Easy-to-Use LIS Solution from Fletcher-Flora Allows Small Hospitals to Save Time and Reduce Costs
Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems Inc. (OTC:FFLH) today announced that Southwestern Virginia Mental Health in Marion, Va., Dandridge Family Practice Center in Dandridge, Tenn. and Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon, Tenn., have signed Master License Agreements to implement its LabPak(R) laboratory information system (LIS) solution.
In addition to small rural hospitals, the Windows(TM)-based, cost-effective LabPak line is suitable for physician office laboratories, group practices, clinics and small hospitals and has solved the laboratory information system needs of over 1,300 customers across the United States, Canada and the Bahamas. The LabPak suite offers proven, cost-effective solutions that are easy to use, simple to install and provide a wide range of over 400 instrument and host interfaces.
Southwestern Virginia Mental Health chose to update its current LIS to LabPak II to increase its reporting possibilities and update its capabilities with LabPak’s Inquiry Workstation feature and AutoFax Capability. Dandridge Family Practice Center, which consists of three offices, will consolidate its lab operations and instruments through LabPak POL Plus and do all of its testing at its main laboratory site. Dandridge also looks for LabPak to save time and reduce costs through moving from manual to automated laboratory testing. Through its purchase of LabPak POL Plus, Baptist Memorial Hospital will be able to run three times the instruments automatically rather than manually, dramatically increasing its throughput and reducing its manual effort.
“Upgrading our lab system with Fletcher-Flora’s LIS will bring the added feature of online inquiry to our nursing units and will help our lab run more efficiently,” remarked Becky Barker, lab manager for Southwestern Virginia Mental Health. “The reporting formats are also a big bonus for our doctors who have expressed their approval.”
“Automating the flow of data by integrating their instruments and host systems to LabPak will dramatically improve the efficiency of their laboratories,” explained Neal Flora, president and CEO of Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems. “In addition to saving time and reducing cost, LabPak will allow each of these organizations to reduce medical errors and improve profitability.”
Southwestern Virginia Mental Health
Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute (SWVMHI) is a 172-bed state psychiatric institute operated by the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (DMHMRSAS). SWVMHI’s mission is simple – we promote mental health in Southwestern Virginia by assisting people in their recovery. SWVMHI’s campus, located in rural Smyth County, Va., consists of over 40 maintained acres of land (approximately 100 acres total) with 24 buildings. Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
Dandridge Family Practice Center
Located in Dandridge, Tenn., Dandridge Family Practice Center also serves the Newport and White Pine communities.
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Regarded as one of the premier health care systems in the nation, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. is an award-winning network dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality care for patients. With 15 hospitals throughout the Mid-South, Baptist combines convenience with excellence of care — two reasons it has been named among the top health care systems in the country for several years. Baptist Huntingdon became the eighth hospital to affiliate with Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. in 1983. Over the past decade, the Baptist Huntingdon medical staff has more than quadrupled with the addition of specialists in internal medicine, family practice, general surgery, orthopedics, allergy, otolaryngology, pediatrics, urology, pathology and radiology.
About Fletcher-Flora
For more than three decades, Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems Inc. (OTC:FFLH) has developed and marketed a full line of Laboratory Information System (LIS) products dedicated to solving the day-to-day problems of the clinical laboratory in physician offices, group practices, hospitals and reference laboratories. One of the top five LIS companies in the hospital laboratory marketplace and the fastest-growing LIS company in the physician office laboratory marketplace, Fletcher-Flora has over a century of combined engineering expertise in LIS development, implementation and support. Our goal is to provide the highest value products to our customers and distributors through the development of well-supported, easy-to-use and reasonably priced products. Fletcher-Flora has grown to become a leader in both the non-hospital and hospital markets and has successfully solved the laboratory information system needs of over 1,300 customers across the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. For more information, visit http://www.fletcher-flora.com.
For more information about our LabPak, OutreachPro or encaLaber products, please contact our sales staff at 1-800-777-1471 or visit www.fletcher-flora.com.
Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based largely on Fletcher-Flora Health Care Systems’ expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties beyond Fletcher-Flora’s control, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive and other factors affecting Fletcher-Flora’s operations, management team effectiveness, expansion strategies, available financing, market prices and recovery costs, government regulations involving Fletcher-Flora and facts and events not known at the time of this release. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release.
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