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Mississauga Halton LHIN to Implement Medworxx Utilization Management System as the Foundation of their Utilization Management Program
TORONTO, September, 2008 - Medworxx, the makers of a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge, is excited to announce that the Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) will roll out the Medworxx Utilization Management System to support their utilization management program. The implementation will include Halton Healthcare Services Corporation, The Credit Valley Hospital, and the Trillium Health Centre. The Mississauga Halton LHIN is one of 14 LHINs in that were established by the Government of Ontario in order to plan, fund, and monitor health care services at the local level.
Canadian Healthcare Management, a health care consulting firm whose role is to assist hospitals in improving patient outcomes by helping foster an integrated, quality of care management process, will work with the LHIN and each of the hospitals on establishing this utilization management program. "We look forward to working with and assisting each of these leading hospitals, in concert with the Mississauga Halton LHIN, in establishing a standardized approach that is both quality and patient focused", said John Sexton, Managing Partner, Canadian Healthcare Management.
This utilization management program will be the first Ontario collaborative effort of its kind. "We are very excited to be embarking on this project and look forward to bringing the benefits of increased productivity, reduced costs, and consistency in the care process to our community," said Bill MacLeod, Chief Executive Officer, Mississauga Halton LHIN. The Medworxx Utilization Management System monitors patient stay, highlights care delays, assesses discharge readiness, provides consistency in the care process and an understanding of when the patient should be discharged, ensuring optimum patient safety.
"Medworxx has successfully rolled out our Utilization Management Systems at regions across the country and we are extremely pleased to now take this program to the LHIN level in Ontario", said Dan Matlow, President & CEO, Medworxx. The contracts with Halton Healthcare Services Corporation, The Credit Valley Hospital, and Trillium Health Centre will bring over $1 Million in revenue to Medworxx over a 5 year period.
About Mississauga Halton LHIN Our network is one of 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) that have been established and launched in Ontario. The Ontario government is changing the delivery of health care service through the creation of Local Health Integration Networks - community-based organizations that will plan, coordinate, integrate and fund health care services at the local level.
The Mississauga Halton LHIN includes the municipalities of South Etobicoke, Mississauga, Halton Hills, Oakville, and Milton, and covers approximately 900 square kilometres. While it is one of the most geographically compact LHINs in the province, it is the fourth largest LHIN in Ontario based on population, with over one million people residing in the region. For more information, visit www.mississaugahaltonlhin.on.ca.
About Canadian Healthcare Management Canadian Healthcare Management is the leading Canadian Clinical Utilization consulting firm whose role is to assist acute care organizations in improving patient outcomes by fostering an integrated, quality of care management process in hospitals. Since 1996, Canadian Healthcare Management has been assisting health care organizations and health authorities across Canada to identify opportunities, to implement real solutions and to achieve results and that are sustainable improvements over the long term have set CHM apart from other consulting firms. For more information, visit http://www.cdnhealthcare.com/.
About Medworxx Founded in 2004 and publicly traded on the Toronto Venture Exchange, Medworxx (MWX: TSXV) makes a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Medworxx products are used by more than 400,000 people at over 250 hospitals across North America. Medworxx: our market is healthcare, our vertical is knowledge. For more information, visit www.medworxx.com.
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