PatientKeeper bolsters customer roster

Healthcare information systems firm PatientKeeper reported that it has added a potpourri of customers in the first half of 2007. New clients ranged from large health systems and academic medical centers to community hospitals, physician group practices and medical billing companies, according to the Boston-based developer.

The company’s Physician Information System enables physicians to electronically capture charges as well as see lab and test results, medication histories, allergies, vital signs, inputs/outputs, PACS images and other important patient information at the point of care, PatientKeeper said.

Recently added PatientKeeper customers include Indiana University Medical Group, Mercy General Health Partners, OSU Internal Medicine, Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Priority Management Group, Alegent Health, Iowa Health System, Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, Austin Heart, and East Cooper Regional Medical Center, the company said.

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