PAML Selects 4medica To Automate Lab Order And Data Exchange Among Laboratories, Hospitals And Physicians
Culver City, CA --(Marketwire) - 4medica, provider of the industry's leading cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) clinical integration platform, announced today that PAML has selected its web-based solution to enable laboratories and physician practices to automate clinical-pathology laboratory ordering processes and exchange results and patient demographic data seamlessly. Spokane, Wash.-based PAML is a medical reference laboratory serving physicians, hospitals, members of the community, employers, and other allied health professionals across the country.
"We chose 4medica because the company has a strong customer focus and its solution is cloud-based, easy to use, flexible, scalable and cost effective," said Dr. Tom Tiffany, PhD., PAML's CEO and president. "4medica's technology is expected to work seamlessly and efficiently with our lab information system (LIS). We expect that the well-architected order entry and order management capabilities of 4medica will help tremendously with workflow efficiency, the completeness and thoroughness of order information captured and productivity."
4medica's technology also positions PAML to address the meaningful use and accountable care challenges the industry is currently facing. "As providers increasingly automate and prepare to transition to an accountable care model, they will have to integrate data, workflow and processes to ensure clinical integration and clinician coordination across the continuum of care to avoid duplicate tests, procedures and unnecessary costs," Dr. Tiffany said. "4medica's technology underscores our strong commitment to helping customers meet those strategic needs and build an electronic healthcare ecosystem."
"We are pleased that one of the country's top reference laboratories is partnering with us to provide patient-centric care and we look forward to assisting them in successfully navigating the rapidly changing healthcare environment,'" said Oleg Bess, M.D., 4medica's CEO and Chairman.
About PAML
PAML, a full-service medical reference laboratory located in Spokane, WA, is owned by two of the nation's largest healthcare systems -- Providence Health & Services (PH&S) and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). One of the top reference laboratories in the country, PAML is also considered an industry leader in joint venture partnerships with community-based hospitals because of their expertise in developing cutting-edge laboratory management systems, including state-of-the-art automation, and support services. PAML is a co-founder of PACLAB Network Laboratories, which provides laboratory services throughout Seattle and western Washington, and is a partner in several other hospital-based laboratory joint ventures, including Alpha Laboratories (ALPHA) serving northern Idaho; Tri-Cities Laboratory (TCL) serving central Washington; Treasure Valley Laboratory (TVL) serving southern Idaho and northeastern Oregon; MountainStar Clinical Laboratories (MSCL) serving Utah; Colorado Laboratory Services (CLS) serving Colorado and California Laboratory Associates (CLA) serving the southern half of California. For more information, visit the PAML website at www.paml.com.
About 4medica
4medica provides the industry's leading cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) clinical integration platform, the Integrated Health Record (IHR), to hospitals, health systems, physicians, labs, radiology and pathology clinics, and care delivery organizations (ACOs, HIEs, RHIOs). The IHR facilitates health information exchange by building upon existing healthcare technology to improve access to critical patient data. The platform is powerful yet intuitive and was natively designed for clinical data interoperability with all leading systems encountered within different care settings. 4medica continues to build on its success in connecting more than 100 institutional customers with more than 27,000 physicians. For more information, visit http://www.4medica.com.
SOURCE: 4medica