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Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network Licenses Utilization Management System to Improve Access to Care in Erie St. Clair
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Sep. 7, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- \n\n \n \n \nTR.cnwUnderlinedCell TD {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\n}\nTR.cnwDoubleUnderlinedCell TD {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double\n}\nTR.cnwBoldUnderlinedCell TD {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px solid\n}\nTD.cnwUnderlinedCell {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\n}\nTD.cnwDoubleUnderlinedCell {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double\n}\nTD.cnwBoldUnderlinedCell {\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px solid\n}\n\n\n TORONTO, Sept. 7 /CNW/ - Medworxx Inc. ("Medworxx") (TSXV: MWX),\n provider of healthcare solutions for patient flow, compliance and\n education, is pleased to announce that the Erie St. Clair Local Health\n Integration Network (LHIN) and Consolidated Health Information Services\n (CHIS) have licensed the Medworxx Utilization Management System (UMS)\n for all of its hospitals following a competitive public tender process.\n \n\n The Erie St. Clair LHIN is one of 14 LHINs in Ontario that were\n established by the Government of Ontario in order to plan,\n fund, and monitor health care services at the local level. The Erie St.\n Clair LHIN hospitals include; Windsor Regional Hospital, Bluewater\n Health, Chatham Kent Health Alliance, Leamington District Memorial\n Hospital, and Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital.\n \n\n The Medworxx UMS is a concurrent review tool used by clinicians that\n includes acute and non-acute sets of criteria that are applied to\n patients to determine their appropriateness for admission and assesses\n patients daily to determine their continued appropriateness to be in a\n particular care setting.  Medworxx UMS improves the patient flow in\n hospitals by quickly identifying barriers, delays and interruptions to\n the plan of care to support immediate resolution, as well as establishes\n a common framework for improved communication between healthcare\n providers.\n \n\n The Medworxx UMS is currently used to assess patients in more than 7,000\n beds in Ontario, which represents approximately 38% of all acute care\n beds and more than 13,000 beds in the rest of Canada. The Erie St. Clair\n LHIN is the second Ontario LHIN to license the Medworxx UMS at a LHIN\n level.\n \n\n The Erie St. Clair LHIN has invested more than $200,000.00 along with\n contributions from each hospital into this program to address the\n serious c...