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(BSNS WIRE) Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc. Builds Out Internet Conn
Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc. Builds Out Internet Connectivity Through
Agreement with MCI WorldCom
Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers
RESTON, Va.--(BW HealthWire)--June 9, 1999--Integrated
Healthcare Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IGHS) announced today
that it has reached two year agreement with MCI WorldCom, Inc.
(Nasdaq:WCOM) to be the Internet/Intranet/Virtual Private Network
Provider for all the statewide hospital networks being built by
Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc.
UUNET, MCI Worldcom's Internet division will provide the services
that allow Integrated to provide fast, reliable connectivity to
hospitals and their affiliated organizations using Integrated's
I-Link(sm) Enterprise connectivity systems.
Through the use of Integrated's intelligent nodes, statewide
networks of hospitals will use the MCI Worldcom's UUNET network to
collect in-patient and outpatient clinical data, encrypt and transmit
this data to designated central data warehouses. To date, Integrated
has signed contracts to connect 85 hospitals in Alabama and 189
hospitals in Ohio.
Under the terms of the deal, MCI Worldcom will connect each
participating Integrated Healthcare Systems hospital with dial-up
access to a central database. MCI Worldcom will provide routing
technology for Integrated Healthcare Systems to create a system-wide
intranet and virtual private network using tunneling technology so
that hospitals can securely transfer and retrieve patient information.
"Given the need to collect accurate, timely healthcare
information, it was essential that we establish a relationship with a
world-class internet service provider like MCI WorldCom's UUNET," said
Alan Grofe, President of Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc.
Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc. designs, develops, markets,
and maintains connectivity systems and integrated quality improvement
and risk management systems for the healthcare industry. Integrated's
I-Link connectivity systems are helping hospitals nationwide link
themselves, via the internet to central data warehouses in order to
collect and share accurate, timely and meaningful healthcare data.
Hospitals can then develop effective healthcare process improvement
strategies through the use of Integrated's DataQual(R) System,
featuring Quality Improvement, risk Management, Staff Credentialing,
Utilization Management and Infection Control systems, For more
information visit the Integrated web site at
www.integratedhealthcare.com.
Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc. is a publicly owned company
traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol IGHS. This
announcement may contain, in addition to historical information,
certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Such statements reflect management's current views and
are based upon certain assumptions. Actual results could differ
materially from the assumptions currently anticipated.
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