Superior Consultant (NASDAQ:SUPC)
Historical Stock Chart
From Jun 2019 to Jun 2024
Botsford General Hospital Physicians Gain Electronic Access to
Clinical Data, Superior Consultant Outsourcing Delivers Expanded Capability
CDR-Web(TM) Clinician Portal Application Has Successful Start at Botsford
DEARBORN, Mich. and FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Aug. 16
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Superior Consultant Company (NASDAQ:SUPC) and
Botsford General Hospital today announced they have successfully piloted and
will fully deploy a software application that provides clinicians easy access
to patient information and clinical results from multiple disparate systems by
means of a clinical data repository. Access to the repository is via a
sophisticated, Web-based portal. The full implementation of this portal, which
Superior and Botsford anticipate will include 900 additional users within six
months, is part of Botsford's overall clinical transformation strategy.
The application, CDR-Web(TM), is a secure, Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant environment for patient information guided
by strict business rules. The permanent retention and storage of clinical
information in the Clinical Data Repository (CDR) is populated on a real-time
basis, with patient demographic and clinical information being fed from the
existing hospital information systems.
The CDR-Web application product, developed by Reliance Software Systems, was
implemented as part of the full Information Technology Outsourcing agreement
between Superior and Botsford. Superior led an integrated team of Superior,
Reliance and Botsford personnel to achieve implementation and Superior is
hosting and operating the application at Superior's processing center.
The application system provides comprehensive, real-time results reporting in a
visually appealing, integrated clinical record. Equipping Botsford clinicians
with this configurable, secure, Web-based portal will increase clinician and
patient satisfaction by improving the quality and timeliness of care, and is
expected to help reduce the length of patient stays in the hospital.
"The physicians and nurses who initially road-tested CDR-Web provided excellent
feedback regarding the application, and the pilot participants' recent support
of the system further confirms our need to move forward with the implementation
phase of this innovative clinician portal," said Dr. Paul LaCasse, Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Botsford General Hospital and
executive sponsor of the clinical portal application project.
During the one-month pilot phase, selected clinicians, including physicians,
registered nurses, pharmacists and various medical office staff, were trained
on CDR-Web. Survey results from the pilot participants indicated significant
enthusiasm and overwhelming support to deploy CDR-Web across the Botsford
Continuum. Participants noted that the application was very easy to use,
visually appealing, and significantly helped them in their delivery of patient
care. Within the next six months, Superior and Botsford expect 900 additional
users, including house staff, key admitting physicians, residents, interns, and
nursing personnel, will be trained on and using the CDR-Web application.
Under an outsourcing agreement, Superior has been performing all information
technology functions for Botsford General Hospital for seven years, keeping the
hospital strategically competitive with current healthcare technology. "We are
very pleased with the support we've been given from Superior's team of
professionals relative to this project, which I believe is going to be a
launching pad for our clinical transformation at the hospital," added Dr.
LaCasse.
About Botsford General Hospital
Botsford General Hospital, a 330-bed acute care community hospital serving
communities in southern Oakland and western Wayne counties and northwest
Detroit, was a recipient of the 2003 Governor's Award for Improving Care in the
Hospital Setting and the Governor's Award for Improving Care in the Emergency
Department Setting. A medical staff of more than 500 physicians representing a
wide range of medical specialties provides primary, specialty and preventive
care. From its active Emergency Department with board- certified, emergency
medicine physicians to state-of-the-art critical care units specializing in
acute, coronary and intensive care, Botsford emphasizes quality medical care in
a warm and friendly community setting.
Botsford's Medical Education program encompasses a full range of externships,
traditional and special emphasis internships and residencies in 19 specialties
and subspecialties. A nationally-recognized teaching facility, Botsford
provides a regional campus for the Michigan State University College of
Osteopathic Medicine. Each year about 110 residents and 36 interns are trained
at the hospital.
Botsford General Hospital is part of the Botsford Health Care Continuum, an
integrated system of care that also includes Community Emergency Medical
Service, the Botsford Continuing Care Corporation and the Botsford Center for
Health Improvement. The Botsford site on the Internet is
http://www.botsfordsystem.org/ .
About Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation
Recipient of Frost & Sullivan's 2003 Best Bang for the Buck Award for providing
services and solutions with the highest ratio of value to cost, Superior
Consultant is a leading national provider of transformational outsourcing,
management and information technology consulting services and solutions to the
healthcare industry. Superior specializes in Digital Business
Transformation(TM) services that enable clients to thrive in the
information-driven economy, and its outsourcing, management and information
technology consulting services and solutions help clients plan and execute
better business strategies and meet their fiscal challenges while advancing
clinical quality. Superior's best practices outsourcing model includes a full
range of flexible business process and information technology solutions,
including data center services, 24/7/365 network monitoring and help desk
services, facility management, interim management, and application outsourcing
services. For 20 years, Superior has been recognized as an innovative leader
within the healthcare industry and has been rewarded with full and partial
outsourcing contracts, thousands of engagements, approximately 170 interim
management assignments, and nearly 3,000 clients.
For more information on Superior Consultant Holdings Corporation simply dial
1-800-PRO-INFO and enter the Company ticker: SUPC (a no-cost fax-on- demand
service) or visit the Company's Web site at http://www.superiorconsultant.com/
.
DATASOURCE: Superior Consultant Company
CONTACT: Richard D. Helppie - Chief Executive Officer, or Susan M. Synor
- Executive Vice President, of Superior Consultant Company, +1-248-386-8300
Web site: http://www.superiorconsultant.com/
http://www.botsfordsystem.org/