The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Selects MediSolution’s Laboratory Information System
MediSolution Ltd. announced that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) has signed an agreement to purchase the MediLab® Microbiology module, part of MediSolution’s MediLab laboratory information suite. The implementation will begin in January, 2005.
QEH, an acute care health centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, will deploy the microbiology module to provide technologists and microbiologists with access to complete microbiology history by patient. Typically results are achieved in free or coded text form. With the MediLab Microbiology module, QEH will be able to achieve fast and reliable entry results. All steps of the analytical process, which will now be automated, will be completed according to user-defined protocols, customized by QEH. The system produces the industry’s best epidemiology reports and web enablement will enhance data access and information delivery to clinicians.
The selection of the MediLab Microbiology module came after a realization that the current system at QEH was outdated. “We were looking for a system that would allow us to improve the availability of information to our front end clinicians and have the capacity to connect multiple sites,” said David Schneider, Laboratory Services Manager, Queen Elizabeth Hospital. “MediLab’s microbiology module allows us to achieve this.”
“This new lab system will not only improve the laboratory organization and workflow at QEH, it will provide world class reliability, and lower production costs,” said Paul Hill, Executive Vice President, MediSolution Ltd. “We are pleased to be working with QEH and expect that this is another positive step toward increasing our market penetration in Atlantic Canada.”
About The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital opened in 1982. The QEH is a full-service health care facility in the capital city of the Province of Prince Edward Island. The QEH is a major referral center for the Province providing medical/surgical, ICU/CCU, obstetrics, neonatal, pediatrics, psychiatry and rehabilitation services. The hospital offers full surgical, laboratory and radiology services 24 hours/day, 7 days/week.
About MediSolution
MediSolution is a leading healthcare information technology company, providing software solutions and services to healthcare customers across North America. More than 500 hospitals, home care facilities and other healthcare providers rely on MediSolution’s systems to maximize their operational efficiencies, lower their costs, and improve the delivery of healthcare services. MediSolution has two operating segments. The Resource Management Systems segment is comprised of administrative software solutions such as human resource management, staff scheduling, payroll processing and financial software. The Healthcare Information Systems segment is comprised of clinical solutions such as patient tracking, electronic patient health records, radiology, pharmacy and laboratory software for hospitals.
MediSolution is publicly traded (TSX:MSH – News), and has a staff of approximately 370 who operate from the Company’s Montreal, Quebec headquarters and offices in Canada and the United States. For more information, visit www.medisolution.com .
