Summit Healthcare, a leader in healthcare system integration and task automation, today announced new agreements with various MEDITECH hospitals over the final quarter of 2010 through 2011.
The highlighted hospitals below selecting Summit Healthcare as its vendor to meet various integration and interoperability needs include:
- Northern Idaho Regional Consortium, Coeur d’Alene, ID - NIRC acquired Summit Express Connect, Summit Scripting Toolkit and Summit InSync to help streamline their interface landscape, data migration and dictionary management as they migrate to MEDITECH 6.0. They will also be implementing the Summit Provider Exchange module for their bi-directional physician office integration.
- Oneida Healthcare, Oneida, NY- has contracted for the full Summit APEX product line which will be leveraged as they migrate to MEDITECH 6.0 in 2012.
- St. Bernard Medical Center, Chicago IL – will be implementing the Summit Express Connect interface engine to streamline their interface landscape including future plans for Chicago HIE integration.
- Olympic Medical Center, Port Angeles, WA- has contracted for the Summit Express Connect interface engine.
- Ephraim McDowell Medical Center, Danville, KY and Williamson Medical Center, Franklin TN- have both purchased Summit Provider Exchange to facilitate their bi-directional communication between their hospital’s MEDITECH HCIS and physician offices.
Summit Healthcare welcomes the following facilities that have contracted for Summit InSync as a means to streamline their dictionary management and synchronization needs across their current and future MEDITECH platforms:
- Doctors Community Hospital, Lanham, Maryland
- Elmhurst Memorial, Elmhurst, IL
- Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, MS
- Southern Illinois Healthcare, Carbondale, IL
- Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, CA
- Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Bellevue, WA
- Greater Hazleton Health Alliance, Hazleton, PA
Summit Healthcare welcomes the following facilities as they begin implementation of the Summit Downtime Reporting System. The Summit Downtime Reporting System will ensure facilities have business continuity and access to critical patient data during a network or MEDITECH HCIS downtime.
- Health Information Technology Services (34 facilities), Nova Scotia
- Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS
- Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights, IL
- San Juan Regional Medical Center, Farmington, NM
- Kalispell Regional Medical Center, Kalispell, MT
“It is a very exciting time in healthcare IT right now as provider organizations are stretching to meet new challenges and taking advantage of technology to improve hospital processes,” said Ted Rossi, CEO, Summit Healthcare. “We have seen tremendous demand for our products amongst many MEDITECH organizations as they chart their IT initiatives like MEDITECH 6.0, physician interoperability and business continuity. Summit Healthcare is pleased to welcome our new clients and thanks our existing clients for continuing to invest in the Summit APEX platform.”
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About Summit Apex
The Summit Apex integrated product suite provides the Healthcare industry with a comprehensive toolset for integration and automation needs. From interface management to data migration and business continuity efforts, the Summit Apex suite includes:
Summit Express Connect — a robust interface engine used by hospitals to maximize and streamline their interface landscape. Allows the ability to leverage existing interfaces and easily connect multiple 3rd party ancillary vendor systems.
Summit Provider Exchange — a scalable, secure solution that facilitates the integration of bi-directional patient data between the hospital and the physician office.
Summit Scripting Toolkit — a full-featured workflow and task automation tool that also provides the means to extract and parse data, and is often used when conventional (HL7) methods to deliver data are not available.
Summit InSync — the market leading solution for dictionary maintenance accomplished through a powerful extraction, analysis and update process that ensures dictionaries are synchronized from test to live and across multiple facilities or platforms.
Summit Downtime Reporting System — ensures continuous access to critical patient data for clinicians at all times, to ensure quality of care and operational continuity in the event of HCIS or network downtime.
For our healthcare clients that do not have the resources to develop and manage interfaces internally, Summit Healthcare offers Integration Outsourcing Services as part of a complete integration package.
About Summit Healthcare
Summit Healthcare is the choice of hospitals and providers who want to take full control of their healthcare systems integration and information management requirements. Since 1999, we have worked to provide the industry with the most flexible integration technology with complimentary tailored services and solutions.
Summit Healthcare continues to grow and has over 1,000 customers in the healthcare market, including close partnerships with complementary technology partners, major system integrators, and value-added resellers. For more information, visit http://www.summit-healthcare.com or call 781-519-4840.