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24 April 2008
NYDOH Extends Application Deadline for On-Time Quality Improvement Grant Project. Optimus EMR, Inc. is the Named and Preferred Software Vendor
The New York Department of Health and the Institute of Clinical Outcomes Research (“ICOR”) have extended the application deadline for SNFs to apply for this significant technology grant. The deadline has been extended to late May for facilities to qualify and receive up to approximately $50,000. Optimus EMR, Inc. is the named and preferred software vendor for this grant project. The Optimus EMR System for LTC facilities has also been selected for several other State and Federal Grant and Demonstration Projects, including projects with CMS and AHRQ.
Please see the attached Official NYDOH Request for Application (RFA) document and specifically page 9 for Optimus EMR, Inc.
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01 April 2008
Optimus EMR customer selected for Regional Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) EMR Success Story
St. Elizabeth Communities, Rhode Island, has been selected as an Information Technology Success Story by Quality Partners of Rhode Island, a Quality Improvement Organization Support Center (QIO) under contract with the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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01 March 2008
Menorah Manor, St. Petersburg, FL selects the Optimus EMR System.
Menorah Manor is the only Jewish, community sponsored, not for profit nursing center on the West Coast of Florida. It's mission: to provide the best possible care in a warm, homelike Jewish environment. Menorah Manor takes care of the elderly wherever they are by providing a system of care. The emphasis is on providing the elderly with the most appropriate care in the most appropriate location.
01 February 2008
Bethel Nursing and Rehab Center, Croton-on-Hudson, NY selects the Optimus EMR System and will begin by installing the Optimus C.N.A. Kiosk Point of Care Module
Bethel's Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on Croton-on-Hudson opened in 1997. This 200 bed, state-of-the-art facility offers private and semi-private rooms. It also includes a specialized unit for short-term rehabilitation patients and another for Alzheimer's patients. Bethel Nursing and Rehab Center has been approved for the New York Department of Health “On-Time Quality Improvement for LTC” Grant. Optimus EMR is the named software vendor for this NYDOH Grant Project.
21 January 2008
Loretto, Syracuse, NY selects the Optimus EMR System and will begin by installing the Optimus C.N.A. Point of Care Module
Loretto is a network of agencies committed to the mission of improving the quality of life for older adults in Central New York. As the largest provider of eldercare services in Upstate New York, Loretto's services include a broad spectrum of care from independent living and adult medical day programs to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care, with every option in between. Today, Loretto offers 22 different programs at 17 sites in the city and suburbs of Syracuse as well as Oswego and Utica, New York. With an annual budget of $150 million, Loretto's 2,300 full- and part-time employees serve an average of 4,000 older adults each year.
Loretto Health and Rehab Center has been approved for the New York Department of Health “On-Time Quality Improvement for LTC” Grant. Optimus EMR is the named software vendor for this NYDOH Grant Project.
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03 December 2007
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities, Rochester, NY selects the Optimus EMR System and will begin by installing the Optimus C.N.A. Kiosk Point of Care Module
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities is a three campus CCRC housing and service organization for adults providing multiple levels of care from independent living to skilled nursing.
14 November 2007
Good Shepherd Community, Sauk Rapids, MN selects the Optimus EMR System
The Good Shepherd Community, a Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod organization, provides a ministry of specialized health care and housing services for young and older adults in Central Minnesota.
01 October 2007
Optimus EMR, Inc. announces the new Optimus “Menu of Product Options"
Optimus EMR has modularized it’s system and now offers 3 distinct product and implementation options:
- Full Optimus EMR System
- C.N.A. Kiosk Based Point of Care Module
- Optimus eMAR / eTAR / CPOE / Pharmacy Interface Module
The latter two choices give long term care facilities the option of entering the “EMR World” at lower price points, while keeping the option to move seamlessly to the full Optimus EMR System at their own pace. The latter two options also are faster implementations which produce immediate benefits.
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22 September 2007
Brethren Village in PA selects the Optimus EMR System
Brethren Village Retirement Community is a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), providing care for residents 62 years of age and older. As a non-profit corporation, the Village provides care, services and amenities in three areas of living including Independent Residential Living, Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing. The Village occupies 153-acres of land in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
09 August 2007
United Methodist Homes of New Jersey selects the Optimus EMR System
United Methodist Homes of New Jersey provides quality and caring services to 1,400 senior men and women in New Jersey. UMH has a tradition of excellence. In continuous operation since 1907, UMH operates 10 communities that extend from the northern Delaware River watershed to the Atlantic Coast.
01 June 2007
Family Health West, Fruita, CO selects the Optimus EMR System
Family Health West has served Western Colorado for 60 years and is truly a Leader & Trendsetter in Health Care Services for
all ages in our community and in the implementation of Innovative Alzheimer's and Eldercare. Family Health West offers Health
Care Services to individuals of all ages in our community through our expanded Hospital, Medicare Skilled Nursing, Physical
Rehabilitation Therapies, X-Ray and Laboratory Services, and continue to provide State-of-the-Art Senior, Elder and Alzheimer's
Care. Our Eldercare services will continue to include services for the at-risk, low-income elderly.
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07 March 2007
The Saint Elizabeth Community, Rhode Island, has selected the Optimus EMR System for its long term care facilities
The Saint Elizabeth Community is a non-profit, non-sectarian charitable organization that has been providing quality care to
older adults since its founding in 1882. With four Saint Elizabeth Community locations around Rhode Island, the people
in the Community's care have access to a full range of services - independent apartments to skilled nursing care – and a staff
who treats them with compassion and respect.
03 January 2007
Episcopal Church Home, St. Paul, MN selects the Optimus EMR System after a thorough selection process by Senior Management
The Episcopal Church Home of Minnesota was founded in 1894 by Sister Annette Relf, a nurse and Minnesota's first Episcopal Deaconess.
The Episcopal Campus provides Nursing and Rehabilitation Services, and Assisted & Independent Living Care Settings.
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18 December 2006
Optimus EMR, Inc. Selected by Franciscan Services Corporation as EMR Vendor
Optimus EMR, Inc. announced today that the Franciscan Services Corporation in Sylvania,
Ohio has selected the Optimus EMR System for its long term care nursing facilities and CCRC
campuses in Ohio.
Franciscan Services Corporation has selected Optimus EMR for its four Ohio CCRC facilities.
The Senior Management Team of FSC conducted a thorough selection process and selected the industry
leading Optimus EMR System over more than 10 other long term care software companies.
01 November 2006
The Charles T. Sitrin Health Care Center, New Hartford, NY selects the Optimus EMR System
The Sitrin Health Care Center in New Hartford, NY will begin the Optimus EMR System implementation
in January, followed by the Optimus Therapy EMR System implementation.
Since its inception in 1951, Sitrin has grown to meet the needs of the community, adding many new
programs and services. Once a six-bed home for the aged, Sitrin now provides long-term care for 133
skilled nursing patients, 40 medical rehabilitation inpatients, as well as a comprehensive array of
rehabilitative services, including physical, occupational, speech and aquatic therapies, for persons
of all ages - pediatric to geriatric.
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18 October 2006
Optimus EMR, Inc. Selected for New York Quality of Care Grant as an EMR and Mobile Clinician-Centric Software Solution Vendor
Optimus EMR, Inc. announced today that the Quality Care Oversight Committee (QCOC) has selected the Optimus EMR
System for long term care to help nursing homes in New York State improve care delivery, decrease medical errors,
and lower health care costs.
A $13.5 million grant, made available through the state-funded Quality of Care Demonstration Project, will be
used to deploy the Optimus EMR System in select facilities throughout the state.
13 October 2006
The Metro Health System, Cleveland, OH selects the Optimus EMR System
The Metro Health System has selected the Optimus EMR System for its Long Term Care/Skilled Nursing
Facilities. The Skilled Nursing Facilities are a division of the Metro Health System, which
provides both comprehensive inpatient services, outpatient care and post-acute care services.
The Metro Health System is renowned for its medical geriatric and rehabilitation services.
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05 October 2006
Butler County Care Facility, Hamilton, Ohio selects Optimus EMR
The Butler County SNF and its excellent management team have chosen the Optimus EMR System and will begin implementation this month.
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29 August 2006
Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center, Commack, NY selects Optimus EMR
The Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center has selected Optimus EMR after a lengthy and rigorous RFP
selection process involving over 20 acute care and long term care software companies. The Gurwin
Jewish Geriatric Center is a full service, not-for-profit, non-sectarian 460 bed facility located on
a 64 acre Jewish Communal Campus in Commack, New York. Gurwin is a nationally acclaimed organization
and is distinguished by its clinical excellence and commitment to quality of life.
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04 August 2006
Ohio Board of Pharmacy Approves Optimus eMAR
Optimus EMR, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Ohio Board of Pharmacy has officially approved the
Optimus Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) Module for use in all Ohio Long Term Care facilities.
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy has strict requirements regarding the Positive Identification of nurses that are allowed
to administer medication using an eMAR. Optimus EMR’s unique use of Smart I.D. devices was officially deemed to be
an appropriate method of providing positive I.D. of the Nurse administering medications and other physician orders
when using an eMAR.
The Optimus eMAR System is the only eMAR installed and functioning in the State of Ohio that is using these unique
Smart I.D. devices, and Optimus EMR, Inc. is the only Electronic Medical Record and eMAR System to have received
official Ohio Board of Pharmacy approval for this method of Positive Identification
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27 June 2006
Presbyterian Homes and Services of Louisville, KY has its third facility in Phelps, KY go live
today on the Optimus EMR System.
Presbyterian Homes had previously implemented the Optimus EMR System in its other 2 KY facilites.
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7 June 2006
Lutheran Homes, Inc. (LHI), Fort Wayne, Indiana begins its second Optimus EMR implementation.
Lutheran Homes, Inc. (LHI) in Ft. Wayne, IN has begun its second Optimus EMR implementation in its 262 bed
skilled nursing facility located in Ft. Wayne, IN. LHI had completed the Optimus EMR implementation
in its Kendallville, IN facility earlier this year.
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1 June 2006
Sun Healthcare Group, Albuquerque, NM, has multiple Optimus EMR Point of Care pilots go live today.
Sun Healthcare Group and its affiliate SunBridge, a 165 facility public chain, had two Optimus EMR Point of Care
pilots go live today at select facilities. Sun Healthcare will begin two more Optimus EMR Solution
implementations in August.
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24 May 2006
National Church Residences, Columbus, Ohio, chooses Optimus EMR.
National Church Residences has selected Optimus EMR for its four Ohio CCRC campuses after a
rigorous selection process.
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19 May 2006
Harborside Healthcare, Boston, MA completes Optimus EMR Corporate Office pilot and approves Optimus EMR
Solution facility pilot implementation.
Harborside Healthcare, a 65 SNF Chain headquartered in Boston, MA has completed an Optimus EMR corporate office
pilot and will begin a full Optimus EMR facility implementation in select facilities, third quarter of 2006.
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17 May 2006
Otterbein Retirement Living Communities, Lebanon, Ohio, selects Optimus EMR.
Otterbein Retirement Living Communities, Inc. and its 5 Ohio CCRC Campuses has selected Optimus EMR, Inc. as its
EMR Solution after a thorough RFP and selection process.
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