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Spectrum Laboratory Network Selects Thomson Healthcare for Anytime, Anywhere Delivery of Patient and Laboratory Data
Research Triangle, N.C.
Thomson Healthcare, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC)
and the leading provider of healthcare decision support solutions that
improve clinical and business performance outcomes, today announced that
Spectrum Laboratory Network, a full-service regional clinical laboratory,
will deploy MercuryMD across its affiliated network of hospitals in North
Carolina and Tennessee. With these solutions from Thomson Healthcare,
Spectrum’s physician clients will be able to access critical
laboratory results and patient information faster and more conveniently,
helping them to make better decisions at the point of care.
Spectrum processes more than 11,000 laboratory orders a day for in-patient
and out-patient medical care. With MercuryMD from Thomson Healthcare, more
than 20,000 doctors in the network will have immediate access to test
results and all laboratory data relevant to a given patient via a
smartphone or PDA, regardless of location. This service will also be
available to all independent physicians and physician groups within
Spectrum’s five-state market.
“Aggressive use of information technology is a fundamental strategy
that lets us continually add to the value that our network delivers to
patients and physicians – improving the quality of patient care,
decreasing response times to lab results, and reducing costs and medical
errors,” said Nate Headley, president and chief executive officer,
Spectrum Laboratory Network. “Seventy percent of decisions that
physicians make are based on lab results. With MercuryMD from Thomson
Healthcare, those results are delivered to doctors quickly, wherever those
doctors happen to be when the results are available. By un-tethering the
doctor from the computer terminal we are delivering our lab results to
clinicians at the point of care—resulting in better, timelier and
more cost-effective clinical decisions.”
Doctors can access the service by having it installed by Spectrum
representatives on their smart phones or PDAs for continuity of patient
care. All data is encrypted and password protected to protect patient
privacy.
“Spectrum has one of the best reputations in the laboratory industry
and we are delighted to be working with them to improve how physicians
access the information they need to deliver the best care to their
patients,” said Jay Katzen, senior vice president, Thomson
Healthcare. “Spectrum’s physician customers will have direct
wireless access to their patients’ lab and test results anytime,
anywhere there is internet or mobile connectivity. We look forward to
working with them to ensure they experience immediate benefits of accessing
real-time information with unprecedented speed, saving them time and money,
while reducing the possibility of errors.”
About The Thomson Corporation
The Thomson Corporation
(www.thomson.com)
is a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to
business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in
Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides value-added information, software tools
and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax,
accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare. The
Corporation’s common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto
stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).
About Spectrum Laboratory Network
Spectrum Laboratory Network is a full-service regional medical laboratory
headquartered at 4380 Federal Drive in Greensboro, NC. Spectrum provides
laboratory services for three major health systems in North Carolina
including High Point Regional Health System and Moses Cone Health System as
well as in Tennessee to include the four-hospital Wellmont Healthcare
system. In addition, Spectrum markets its laboratory testing services to
physicians, hospitals, home health agencies, insurance companies, and
healthcare clinics throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia, and Virginia. Spectrum, noted for providing superb customer
service reflecting its extensive Hospital relationships, has sustained
extraordinary annual growth rates for more than six years to become the
leading regional laboratory services provider in the Southeast.
With over 1,200 employees, Spectrum presently serves its clients from
multiple locations across the five-state market areas. The consolidation of
laboratories of the three major Hospital Health systems has given Spectrum
the opportunity to lower healthcare costs while expanding its comprehensive
services. For more information, please visit
www.spectrumlab.org.
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