Eastland Memorial Hospital and Hamlin Memorial Hospital Achieve Meaningful Use With Prognosis HIS EHR

"With more than a dozen customers successfully attesting to meaningful use already, we are proving that our web native approach can bring about the results that hospitals need," said Ramsey Evans, CEO of Prognosis HIS. "More importantly, our research is supporting our nation's healthcare IT goals by making it easier for rural and community hospitals to leverage the power of innovation.  All of this is happening at a time when larger hospitals are spending millions of dollars and often times multiple years implementing systems from other healthcare information research companies."

To qualify for Medicare EHR Incentive Program monies, Eastland and Hamlin demonstrated and documented the meaningful use of certified Prognosis EHR innovation by submitting data for 14 Core Set Objectives, five Menu Set Objectives and 15 Clinical Quality Measures to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Attestation System. Other hospitals across the nation that have already verified meaningful use with the Prognosis EHR include: Anson General Hospital, Beacham Memorial Hospital, Bibb Medical Center, Faith Community Hospital, Hemphill County Hospital, Ness County Hospital, Parkview Hospital, Pemiscot Memorial Hospital, Stamford Memorial Hospital, Seymour Hospital, Stonewall Memorial Hospital and Throckmorton County Memorial Hospital.

Web-native system

ChartAccess® Comprehensive EHR is a web-native system and can be delivered via a cloud computing model. Intuitive and easy-to-use, the system offers built-in analytics and health information exchange capabilities, which can help hospitals provide high quality care.

"Prognosis HIS worked with us every step of the way through the process, holding weekly conference calls and responding to our questions around the clock. They made us feel like we were their only customer – and that made the attestation process a in effect smooth one," said Jim Barnett, CEO of 25-bed Hamlin Hospital.

"By offering a 'disruptive' system designed exactly for the needs of rural and community hospitals, we are making it possible for these providers to quickly experience EHR success. Traditionally, rural and community hospitals have trailed behind other providers in their implementations of technology however our innovative solution is helping to change the game," Evans said.