Pioneers Memorial Hospital Selects Optio’s Electronic Health Record (EHR)and Forms Automation Solutions

Subscription-based Technology Expected to Improve the Quality of Patient Care

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optio^® Healthcare (OTCBB:OPTO), a leading provider of affordable EHR, forms automation, advanced labeling and clinical document management solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that Brawley, California-based Pioneers Memorial Hospital has chosen Optio’s integrated EHR, forms automation and patient signature capture solutions to automate and streamline document-intensive healthcare processes, while reducing the costs of printed forms and redundant manual activity.

“For our facility it was an easy decision; Optio’s solutions are comprehensive and easy to use.”

“The ability for our physicians, Health Information Management (HIM) and ancillary staff to gain simultaneous access to up-to-date patient data is one the most important aspects of our decision to go with Optio, along with space-saving considerations pertaining to paper storage,” said Cathy Kadry, RHIT, CCS, Director of HIM, Pioneers Memorial Hospital.

Automating Manual, Paper-Based Processes

“When it comes to managing medical records, we have several manual, paper-based processes that Optio’s solutions will automate,” she said. “Optio’s multi-level EHR and forms automation solutions will help our facility to become much more efficient.”

Moving Toward Electronic Health Records

According to Pioneers Memorial’s Director of HIM, the switch from paper to electronic health records is something that all hospitals are moving toward. “Eventually, all hospitals and healthcare facilities will follow suit,” she explained. “For our facility it was an easy decision; Optio’s solutions are comprehensive and easy to use.”

“This partnership is further proof of Optio’s commitment to providing small hospitals with the technology needed to deliver quality care,” said Mike McGuire, Optio’s senior vice president and general manager of healthcare sales and service. “We expect Pioneers Memorial to take full advantage of our affordable, subscription-based EHR model. In doing so, they join a growing number of hospitals using our technology to provide better services for their patients.”

About Pioneers Memorial Hospital

Pioneers Memorial Hospital is a 107-bed acute care facility accredited by The Joint Commission (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations). Pioneers Memorial is committed to providing state-of-the-art healthcare complemented by the highest quality of community education. Pioneers serves families in Imperial Valley, California with a continued emphasis on state-of-the art technology to keep pace with the changing needs of patients and the rapid advancements of modern healthcare.

About Optio Software, Inc.

Optio Software, with 25 years of experience and more than 5,500 clients, worldwide, provides software solutions dedicated to optimizing, managing and improving the complete lifecycle of document-intensive processes, while extending the value of their Enterprise Resource Planning and Hospital Information Systems. More than 5,500 organizations rely on Optio Software for innovative solutions that allow them to improve business processes, reduce transactional activities and focus on core responsibilities. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Optio Software maintains European, Middle Eastern and African (E.M.E.A.) headquarters in the United Kingdom and sales offices in the United States, France, Germany and the Netherlands. For more information about Optio’s leading-edge healthcare solutions, visit www.optiohealthcare.com or call [phone].

About Optio Healthcare Solutions:

More than 700 healthcare organizations use Optio’s affordable Electronic Health Record (EHR), forms automation and clinical document management solutions to capture, format, scan, view, sign, archive and deliver real-time access to patient information at the point of need. For more information about Optio’s leading-edge healthcare solutions, visit www.optiohealthcare.com.

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