e-MDs Applauds Saline Memorial Hospital Community Health Information Exchange

This is what healthcare is all about today, being able to have access and share vital information, thus avoiding having to look through more than one file or data base to bring it all together under one roof. As time progresses on, integration is the key with electronic medical records becoming a reality. Right now, there’s a real shortage of physicians using digital records and integration is certainly working in the right direction to bridge the gap. This press release tells that exact story, integration, which will lead to better healthcare all the way around. BD

AUSTIN, TX - e-MDs, an industry leader in the development and implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), applauds Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Arkansas for the successful establishment of a community health information exchange (CHIE). The innovative program is being operated through e-MDs award winning EHR, Solution Series TM, establishing a digital database of patient medical information for sharing within the hospital and ambulatory network. The CHIE will greatly improve the quality of care for the patient.

By providing a unified health information system accessible by hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and labs, providers in the community will have the ability to continually monitor the care of the patient. A single community record will also result in significant cost savings for both the patient and provider.

"Saline Memorial is leading by example in the national movement to modernize health care through technology and the implementation of electronic health records," stated Dr. Michael Stearns, President of e-MDs. "Saline County will take giant steps in enhancing the quality of care, inevitably cutting cost and saving valuable time often lost in paper records. Saline Memorial is changing the face of health care in Arkansas."