Duncan Regional Hospital Extends Partnership With Merge Healthcare to Launch Cardiology Program and Cath Lab
March 17 2015 - 7:01AM
Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of
innovative enterprise imaging, interoperability, and clinical
systems that seek to advance healthcare, today announced Duncan
Regional Hospital, a 145-bed progressive, not-for-profit community
hospital in Duncan, Okla., has extended its partnership with Merge
through enterprise-wide cardiology management and real-time
documentation. Merge Hemo™ and Merge Cardio™ will support Duncan
Regional's launch of a new cardiology program and cath lab with
long-term scalability and better patient care.
Duncan Regional is a rural facility in an area with
traditionally high heart health issues, leading to an
organizational focus on solving critical population health issues
to enhance care delivery. Building on the successful deployment of
Merge's radiology and enterprise imaging solution with Duncan, the
extended collaboration on the cardiology side was a natural next
step. Duncan will now have the ability to consolidate cardiology
information and patient data, as well as automate cath lab
processes.
These functions ultimately help staff meet operational,
financial, and clinical goals, while removing initial
administrative and business hurdles. This relationship also
prepares the organization to manage the changing healthcare
environment by driving interoperability initiatives.
"Our initial workflows were proving to be inefficient, and
bringing a strong cardiology department to our community was
critical. As the importance of population health increases, we're
pleased that we can offer more proactive care to our community,"
said Roger Neal, Vice President and CIO at Duncan Regional.
"Extending our partnership with Merge fits well into our existing
infrastructure, contributing to even more improved workflow and
cost savings."
"We're honored to partner with Duncan Regional as they bring
essential heart health support to this rural area of the country,"
said Justin Dearborn, CEO at Merge Healthcare. "Cardiology is a key
component to interoperability between specialties, and innovators
like Duncan Regional are helping set the stage for better patient
care based on value, rather than volume. We look forward to
partnering with Duncan Regional as their cardiology program grows
and collaborating with them to continuously find new ways to
enhance operations."
To learn more about Merge's cardiology solutions, visit
merge.com/Solutions/Cardiology.
About Duncan Regional Hospital
Serving Stephens and the surrounding counties since 1977, Duncan
Regional Hospital has a state-wide reputation as one of the
premiere Oklahoma hospitals for medical excellence, advanced
technology and nationally recognized high levels of patient
satisfaction and is a 145-bed, nationally accredited hospital.
About Merge
Merge is a leading provider of innovative enterprise imaging,
interoperability and clinical systems that seek to advance
healthcare. Merge's enterprise and cloud-based technologies for
image intensive specialties provide access to any image, anywhere,
any time. Merge also provides clinical trials software with
end-to-end study support in a single platform and other intelligent
health data and analytics solutions. With solutions that have been
used by providers for more than 25 years, Merge is helping to
reduce costs, improve efficiencies and enhance the quality of
healthcare worldwide. For more information, visit merge.com and
follow us @MergeHealthcare.
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