BRAINTREE, MA – Summit Healthcare, a leader in healthcare system integration, today November 28, 2008, announced a partnership with Overlake Hospital Medical Center to migrate 140 existing interfaces from their MS Accelerator Engine to the Summit Express Connect interface engine. In addition to the implementation of the Summit Express Connect, Overlake Hospital will be contracting with Summit Healthcare as contracting to outsourcie their interface needs to the professional services division at Summit Healthcare.
Overlake Hospital Medical Center, a 337 bed facility with a Level III Trauma Center is located in Bellevue, Washington. This non-profit regional medical center provides care to the entire Eastern Puget Sound Region and employs over 2,200 facility including 800 active and courtesy physicians. Overlake will be migrating to the MEDITECH 6.0 platform in August 2010.
"After reviewing their options, Overlake Hospital quickly identified the long-term strategic value of partnering with Summit Healthcare. They were pleased with our superior products and services which will be scalable to meet all of their future integration needs," remarked Ted Rossi, CEO, Summit Healthcare.
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.