Summit Express Connect Testimonials

As we began our search for an integration partner, we knew we needed to find a company with the tools to assist us with our interface management strategy now and for all future initiatives. We chose Summit Healthcare not only for their proven technology but also because of their strong MEDITECH knowledge and experience. We feel confident that by laying the foundation now with an interface engine we will quickly be able to achieve our integration goals."

Denni McColm, Chief Information Office, Citizens Memorial

Olympic Medical Center was looking to quickly and cost-effectively manage our existing interface landscape. Given the complexity of our interface environment, there would have been no feasible way to meet our timelines without the Summit Express Connect interface engine. The OMC IT team was in awe of how quickly Summit Express Connect went live and how short the conversion learning curve was- in weeks, the IT staff were self-sufficient."

Anna Shields, IT Application Manager, Olympic Medical Center

We were looking to quickly and cost-effectively leverage our existing interfaces and streamline information to all care givers, despite the fact that we were running two disparate systems. The Summit Healthcare Express Connect interface engine coupled with their professional services division allowed us to meet an aggressive deadline and stay within our budget. We look forward to a long partnership ahead with Summit Healthcare.”

Joel Benware, Chief Information Officer
Alice Hyde Medical Center

We have Summit Express Connect for our interface engine and have had extremely positive experiences with them. Four years ago we bought a single ADT interface feed from Meditech and have re-pointed it approximately 15 times to all sorts of other vendor software, devices, databases and downtime solutions. We have saved a ton of money and headaches by sending all of our interfaces through the Summit Healthcare interface engine. We also contract with them for Integration Outsourcing and they handle all of our interface programming. The dedicated Summit Healthcare engineer for us responds immediately, thinks proactively and always meets our deadlines. We have seen a huge savings by Outsourcing through Summit Healthcare. We have found it is less than the cost of an FTE to have Summit Healthcare handle all of the interface management especially when we are expanding and constantly adding new software and services. I highly recommend Summit Healthcare.”

Hadley Zabinski, Chief Information Officer
Harrington Memorial Hospital

The Summit Express Connect interface engine has been excellent in meeting our integration goals throughout the hospital as well as in connecting to the physician offices. We have seen a significant cost savings by reusing existing interfaces and having the ability to maintain and implement interfaces ourselves. Summit Healthcare’s easy to use dashboard for troubleshooting and managing interfaces has saved me resources by allowing my staff to have time for other tasks. I feel confident in Summit Healthcare and their products and would recommend them to any hospital.”

M. Andrew Short, Chief Information Officer
Samaritan Health Systems

Avera Health is extremely pleased with the Summit Express Connect interface engine. The Summit implementation folks were great to work with and helped us GO LIVE with over 70 interfaces in a multi-hospital environment in just 30 days. Today we have over 140 interfaces running like clockwork and we are processing well over a million messages a week through the Summit Engine. We have plans to add on more interfaces as we continue to migrate our regional facilities to Meditech Client Server.”

Ross Stolle, Integration Engineer
Avera McKennan Hospital

We have had Summit Express Connect since 2005 and the interface engine is amazing. We have 2 additional live ADT interfaces up and running for our electronic forms and fetal monitoring system. Our original ADT was from MEDITECH to Xtend (our phone system). These interfaces were both completed a month before MEDITECH had scheduled to begin the first. Summit Healthcare's promise to make the Express Connect fast and easy was true. As with all Summit Healthcare products, the support is unparalleled. Of course Print Manager will always be my first love, but Express Connect is running a close second. We are in the process of using the engine to develop another ADT interface as well as interfaces for inbound/outbound lab orders and results. It's great to be able to use Express Connect to set your own timelines for projects and not have to wait for available resources from other vendors.”

Becky Blevins, Application Analyst
Ephraim McDowell Health

I can say without a doubt, Summit Express Connect and the Summit Scripting Toolkit are two of the most impressive products I’ve ever seen. Summit was very professional during the conversion of our existing interfaces from our now decommissioned interface engine to Summit Express Connect. The conversion will save Lakeridge Health thousands of dollars by eliminating maintenance fees on both the interfaces and the interface engine. I can honestly say that you and your entire organization have redefined the meaning of “customer service” and I would highly recommend you and your products for anyone in the market for robust scripting and HL7 interface solutions.”

Ken McMillan, Manager, Clinical Systems, IT
Lakeridge Health

We’ve been using Summit Healthcare’s Express Connect Interface Engine since March 2005 and have been very happy with it so far. We’ve connected integration between MEDITECH & Misys and started our PACS system integration initiative. This project was the first for SmartPACS to work with a MEDITECH C/S site. In our first phase we spent a total of 2 hours setting Summit Express Connect Integration Suite up and now have ADT, Orders & Results waiting and sending to SmartPACS. So, all-in-all things are smooth, and I'm content with the progress. We really appreciate the Summit Healthcare people. They are down to earth and easy to talk to, which is especially nice for a novice programmer such as me.”

Larry Hefflinger, IS Director
Fulton County Health Center

We are very pleased with Summit Healthcare and the solid performance of their Summit Express Connect and Summit Scripting Toolkit that we implemented in 2006. We develop in-house custom applications and have recently begun leveraging Microsoft BizTalk 2006 orchestrations. An Allergy viewer has been built from an existing ADT feed to group allergies entered in multiple Meditech modules. The Microsoft BizTalk Upgrade went smoothly and is an important accomplishment for our organization as we always strive to stay on the cutting edge of technology and like to apply advanced concepts to our standard and custom applications. Summit Express Connect powered by Microsoft BizTalk’s ability to do advanced filtering, easily apply business rules and logic as well as the full featured mapping capabilities have really made a huge impact on the success of our integration projects.”

Kevin Donnelle DBA
Beauséjour Regional Health Authority

Summit Express Connect enabled us to bridge the MEDITECH LAB module with our Physician Atlas LabEMR system. We are pleased with the bi-directional capabilities and are thrilled that the entire Lab process can be completed from time of Physician order, to the hospital, and back to the Physician EMR. The Summit Healthcare Professional Services division provided exceptional support during this project and continues to show a strong commitment towards helping Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System meet our integration goals.”

Theresa Crampton, Application Specialist
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System