Ohio's Adena Health System chooses eClinicalWorks EHR solution for physicians

eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Ohio's Adena Health System has chosen the eClinicalWorks comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) solution for its 150 employed physicians. Designed to improve communication with access to real-time information, it will also be offered to non-affiliated community practices.

"Adena Health System provides its patients with the most advanced care possible," said Mark Moffitt, CIO of Adena Health System. "To assist with this, we looked for an electronic medical records partner that would help improve patient care and productivity. With its ease-of-use and ability to help our providers demonstrate meaningful use, eClinicalWorks was a simple decision."

"eClinicalWorks will supply our physicians with a highly-functional, yet intuitive to use EHR that will benefit patients," said Dr. Sathish Jetty, Chief Medical Information Officer at Adena Health System. "The company's ability to implement quickly will help physicians easily access patient information, allowing for safe, efficient and effective healthcare."

Providers will access the eClinicalWorks comprehensive EHR solution using a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, hosted by Adena Health System, so members are able to access the solution via the Internet. Adena Health System, which uses MEDITECH for its in-patient system, is putting together a Managed Service Organization (MSO) offering to non-affiliated community practices that includes billing, the EHR, and helps providers take advantage of provisions in the HITECH Act, which authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to impart a reimbursement incentive for physician and hospital providers who demonstrate the "meaningful use" of an EHR.

"eClinicalWorks continues to see increased adoption of its system in physician practices employed by hospitals," said Girish Kumar Navani, CEO and co-founder of eClinicalWorks. "Our experience with integration, including in-patient systems such as MEDITECH, and the intuitive nature of our system makes eClinicalWorks fit well in multiple types of settings. We look forward to working with Adena Health System to outfit its providers with a system that will help improve the quality of care."

As part of eClinicalWorks' comprehensive EHR solution, Adena Health System will implement the following:

• eClinicalWorks EMR/PM enables clinicians to manage patient flow, immediately access patient records in-house or remotely, electronically communicate with the referring physicians and securely send consult notes and clinical data;

• eClinicalWorks Patient Portal allows patients and doctors to communicate securely via the Internet.

• eBO® performs clinical and financial analytics;

• eClinicalMobile® permits Adena Health System's physicians to access the system at any time through their smart phone;

• eClinicalMessenger® acts as a messaging service that utilizes Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) to enable physician practices to send messages, in batches or singularly, to patients for aspects of care. This includes appointment reminders, lab results, diagnostic imaging and statements; and

• eClinicalWorks P2P™ provides practice-to-practice, provider-to-provider communications in a peer-to-peer environment.