One of Americas Leading Integrated Healthcare Delivery Networks Selects Misys Healthcare Systems to Streamline Home Health and Hospice Operations
Advocate Home Health Services, Inc. will Implement Misys Homecare™ Increase Efficiency and Improve Care
RALEIGH, N.C. (October 2, 2007) –Misys Healthcare Systems, a market leader in healthcare IT, today announced that Advocate Home Health Services, Inc., the home care and hospice division of Advocate Health Care, ranked among the top 10 healthcare systems in the United States, has selected Misys Homecare™ to improve patient care in the Greater Chicago area. By implementing Misys Homecare, Advocate Home Health Services, Inc. will increase efficiency across approximately 250 home health associates and 225 support employees.
With the Misys Homecare solution, Advocate Home Health clinicians will benefit from timely access to critical patient information- in the office or while in the field. Misys Homecare also offers user-friendly features, workflow enhancements and clinical decision support that will enable increased efficiency.
“Misys has a long-standing reputation for providing quality home health solutions that meet the needs of their homecare and hospice clients,” said Denise Keefe, president of Advocate Home Health Services, Inc. “After rigorous side-by-side comparisons and discussions within the home care community, the decision to select Misys was clear. Our clinicians viewed Misys Homecare as the most superior solution available in this market.”
“Prior to selecting Misys Homecare, Advocate Home Health Services, Inc. utilized multiple software applications to address clinical and business operations needs,” said Gary Larson, senior vice president of Misys Healthcare Systems’ Homecare Business Unit. “Advocate’s choice of Misys Homecare software and services emphasizes their commitment to providing the very best in home health and hospice care. Misys Homecare will help streamline their patient services and provide increased efficiency and connectivity throughout the entire Advocate Home Health Services network.”
Media Contacts:
Mike Holsinger
Misys Healthcare Systems
919-329-1771
mike.holsinger@misyshealthcare.com
Mercedes Fereck
Schwartz Communications
781-684-0770
misys@schwartz-pr.com
About Advocate Home Health Services, Inc.
Advocate Home Health Services, Inc., along with its affiliates, Advocate Home Care Products, Inc. and Advocate Hospice, provides a comprehensive, cost-effective, quality-oriented approach to home care to patients throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Since its establishment in 1978, Advocate Home Health Services has grown to become one of the largest privately held home care providers in Illinois. Advocate Home Health Services is part of Advocate Health Care, the largest health care provider in Illinois. Ranked among the nation’s top health care systems, Advocate is a faith-based, non-profit system related to both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ. Advocate’s 200-plus sites of care in metropolitan Chicago include eight acute care hospitals and two children’s hospitals, Advocate Home Health Services and four of Chicago’s largest medical groups.
About Misys Healthcare Systems, LLC
Misys Healthcare – part of the global applications software and services company, Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L) - delivers integrated, comprehensive solutions that improve results for healthcare practitioners. Drawing on our decades of healthcare experience, our relationships with more than 100,000 healthcare professionals, and our commitment to customer success, we deliver innovative software and services that enable physicians, caregivers, and a connected healthcare community. Misys Healthcare: Experience, Solutions, Results. Contact us today; visit www.misyshealthcare.com
