Dialog Medical Secures New Contract With Resurrection Health Care
Dialog Medical, the leading provider of informed consent and patient education systems for hospitals and physician practices, today announced a new contract for its iMedConsent application with Resurrection Health Care, an eight-hospital system serving the Chicago area. Implementation of the informed consent application is scheduled to begin at Resurrection Medical Center in mid-July, with full implementation across their hospitals completed by the end of September.
iMedConsent includes procedure-specific consent forms for more than 2,100 medical and surgical procedures; patient education documents for thousands of diagnoses and treatments; and an extensive anatomical image gallery that allows the physician to annotate images and simplify complex topics for the patient. In addition, the application automates the completion of patient documentation ranging from HIPAA disclosures to advance directives, including the digital capture of signatures, paperless storage of signed documents and electronic notation in the patient’s medical record.
“Resurrection Health Care participates in the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP) of the American Osteopathic Association,” said Scott Fleischman, vice president of sales for Dialog Medical. “HFAP employs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines relative to informed consent and Resurrection viewed the iMedConsent application as an essential tool for facilitating compliance with those guidelines.”
“Excellence as embodied in adherence to professional and organizational standards, as well as continuous quality improvement, is one of the five Core Values of Resurrection Health Care,” said Michael Burke, president of Dialog Medical. “We are gratified that a healthcare system which is dedicated to improving patient care has selected iMedConsent to enhance their informed consent process.”
About Dialog Medical
Dialog Medical is a leading provider of informed consent and patient education systems for hospitals and physician practices. The company’s iMedConsent™ application is currently used by more than 15,000 physicians in hospitals and physician practices nationwide. For more information on Dialog Medical and its products, visit www.dialogmedical.com.
About Resurrection Health Care
Resurrection Health Care is a family of health care services providing advanced medical care and exceptional customer service with compassion and hope. Resurrection Health Care’s hospitals, nursing homes, retirement communities, home health services, behavioral health programs and other services are conveniently located in many Chicagoland neighborhoods. Resurrection Health Care is a not-for-profit Catholic organization sponsored by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth and the Sisters of the Resurrection. For more information about Resurrection Health Care, visit www.reshealth.org.