Illinois provider expands Centricity investment
SIU HealthCare of Barrington, Ill., has selected GE Healthcare’s Centricity Business for its financial performance and have interoperability capabilities with its GE Centricity EMR.
SIU HealthCare, affiliated with the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, is a nonprofit network of five affiliated hospitals, seven departments and 43 clinics with more than 1500 employees serving rural Illinois. A Centricity EMR customer, with specialties ranging from cancer care to primary care, as well as surgical, medical, pediatric and OB/GYN services, the practice plans to deploy Centricity Business to support revenue cycle management -- from pre-visit patient eligibility verification and co-pay collection, to claims management.
SIU HealthCare, affiliated with the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, is a nonprofit network of five affiliated hospitals, seven departments and 43 clinics with more than 1500 employees serving rural Illinois. A Centricity EMR customer, with specialties ranging from cancer care to primary care, as well as surgical, medical, pediatric and OB/GYN services, the practice plans to deploy Centricity Business to support revenue cycle management -- from pre-visit patient eligibility verification and co-pay collection, to claims management.
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Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.