Emerus Emergency Hospital Goes Live with Stockell Healthcare's InsightCS® Revenue Cycle Information Management System

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stockell Healthcare Systems is pleased to announce that its InsightCS® Revenue Cycle Information Management system is up and running for Emerus Emergency Hospital at five locations in Texas (Houston, McKinney, Sugarland, Aubrey, and Tomball) plus the newly opened Baptist Emergency Hospital in San Antonio that is part of an agreement with Baptist Health System.

All six facilities are utilizing the InsightCS® system's complete, end-to-end Patient Access (Registration, Scheduling, ADT) and Patient Accounting (Billing, Collections and Payments, Contract Management), and Claims Management solutions.

The InsightCS® system has been integrated with the Ingenix/Picis ED PulseCheck™ clinical information system to allow Emerus to achieve true, end-to-end electronic patient care and patient information management.

"The InsightCS® system allows our technology to effectively and efficiently support the patient-centered care that both Emerus and Baptist Emergency Hospital provide," said Trang Dawson, CIO of Emerus. "The requirement for any information solution for us is that it provides a seamless patient experience and allows our staff to do what they do best – providing high quality, efficient, direct patient care."

Rick Stockell, president of Stockell Healthcare, added, "We are excited about the opportunity to provide our full suite of advanced Patient Access, Patient Accounting, and Claims Management solutions to Emerus. Specialty hospitals, including ED hospitals like Emerus, are at the heart of local healthcare service delivery and represent a very important market segment for us."

About Emerus Emergency Hospital

Emerus Emergency Hospital is a system of licensed hospitals and satellite ER facilities focused on revolutionizing the patient experience beginning with its unique approach to delivering exceptional emergency medical and inpatient care. The Emerus model of efficient design and staffing enables high-quality care to be delivered with speed, compassion and medical expertise, with patients waiting an average of 15 minutes or less to be seen by a physician.

With state-of-the-art equipment such as CT scan, X-ray, ultrasound and an on-site lab, Emerus has the tools and the expertise to treat any medical emergency. Emerus is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in the communities it serves.

For more information or for a list of locations, please visit www.emerus.com.

About Stockell Healthcare Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1984, Stockell Healthcare Systems is a privately held company based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company is committed to providing forward-thinking hospitals, healthcare enterprises, and Integrated Health Networks (IHNs) with InsightCS®, an innovative revenue cycle information management software solution that incorporates patient access, patient accounting, and claims management functionality suites.

For further information, please visit www.stockell.com.

SOURCE Stockell Healthcare Systems, Inc.