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Texas Hospital Recognized by CIO Magazine for Using OpenVista Electronic Health Record in Transformation to Secure, Paper-lite Facility CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source electronic health records, today announced that partner Midland Memorial Hospital is a recipient of the 2009 CIO 100 Award for its successful implementation of Medsphere’s OpenVista electronic health record (EHR) solution. The 22nd annual award program recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of operational and strategic excellence in information technology. Since implementing OpenVista, Midland Memorial, a 320-bed hospital serving residents of west Texas and eastern New Mexico, has realized a host of improved clinical results, including fewer patient deaths and medication errors and decreased infection rates, an independent case study confirms. With OpenVista, almost 100 percent of physicians at Midland Memorial now enter orders electronically; Midland staff can access comprehensive patient records instantaneously, and clinicians can access the same data remotely and securely. “Midland Memorial Hospital is honored to receive the CIO 100 Award, which recognizes our embrace of affordable health information technology,” said David Whiles, director of information systems at Midland Memorial Hospital. “Both patient care and staff decision making have improved since the implementation of Medsphere’s OpenVista. We’re very proud of what the partnership with Medsphere has enabled us to accomplish.” The CIO 100 Award is only the most recent in a string of accolades Midland Memorial Hospital has received for its implementation of OpenVista. In 2008, the hospital was designated one of only thirteen Stage 6 facilities by the Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics organization, recognizing hospitals that have achieved a high level of automated patient care. In the same year, Midland Memorial was also named a Top 100 Hospital by the Thomson organization and one of America’s Best Hospitals by US News and World Report. In May of this year, the hospital was the only healthcare finalist of an American Business Award (aka: Stevie Award) for excellence in the workplace. “Midland Memorial’s clinical transformation certainly deserves the recognition of the CIO 100 and the multitude of other awards it has earned,” said Michael J. Doyle, Medsphere president and CEO. “We congratulate Midland Memorial Hospital CEO Russell Meyers and his entire staff for this award. Midland serves as a shining example of the fact that excellence in patient care and clinical processes is available to all hospitals regardless of resources, size or geography.” The 2009 CIO 100 awards will be presented at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on August 25, 2009 at the conclusion of the eleventh annual CIO 100 Symposium® and Awards Ceremony. "This year's CIO 100 awards draws well-deserved attention to companies that are both innovating and creating business value with IT despite the economic downturn, " said Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief of CIO magazine & Events. "These winners are an inspiration to businesses everywhere." About Midland Memorial Hospital Midland Memorial Hospital is a 320 licensed bed hospital, operating on two campuses in Midland, Texas. Owned and operated by Midland County Hospital District, MMH provides a full range of acute care services to the people of Midland, while serving as a regional referral center for other communities throughout west Texas and southeast New Mexico. Specialty services include emergency medicine, general/vascular surgery, cardiovascular care, and advanced radiological and oncology services. About Medsphere and OpenVista As a disruptive force in healthcare information technology, Medsphere is revolutionizing the industry by delivering commercially supported Open Source software based on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ proven VistA EHR. The product of 20-plus years of development and more than $8 billion invested, VistA enabled the transformation of the VA into the nation’s most efficient and clinically effective healthcare organization. Currently VistA contains roughly 2.1 billion clinical documents, 2.76 billion orders, and 1.51 billion images. As the commercialized version of VistA, Medsphere’s OpenVista is a portfolio of products and professional services for hospitals, clinics and integrated delivery networks. OpenVista is currently used by over 20,000 individuals, including 2,500 physicians and contains hundreds of thousands of medical records. Medsphere addresses healthcare’s capital constraints through an innovative business model: * A unique subscription-based pricing model minimizes upfront costs. * The Healthcare Open Source Ecosystem and Medsphere.org portal coordinate a unique grassroots community of customers/subscribers, partners and developers driving OpenVista innovation and providing a parallel development and support structure. * Medsphere's experienced team of healthcare technology professionals and unique suite of implementation tools deliver a fluid transition to a comprehensive healthcare information technology solution. Founded in 2002, Medsphere is backed financially by Azure Capital Partners, Thomas Weisel Venture Partners and EPIC Ventures (formerly the Wasatch Venture Fund). Medsphere clients include Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, Texas; West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WV DHHR); Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, Rock Springs, Wyoming; Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York; and the federal government’s Indian Health Service. For more information, visithttp://www.medsphere.com and http://www.medsphere.org.