MILPITAS, Calif., and RANSOM, W. Va., Jan. 18, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Vianeta announces the successful implementation of Vianeta Harmony over Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP). Jefferson Memorial Hospital serves one of West Virginia's fastest-growing counties with services ranging from primary care to a 24/7 Emergency Medicine and Level III Trauma Care. Recently, they launched VOIP to facilitate effective and cost-efficient voice and data communications amongst its various departments and units.
In conjunction with their IT plans, Jefferson Memorial selected Vianeta Communications to deal with their burgeoning health information management needs. Vianeta's Harmony Suite, a unique XML-based e-HIM platform, provides Jefferson a firm foundation for meeting its clinical documentation and health information demands. The easy-to-use and easy-to-install Harmony Suite works equally well in VOIP and in traditional environments. Jefferson especially appreciated the quick integration of the Harmony Suite with it its existing HIS (Health Information System) systems.
"We looked at many different vendors and saw in Vianeta the ability to expand our capacity and capability to meet an ever-increasing requirement for more current and accurate health information, both for our patients and for our physician communities, " according to Todd Smoot, Jefferson Memorial Hospital CIO.
"We foresee Jefferson Memorial adapting an EMR (electronic medical records) system in the near future and Vianeta's XML-based platform, Harmony Suite will be the foundation for this initiative"
Vianeta COO, Ralph Aceves stated, "Our XML-based Harmony Suite helps healthcare organizations of all sizes."
Vianeta's open architecture enabled Jefferson Memorial to retain their investment in legacy HIS systems as well as facilitating the adoption on new technologies such as VOIP and web enabled infrastructure.
About Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson Memorial Hospital serves one of West Virginia's fastest growing counties as their primary health care facility. They are a not-for-profit, with 114-bed licensed, community hospital located in Ranson. Jefferson is celebrating 100 years of service and dedication to the community providing services ranging from primary care to a 24/7 Emergency Medicine and Level III Trauma Care with over 70 acting and consulting physicians.
Jefferson Memorial Hospital site: http://www.jeffmem.com/
About Vianeta
Headquartered in northern California, Vianeta Communications provides XML-based software solutions for health information management that help healthcare organizations of any size or shape automate HIM processes. Hundreds of hospitals and clinics, 60,000 physicians and 4000 HIM staff members throughout North America use Vianeta Harmony products to effectively create, aggregate, manage, process and distribute patient health information, enabling their organizations to reduce cost, improve revenue cycles, maximize efficiency, prevent errors, improve quality, ensure patient privacy and build a solid foundation for a true electronic medical record.
Vianeta Harmony combines digital dictation, speech recognition, transcription, document scanning and distribution, and electronic integration with multiple hospital departmental systems, to unify health information into a central e-HIM platform that can be accessed securely by clinicians, transcriptionist, coders, and billing analysts which will decrease turnaround time and significantly reduce the costs. For sales and product information, visit Vianeta at www.vianeta.com or call 866 VIA NETA.