Baylor Quality Alliance Selects Greenway for Participation in EHR Program
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc.Bob Kneeley, 678-390-7262Vice President of Investor RelationsorGCI HealthJames Robinson, 404-259-5542
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. announced today that Baylor Quality Alliance (BQA), which has a mission to improve quality and reduce the overall cost of care for patients and communities it serves, has selected Greenway to participate in BQA’s electronic health record (EHR) program.
The BQA EHR Program helps physician practices evaluate and select EHR applications that meet their needs. Practices that select PrimeSUITE® contract directly with Greenway®, with BQA helping to manage the overall implementation.
"Implementing an interoperable electronic health record system puts comprehensive health information at care providers’ fingertips throughout the health community, helping improve care delivery and outcomes," said David Bragg, MD, senior vice president and medical informatics, Baylor Quality Alliance. "We hope the BQA EHR program will encourage providers in the community to consider taking this important step forward.”
BQA urges those interested in obtaining more information about the EHR program to contact program manager at (214) 820-4929.
“Greenway is extremely enthusiastic about BQA’s efforts to promote system-wide EHR adoption and HIE connectivity,” said Tee Green, Greenway president and chief executive officer. “PrimeSUITE already serves several practices within the Baylor Health Care System, and we look forward to welcoming many more as a result of this program.”
Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: GWAY) delivers . — Greenway’s certified and single-database electronic health record/practice management and interoperability solution — helps improve care coordination, quality and cost-efficiency as part of a smarter, sustainable healthcare system. Thousands of care providers across primary care and more than 30 specialties and sub-specialties use cloud-based, remote-hosted or on-premise Greenway solutions in healthcare enterprises, physician practices and clinics nationwide. For details, see ,, or .
Baylor Health Care System is a not-for-profit, faith-based supporting organization providing services to a network of acute care hospitals and related health care entities that provide patient care, medical education, research and community service. Baylor recorded more than 2.8 million patient encounters, $4.1 billion in total operating revenue, $5.3 billion in total assets and $502 million in community benefit in fiscal year 2011 (as reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services). Baylor’s network of more than 300 access points includes 30 owned/operated/ventured/affiliated hospitals; joint ventured ambulatory surgical centers; satellite outpatient locations; senior centers and more than 190 HealthTexas Provider Network physician clinics.
In addition to historical information, this press release may include certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include both implied and express statements regarding the Company’s financial condition, growth strategy, business development efforts, service offerings, and service delivery models. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to differ materially from the historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Risks that could affect the Company’s future performance include, but are not limited to, our ability to adapt to evolving technology and industry standards; our ability to implement our growth strategy; our ability to retain management and other qualified personnel; failure to prevent disruptions in service or damage to our third-party providers’ data centers; failure to avoid liability for the use of content we provide; regulation of the healthcare information technology industry; our ability to ensure our solutions meet industry and government standards; failure to maintain adequate security measures for our customers’ confidential information and personal identifiable information and their patients’ protected health information; our ability to obtain new provider clients; failure of the HITECH Act and other incentive programs to be fully implemented or funded by the government; our ability to implement our strategic relationships as currently intended; failure to establish, protect or enforce our intellectual property; restrictions in our credit facility and future indebtedness. Further information concerning these and other factors is included in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. The Company disclaims any obligation or duty to update or modify these forward-looking statements.
Greenway, the Greenway logo and PrimeSUITE are registered trademarks and the phrase “smarter solutions for smarter healthcare” is a trademark of Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. Other product or company names are the property of their respective owners.