On Wednesday, Pc Packages and Programs, Inc. (CPSI) offered American HealthTech — its subsidiary that gives an EHR platform for the post-acute care market — to post-acute well being IT vendor PointClickCare Applied sciences. The phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.
PointClickCare will now assume American HealthTech’s buyer base. These clients “may have the complete advantage of leveraging the complete PointClickCare portfolio and its choices throughout care settings,” declared PointClickCare CEO Dave Wessinger.
His firm was based 25 years in the past to deal with the siloed nature of healthcare within the senior care trade.
“Throughout the healthcare continuum, there stay operational inefficiencies and limitations for suppliers to evolve when it comes to care supply as affected person wants grow to be extra complicated,” Wessinger stated. “PointClickCare’s mission is to handle vital gaps in healthcare which might be attributable to a few of these components and higher serve high-needs populations by an increasing care collaboration community.”
PointClickCare’s EHR platform and different know-how options are aimed toward bettering each the supplier and affected person expertise for accountable care organizations, hospitals, well being programs, ambulatory clinics, long-term care amenities and post-acute care suppliers. The corporate’s cloud-based platform delivers real-time insights on the level of care to facilitate extra environment friendly transitions and improved post-discharge outcomes, Wessinger defined.
At its core, PointClickCare seeks to allow value-based care supply and entry to actual‐time insights at each stage of seniors’ healthcare journeys, he added. By buying American HealthTech and taking on its buyer base, PointClickCare can proceed to satisfy this mission by increasing the variety of suppliers it serves, Wessinger stated.
He famous that PointClickCare will work carefully with American HealthTech’s clients to make sure they’re arrange efficiently on their new platform and are totally assured of their migration course of. He declined to say what number of clients American HealthTech had, however he shared that the subsidiary served “numerous” neighborhood hospitals, clinics and post-acute care amenities.
“Whereas [American HealthTech] clients are free to discover the market, our platform is really unmatched within the trade, and we’re aware of the wants, alternatives, and challenges for senior care suppliers,” Wessinger said. “We’re assured in our potential emigrate clients successfully and determine the very best options to allow them to proceed servicing their amenities, residents and sufferers with the identical degree of effectivity and care.”
John Pulliam, govt director of the Fountainview Middle for Alzheimer’s Illness in Georgia, is a former American HealthTech buyer who has already made the shift to PointClickCare’s platform. His group’s transition went fairly easily, in line with a press release from the press launch that introduced the acquisition.
“We’re excited to have such a confirmed accomplice on our facet so we will proceed offering the care our residents have come to count on from us, whereas additionally making ready for the longer term with a extra built-in, cloud-based answer. I imagine transitioning to PointClickCare has additionally caused a way of unity with our workers, and seeing our medical staff working collectively to assist each other as they be taught has been inspiring,” Pulliam remarked.
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