Two Community Hospitals Return to CPSI Family of Companies for EHR Solution

Community Healthcare Experience and Commitment Prove Important to Decisions for Small, Rural Hospitals

MOBILE, Ala.--()--CPSI (NASDAQ: CPSI), the parent company of the leading provider of electronic health record (EHR) systems and services for community hospitals, announced today that Liberty Regional Medical Center and Veterans Memorial Hospital recently made the decision to return to CPSI for Evident’s Thrive EHR solution, after having signed with another company for their respective EHR software and services.

Liberty Regional Medical Center, a 25-bed, Critical Access Hospital based in Hinesville, Georgia, had been an Evident client since 1999, and quickly discovered that Evident has the depth and functionality needed to perform at the level they wanted.

“Once we did a formal SWOT analysis of the Thrive EHR system and workflows, we realized there were pieces we weren’t using to their full potential. Without the major disruption of a system change, we were able to enhance the system to provide more than what we thought we would gain with a switch,” said Michael Hester, chief executive officer of Liberty Regional Medical Center. “We just felt comfortable knowing that Evident has been around for over 35 years and has a large base of small hospitals like ours.”

Hester also said that his experience with the CPSI leadership has been second to none. “There’s something different about having an executive team who is passionate about keeping you as a customer,” said Hester. “They’ve always been there for us, which we think is unusual for a big company.”

Veterans Memorial Hospital, based in Waukon, Iowa, began their journey to Evident when they realized that they needed to address billing concerns that materialized in a matter of months and continued to multiply.

“We couldn’t afford to let these billing issues linger, because there are too many people in our community that depend on us to remain financially viable and provide quality healthcare,” said Michael Meyers, chief executive officer of Veterans Memorial Hospital. “Once we made the shift within billing, we then set down the path of moving to the complete Thrive EHR.”

After comparing the Thrive EHR against their current solution, the Veterans Memorial team saw that Thrive’s offering exceeded what they needed from a clinical and financial perspective. Meyers concluded, “We also learned very quickly that nothing can replace the value that comes with experience, which CPSI and their family of companies clearly have in the community healthcare space. The team understood the sensitivity to our situation and prioritized accordingly with us. That type of commitment is invaluable to a small hospital like ours.”

Boyd Douglas, president and chief executive officer of CPSI, said, “We both benefit when clients return to our family of companies and solutions. These experiences create a unique opportunity to learn from each other. We are constantly working to improve our solutions in a way that makes a difference for all of our clients. When we are able to work with partners like Liberty Regional and Veterans Memorial, we can ensure their needs are met, and that rural providers just like them receive the service and support needed to make a positive impact on the communities they serve.”

About CPSI

CPSI is a leading provider of healthcare solutions and services for community hospitals plus other healthcare systems and post-acute care facilities. Founded in 1979, CPSI is the parent of four companies – Evident, LLC, TruBridge, LLC, Healthland Inc., and American HealthTech, Inc. Our combined companies are focused on helping improve the health of the communities we serve, connecting communities for a better patient care experience, and improving the financial operations of our customers. Evident provides comprehensive EHR solutions and services for community hospitals. TruBridge focuses on providing business, consulting, and managed IT services along with their RCM product, Rycan, providing revenue cycle management workflow and automation software to hospitals, other healthcare systems, and skilled nursing organizations. Healthland provides integrated technology solutions and services to small rural and critical access hospitals. American HealthTech is one of the nation’s largest providers of financial and clinical technology solutions and services for post-acute care facilities. For more information, visit www.cpsi.com.

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Contacts

CPSI
Tracey Schroeder, 251-639-8100
Chief Marketing Officer
Tracey.schroeder@cpsi.com

Contacts

CPSI
Tracey Schroeder, 251-639-8100
Chief Marketing Officer
Tracey.schroeder@cpsi.com