ADDISON, Texas - El Centro Regional Medical Center, located in El Centro, Calif., will implement MEDHOST's Emergency Department Information System (EDIS). MEDHOST's EDIS supplements hospital emergency departments (ED) with an easy-to-use and proficient technology platform that is proven to drastically improve charge capture, helps increase patient safety and reduces individual wait times. Accompanying its EDIS technologies, MEDHOST will provide El Centro Regional Medical Center with a full suite of consulting, support and training initiatives.

MEDHOST's EDIS will help El Centro Regional Medical Center improve communications and create steady work flow, as well as facilitate assistance in all levels of patient care, including registration, tracking, order entry, documentation, and billing and discharge. Clinician acceptance and compliance will be maximized by user-friendly touch screen technology and clinical content that can be customized to El Centro's specific needs with MEDHOST's Administrative ToolKit application. MEDHOST also provides ED consultants to oversee the installation and training and assist the ED manager with a smooth transition.

"Before selecting MEDHOST, we made many site visits and thoroughly investigated EDIS providers to find the ideal organization to service our needs," said Ed Kirkpatrick, chief nursing officer at El Centro Regional Medical Center. "After viewing MEDHOST's technologies, we were impressed with the simplicity of its user interface and how easy it was to utilize the touch screen computer technologies. In our attempt to substantially reduce traditional manual charting and use MEDHOST's exceptional approach in assisting the clinician with better decision making, we are confident that MEDHOST will help us reach our goal, as well as improve workflow and organization throughout our ED."
"Much like MEDHOST, El Centro Regional Medical Center is a facility that puts its Customer above everything else," said Craig Herrod, CEO of MEDHOST. "We enjoy working with healthcare facilities that share this core belief and understand the dramatic benefits of implementing EDIS technologies. We are confident that MEDHOST and our EDIS can help El Centro Regional Medical Center increase efficiency, improve the level of patient care, and enhance the ED's financial performance."

MEDHOST currently serves facilities such as Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, the Lifespan Health System of Rhode Island, and the Baylor Healthcare System in Texas. MEDHOST is the preferred EDIS provider of VHA Inc., a national cooperative of leading not-for-profit health care organizations.

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