Temple Lower Bucks Hospital Chooses Misys Healthcare Systems’ Comprehensive RIS Solution
Misys Healthcare Systems (formerly Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.), a market leader in healthcare IT, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Temple Lower Bucks Hospital, located in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
Expanded Relationship Adds Misys Radiology™ to Site’s Clinical Application Set
Tucson, Arizona, May 14, 2002 – Misys Healthcare Systems (formerly Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.), a market leader in healthcare IT, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Temple Lower Bucks Hospital, located in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Building upon an existing relationship with Misys, the contract covers the system acquisition of Misys Radiology™. Designed to optimize daily operations for a radiology department, the Misys Radiology enables hospitals to standardize radiology data management functions enterprise-wide, facilitate orders, streamline operations and workflow, and intelligently schedule patients and radiology resources. The system also delivers patient tracking, film management, and feature-rich reporting.
A member of the Temple University Health System, Temple Lower Bucks Hospital began its relationship with Misys in 2001 with the deployment of Misys Laboratory™ and chose to continue its successful association with Misys Healthcare Systems with its radiology information system.
"Temple Lower Bucks Hospital needed to replace its existing radiology information system with a vendor and product line that will be with us for the long-term," said Martin Healey, Director of Radiology, Temple Lower Bucks Hospital. "As part of Temple University Health System we already have an effective partnership with the people of Misys Healthcare Systems. Their demonstrated commitments to outstanding service and client success, coupled with their commitment to their Misys Radiology system product line were key factors in our decision to choose Misys Healthcare Systems."
"Temple Lower Bucks Hospital is clearly committed to long-term quality healthcare, as evidenced by their acquisition criteria and their choosing Misys Healthcare Systems for their radiology information system,” said Andrew Lawson, Misys Healthcare Systems Chief Operating Officer. “The people of Misys Healthcare Systems, with our proven ability to deliver stable healthcare information systems, are ready to expand our services to the radiology department at Temple Lower Bucks Hospital.”
About Misys Radiology™Misys’ RIS integrates information and images into one easy-to-use, easy-to-access electronic source that provides a wide range of functionality, including:
- Patient registration with online review of patient exam history with ADT and order entry interfaces.
- Appointment scheduling with user-defined rules for automated appointment booking and effective room utilization.
- Patient tracking that accommodates exam status updates bar code entry and monitors patients and exams throughout the enterprise.
- Film management that supports bar coding for quick film processing with outside film receipt and tracking.
- Patient reports with customizable reporting template and voice recognition and playback to decrease exam-reporting time.
- Fee billing that captures both hospital and radiologist charges and includes built-in options for dynamic electronic batch or file batch billing.
- Integrated PACs and voice recognition options.
- Optional Misys application modules for use with Misys Radiology include integrated mammography reporting and tracking, Misys Ad Hoc Report Writer™, Misys Clinical Event Manager™, a decision support system, and Misys Encompass™, web-based clinical information access tool.
About Temple Lower Bucks HospitalLocated in historic Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lower Bucks Hospital was founded by the community in 1954. A member of the Temple University Health System, LBH is known for its outstanding medical staff, skilled compassionate nurses, and the latest in advanced technology. They are committed to quality healthcare, which is seen by their accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare organizations. LBH offers services in several medical specialties, including: open heart surgery, interventional cardiology and radiology, maternity, pediatrics, cancer, emergency medicine and same-day surgeries.
About Misys Healthcare SystemsMisys Healthcare Systems is a division of Misys plc – one of the world’s largest independent applications software product companies. Misys Healthcare Systems is among the top five healthcare IT companies in the United States.
The company designs, develops, and supports a comprehensive suite of information products for hospitals, commercial laboratories, physician practices and home care providers that serve the healthcare IT industry’s broadening spectrum of needs. Misys Healthcare Systems’ three business units have a well-established customer base with 85,000 physicians, 1,200 hospitals, 600 home care providers, and hundreds of laboratories, clinics, managed services organizations and other related organizations using the company’s products and services. For more information, visit www.misyshealthcare.com.
Misys Radiology and Misys Laboratory are trademarks of Misys Hospital Systems, Inc. d/b/a Misys Healthcare Systems. Other trademarks or registered trademarks are the marks of their respective owners.
About Misys plcMisys plc is one of the world's leading software products suppliers. Misys partners with its customers to deliver outstanding IT solutions to essential industries. The group develops and licenses products to the international banking and securities, US healthcare, and UK retail financial services sectors. Misys employs over 6,500 people.
