Mid-Columbia Medical chooses ChartConnect

Yakima, Washington - June 15, 2001. Mid-Columbia Medical Clinic in Kennewick, Washington, signed contracts for the use of ChartConnect by their practice.

Mid-Columbia is a four-provider, practice specializing in nephrology and infectious disease. Office Manager, Janet Harvey and Administrator David Strutz lead the 3-month investigation of EMR packages before deciding on ChartConnect. After narrowing the choices to two finalists based on features, Strutz indicated several factors contributed to the final decision. ChartConnect is cost effective, user friendly, improves operations and is a web based product that offers maximum physician flexibility to access data. Strutz also joked "The ChartConnect people were a lot more fun to work with too!"

The current health care environment demands that practices keep overhead low. This product will relieve the necessity of adding FTE's to maintain a paper chart system while helping to meet HIPAA requirements. Mid-Columbia was faced with adding staff to cope with the increased workload of front office staff. ChartConnect offered us another alternative. Harvey said "ChartConnect is licensed on a monthly basis and this really helps us ease into our new growth."

About ChartConnect.com
ChartConnect, Inc., based in Yakima, Washington provides a comprehensive electronic medical record for physician practices and hospitals nationwide. They are the leader in connecting healthcare communities to build the most easy-to-use online patient records available for patient care, anywhere. ChartConnect allows everyone involved in a patient's care to easily and securely access and share information by integrating with local healthcare providers. With full-featured productivity and decision support solutions, ChartConnect offers a complete patient management tool, helping physicians, nurses, and office professionals streamline workflow, save time and money, and improve patient care. ChartConnect, Inc. and its affiliates have provided premier healthcare services - including medical networks, practice management and billing systems - since 1985. Visit www.chartconnect.com or call 877-567-6825 for additional information.