As seen in Western Pennsylvania Hospital News, September 2008…
Celtic Healthcare Recognized for Innovation in Technology
Pittsburgh Technology Council's annual Tech 50 Awards recently recognized Celtic Healthcare as one of eight life sciences companies in the Pittsburgh region that demonstrated the strongest growth and advancement in product or sales success, financial strength, corporate citizenship, job growth and retention and innovative product or technology. Was Celtic Healthcare the only healthcare provider on the list? Indeed it was.
Celtic Healthcare's proprietary Celtic Integrated Business System (CIBS), a web-based software product that manages the efficient delivery and workflow of homecare services, is a state-of-the art technology, which considerably reduces the need for paperwork. CIBS keeps medical records online and efficiently automates workflow assignments. CIBS also provides a conduit for the client, caregiver, contract agency, physician and family member to access information virtually from any location, quickly and securely. CIBS has allowed for higher productivity, consistent monitoring of quality, better patient outcomes, efficient billing practices, company-wide communication, and customer loyalty and satisfaction. Having an electronic patient record reduces the amount of paper documentation, eliminating the time required for patient information to flow between internal departments.
This provides anyone with appropriate security permissions a real-time view of patient information and allows the information gathered from the external visit documenting system to be billed accurately and timely.
"Our information systems and technology is our competitive advantage, allowing us to greatly reduce costs associated with providing service, so that we are still profitable under the lower rates of managed care," says Greg Teamann, Information Systems Manager of Celtic Healthcare.
In addition, Celtic Healthcare's proprietary CIP system provides an online forum and information center for all of its employees to reference for current company news, CEO blogs, human resource documents, discussion forums, and more.
