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• Private ambitions; Sisters of Mercy tries private-label route for savings.(The Week in Healthcare)(Sisters of Mercy Health System )

  - 2007-07-16

  Byline: Shawn Rhea Last year, the Sisters of Mercy Health System took on the challenge of getting medical staff from its 18 hospitals in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma committed to purchasing a more limited list of product options. Accomplishing that...

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• IRIS to Supply Urinalysis Products and Services for Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis

  - 2007-01-08

  Two-Year, Renewable Sales and Service Agreements for iQ([R])200 Series, the iQ([R]) Body Fluids Module, AX-4280 Automated Analyzer, and iChem100 Test Strips CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- IRIS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NASDAQ: IRIS) today announced that the Iris Diagnostics division has entered into a sales and service supply agreement with the General Purchasing...

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• 2 CEOs stepping down.(The Week in Healthcare: Technology)(chief executive officers)

  - 2006-09-25

  Byline: Melanie Evans and Vince Galloro One large health system announced it had a new top executive last week, while another will begin the search for a successor to a leader who will become chairman of its board. Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, named primary-care...

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• Sisters of Mercy Health System Chooses MedAssets Net Revenue Systems for Chargemaster Management and Workflow Management Tools

  - 2006-04-03

  ATLANTA -- MedAssets Net Revenue Systems announced today that it has entered into a multi-year agreement to implement tools for chargemaster monitoring and maintenance and workflow management in 15 Sisters of Mercy Health System Mercy facilities. Implementation of these revenue cycle tools is expected to enhance chargemaster compliance, assist in...

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• Packnett resigns as CEO of Mercy Health Center in OKC to head

  - 2006-03-29

  Michael J. Packnett has resigned as president and CEO of Mercy Health System and Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City for a new job in Indiana. He will be president and CEO of Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Ind. Packnett was appointed as Mercy's president and CEO in...

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• ROi signs expanded agreement with Kodak; GPO's members can buy advanced digital medical imaging systems.

  - 2005-07-12

  M2 PRESSWIRE-12 July 2005-KODAK: ROi signs expanded agreement with Kodak; GPO's members can buy advanced digital medical imaging systemsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12072005 ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Company today announced that Resource Optimization & Innovation ROi has signed an expanded...

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• Waves of efficiency: Midwest healthcare system forgoes the traditional document management fix and instead pursues a BPM solution to bolster its revenue cycle improvement

  - 2005-02-01

  Like many large health networks today, Sisters of Mercy Health System faced the "perfect storm" of providing high-quality patient care despite the challenges of declining reimbursements, a tight and costly labor market, rising numbers of uninsured patients and escalating operating costs. Braving this storm required an increase in cash...

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• St. John's Nurses Standing Up to Employer Attack on Patient Care Standards; Negotiations Between Registered Nurses, Hospital Break

  - 2004-12-01

  ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- More than 1,700 registered nurses at St. John's are preparing for the fight of their lives - at a time when they would rather be helping patients fight for theirs. Negotiations between nurses and St. John's administrators broke off today as hospital...

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• Sisters of Mercy Health System Appoints New Two New Vice Presidents

  - 2004-02-01

  The Sisters of Mercy Health System Mercy has named Dick Escue as vice president and chief information officer CIO and Steve Mattachione to the new role of vice presidentEnterprise Resource Planning. Prior to joining Mercy, Escue served in senior information management positions for a major healthcare organization in Memphis, Tenn....

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• St. Louis Health System Unit's Reliance on Billing Technology Cuts Both Ways.

  - 2003-07-17

  By Judith Vandewater, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 17--Technology can be a blessing and a bane. The Sisters of Mercy Health System took a bow as one of the nation's most wired last week. It won the ranking...

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