Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group Adopts Post–Acute Care Industry’s First Online System for Centralized Admissions from Patient Placement Systems
Online long-term care software automates central admissions across six Welch rehabilitation and nursing care facilities
March 31, 2008
ATLANTA, GA. — Patient Placement Systems announced today
that Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group of Norwell,
Mass., has deployed the Referral Management System™ Enterprise
Edition, marking the first use of dedicated online referral
management for centralized admissions in the post-acute
care industry.
The Referral Management System online long-term care software
automates referral communications and processes across the
central Welch admissions office and six of the Welch
Group’s rehabilitation and nursing centers. This allows
Welch admissions directors, coordinators and liaisons to
receive, review, distribute, track and approve referrals by
viewing documents securely online to quickly make convenient and
appropriate placements within Welch Healthcare’s
network of nursing centers.
“With the Referral Management System online software,
we can replace a complex maze of paper logs, spreadsheets
and manual reports with simple, secure, centralized referral
tracking and reporting,” said Philip Glassanos, Vice
President of business development for Welch Healthcare &
Retirement Group. “We can see all referral activity and
requests across all locations instantly for smarter,
faster placement, allowing us to enhance admissions
efficiency and quality care.”
The announcement follows a successful pilot project at Welch. The
Welch Group noted the benefit of anytime, anywhere online
access—critical for timely responses and management of more than
4,800 inquiries and nearly 50,000 pages of referral documents the
company processes each year.
“We are committed to helping providers realize the
benefits of real-time referral tracking, instant alerts,
and easy electronic document retrieval and archiving.” said
Eric Christ, President of Patient Placement Systems.
“This innovative configuration of the Referral Management
System for Welch Healthcare applies those benefits to
multi–location providers using centralized admissions to
improve efficiency and responsiveness.”
About Patient Placement Systems
Patient Placement Systems helps hospitals and long-term
care providers replace mountains of paper and fax
frustration with fast, efficient online healthcare software
for discharge planning, patient referral management and
tracking, and electronic medical records storage and
retrieval. Patient Placement Systems is a proud Jackson
Healthcare company, sharing a common dedication to providing
the world’s best healthcare software, technology and
services.
About Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group
Under the leadership of third-generation family members,
Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group has grown to become a
leading provider, consultant and manager of senior housing
options and rehabilitative health care services. The Norwell,
Mass., company owns and manages assisted living residences,
senior housing communities, skilled nursing centers, a
home care company, adult day programs and a child day care
center that collectively serve more than 2,100 residents and
children on a daily basis.
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