Evercore brings Together Multiple Imaging Technologies to Help Physicians Diagnose and Treat Patients
MILWAUKEE, February 2, 2007 - TeraMedica and Meriter Hospital today announced that the December 2006 installation of the Evercore - Clinical Information Manager is now in production mode and fully operational. Under the terms of the agreement in November 2006, TeraMedica's Evercore - Clinical Information Manager was intended to integrate all of Meriter's clinical objects including medical and non-medical images and distribute them in a lightweight format within the Epic Systems Electronic Medical Record. EPIC makes the images available to attending health care professionals via web accessible devices. "We are very excited about the opportunity to positively impact patient care and procedural efficiency at Meriter," said Jim Prekop, TeraMedica CEO. He added, "Together we can deliver a holistic view of the patient across the entire hospital network."
"We needed to deliver a lightweight image set to all desktops across the enterprise, within the context of our resident EMR," said Peter Strombom, Meriter CIO. He added, "The Evercore product allows us to quickly identify and retrieve all patient-centric images independent of modality, PACS or physical site, delivering priceless operational efficiencies to our organization. In addition, our primary care physicians, nurses and specialists can improve patient care by rapidly identifying all images on a patient throughout the network, while inside the Electronic Medical Record."
Jim Prekop, TeraMedica CEO, echoed Strombom's sentiments, "The healthcare IT world faces significant data integration challenges and Evercore's ability to efficiently coalesce clinical objects in a central clinical content manager while also satisfying the medical team's need for a holistic view of patient data in real time means everyone wins with Evercore"
About TeraMedica
TeraMedica provides medical informatics that will transform the doctor and patient relationship. TeraMedica offers a broad range of software that collects digital medical images from diverse data sources across vast health care systems and manages them in a single patient snapshot. TeraMedica is privately held and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. TeraMedica is committed to providing technology solutions to the health care field that enhance patient care.
About Meriter
Meriter Hospital is a 448-bed non-profit community teaching hospital that provides comprehensive health services for residents of southern Wisconsin and areas of northwest Illinois. It is a major teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin, and the fifth largest hospital in Wisconsin. In 2006 Meriter Hospital was recognized by the Wisconsin Forward Award with the Governor's Award of Excellence.
