The University of Alabama at Birmingham has chosen athenahealth's athenaCoordinator Enterprise platform to streamline care transitions and patient referrals.
UAB Medicine will implement the platform in The Kirkin Clinic of UAB Hospital, an ambulatory care site. The platform is scheduled to go live in July.
"These new patient access services allow information to follow the patient and for us to streamline care transitions, enhancing our ability to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs while maintaining the highest quality of world-class care," said Will Ferniany, CEO of UAB Health System, in a statement.
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