in more effective medical
management.
"We have been at the forefront of improving
the quality of patient care in Central Georgia for years and have
achieved quantifiable results in that area," said Wynn Kallay M.D.,
chairman of Central Georgia Health Network (CGHN). "Implementing eEHX is
the single most important initiative in the Middle Georgia region to
accurately measure and improve quality. This provides us the greatest
opportunity to prevent medical errors and the potential for medical cost
reduction is astronomical." Doug Brewer M.D., chairman of CGHN’s
Technology Committee adds, "eClinicalWorks has been selected for the
ease-of-use and proven technology of its unified solution. The
Technology Committee carefully evaluated several systems and found that
eClinicalWorks best meets CGHN’s needs."
Since 1996, CGHN has served as a network of multi-specialty providers in
Central Georgia, including private practices, a hospital and the
academic faculty at Mercer University. Using eClinicalWorks, CGHN
providers will benefit from improved communication and patient
information during both hospital stays and visits to private physician
practices. eEHX will create a community record that will enable
physicians to have access to patients’ vital health information and
allow physicians to exchange data more effectively. Initially, the more
than 152 practices in the CGHN network will participate, with a plan to
proliferate participation to the regional CGHN providers, including
doctors in rural areas.
"Central Georgia Health Network is leading a clinical integration
project that brings together multiple specialty, private physician
groups and hospital in the interest of helping providers implement
systems that increase the quality of patient care," said Girish Kumar
Navani, president of eClinicalWorks. "Using eClinicalWorks EMR/PM, with
an interface to the hospital’s Cerner in-patient system, and in
conjunction with our Electronic Health eXchange will help providers
easily improve operations and communication throughout the extended
practices. The community-wide record that is created through this
agreement will allow CGHN physicians to have the most up-to-date and
accurate patient information, including electronic referrals, to provide
superior care."
About Central Georgia Health Network
CGHN is a provider network based in Macon, Georgia, which includes the
Medical Center of Central Georgia and more than 400 primary-care and
specialty physicians.
About eClinicalWorks
eClinicalWorks is a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical
systems market. The company’s unified electronic medical record (EMR)
and practice management (PM) solutions are proven for every market
segment: large practice groups, including Massachusetts eHealth
Collaborative (MAeHC), Electronic Health Records of Rhode Island (EHRRI)
and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as well
as medium, small and solo practices regardless of specialty. The company
enjoys high profitability with a five-year compounded growth rate of
more than 100 percent year-to-year. With an established customer base of
3,000 customers across all 50 states, eClinicalWorks has been awarded
multiple top industry honors including being named to the Inc. 500 in
2007, Best in KLAS in 2006, 2005 and 2004, and a top solution by TEPR
for four consecutive years. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks
has additional offices in New York City and Alpharetta, Ga. More
information on eClinicalWorks can be found at
www.eclinicalworks.com or by
calling 866-888-MYCW.
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eClinicalWorks is a trademark of eClinicalWorks, LLC. All other
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respective owners.
Heather Caouette
eClinicalWorks
Phone: 508-836-2700
Fax: 508-836-4466
heather.c@eclinicalworks.com
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