Misys adds EMR customers, launches program

Misys Healthcare Systems' has been awarded contracts from 25 U.S. healthcare facilities to automate clinical workflow and implement the company's electronic medical record technology.
   
The 25 practices that recently chose Misys EMR include:
  • Community & Rural Health (Fremont, Ohio)
  • Luis E. Crespo, MD (Tampa, Fla.)
  • Edina Sports Health & Wellness (Edina, Minn.)
  • El Paso Orthopaedic Surgery Group (El Paso, Texas)
  • ENT Surgical Consultants, LTD (Joliet, Ill.)
  • Family Care Clinics of Bates County Memorial Hospital (Butler, Mo.)
  • Family Medicine Specialists (Bradenton, Fla.)
  • Gardena Women's Center (Gardena, Calif.)
  • Alison Holloway, MD (Grayslake, Ill.)
  • Huff Orthopaedic Group PA (Clinton, N.C.)
  • Dr. James Maddox (Garland, Texas)
  • Marshalltown OB/Gyn (Marshalltown, Iowa)
  • Sam Messieh, MD (Davenport, Fla.)
  • Missouri Valley Physicians (Marshall, Mo.)
  • Norfolk Surgical Group, LTD (Norfolk, Va.)
  • Northwest Gastroenterologists (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
  • Northwestern Carolina Oncology (Hickory, N.C.)
  • Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine (Trumbull, Conn.)
  • Orthopaedic Medical Group of Riverside (Riverside, Calif.)
  • Orthopedic Institute at Mercy Hospital (Miami, Fla.)
  • Panhandle Ear, Nose & Throat (Amarillo, Texas)
  • Dr. Patricia Rand (Springs, Colo.)
  • Sarasota Radiation & Med. Onco (Sarasota, Fla.)
  • Virginia Surgical Assoc., PC (Richmond, Va.)
  • Weitz, Ritter and De Solo (Miami, Fla.)
In related company news, Misys introduced its new Community Clinical Partnership Program for hospitals that increases EMR usage. The new program gives hospitals rights to provide Misys EMR to admitting physicians.

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