New Orleans Children's Hospital Adds Sunquest Laboratory and Sunquest Encompass in a $1.4 Million System to Improve Care for Louisiana Children

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., a market leader in laboratory information systems, today announced that Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, a 201-bed pediatric facility, will replace its existing laboratory information system (LIS) with Sunquest Laboratory. The $1.4 million system will enable clinicians to provide better care to their patients through enhanced laboratory diagnostic capabilities and instant access to critical lab data from any location via the Web. Hospital executives selected Sunquest Laboratory for its user-friendly interfaces, scalability and reliability after carefully considering several LIS vendors.

“Children’s Hospital is dedicated to providing world class care to the children of Louisiana by arming caregivers with the laboratory diagnostic technologies they need”

“Children’s Hospital is dedicated to providing world class care to the children of Louisiana by arming caregivers with the laboratory diagnostic technologies they need,” said Steve Worley, president and chief executive officer, Children’s Hospital. “Prior to selecting Sunquest Laboratory, we evaluated the system in use at a pediatric hospital in Washington D.C. and were very impressed by its power and flexibility. Few healthcare IT providers understand the unique laboratory information challenges within a pediatric facility.”

“Children’s Hospital’s investment in the latest, diagnostic laboratory technology from Sunquest reinforces its position as a premier facility for child healthcare in Louisiana, a distinction it earned as the first fully operational hospital to return to post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans,” said Richard Atkin, president and CEO of Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. “We expect that the hospital will see the same positive improvements to patient care and workflow that other pediatric hospitals have experienced using Sunquest Laboratory.”

About Children’s Hospital New Orleans

Children’s Hospital is Louisiana’s only full-service hospital exclusively for children, offering a full range of inpatient and outpatient care. A not-for-profit facility, it is governed by an independent board of trustees made up of community volunteers. The hospital has no stockholders and no dividends to pay. Revenue generated by the hospital is used to operate the hospital and to expand and advance services. There are more than 200 pediatric specialists providing care in more than 40 specialities. In 2006, the hospital provided inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical care to more than 50,800 infants, children and adolescents from birth to age 21. Visit www.chnola.org for more information.

About Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., is a market leader in clinical data management with more than 1,200 U.S. hospitals and commercial laboratories worldwide. For over twenty-five years, the company has been dedicated to providing best-of-breed solutions that enable quality patient care, clinical safety, and operational efficiencies. Its dedicated sales and technical service teams deliver 24x7 assistance to customers for their procurement, implementation, and customer care needs. The Sunquest Laboratory™ system was recognized as “Best in KLAS” by the industry for the past three years.

Sunquest’s professional services division provides a wide array of management and technical tools, including lab redesign and optimization, outreach and lab network program development, and operational business and implementation plans in addition to HIPAA compliance assessment and implementation services. For more information, call 800-748-0692 or visit: www.sunquestinfo.com.

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