LA hospital taps Medsphere for EHR platform

Medsphere Systems, a provider of open source-based EHR systems and services, has implemented its OpenVista EHR platform at Century City Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles.

The 120-bed acute care facility is partaking in an integrated information systems initiative established by the physician group that acquired the hospital in 2005, according to the Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Medsphere.

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