SHERBORN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boston Software SystemsTM, the leader in workflow automation technology to the healthcare market, today announced that Product Manager Thom Blackwell and CIO Denni McColm at Citizens Memorial Healthcare, will be presenting “Downtime Solutions in a Paperless Environment” at the 2009 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago. The session will be held Sunday, April 5 at the HIMSS Product Pavilion, Managing the Business of Healthcare, booth 8239 in the Product Pavilion. Boston Software Systems will also have a presence in the Exhibit Hall at booth 3445.
With passage of the stimulus plan, electronic records are the technology focus of many hospitals, but what happens during unexpected downtimes? In this presentation, Blackwell and McColm will illustrate how automation enables caregivers to maintain quality of care even when systems are down.
Four years ago, Davies Award-winning Citizens Memorial Healthcare overhauled its IT structure to operate more efficiently, improve patient care and manage rising costs. Today, a fully integrated, 100 percent paperless healthcare information system connects the 74-bed hospital with five long-term care facilities, 16 physician clinics and home care services across southwest Missouri.
“In the event of a system failure, we must maintain full functionality so we can continue quality care for our patients,” said McColm. “Using Boston WorkStation, Citizens Memorial Healthcare now has downtime reports for short-term or long-term outages that help transition records from electronic to paper, providing instant access to pertinent patient information. There might be multi-million dollar methods to solving downtime, but Boston WorkStation offers a cost effective, simple and elegant solution which has been a lifesaver for us.”
Presentation:
“Downtime Solutions in a Paperless Environment”
Who:
Thom Blackwell, product manager, Boston Software Systems
Denni McColm, CIO, Citizens Memorial Healthcare
When:
Sunday, April 5, 3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Where:
HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition; McCormick Place, Chicago; HIMSS Product Pavilion, Managing the Business of Healthcare, Booth 8239
About Boston Software Systems
Boston Software Systems is the leading standard for workflow automation and system integration software, enabling organizations to streamline complex business processes and improve productivity. Hundreds of organizations worldwide respond to regulatory and business initiatives by using Boston WorkStation technology to automate and improve processes throughout a variety of departments. Customers include more than 50 HCA hospitals, Mayo hospitals, Stanford Medical Center, CHRISTUS Health, Lutheran Health Network and Tenet Healthcare. Boston Software Systems partners with leading application and system vendors such as McKesson, Siemens, 3M, NCR and Emdeon. For more information, please visit the company’s Web site at www.bostonworkstation.com or call 866.653.5105.
Boston Software Systems, Boston WorkStation are trademarks of Boston Software Systems, Inc.
For more information:
Boston Software Systems
Margaret Mayer, 978-525-4831
margaretm@bossoft.com
or
Schwartz Communications
Davida Dinerman/Chris Poisson, 781-684-0770
bossoft@schwartz-pr.com
