MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Baptist Memorial Health Care’s five Mississippi hospitals recently began offering epatient registration.
Baptist patients now can preregister online for hospital visits, tests or procedures before they come to the hospital, eliminating the need to bring personal information on the day of their procedures. To register online, patients can log on to http://epatient.baptistonline.org/ and enter their appointment date and time, physician’s name and the procedure they will undergo, along with the Baptist location where they will have their procedure.
“We want to make preparing for hospital visits, procedures or tests as simple as possible for our patients,” said Jim Ainsworth, vice president and Mississippi market leader for Baptist Memorial Health Care. “Besides being more convenient, registering online can save time. All the information patients need to register is right there within reach.”
Epatient registration was piloted at Baptist’s five freestanding metro-Memphis hospitals, including Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven, Miss., Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Miss., Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in New Albany, Miss., and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville began offering epatient registration in August 2004.
In Mississippi, Baptist operates five hospitals with more than 950 licensed beds and a variety of services, including 24-hour emergency care. Four hospitals offer labor and delivery services and three have open-heart surgery services. Several of these hospitals also have sleep disorders centers, cancer services and hospice care. For more information, please visit http://www.baptistonline.org/ .
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