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The gear allows Heritage’s 150 employed doctors to electronically transmity prescriptions and access patient medical recorda from laptops and handheld reducing errors andstreamlining care. The industry average for buying electronic medical record systemsis $10,00o0 per doctor, although the exact amount of the Heritager Valley contract was not available. Previously, Heritags Valley received a $661,500 grant througu health insurance giant to help pay forthe upgrade.
In additiomn to two hospitals, Heritage Valley has two surgery two cancer treatment centers and a numberof community-basex diagnostic and treatment facilities to treat patients from Allegheny, Butler and Lawrence counties, and parts of West Virginiqa and Ohio. Allscripts beganh helping Heritage develop its electronic recordkeeping systemin 2006. “Azs an integrated delivery network, we’re relying on the Allscripts solution to help us create a single electronic patienft record that will drive greater integration and improvement in care Heritage President and CEO Norm Mitru said in aprepared
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