Healthcare Management Systems Announces Fast Growth in First Half of 2006
Posted on: Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 15:00 CDT
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc.(R) (HMS) announced that in the first six months of 2006, the company has already outpaced the growth and momentum of the previous year by signing business contracts with 35 new facilities and three new corporate customers. This fast growth can be attributed to the investments the company has made in their integrated financial and clinical application programs for rural and community hospitals. HMS has also been successful in targeting their clinical information system toward behavioral health facilities and expanding their product into the Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) marketplace.
"A strong healthcare marketplace and an increasing market for healthcare information technology have allowed HMS to have an outstanding 2006 thus far," said Tom Stephenson, president of HMS. "We anticipate that the second half will be a continuance of this record pace and are grateful to have been chosen by our clients to be a part of their continuing efforts to provide quality services to their patients."
A few of HMS' newest additions include the following:
-- Miller County Hospital; Colquitt, Ga. -- Healthcare Partners Investments (HPI); Oklahoma City, Okla., five facilities including: -St. Anthony North Ambulatory Surgery Center; Oklahoma City, Okla. -Northwest Surgical Hospital; Oklahoma City, Okla. -LakePointe Imaging Center; Oklahoma City, Okla. -- Horizon Health; Lewisville, Texas, 13 additional behavioral facilities to its existing contract including: -Focus by the Sea; St. Simons Island, Ga. -Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta; Augusta, Ga. -Kingwood Pines Hospital; Kingwood, Texas -- Oglethorpe, Inc., Tampa, Fla., new corporate contract with one additional behavioral facility in Port St. Lucie, Fla. -- Hardin Medical Center; Savannah, Tenn. -- Cornerstone Healthcare Group; Austin, Texas, new LTAC corporate customer with 14 LTAC facilities including: -Cornerstone Hospital of Austin; Austin, Texas -Cornerstone Hospital of Bossier City; Bossier City, La. -Cornerstone Hospital of Southeast Arizona; Tucson, Ariz.
About HMS
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc.(R) (HMS) is a Nashville-based healthcare company that develops, sells and supports integrated clinical and financial hospital information systems and services. Founded in 1984, HMS counts among its customers over 500 Rural and Community hospitals, Behavioral, Rehabilitation and Long-term Acute Care facilities and Multi-Entity healthcare organizations nationwide. With the HMS system, caregivers are able to increase their efficiency in delivering quality care with an emphasis on improving patient safety. For more information, please visit www.hmstn.com or call 800.383.3317.
Source: Business Wire
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