EMR

Ontario chain of wellness clinics opts for hosted EMR

The Markham-based AIM Health Group, which operates the largest independently owned group of medically-based Health and Wellness Centres in Ontario, has selected Nightingale On Demand as its exclusive practice management and EMR provider. AIM signed a five-year agreement with Nightingale for the hosted system, which requires only an internet connection to access it and doesn’t require costly installation of servers at each clinic location.

Through this agreement, Nightingale will support AIM’s 150 healthcare professionals who conduct more than 1.5 million patient visits across its clinics each year. Patients will also be offered Nightingale’s integrated patient portal, which provides them access to their personal health record (PHR) acting as a health management tool.
Nightingale On Demand is a web-native system that offers enterprise-wide, fully automated practice management capabilities for billing, scheduling and other administrative functions necessary for managing a full spectrum of patient care.

Pictured above, Sam Chebib, CEO Nightingale Informatix

The Nightingale solution is eligible for funding for qualified Ontario physicians that are part of the AIM Group, which delivers services through a combined public and private structure.

The centralized practice management capabilities with Nightingale On Demand will enable AIM to efficiently manage both private billings and services covered by provincial health agencies that are delivered across all clinics.

AIM will realize cost efficiencies with Nightingale’s hosted EMR solution ASP that would not be possible with a local client server solution. The Web-based solution provides a seamless exchange of information among healthcare providers and staff across all clinics. Nightingale also guarantees unlimited 24-hour support, which means internal IT support staff aren’t necessary. AIM will also receive system updates and file backups at no additional cost, so every clinic will always operate on the most current version of Nightingale On Demand.

Under the terms of the five-year agreement, AIM will pay for all training and implementation services and an agreed upon variable monthly transaction fee measured by the number of patient visits. For more information, visit www.nightingale.md

Posted August 19, 2010