Legacy HIS exits at Thompson Hospital

ATLANTA, US: F. F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua, N.Y., is replacing its long-time hospital information system (HIS) with McKesson’s top-rated Paragon HIS.

The hospital also plans to implement laboratory, document imaging and enterprise intelligence technology applications from McKesson as part of its plans to enhance patient care and support growth. Using McKesson Managed Services, the new solutions will be remotely hosted in McKesson’s data center, expanding the capacity of the hospital’s hardware, implementation and support resources, says a press release.

“With McKesson’s Paragon system and remote hosting support, we can focus less on technology maintenance and more on delivering quality care to our patients,” said Linda M. Farchione, president and CEO of Thompson Health. “We believe the team’s implementation timeline and support will help us achieve meaningful use and advance our position as a hospital of choice in our region.”

Hospital leaders sought a fully-supported, integrated solution that can help its caregivers efficiently document, manage and share patient information. Standardizing on a single clinical and financial solution should enable F. F. Thompson’s clinicians to gain access to patient data that is collected electronically in real-time from every location in the hospital.