Advocate Health Care Extends HIS Contract With IntraNexus for Three Years

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IntraNexus Inc., a leading provider of HIS solutions for nearly 17 years, announced today that Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care has signed an agreement to extend its license for IntraNexus SAPPHIRE^® Patient Financial Management software suite for three years. The extension, which covers all nine of Advocate’s hospitals, continues a relationship begun 16 years ago, making Advocate one of IntraNexus’ longest-running clients.

“IntraNexus reliability, outstanding customer support and results in lower AR days—especially important in the current economic climate—have made them one of the few companies that actually delivers what they promise.”

“We have worked with IntraNexus since 1993 and are very satisfied with their HIS and customer service performance,” said Mike Delahanty, vice president for applications information systems at Advocate. “IntraNexus reliability, outstanding customer support and results in lower AR days—especially important in the current economic climate—have made them one of the few companies that actually delivers what they promise.”

Rick O’Pry, CEO of IntraNexus, said, “We are very pleased to continue our long relationship with Advocate. In today’s climate, partnerships between health systems and technology vendors must be more than marketing slogans. Advocate and IntraNexus have demonstrated that true client/vendor partnerships are not only possible but can thrive for many years.”

SAPPHIRE Patient Financial Management is one of the most powerful and flexible patient accounting systems available today, easily administers multi-entity and multi-time zone processing, patient access/ADT, charge capture, and patient account management. Through a variety of key system capabilities and flexible tools, SAPPHIRE enables you to efficiently manage your revenue cycle:

• Supports complex multi-entity environments
• Provides for unique facility set-up
• Supports both centralized and decentralized patient accounting operations
• Uses a single integrated database
• Captures charges through advanced clinical applications, including order entry and documentation

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care, a nationally-ranked health system, is the largest health care provider in Illinois. Advocate operates more than 200 sites of care across metropolitan Chicago, including nine acute care hospitals, two children’s hospitals, four Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), a home health care company and one of the region’s largest medical groups. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed more than $373 million in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland in 2008.

About IntraNexus

IntraNexus was established in 1992 and is dedicated to improving efficiencies in healthcare through technology solutions. For more than 16 years, IntraNexus has delivered comprehensive consulting services in conjunction with the SAPPHIRE HIS. The company’s high-quality, cost-effective solutions have positioned IntraNexus as a leader in the development, implementation and support of the SAPPHIRE suite of applications.

Recognizing the need for flexible and comprehensive solutions, IntraNexus has developed SAPPHIRE Web, a next generation, web-based HIS system. Together, the SAPPHIRE Server and SAPPHIRE Web solutions can support patient access, revenue cycle, and advanced clinical needs—for both large and smaller healthcare organizations. For more information visit www.intranexus.com.