IASIS Healthcare Selects McKesson PACS to Help Enhance Physician Relations and Patient Care

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IASIS Healthcare® LLC, a 16-hospital system headquartered in Franklin, Tenn., plans to help improve patient care and physician satisfaction with the deployment of a new picture archiving and communications system (PACS) from McKesson. IASIS serves approximately 2,700 beds across six regions throughout the United States.

“Our enterprise imaging solutions are designed to help health systems like IASIS realize their full potential by leveraging healthcare IT assets across their organizations. With these new solutions, IASIS physicians will be able to focus even more on the timely delivery of care to their patients.”

IASIS expects to experience significant workflow advantages by making the move to Horizon Medical Imaging™ PACS, which gives time-crunched physicians easy access to medical images as part of the electronic health record. As a result, hospital clinicians will be able to spend less time locating information and more time on clinical activities and patient care.

“Investing in imaging technology is central to our mission of improving care for the diverse patient population we serve,” said Sandra McRee, president and chief operating officer at IASIS. “As the complexity of our system has grown, we have realized that we need a partner that appreciates the mission-critical nature of our business and can provide 24/7 support. McKesson is that kind of partner for us, providing real-time service, supporting our evolving needs and bringing innovative solutions to marketplace.”

IASIS understands the importance of an enterprise imaging platform to its healthcare IT strategy. For the first time, IASIS physicians will have enterprise-wide, secure access to a more complete view of their patients’ records, wherever and whenever they need it: in the office, at the bedside or at home. From a single workstation in any of these locations, physicians will be able to evaluate patients and make more well-informed treatment decisions, further improving patient care.

“We expect the McKesson solution to greatly increase satisfaction and productivity,” added McRee. “Not only will our radiologists benefit from the improved toolset and individual workflow capabilities, but our referring physicians should be able to make faster and more well-informed care decisions with immediate access to patient information.”

“IASIS continues to set a high standard for both patient care and physician satisfaction,” said Rod O’Reilly, president, Medical Imaging Group, McKesson Provider Technologies. “Our enterprise imaging solutions are designed to help health systems like IASIS realize their full potential by leveraging healthcare IT assets across their organizations. With these new solutions, IASIS physicians will be able to focus even more on the timely delivery of care to their patients.”

About IASIS Healthcare

IASIS, located in Franklin, Tennessee, is a leading owner and operator of medium-sized acute care hospitals in high-growth urban and suburban markets. The company operates its hospitals with a strong community focus by offering and developing healthcare services targeted to the needs of the markets it serves, promoting strong relationships with physicians and working with local managed care plans. IASIS owns or leases 15 acute care hospital facilities and one behavioral health hospital facility with approximately 2,700 beds in service and has total annual net revenue of approximately $2.1 billion. The hospital facilities are located in six regions: Salt Lake City, Utah; Phoenix, Arizona; Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida; three cities in Texas, including San Antonio; Las Vegas, Nevada; and West Monroe, Louisiana. IASIS also owns and operates a Medicaid and Medicare managed health plan in Phoenix that serves more than 164,000 members. For more information on IASIS, please visit the Company’s Web site at www.iasishealthcare.com.

About McKesson Corporation

McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 18th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and healthcare information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes, and improving the quality and safety of patient care. McKesson is the longest-operating company in healthcare today, marking its 175^th anniversary last year. Over the course of its history, McKesson has grown by providing pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients. For more information on McKesson, visit http://www.mckesson.com.