Company to provide St. Luke’s 24 area locations with unified electronic medical records and health information exchange systems

August 20, 2011:  St. Louis, MO – In 2011, more doctors, medical groups and hospitals will be working towards achieving Meaningful Use and will turn to Electronic Health Record (EHR) providers who meet the established criteria and have a proven track record for successful implementation.  Such is the case for St. Luke’s Medical Group who recently chose Curas, a St. Louis-based health information technology consulting company, to assist in the implementation of the eClinicalWorks EHR solution at its 24 medical practices.  To date, Curas has implemented eClinicalWorks for over 70 physicians within St. Luke’s medical group and over 700 providers nationwide.

 As part of the St. Luke’s EHR implementation, Curas will also deploy eClinicalWorks Electronic Health eXchange (eEHX®), a health information exchange (HIE).  The system will electronically connect the St. Luke’s community of physicians and allow for records sharing in all St. Luke’s facilities.  This greatly improves access to patients’ health information, allows for more effective exchange of data throughout the St. Luke’s campuses, and facilitates the availability of global data and information.

With the eClinicalWorks suite of products, Curas helps physicians modernize their practices by taking advantage of new technologies that allow for electronically shared medical records, laboratory results and diagnostic imaging reports.  eClinicalWorks is one of the leading EHR products to receive the 2011/2012 ONC-ATCB Complete EHR certification which is required to qualify for Meaningful Use under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. Meeting this requirement was a key factor in the selection process for St. Luke’s.

“St. Luke’s is one of the top healthcare providers in the region with a commitment to improving the health of the St. Louis community,” said Num Pisutha-Arnond, Managing Partner at Curas. “With the addition of eClinicalWorks and an HIE system, physicians in St. Luke’s network strengthen their dedication to providing patient-centered care.”

In 2011, for the second year in a row, Curas was named the top U.S. reseller of eClinicalWorks, an established leader in unified, ambulatory electronic medical records and practice management solutions which enables physicians to manage patient flow from check-in to check-out and streamlines their practice to improve efficiency, increase revenue, decrease medical errors, while allowing more focus on patient care.  Curas offers a full range of eClinicalWorks services including certified specialists who assist practices with training end users, workflow consulting, support, installation, data migration, and custom reporting.  The company also maintains its own call center which provides support to physicians with a guaranteed two hour response time.  Curas enjoys a 99% success rating in its eClinicalWorks implementations, while industry-wide the estimate hovers at 27%.

Founded in 1866, St. Luke’s Medical group, based in Chesterfield, Missouri serves the greater St. Louis area as a premier regional healthcare provider. St. Luke’s serves the region from 24 locations across St. Louis and St. Charles Counties. For the past four years, St. Luke’s Hospital is the only Missouri hospital to be named on the HealthGrades list of America’s 50 Best Hospitals.

 

About Curas

Curas is a St. Louis area based health information technology consulting company and a Value Added Reseller (VAR) of the eClinicalWorks suite of products for the electronic medical office. From planning through implementation, training and support, Curas has a nationwide reputation for providing the services physicians need to ensure that technology enables their business, not hinders it. Curas’ staff of eClinicalWorks certified specialists install the software, train end users, and assist practices with optimizing their office workflow to maximize the benefit they receive from deploying eClinicalWorks’ products. Curas maintains its own call center providing Level 1 and Level 2 support to its clients. In addition to locations in Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Hawaii, the firm installs, trains, and supports users at various sites around the United States. Today, Curas supports over 700 physicians in over 35 states with practices ranging in size from solo practices to multi-specialty 100 provider practices. For more information about Curas, visit: www.curas.net.

 About eClinicalWorks

eClinicalWorks® is a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market. The company’s unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) solutions are proven for every market segment: large practice groups, including Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), Electronic Health Records of Rhode Island (EHRRI) and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as well as medium, small and solo practices regardless of specialty. The company enjoys high profitability with a five-year compounded growth rate of more than 100 percent year-to-year. With an established customer base of more than 50,000 providers and 225,000 healthcare professionals across all 50 states, eClinicalWorks has been awarded multiple top industry honors including being named to the Inc. 5000 in 2009, 2008 and 2007. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks has additional offices in New York City, Pleasanton, Calif. and Alpharetta, Ga. More information on eClinicalWorks can be found at www.eclinicalworks.com.

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