Keane to Implement Revenue Cycle Management for Atlantic General Hospital

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keane, a U.S.-based IT services firm that helps clients realize the greatest value from their IT, today announced that Atlantic General Hospital selected Keane as the Vendor of Choice for the hospital’s revenue cycle management (RCM) initiative. Atlantic General chose Keane based on the impressive functionality of Keane’s Optimum Patcom^TM and its longstanding client-vendor relationship.

“Keane takes a decidedly collaborative approach when improving solutions to meet the ever changing demands within healthcare IT. The strengths of the OptimumTM RCM solution validate their position as a strong business partner.”

“Over the last 10 years, Keane has repeatedly demonstrated their commitment to Atlantic General,” said Murray Oltman, chief information officer at Atlantic General. “Keane takes a decidedly collaborative approach when improving solutions to meet the ever changing demands within healthcare IT. The strengths of the Optimum^TM RCM solution validate their position as a strong business partner.”

Keane has integrated Patcom^TM, the industry-leading RCM solution and patient management system, with iMed^TM, the company’s comprehensive clinical suite, to create Keane Optimum^TM – a single solution to help healthcare facilities improve financial performance and patient care. The implementation of Keane Optimum Patcom^TM will improve Atlantic General’s capability to optimize revenue, increase cash flow, reduce accounts receivable days and improve overall operations and financial performance. With a single, accurate source of information available to its multiple facility locations, fostering increased collaboration among departments and between staff and personnel, Atlantic General can realize improved decision-making and eliminate the expense associated with managing discrete IT solutions.

“Keane is particularly pleased with Atlantic General Hospital’s decision to move forward with the latest version of Keane’s Optimum RCM solution – Optimum Patcom^TM,” said Larry Coon, vice president of professional services at Keane. “A long-time client, Atlantic General Hospital is one of the first Keane AS400 clients to move forward with the Optimum product line. Their confidence in Keane’s strong RCM offering strengthens our outstanding relationship with the hospital. We look forward to a successful implementation project, as well as continuing to provide excellent service for their IT requirements.”

The Keane Optimum product line serves the needs of the entire enterprise--enhancing revenue cycle management, improving patient care, and driving staff productivity. Leveraging the strengths of industry-leading Patcom and iMed, [Optimum] includes a full suite of integrated financial, clinical, and EHR applications to simplify the management of the entire healthcare IT environment. This helps drive down maintenance and support costs, and eliminate headaches for those managing patient admission, finances, scheduling and clinical records.

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About Atlantic General

Located in Berlin, Maryland, Atlantic General Hospital has been providing quality health care to the residents of Worcester, Wicomico, Somerset and Sussex Counties since May 1993. Built by the commitment and generosity of a dedicated community, Atlantic General’s state-of-the-art facility combines old-fashioned personal attention with the latest in technology and services. Atlantic General’s medical staff, comprised of physicians and providers from various fields of training and expertise, is growing every day. Please visit www.AtlanticGeneral.org.

About Keane

Keane partners with businesses and government agencies to optimize IT. In business since 1965, Keane is a global IT Applications and Infrastructure Solutions firm headquartered in the United States with more than 10,000 employees globally.

Keane’s Healthcare Solutions Division specializes in applications and IT services to healthcare providers, payers, and public service health organizations.

For more information about Keane’s services, solutions, products, and locations, please visit www.keane.com/hsd.

NOTE: Optimum, Optimum Patcom, and Optimum iMed are trademarks of Keane, Inc.