Sunquest Completes System-wide Implementation At Cleveland Clinic Hospital Laboratories

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb 18, 2010 -
Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.®, a leading provider of healthcare diagnostic information technology and outreach solutions, has successfully completed system-wide implementation of seven hospital laboratories of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. The primary focus of the initiative was to standardize their laboratory operations to a single software solution.
“Cleveland Clinic contracted with Sunquest to bring the laboratories of seven of our hospitals onto their laboratory diagnostic IT solution,” according to Tom Shirk, Director of the Center for Pathology Informatics at Cleveland Clinic. “Three of these hospital labs were already using Sunquest, and four of them were on another system. We wanted to consolidate all of these sites into a single, integrated deployment of Sunquest.
“All seven hospital laboratories are now fully orchestrated with Sunquest Laboratory™, Blood Bank™, Microbiology™, and SMART™ service lines, and are running very smoothly. This makes a total of nine hospitals (including central campus) now operating effectively on our Sunquest system, with two additional Cleveland Clinic hospitals in the queue for the next few years. We are also in the process of working with the company to further upgrade systems and interfaces, as well as to implement robotic specimen processes at certain labs.”
“Such a global operation as the Cleveland Clinic demands the utmost standards of high quality and integration,” says Richard Atkin, Sunquest President and CEO. “By bringing the project in on time, on budget, and seamlessly interfacing it with other non-laboratory hospital software solutions, we are proud to continue to earn and expand our long-term business relationship.”
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About Sunquest Information Systems
Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.®  delivers market leading diagnostic information technology and outreach solutions designed and implemented to fulfill the business objectives of today’s healthcare leaders. Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, the company has offices in: Raleigh, North Carolina; Norwich, United Kingdom; and Bangalore, India. Sunquest serves the global marketplace with reliable technology required for mission critical applications. These solutions provide the foundation to optimize the healthcare experience, deliver safe, effective, and timely patient care, expand community reach, and transform the delivery of healthcare with predictive and personalized medicine.
For more information please visit www.sunquestinfo.com or phone +1 (800) 748-0692.