Demand for World-Class Enterprise-Wide Inpatient Documentation Solution Drives U.S. and International Expansion
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CliniComp Intl., a global provider of mission critical clinical documentation systems, today announced that seven U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy military treatment facilities implemented Essentris® EMR™ in second quarter 2010, fueling the company’s growth and continued momentum in the electronic medical record marketplace. The deployments, spanning three military services in six countries on three continents, are part of one of the largest EMR installs in the world.
“We are pleased that Essentris EMR is the leading inpatient clinical documentation solution for military, veteran and private sector facilities,” said Alan Portela, CliniComp’s President. “Our aggressive growth reflects the value of experience and our unwavering commitment to meet providers’ demands for a solution proven to improve quality, safety, outcomes and care coordination.”
Over a three-month period, CliniComp implemented Essentris at the following U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) facilities:
- Bassett Army Community Hospital, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, is using the system in the Mother Baby Unit, Med-Surg Unit, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, and Same Day Surgery.
- Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB) – 3rd Medical Group, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, went live in the Ambulatory Procedure Unit, Anesthesia Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Multi-Service Unit, and Post Anesthesia Care Unit.
- David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., which went live last September, expanded Essentris to Mother Baby Unit, Labor & Delivery and Nursery.
- Mountain Home Air Force Base – 366th Medical Group at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, installed the solution in Family Care Unit, Labor & Delivery, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, and Same Day Surgery.
- Keesler Medical Center at Keesler AFB, Miss., is using the EMR in its Intensive Care Unit, Maternal Infant Unit, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Same Day Surgery and Med-Surg Unit.
- Royal Air Force Lakenheath – 48th Medical Group, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, rolled out Essentris in the Med-Surg Unit, Ambulatory Procedure Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Labor & Delivery, and Maternal Care.
- U.S. Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, which in 2005 implemented Essentris in Labor & Delivery and Nursery, expanded the solution house-wide to Multi-Service Ward, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, and Same Day Surgery.
CliniComp is a leader in high acuity health care automation, supporting private sector, DoD and Veterans Administration hospitals. The company’s Essentris system is a multidisciplinary EMR suite encompassing inpatient documentation, reporting and clinical surveillance for enterprise-wide workflow support to acute care hospitals, academic medical centers and integrated delivery networks. Essentris streamlines clinical workflows, simplifies access to unified patient data and helps organizations build a longitudinal patient health record. CliniComp will demonstrate its Essentris suite at the Veterans Affairs eHealth Conference and Exposition 2010 in Las Vegas from August 10-12 (booth #202).
About CliniComp, Intl.
San Diego-based CliniComp, Intl. was founded in 1983 by Chairman and CEO, Chris Haudenschild. CliniComp is a global provider of enterprise clinical documentation systems proven to improve the efficiency and safety of health care providers’ highest-acuity workflows. The Essentris® EMR™ suite is the inpatient documentation solution for the U.S. Military Health System and has supported patient care at leading health care systems such as VA North Texas Health Care System, UCLA Health System, and Tenet Healthcare throughout the country for over 26 years. For more information, call 800.350.8202, visit www.clinicomp.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/clinicompintl and find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/CliniComp.
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Amendola Communications for CliniComp, Intl.
Jodi Amendola
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