Patient Placement Systems Selects SunGard Availability Services to Host Mission-Critical Servers
Patient Placement Systems, a leading provider of patient referral solutions, announced that it has selected SunGard Availability Services to host its mission-critical servers in order to improve reliability, flexibility and system availability for their customers. Patient Placement Systems connects continuing care providers and automates the patient placement process.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 9, 2007
Patient Placement Systems, a leading provider of patient referral solutions, announced that it has selected SunGard Availability Services to host its mission-critical servers in order to improve reliability, flexibility and system availability for their customers. Patient Placement Systems connects continuing care providers and automates the patient placement process.
"By using SunGard for our hosting and availability solution," said Eric Christ, president, Patient Placement Systems, "we are helping to make sure that our customers have uninterrupted access to our referral management applications. We are also helping to ensure the privacy of data for our clients' patients in order to meet HIPAA compliance regulations."
The Patient Placement solutions enable healthcare providers to track patient referrals, eliminate faxed medical documents, and analyze referral activity. Using a secure, HIPAA-compliant Web-based application, hospitals and continuing care providers can make the process of placing a patient from one facility to another more secure, effective, and timely. Ensuring secure access to this critical information is fundamental to the Patient Placement Systems vision and was the key criteria for selecting SunGard Availability Services and their world-class data centers.
About Patient Placement Systems
Patient Placement Systems digitally connects continuing care providers and hospitals, to assist in patient transfer and other discharge planning processes. Whether you're moving a patient to a long-term acute care facility or a short-term rehabilitation clinic, the Patient Placement Discharge Referral System, Referral Management System, and Referral Network improve information flow and communication so each party involved in patient referral has the information they need, when they need it. Patient Placement Systems is a member of the Jackson Healthcare Solutions family of companies. For more information about Patient Placement Systems, visit www. patientplacement. com or call 800.832.8397.
About SunGard Availability Services
SunGard Availability Services is the pioneer and leading provider of information availability solutions, helping to ensure that nearly 10,000 customers in North America and Europe have access to their business-critical information systems. With over 3 million square feet of operations space, SunGard offers a complete range of information availability solutions that include managed IT, professional and business continuity services. SunGard provides services to support an always-on production environment, as well as over 30 technology platforms to support customers who require a traditional 24-48 hour recovery time frame. SunGard also has technology and systems management services for application and data center outsourcing, as well as business continuity consulting services and planning software. For more information about SunGard Availability Services, visit www. availability. sungard. com or call 1-800-523-4970.
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