Shoals and ECM Hospitals select MediSYS as a Preferred Vendor

Shoals and ECM Hospitals select MediSYS as a Preferred Vendor

MediSYS: focusing on what matters most to Alabama providers.

Birmingham, AL (June 27th, 2011) – MediSYS, an efficient electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) vendor top ranked by clients and carriers, is selected as a preferred EHR provider by Shoals Hospital and Eliza Coffee Memorial (ECM) Hospital in the Shoals medical community.

The interface between MediSYS EHR and Shoals /ECM Hospital systems interface is expected to be released to provider’s late-June.   MediSYS providers will electronically receive available Hospital documents delivered and sorted automatically into the correct tab in the patient’s chart, and additionally the documents will be delivered electronically to the provider’s inbox for review.  This process will improve and streamline patient care for Shoals and ECM patients, and reduce provider and staff time and paper costs.  The specially designed interface is at no up-front cost to MediSYS EHR providers.

“Shoals Hospital and Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital, along with many area providers, evaluated several electronic health record applications.  We are pleased to have selected MediSYS as a preferred vendor,” explains Ross Berry, CEO of Shoals Hospital.  “In addition, MediSYS offers providers an automated and secure connection between the Shoals and ECM Hospitals’ patient treatment data and MediSYS EHR.  This automated connection to hospital data helps providers better treat Shoals and ECM patients.  This is an exciting time for Shoals Hospital /ECM Hospital and MediSYS.  Establishing relationships with vendors such as MediSYS helps to simplify the purchasing phase and reduces the management of individual vendor contracts.  Several providers in our area have already selected MediSYS EHR.  MediSYS provides exceptional service and functionality to our member physiciansproviders.”

 “We are thrilled to be selected as a preferred vendor by Shoals and ECM Hospitals,” said Mark Lewis, Senior Healthcare Information Systems Consultant at MediSYS.  “This interface project between the Hospitals and MediSYS EHR seeks to improve the quality of care for ECM/Shoals patients and their providers.  We believe the interface will significantly reduce labor, paper, and wait-time, costs for providers.  The interface also is designed to reduce the hassles of pulling files within the process or re-routing the information to a foreign EHR.  MediSYS EHR and ECM and Shoals Hospital are now engaged in an exciting interoperability with the goal to improve health care delivery in the Shoals area.” 

About MediSYS

MediSYS has been serving and partnering with healthcare providers throughout the state of Alabama for the past 25 years providing practice management software.  In 2005, MediSYS expanded its applications to include electronic prescribing and electronic health records (EHR). 

MediSYS continues to lead the way in clinical technology across Alabama, adding new enhancements, vendor partnerships, products and services. Offering dependable, local service with the ability to quickly meet and exceed industry changes has been a strong factor in our presence in the Alabama healthcare market.   MediSYS serves over 1,000 physicians encompassing approximately 650 practices in Alabama alone. 

MediSYS EHR v1.0 has received the federal government’s “meaningful use” stamp of approval by earning Complete EHR certification. MediSYS EHR is also a CCHIT Certified health information technology provider, using a secure and affordable web-based platform.