Silver Hill Hospital, a psychiatric hospital, provides crisis stabilization and longer-term residential transitional living programs for those with mental illnesses, treating approximately 3,000 patients annually. The new software, abbreviated to DSum, will be incorporated with Medsphere’s open-access platform on OpenVista, allowing for interoperability across the IT system, according to a news release.
Medsphere and Silver Hill previously collaborated to develop a multi-disciplinary treatment plan module that can be incorporated into a facility’s computer system, according to the news release.
“This and previous collaborative projects are representative of the relationship between Medsphere and Silver Hill, and of how we believe health IT should move forward,” Medsphere President and CEO Irv Lichtenwald said in the news release. “We think this makes a lot more sense than keeping improvements in silos where they can only benefit a limited group. Open the system up and the benefits will accrue to all participants, but most importantly the patients.”
