WESTFIELD, Ind., Aug. 12 maxIT Healthcare, LLC (maxIT), a leading professional consulting services company for healthcare providers, announced the successful "Stage 6" designation of Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC), a 68-bed, not-for-profit, county-owned hospital located in Silver City, New Mexico. maxIT assisted the Phoenix Health Systems client by providing GRMC with experienced MEDITECH IT consultants to support the implementation of several HIS modules. Beginning with an operations assessment, maxIT assisted GRMC with a major systems upgrade and Phoenix Health Systems hosted the data center relocation effort. Immediately following the systems upgrade, Phoenix and maxIT collaborated with the hospital staff and physicians to put together a remediation plan that provided the appropriate guidance and action required to reach this outstanding accomplishment. GRMC has become one of the most recent hospitals to achieve Stage 6 on the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model.
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According to David Furnas, Chief Information Officer at GRMC, "We are delighted to continue our commitment of improved care delivery, enhanced patient safety, and increased efficiency to our community. Becoming a Stage 6 hospital and the benefits of a virtually paperless medical record environment, demonstrates our willingness to invest in the types of technology enhancements that ultimately provide better value for our patients." Mr. Furnas continued, "Phoenix's help and maxIT's involvement was instrumental in getting us through a major system upgrade, as well as remediation and implementation assistance that have helped us across the finish line. We are pleased with their level of knowledge, leadership, and clinical experience that made working with maxIT a very enjoyable experience."
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"Achieving Stage 6 is a huge accomplishment and one that has resulted from having a great team in place," said Dr. Jean Remillard, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Quality Officer. "When I came on board at GRMC, we were at Stage 1, and in just five years, we created a strategic plan and deployed it in one area at a time. At each stage we have remained focused on evidence-based patient care outcomes." Dr. Remillard added, "We credit a dedicated team plus the help of both Phoenix and maxIT with bringing Stage 6 to fruition. We are pleased to receive confirmation that GRMC is the 50th of 5,170 hospitals in North America and the 5th hospital under 100 beds to achieve the designation."
"With the changes looming in healthcare, we believe that the technology and software solutions that have been implemented will position GRMC well to meet any future EMR requirements," said Darin LeGrange, President and CEO of Phoenix Health Systems. "Phoenix is delighted that GRMC has achieved this noteworthy milestone in their progress towards implementing a complete EMR."
About GRMC
Gila Regional Medical Center (owned by Grant County, New Mexico) is a non-profit, JCAHO accredited, 68-bed hospital with 700 employees. GRMC has a reputation for being the "friendliest hospital in New Mexico", an attitude which reflects the warm, diverse community of Silver City, New Mexico. To learn more about GRMC, visit the website: http://www.grmc.org
About Phoenix Health Systems
For nearly two decades, Phoenix Health Systems Inc. has delivered value to healthcare organizations by providing an integrated set of strategic consulting, Information Technology Outsourcing, and Revenue Cycle Management services. Phoenix helps healthcare executives conceive, plan, implement, and manage solutions to complex business problems. To learn more about Phoenix Health Systems, visit the website: http://www.phoenixhealth.com
About maxIT Healthcare
maxIT Healthcare has been completely focused on Healthcare Information Technology since its inception eight years ago. maxIT Healthcare employs 300 full-time consultants who have functional and technical implementation expertise deploying leading commercially available healthcare software solutions from major HIT companies. The key goals of maxIT are to contribute to the success of its clients and to provide a supportive culture for maxIT consultants and associates.
maxIT Healthcare is a portfolio company of Riordan, Lewis & Hayden | Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm based in Los Angeles, California. http://www.rlhequity.com
For more information, visit the website: http://www.maxithc.com
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