Patient Placement Systems Selects SunGard
Availability Services
to Host Mission-Critical Servers
SunGard helps Patient Placement Systems protect patient information to meet HIPAA regulations and provides uninterrupted access to critical information.
July 9, 2007
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Patient Placement
Systems, a leading provider of patient referral solutions,
announced that it has selected SunGard Availability Services
to host its mission-critical servers in order to improve reliability,
flexibility and system availability for their customers. Patient
Placement Systems connects continuing care providers and automates
the patient placement process.
"By using SunGard for our hosting and availability solution,"
said Eric Christ, president, Patient Placement Systems, "we
are helping to make sure that our customers have uninterrupted
access to our referral management applications. We are also
helping to ensure the privacy of data for our clients’ patients
in order to meet HIPAA compliance regulations."
The Patient Placement solutions enable healthcare providers
to track patient referrals, eliminate faxed medical documents,
and analyze referral activity. Using a secure, HIPAA-compliant
Web-based application, hospitals and continuing care providers
can make the process of placing a patient from one facility
to another more secure, effective, and timely. Ensuring secure
access to this critical information is fundamental to the
Patient Placement Systems vision and was the key criteria
for selecting SunGard Availability Services and their world-class
data centers.
About Patient Placement Systems
Patient Placement Systems digitally connects continuing
care providers and hospitals, to assist in patient transfer
and other discharge planning processes. Whether you’re moving
a patient to a long-term acute care facility or a short-term
rehabilitation clinic, the Patient Placement Discharge Referral
System, Referral Management System, and Referral Network improve
information flow and communication so each party involved
in patient referral has the information they need, when they
need it. Patient Placement Systems is a member of the Jackson
Healthcare Solutions family of companies. For more information
about Patient Placement Systems, visit www.patientplacement.com
or call 800.832.8397.
About SunGard Availability Services
SunGard Availability Services is the pioneer and
leading provider of information availability solutions, helping
to ensure that nearly 10,000 customers in North America and
Europe have access to their business-critical information
systems. With over 3 million square feet of operations space,
SunGard offers a complete range of information availability
solutions that include managed IT, professional and business
continuity services. SunGard provides services to support
an always-on production environment, as well as over 30 technology
platforms to support customers who require a traditional 24-48
hour recovery time frame. SunGard also has technology and
systems management services for application and data center
outsourcing, as well as business continuity consulting services
and planning software. For more information about SunGard
Availability Services, visit www.availability.sungard.com
or call 1-800-523-4970
Contact:
Tamyra Hyatt
Patient Placement Systems
770.643.5502
thyatt@patientplacement.com
Maria Stanford
Cullman Regional Medical Center
256.737.2600
Maria.Stanford@crmchospital.com
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