Wisconsin Community Health Center Turns to HealthPort for Three Key Technology Solutions

HealthPort Continues to Support Community Health Centers with a Wide Range of
Technology and Support Services
ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(Business Wire)--
HealthPort, a top-25 company in the healthcare information technology industry,
today announced that Bridge Community Health Clinic in Wausau, Wisconsin has
partnered with the company to implement three of HealthPort`s technology
solutions: HealthPort Practice Management (PM), HealthPort Electronic Medical
Record (EMR); and HealthPort Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). HealthPort serves
approximately 12 percent of the community health centers (CHCs) nationwide
making them a leading technology solutions provider for this increasingly
important industry segment. Having gone live on HealthPort PM in July 2009,
Bridge Community will implement HealthPort EMR and RCM applications by the end
of the year.

"The systems we purchased from HealthPort will help our clinic move forward with
important automation in three key areas: operations; patient care; and finance,"
states Pauline Putman, Chief Financial Officer. Specifically, Bridge Community
selected HealthPort PM to provide the three-location organization with stronger
reporting capabilities through a powerful reporting tool uniquely designed to
meet Federal and State quarterly reporting requirements for CHCs.

With HealthPort EMR, Bridge Community clinicians will be able to better educate
and promote healthy lifestyles for the 21,000 under and uninsured patients they
serve. "Clinicians will have the ability to pull up patient care information
across our organization, track patients by disease process, and show them an
on-screen picture of their healthcare progress," mentions Putman.

"From my perspective, the ability to have these three solutions from a single
vendor was an important factor. When you use disparate vendors and systems there
are a lot of man-hours required to pull information together," mentions Putman.
In today`s busy healthcare environment, no one has the time to integrate
disparate information. With HealthPort, the organization will be able to collect
and collate information across all three solutions: PM, EMR and RCM. The only
application missing from the HealthPort suite for Bridge Community is the
Electronic Dental Record (EDR). An important system for Bridge Community, Putman
contracted with another firm for this solution.

About HealthPort

HealthPort is one of the largest providers of health information solutions
serving more than 10,000 healthcare facilities, including, hospitals, physician
practices and clinics, over 44,000 physicians and millions of requestors
nationwide. With the widest selection of affordable, quality health information
products and services in the HIT industry, HealthPort is changing the face of
healthcare by combining knowledge, technology and service to streamline the
administrative and business processes of the healthcare community. For more
information, visit www.healthport.com or call 800-737-2585.

About Bridge Community Clinic

Bridge Community Clinic is a federally-funded community health center with three
locations in Wausau, Antigo and Merrill, Wisconsin. Serving over 21,000 under
and uninsured patients each year, Bridge Community provides general medical,
dental and mental health services to a large population of Southeast Asian and
Hispanic patients regardless of income or insurance coverage.

HealthPort
Hadiya K. Reynolds, 770-689-3612
Marketing Communications Manager
Fax: 770-459-3130

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