Central Georgia Health Network Selects eClinicalWorks Unified EMR/PM and Electronic Health Exchange

Community Health Record to Connect 428 Providers in Central Georgia, Improving the Quality of Care
HIMSS 2008 Annual Conference
Booth No. 3485

eClinicalWorks™, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Central Georgia Health Network (CGHN) has selected the company’s unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) solution to streamline practice operations for 428 providers across Central Georgia. Also, eClinicalWorks Electronic Health eXchange (eEHX) will create a community health record to engage CGHN physicians and their patients in more effective medical management.

“We have been at the forefront of improving the quality of patient care in Central Georgia for years and have achieved quantifiable results in that area,” said Wynn Kallay M.D., chairman of Central Georgia Health Network (CGHN). “Implementing eEHX is the single most important initiative in the Middle Georgia region to accurately measure and improve quality. This provides us the greatest opportunity to prevent medical errors and the potential for medical cost reduction is astronomical.” Doug Brewer M.D., chairman of CGHN’s Technology Committee adds, “eClinicalWorks has been selected for the ease-of-use and proven technology of its unified solution. The Technology Committee carefully evaluated several systems and found that eClinicalWorks best meets CGHN’s needs.”

Since 1996, CGHN has served as a network of multi-specialty providers in Central Georgia, including private practices, a hospital and the academic faculty at Mercer University. Using eClinicalWorks, CGHN providers will benefit from improved communication and patient information during both hospital stays and visits to private physician practices. eEHX will create a community record that will enable physicians to have access to patients’ vital health information and allow physicians to exchange data more effectively. Initially, the more than 152 practices in the CGHN network will participate, with a plan to proliferate participation to the regional CGHN providers, including doctors in rural areas.

“Central Georgia Health Network is leading a clinical integration project that brings together multiple specialty, private physician groups and hospital in the interest of helping providers implement systems that increase the quality of patient care,” said Girish Kumar Navani, president of eClinicalWorks. “Using eClinicalWorks EMR/PM, with an interface to the hospital’s Cerner in-patient system, and in conjunction with our Electronic Health eXchange will help providers easily improve operations and communication throughout the extended practices. The community-wide record that is created through this agreement will allow CGHN physicians to have the most up-to-date and accurate patient information, including electronic referrals, to provide superior care.”

About Central Georgia Health Network

CGHN is a provider network based in Macon, Georgia, which includes the Medical Center of Central Georgia and more than 400 primary-care and specialty physicians.

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. With an established customer base of 3,000 customers across all 50 states, eClinicalWorks has been awarded multiple top industry honors including being named to the Inc. 500 in 2007, Best in KLAS in 2006, 2005 and 2004, and a top solution by TEPR for four consecutive years. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks has additional offices in New York City and Alpharetta, Ga. More information on eClinicalWorks can be found at www.eclinicalworks.com or by calling 866-888-MYCW.

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