Sharp Community Medical Group and Graybill Medical Group Sign Enhanced Partnership Agreement

Sharp Community Medical Group and Graybill Medical Group Sign Enhanced
Partnership Agreement

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Community Medical Group (SCMG) and
Graybill Medical Group have signed an Enhanced Partnership Agreement to
jointly develop practice management and electronic health records
implementation strategies. This long-term business agreement brings together
the unique expertise of two of San Diego County's largest independent
physician organizations. SCMG, founded in 1989, consists of over 200 primary
care physicians and 500 specialists in private practices throughout San Diego
while Graybill Medical Group, which celebrated its 75th anniversary this year,
represents the largest primary care medical group in San Diego's north county
region, with about 150,000 patient visits each year.

According to John Jenrette, MD, CEO of SCMG, combining Graybill Medical
Group's practice operations with SCMG's knowledge of independent, private
practice creates a stronger organization.

"United," said Jenrette, "we can better support private practice, create new
efficient primary care practices, and offer a menu of practice services
including items such as billing, electronic health records installation and
support, recruitment, staffing services and, in general, tools to make all
models of practice successful."

Floyd E. Farley, CEO, of Graybill, added, "we're proud to enter into this
Enhanced Partnership Agreement with SCMG. It leverages the strengths of both
organizations and, in the end, provides a higher level of services to our
patients."

Last year, SCMG became the first IPA (Independent Physician Association) in
the nation to roll out an innovative implementation of Allscripts Enterprise
Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) solution that
generates a single medical record for each patient even if seen at different
practices by primary and specialist physicians. The system, called SCMG
CONNECT, uses a unique architecture to automate and connect clinical and
administrative processes for SCMG's 755 physician members and affiliates to
better serve the network's more than 146,000 managed care patients.

For additional information visit SCMG online at www.scmg.org. For information
about Graybill Medical Group, please visit www.graybill.org.

SOURCE Sharp Community Medical Group

Dennis Ellman of Sharp Community Medical Group, +1-858-453-9600