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For Immediate Release
Spheris Named “Awarded Vendor” by University HealthSystem Consortium
FRANKLIN, Tenn. — September 11, 2006 — Spheris, a leading global clinical documentation solutions provider, has been selected as an “awarded vendor” by the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), an alliance of academic health centers, to supply clinical documentation technology and services to its members.“From working with several large academic health systems, we know their clinical documentation needs vary greatly from one institution to the next,” said Alan Whorton, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Spheris. “These needs start with a desire to control costs while enhancing patient care, but often that's where the similarity between institutions ends.”
Spheris has extensive experience providing university medical centers with a customized, seamless solution that integrates their acute-care facilities with outpatient clinics and other functions. Spheris is able to provide a stand-alone technology solution for in-house transcription services, or to blend its technology offering with an outsourced workforce with the capacity to handle any volume of dictation.
“Spheris is uniquely positioned to fulfill the entire range of solutions that UHC members desire,” said Whorton. “We are very pleased to be able to work with UHC to rapidly deploy our clinical documentation solutions at every opportunity to bring value to UHC members.”
“We are pleased to offer UHC members, as a result of our competitive bid process, a contract with Spheris for medical transcription technology and services,” said Cindy White, UHC's vice president of operations.
“Spheris has a five-year, proven track record with UHC members from our previous medical transcription contract, and the company consistently delivers high value and excellent customer service,” said White. “A task force of UHC members directed UHC to award this contract to Spheris based on an analysis of the RFP response, which demonstrated a continued commitment to excellent value, technology, and service. We believe our ongoing collaboration with Spheris will bring significant value to UHC members.”
UHC, formed in 1984, is an alliance of academic health centers located mainly in the United States. As a membership organization, UHC provides its 95 full members and 139 associate members with a variety of resources aimed at improving performance levels in clinical, operational, and financial areas. The mission of UHC is to advance knowledge, foster collaboration, and promote change to help members succeed in their respective markets.
About Spheris Spheris is a leading provider of clinical documentation services and technology to health systems, hospitals and group practices throughout the U.S. Founded by physicians in 1993, Spheris employs a global network of medical language specialists for true 24-hour service, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The proprietary Spheris Clarity™ technology platform integrates the full range of clinical documentation software and hardware into one seamless, customizable system, including embedded speech recognition technologies. The Spheris solution is flexible and scalable to balance the needs of HIM directors, CFOs, IT directors and physicians with an emphasis on verifiable quality, turnaround time, security and pricing. Spheris' worldwide corporate headquarters is located in Franklin, Tenn. For more information, please visit www.spheris.com.