Mission Hills, CA – Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is the foremost 254 bed hospital, that serves both the North San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys in California. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center bids a complete range of health services, from outpatient to inpatient to home health care. The Providence Holy Cross Medical Centre, is now restoring its healthcare IT with a $500,000 grant from Verizon. Verizon is a global leader in delivering innovation in communications, information and entertainment. It mainly focuses on the issues of education and literacy, and safety and health. The works of Verizon is done during strategic partnerships with nonprofit organizations, through informed grant-making.
Officials at Province Holy Cross Medical Centre says that this benevolent support of Verizon communications will help in improving the efficiency, and increasing the accuracy of patient records and also to initiate healthcare outreach for uninsured Californians. According to Arnold R. Schaffer, Providence Health and Services senior vice president and regional executive, this liberality of Verizon is a landmark on the way to the future. Also he mentioned that this shining gift will illustrate how the private enterprise can work with healthcare providers in reaching out to those most in needs.
The Province Holy Medical Center plans to use the grant money for an emergency room kiosk, where patients can check themselves in. Hospital officials expect the system will reduce waiting times, increase the accuracy of medical records and alert the staff to the most urgent cases so they are treated immediately. The grant will also set up an outreach program to help uninsured patients find cost-effective primary health services and enable the purchase of new software for computers in the medical center’s 142-bed expansion, which is scheduled to open in 2011. Officials say the computer system will facilitate staff to print identification bracelets at a patient’s bedside and help ensure all laboratory orders and tests are matched with the correct patient. “As our society debates ways to cost-effectively improve the nation’s healthcare delivery system, Verizon will help Providence Holy Cross Medical Center to use technology to provide high-quality medical care for San Fernando Valley residents,” said Verizon West Region President Tim McCallion.