Bon Secours Selects Vignette to Capture and Manage Free-Form Patient Data
System records physician notes, x-rays and other diverse hospital information
AUSTIN, Texas (December 10, 2008)
Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN) and Bon Secours today announced they have recently completed the initial rollout of a new system that will provide Bon Secours Health System physicians and employees with faster access to patient information through a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR). The Health System, headquartered in Maryland, uses Vignette IDM to capture and digitize paper and other unstructured patient information and index the content to supplement their electronic patient record, Bon Secours ConnectCare®. The system is being implemented across Bon Secours Health System facilities throughout Virginia, South Carolina, Kentucky, New York and Maryland.
"Vignette enables us to digitally capture and manage a variety of unstructured clinical documents such as administrative documents, consent forms and external patient information and link them directly to the patient information in our new Bon Secours ConnectCare® system," said Laishy Williams-Carlson, CIO at Bon Secours Health System. "Combining this information with patient metadata already stored electronically gives our healthcare providers more timely and secure access to critical patient information, driving improvements to the quality of care we provide to our patients."
The Bon SecoursConnectCare® system is designed to improve the quality of care throughout its hospitals and physician practices by providing physicians, nurses and healthcare providers with quicker and easier access to patient information. Bon Secours completed the initial phased Bon Secours ConnectCare® deployment in Greenville, S.C., and plans to complete full implementation in the winter and then roll out the system in its remaining hospitals.
"Vignette IDM, as with all our Imaging and Workflow solutions, enables organizations across a variety of industries to capture, manage and deliver any type of content to a variety of channels," said Dave Dutch, senior vice president of products and marketing at Vignette. "The true value of the content is realized when the information is made available online. Better access to this information can lead to improved patient care, improved patient and physician support and more opportunities for customer self-service."
About Bon Secours
Bon Secours Health System, Inc. based in Marriottsville, Maryland, is a $2.6 billion dollar not-for-profit Catholic health system that owns, manages or joint ventures 18 acute care, 5 long term care, 5 assisted living and independent living and other facilities, primarily on the East Coast. Bon Secours Health System consists of more than 16,000 caregivers helping people in seven states. Its vision is to be recognized for its leadership in justice, transforming the communities in which it serves and works into places of health and hope, and being a prophetic voice for systemic U.S. health reform and a more humane world.