Recent News: EBSCO Publishing Announces Collaboration with MEDITECH

Evidence-based Information from Patient Education Reference Center™ Available via MEDITECH EMR later in 2010

IPSWICH, MA, March 1, 2010 -- Making sure patients understand their diagnosis and the follow-up that is required is an essential area of patient care and providing accurate, trustworthy patient education is paramount for hospitals. An agreement between MEDITECH and medical content provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) promises to make sure patients leave the emergency room with evidence-based discharge instructions representing the best available medical information.

EBSCO is the provider of Patient Education Reference Center™ (PERC), a comprehensive collection of evidence-based discharge instructions and patient education. Under the agreement with MEDITECH, PERC discharge instructions will be accessible via the MEDITECH HealthCare Information System (HCIS) later in 2010. Discharge instructions will be fully integrated into MEDITECH’s Emergency Department Management, Physician Care Manager, Patient Care System, and Oncology applications allowing clinicians to provide patients with the latest, evidence-based information upon discharge. Patients will gain comprehensive, easy-to-understand information regarding all aspects of their care.

Vice President of Marketing for MEDITECH Hoda Sayed-Friel says, “We considered the needs of the hospitals that use our resources, along with the needs of patients, when deciding to work with EBSCO. Our customers place a high priority on having the latest medical evidence available in discharge instruction content. EBSCO has a long-standing reputation as a leader in evidence-based point-of-care resources, and being able to seamlessly integrate Patient Discharge Instruction content into MEDITECH means physicians can be confident they are discharging patients with the information they need.”

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