HealthTrust and Heartland Information Services sign three-year agreement

Heartland Information Services, a national provider of medical transcription services, has signed a new three-year agreement with HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HealthTrust), one of the nation's leading health care group purchasing organizations. The agreement covers dictation, transcription and document delivery services.

"Through this agreement, HealthTrust members will have access to customizable technical solutions that can provide significant cost savings and other financial advantages. This comes at a time when it's crucial for health systems and hospitals to cut costs without sacrificing patient care," said Jerry Cirino, president and chief executive officer of Heartland.

As a provider of transcription services, Heartland offers HealthTrust members a single, fully integrated platform that can interface with virtually any facility's existing technology platform. This includes Heartland's GEMSTAR(TM) dictation and transcription system and Tracker Plus(TM) document delivery and reporting system. These systems allow users to track a document in real time from dictation through delivery. Heartland currently serves more than 50 HealthTrust facilities.