EXTON, Pa., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Daou Systems, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: DAOU) , a provider of IT consulting and management services to healthcare organizations, today announced an agreement with Salem Hospital Regional Health Services in Salem, OR to design and implement an Internet portal solution for physicians.
Daou will develop and implement a Provider Portal, built on the emPOWERnet(TM) web services architecture technology from Park City Solutions providing Salem Hospital with a platform that integrates information from disparate systems into a single view, where it can be quickly and easily accessed by physicians, nurses and other authorized clinical and administrative staff.
“Increasing numbers of providers are discovering the powerful integration capabilities of a web services architecture,” said Vincent K. Roach, Daou’s president and CEO. “By implementing solutions like the emPOWERnet(TM) Provider Portal, we are helping Salem Hospital use web technology to link information from disparate systems and present it to clinicians in a user-friendly format. It’s a practical, affordable alternative to the huge expense of replacing their existing systems to achieve the same breadth of integration.”
The first phase of the project will take approximately six months to implement. Phase One functionality will place Salem Hospital clinicians clicks away from vital updates and summaries of patient data.
“Our search for the right web services partner led us to Daou,” said Dennis Sato, CIO at Salem Hospital. “Daou’s Advanced Technologies group has considerable expertise coupled with a substantial technology solution. It will enable Salem Hospital physicians to easily obtain information and do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.”
More than 500 physicians have privileges at Salem Hospital, Sato noted. “Some of them have remote access to clinical information through a variety of laboratory, radiology and other systems, but accessing patient information that way is cumbersome,” he said. “When Daou completes its work, the portal will enable Salem Hospital to provide better support to its clinical staff, What’s more, we’ll have the foundation to expand our portal to support other key functions within our hospital, such as patient scheduling, fetal monitoring, pharmacy and others. This is an important investment for our facility, one that will enable us to provide better care and service to our patients than ever before.”
About Salem Hospital
Salem Hospital is one of the largest of Oregon’s 63 acute care hospitals. It is a not-for-profit hospital, licensed for 454 acute care beds, and is guided by a 15-member volunteer Board of Trustees. Salem Hospital is a regional medical center offering top medical services and technology to people in and around Oregon’s Willamette Valley. As the leading regional medical center in the Willamette Valley, Salem Hospital provides a broad range of top health services to all of Marion and Polk Counties. The hospital is the region’s largest private employer, with approximately 3,400 full- and part-time employees. There are over 400 physicians representing all specialties who admit patients to the hospital. More than 500 volunteers provide non-medical support for the hospital.
About Daou
Daou Systems, Inc. provides expert consulting and management services to healthcare organizations in the design, deployment, and support of IT infrastructure and application systems. Daou offers a range of comprehensive services, from strategic consulting, to IT application design and implementation, to government and integration services, to best practices expertise in help desk, break/fix and desktop support. Daou has provided services to more than 1,600 healthcare organizations, including government healthcare and leading private and public hospitals, managed care organizations on both the payer and provider sides of the market, as well as integrated healthcare delivery networks (IDNs). Daou Systems, Inc. is a publicly traded company listed on the OTC Bulletin Board under the stock symbol DAOU.
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