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OPTO News Triad Hospitals, Inc. Rolls Out Optio's Proven Electronic Forms Solution to 52 Acute-Care and Ancillary Facilities
ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optio® Software, Inc.
(OTCBB:OPTO), a leading provider of affordable EHR, forms automation,
advanced labeling and clinical document management solutions for the
healthcare industry, today announced that Triad Hospitals, Inc.
(together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, “Triad”)
has selected Optio to provide enterprise-wide electronic forms solutions
throughout its 52 acute-care facilities in 16 states.
The Optio MedFormsTM Suite, an automated forms
library and documents-on-demand solution, will streamline
document-driven processes and reduce costs by replacing expensive
preprinted registration forms. As part of the agreement, Triad will also
implement Optio’s Advanced Labeling and
DesignStudioTM solutions.
“Optio’s solutions
have proven to be a reliable and cost-effective way to automate the
forms-intensive processes in 10 of our hospitals for the past 10 years,”
said Sid Tuesley, Triad’s director of
clinical information systems and services. “Now
Medforms will help extend the benefits of forms automation across all of
our hospitals.”
“Optio’s solution
suite will also help enhance patient safety with its Advanced Labeling
application, which helps identify patients through the rules-based
creation of registration packs, bar-coded wristbands and labels complete
with patient demographic data,” added Tuesley.
“We are honored to partner with Triad
hospitals to help them automate processes and improve accuracy,
efficiency and patient safety across their 52 facilities,”
said Mike McGuire, Optio’s senior vice
president and general manager of healthcare sales and services.
About Triad Hospitals, Inc.
Triad Hospitals, Inc., through its affiliates, owns and manages
hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in small cities and selected
larger urban markets. Triad currently operates 52 hospitals and 12
ambulatory surgery centers in 16 states with approximately 9,490
licensed beds. In addition, through its QHR subsidiary, the company
provides hospital management, consulting, and advisory services to more
than 180 independent community hospitals and health systems throughout
the United States. For more information, please visit www.triadhospitals.com.
About Optio Software, Inc.
Optio Software, with 25 years of experience and more than 5,000 clients,
worldwide, provides software solutions dedicated to helping customers
achieve unprecedented speed, accuracy, functionality and quality in
their inbound and outbound document processes, while extending the value
of their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Hospital Information
Systems (HIS) applications. More than 5,000 organizations rely on Optio
Software for innovative business process improvement solutions that
allow them to reduce transactional activities and focus on core
responsibilities. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga., Optio Software
maintains European, Middle Eastern and African headquarters in Paris,
France and sales offices in the United States, Germany and the United
Kingdom. For more information about Optio Software or to contact a local
Optio sales consultant, reach us at 770.576.3500 or visit our website at www.optio.com.
About Optio Healthcare Solutions:
More than 700 healthcare organizations use Optio’s
affordable Electronic Health Record (EHR), forms automation, advanced
labeling and clinical document management solutions to capture, format,
scan, view, sign, archive and deliver real-time access to patient
information at the point of need. For more information about Optio’s
leading-edge healthcare solutions, visit www.optiohealthcare.com.
