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HealthPort Ranks High in Texas Association of Community Health Centers' EHR Summit Event

Posted on: Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 18:00 CDT

HealthPort placed as one of the top two vendors at a recent event held by the Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) in Austin, Texas.

HealthPort was one of eight national/international electronic health record companies selected to participate in the TACHC EHR Summit on February 19-20, 2008. Attendees included executive-level decision makers from Texas and several surrounding states.

More than 15 EHR vendors were initially identified as having a community health center (CHC) appropriate software solution, but the eight finalists were selected when they incorporated CHC-specific clinical and functional elements and then demonstrated how those elements were used in a CHC setting during a web based pre-screening event.

At the summit, during a Texas-Style "Show Down," a representative from each vendor captured clinical details in a 15-minute, timed-staged encounter. Immediately following each demonstration, audience participants used a keypad to vote on 6 criteria, providing the vendor and attendees immediate feedback on the look, feel, and functionality of the software.

"The EHR Summit gave us an opportunity to provide demonstrations, EHR products, and decision support options to our members who are searching for answers to health information capture, exchange, workflow efficiency, and improved patient care through automation," says Jose Camacho, TACHC's Executive Director. "Our members are motivated to seek out those vendors that showcased their solutions to learn how to work together."

"It was an honor and privilege to have been selected to attend the TACHC EHR Summit. The strength of our CHC product suite was acknowledged by attendees, illustrating why HealthPort has achieved significant CHC marketshare over the past 20+ years," says Kerry de Vallette, Senior Vice President of Solution Sales for HealthPort.

To view results from TACHC's EHR Summit Showdown go to http://www.tachc.org/About/News.asp. To view online demonstrations from CHC vendors, go to TACHC.org.

About HealthPort

HealthPort combines technology and strategic solutions to continually improve fragmented business processes for the healthcare community. The company offers revenue cycle management, electronic medical record, electronic document management, document conversion and storage services, practice management, release-of-information, and healthcare consulting services. HealthPort is the one-source provider, offering the widest selection of affordable, quality health information products and services in the industry. For more information, visit www.healthport.com or call 800-737-2585.

About TACHC

The Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) is a non-profit organization that serves as the primary care association (PCA) for the state of Texas. TACHC's members include federally qualified health centers in the state and other providers who strive to meet the health care needs of the uninsured and underserved. TACHC provides a variety of services to its members, including advocacy for centers at the state and national level, grant writing assistance, pharmacy and lab contracts, recruitment and retention programs, and educational programs for clinicians and administrators. TACHC is dedicated to providing essential support to these centers which are serving as the primary health care providers for Texans who are most in need.

Source: Business Wire

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