Expansion is expected to tighten integration
between
physical and behavioral healthcare for
patients
AUSTIN,
Texas and KING OF PRUSSIA,
Pa., July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal
Health Services (UHS), a leading provider of hospital and
healthcare services, is expanding the Oracle Health electronic
health record (EHR) across its broad network of behavioral health
facilities. UHS acute care hospitals have used Oracle Health's
technology for a decade. With this expansion, the organization now
has access to a single, unified EHR in acute and behavioral health
facilities across the United
States to better inform care decisions and help improve
patient safety practices.
"With our focus on patient safety and providing superior care,
access to more complete and accurate health information across the
care continuum will better inform care decisions, enhance health
outcomes, improve medical behavioral integration, and ultimately
support value-based care," said Matt
Peterson, president, Behavioral Health Division, UHS. "There
is a historical lack of health record digitization in the
behavioral health sector. We are leading the charge in modernizing
our technology and this is an exciting horizon as we further pursue
total patient care. We're also seeing a rapidly growing number of
patients seeking behavioral care, with many in severe situations
and needing high acuity care. Teaming with technology leaders like
Oracle Health helps us innovate so we can meet patients where they
are and expand services to areas that are currently
underserved."
With more than 200 behavioral health facilities across
the United States, UHS behavioral
health providers offer inpatient, outpatient, and residential
treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and elderly.
Five facilities have gone live this year, with more underway and
continuing across the UHS behavioral health facilities over the
next few years.
By using Oracle Health's EHR across its acute and behavioral
health facilities, UHS care teams can more easily and securely
share information to enable a more collaborative treatment approach
and to help improve continuity of patient care. UHS patients also
benefit from having access to a portable, digitized record that can
travel with them from one care setting to another and encompasses
both their behavioral and physical health history in a single
record.
Oracle's behavioral-health specific EHR content and
functionality was further customized by UHS during the initial
rollout to help clinicians gain a more comprehensive view of a
patient's record, better inform care decisions, and enhance safety
practices. Their customizations are now being offered to other
Oracle customers via Crossings Healthcare Solutions, a subsidiary
of UHS. This approach is similar to how Crossings has long assisted
traditional acute care organizations to optimize their EHR.
"UHS is at the forefront of total patient care, and digitizing
behavioral health information in its EHR is an important step
toward integrating its healthcare practices to enable better
caregiver experiences and improved patient outcomes," said
Travis Dalton, executive vice
president, Oracle Health. "Building on a decade of successful
collaboration, this expanded relationship between UHS and Oracle
Health takes a significant step toward realizing the goal of
seamless health information exchange."
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation's
largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare
services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive
record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since our
inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual
revenues during 2022 were approximately $13.4 billion. In 2023, UHS was again recognized
as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune;
ranked #311 on the Fortune 500; and, ranked #434 among U.S.
companies on Forbes Global 2000 World's Largest Public
Companies.
Our operating philosophy is as effective today as it was upon
the Company's founding in 1979, enabling us to provide
compassionate care to our patients and their loved ones. Our
strategy includes building or acquiring high quality hospitals in
rapidly growing markets, investing in the people and equipment
needed to allow each facility to thrive, and becoming the leading
healthcare provider in each community we serve.
Headquartered in King of Prussia,
PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and through its
subsidiaries operates 27 inpatient acute care hospitals, 331
inpatient behavioral health facilities, nearly 40 outpatient
facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance
offering, a physician network and various related services located
in 39 U.S. states, Washington,
D.C., Puerto Rico and the
United Kingdom. It acts as the
advisor to Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate
investment trust (NYSE:UHT). For additional information visit
www.uhs.com.
About Crossings Healthcare Solutions
Crossings serves
more than 50 hospitals with thousands of beds, including regional
healthcare systems, not-for-profits and for-profit entities. More
information can be found at
https://www.crossingshealthcaresolutions.com.
About Oracle
Oracle offers integrated suites of
applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle
Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit
us at www.oracle.com.
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