Greenway Works With HP to Offer Medical Practices Complete EHR Infrastructure

CARROLLTON, Ga., Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., an HP Healthcare Elite Partner, today announced it is collaborating with HP to offer medical practices custom electronic health record (EHR) solutions to automate healthcare processes, increase efficiency and improve quality of care.

Greenway's PrimeSUITE® 2011 EHR, practice management and interoperability solution and HP hardware will be available to provide customers with the ability to select a custom EHR solution for each unique healthcare setting. The complete end-to-end solution will enable eligible professionals (EPs) to pursue meaningful use guidelines, as defined in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, by providing them with the complete EHR solution of clinical, financial and administrative functionality.

"Greenway® is dedicated to offering complete EHR solutions that improve patient care while simultaneously helping to reduce cost and complexity for healthcare providers," said President and CEO Tee Green. "Together with HP, we are focused on providing healthcare organizations with the highest product and service excellence."

"HP is committed to partnering with the healthcare industry's leading EHR independent software vendors to encourage and accelerate the adoption of electronic health records among medical practices nationwide," said Chris Mertens, vice president, Healthcare, Personal Systems Group, HP. "This alliance marks another milestone in delivering on that commitment and helping healthcare organizations select an end-to-end EHR solution that fits their specific IT needs."  

As a leading healthcare technology provider, HP offers computing, imaging and printing solutions optimized to support digitized healthcare environments that enable organizations to capture, store, manage and securely access patient information and records.

HP hardware combined with Greenway's certified PrimeSUITE 2011 EHR will provide the availability of critical information in real-time throughout the healthcare IT environment, providing physicians and staff with on-demand access to the data they need. This joint delivery and marketing agreement will drive EHR adoption through HP's Elite Partner Program, providing Greenway's solutions on HP's EHReady program. Examples of EHR functionality include patient charting, numerous clinical alerts and content management, as well as practice management functionality with accounts receivable, registration, scheduling and reporting components. Healthcare organizations may choose to deploy the EHR solution in the cloud or on-site as a premise-based solution.

The combined Greenway and HP solutions will be available directly from Greenway and through a select network of jointly authorized resellers and distributed through TechData. The distribution will ensure that products and service are available to healthcare organizations of all sizes through local resellers, as well as national reseller partners.

About Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc.

Greenway Medical Technologies provides innovative EHR, ambulatory healthcare and clinical research business solutions and services to more than 27,000 healthcare providers nationwide, in 31 specialties and subspecialties, by enhancing the delivery of patient care through advanced health IT software and on-demand services that allow physician practices to function at their highest level of efficiency in group practice, IDN, REC, HIE, IPA, Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) settings. Established in 1998, Carrollton, Ga.-based Greenway is a privately held company with more than 450 employees.

About PrimeSUITE 2011 Meaningful Use Certification

PrimeSUITE® 2011 is an ONC-ATCB Complete EHR. The 2011/2012 criteria supports the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This Complete EHR is 2011/2012 compliant and has been certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or guarantee the receipt of incentive payments. PrimeSUITE 2011 was certified on October 14, 2010, certification number CC-1112-699072-1 for clinical quality measures NQF 0421, 0013, 0028, 0041, 0024, 0038, 0031, 0032 and 0034.

Review complete details of PrimeSUITE 2011's meaningful use certification on CCHIT and ONC websites: http://www.cchit.org/get_certified/ONC-ATCB-Certified-2011-2012 and http://onc-chpl.force.com/ehrcert.

For more information about Greenway, visit www.greenwaymedical.com.  You can also follow developments at Greenway through online and social media:

• Greenway on Twitter: http://bit.ly/GreenwayTwitter
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• Greenway on YouTube: http://bit.ly/GreenwayYouTube
• BlogEHR: http://bit.ly/BlogEHR
• Tee Green on Twitter: http://bit.ly/wteegreen    
• Justin Barnes on Twitter: http://bit.ly/HITAdvisor
• Eric Grunden on Twitter: http://bit.ly/EGrunden
• Johnathan Samples on Twitter: http://bit.ly/JSamplesGMT

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in the press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, markets, services and related products, prices, and other factors.

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