ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan. 10, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Optio Software today announced that Fleming County Hospital, a 52-bed facility in Flemingsburg, Ky., has selected the Optio QuickRecord(r) and MedEx(tm) Suites to provide electronic health record and forms management software solutions.
The Optio QuickRecord Suite integrates with Fleming County Hospital's Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (CPSI) software in admitting, laboratory, radiology and other areas to help automate healthcare delivery processes. QHR, the national market leader for hospital management support services, has a strategic services partnership with Optio Software that enabled its client, Fleming County Hospital, to enter into this agreement.
"We chose Optio because they're affordable, they offer the most complete forms automation and electronic health record solution, and they fully integrate with our existing infrastructure," said Fleming County Hospital CFO Ron Harrington. "In addition to operational and patient care improvements realized by implementing Optio, we expect to free up about 25 percent of the space now consumed by paper records storage. This will reduce costs and storage needs in our new facility, scheduled to open in 2008."
QuickRecord provides a browser-based composite patient view of scanned paper records and patient clinical data accessible to authorized caregivers within and outside the hospital. Because QuickRecord is offered on a subscription license basis, it minimizes impact on capital budgets with lower total cost of ownership than monolithic system replacement strategies. It also establishes a path for gradual transition to a paperless environment and a foundation for a community-based electronic health record (EHR).
"Optio QuickRecord's web-based interface is fast and easy for physicians to use -- both from within the hospital, from their offices or wherever they may be," said Glenna Peterson, Fleming County Hospital director of health information management. "With QuickRecord, physicians will be able to review and sign documents in their queues for faster chart completion and reimbursement cycles. It will also enable them to specify exactly how they want patient information delivered to them -- by secure messaging, Internet, fax or manual delivery. In addition, the QuickDelivery(tm) capability enables electronic release of information to insurance companies, state agencies and other entities in a secure, HIPAA-compliant manner."
Optio QuickRecord Suite automates the collection and distribution of healthcare documents, providing a Web-enabled information hub for all patient documents and information whether they originate as hard copy, online forms or discrete data streams. It also offers electronic signature capture that securely binds patient and physician signatures to electronic forms without scanning. MedEx automates forms, bar-coded wristbands and labels for clinical and administrative processes.
"Optio shares our commitment to helping community hospitals overcome the financial and information technology barriers to EHR," said QHR Senior Vice President Karolyn Broussard. "We are confident they will provide the QHR network of hospital clients -- many of which are under 200 beds -- with robust, yet affordable, EHR solutions."
About Fleming County Hospital
Fleming County Hospital, established in 1962, is a not-for-profit facility serving residents of Flemingsburg, Ky., and several surrounding counties. The hospital offers a full array of services including acute inpatient care, emergency care, general survey, rehabilitation, laboratory, outpatient surgery, respiratory care, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, MRI and a sleep disorders clinic. A client of QHR, Fleming County was recognized for Best Overall Hospital Performance in 2005. For more information, visit www.flemingcountyhospital.org.
About QHR
QHR provides consulting services, management support, operational turnaround, new hospital development, asset merger/lease sale assistance, education and training programs to healthcare providers and health systems nationwide. QHR is the national leader in providing management services to nearly 200 hospital clients. Formerly known as Quorum Health Resources, QHR is based in Plano, Texas, with a business development and operations center in Brentwood, Tenn. For more information, visit www.qhr.com.
About Optio Healthcare Solutions
More than 700 healthcare organizations use Optio forms automation, electronic health record and clinical document management solutions to capture, format, scan, view, sign, archive and deliver real-time access to patient information at the point of need. For more information about our healthcare solutions, visit www.optiosoftware.com.
About Optio Software, Inc.
More than 5,000 companies use Optio solutions to achieve unprecedented speed, accuracy, functionality and quality in their inbound and outbound document processes and extend their enterprise resource planning (ERP) and hospital information systems (HIS) applications. Founded in 1981, Optio Software maintains world headquarters in Alpharetta, Ga., with Europe, Middle East and Africa headquarters in Paris and sales offices in Germany and the United Kingdom. More information about Optio Software (OTCBB:OPTO.OB) is available at www.optio.com.
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