NCHESS Recognized as World-Class Solution

EVANSTON, IL — Sept. 29, 2005 — The North Carolina Hospital Emergency Surveillance System (NCHESS), developed by Solucient along with public and private sector partners, has won DM Review's 2005 World Class Solution Award. NCHESS is the nation's first statewide system to electronically collect, report, monitor and investigate pre-diagnosis clinical patient data on a 24x7 basis.

After considering more than 100 entries, judges bestowed nine awards in seven categories. The NCHESS project was one of two winners in the category of Data Acquisition and Integration.

NCHESS was created in partnership with the North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA), the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NCDPH) and three technology partners. Solucient and Knightsbridge Solutions collaborated to build the technological foundation of NCHESS, which acts as the system's digital engine, powering the collection and reporting of select emergency department data in near real-time every 12 hours.

A third technology partner, MercuryMD, developed the technology to electronically monitor available data and deliver real-time medical record access, which, among other things, allows physicians to securely pull up and review medical information.

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