Jan 27 2010
athenahealth,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of internet-based business
services to physician practices, today announced that Day Kimball
Healthcare has selected athenahealth’s electronic health record (EHR)
service, athenaClinicalsSM,
as part of a new clinical connectivity platform designed to improve care
and outcomes for patients across its healthcare system. athenaClinicals,
paired with athenahealth’s revenue cycle management service, athenaCollectorSM,
will also play a critical role in Day Kimball Healthcare’s physicians’
ability to successfully demonstrate meaningful use of an electronic
health record system to participate in the HITECH
Act incentives programs.
“athenaClinicals will play a major role in our organization’s ability to
better connect our healthcare centers and area providers in order to
achieve operational integration and care coordination. This leads to
better patient care for our growing network”
Day Kimball Healthcare is a non-profit, fully integrated healthcare
delivery organization with over 1,000 employees and a network of more
than 200 physicians serving Northeast Connecticut as well as many nearby
Massachusetts and Rhode Island communities. Its service divisions
include Day Kimball Hospital, four Day Kimball Healthcare Centers, Day
Kimball HomeCare, Hospice & Palliative Care of Northeastern Connecticut,
Day Kimball HomeMakers and Physician Services of Northeast Connecticut.
“athenaClinicals will play a major role in our organization’s ability to
better connect our healthcare centers and area providers in order to
achieve operational integration and care coordination. This leads to
better patient care for our growing network,” said Robert Smanik, FACHE,
President and CEO of Day Kimball Healthcare.
Day Kimball Healthcare is in the process of implementing an automation
strategy that includes expanding clinical documentation for inpatient
and outpatient areas as well as providing for online documentation of
medication administration. Interoperability of these systems
initiatives, including athenaClinicals, will allow for enhanced
communication of patient status and plan of care, thus improving overall
quality of care.
“Day Kimball Healthcare is not only deploying an exciting health IT
strategy that will help improve the care and outcomes of thousands of
patients across its network, but taking a leadership role in actively
supplying its providers with flexible technologies and best practices
that will be needed to successfully take part in emerging national and
regional pay-for-performance programs,” said Jonathan Bush,
athenahealth’s Chairman and CEO.
Source: athenahealth, Inc.
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