Continuum Health Partners Are Migrating to CHARMS 2000 Solutions

Meta Health Technology announced recently that Continuum Health Partners is migrating to Metas suite of CHARMS 2000 products. A long-time Meta client, the New York metropolitan-area health system has been using Metas mainframe abstracting and chart management applications for over 20 years. In conjunction with their migration to Metas PC product platform, Continuum has licensed the products for an additional facility, Long Island College Hospital.

New York, NY December 16, 2004 -- Meta Health Technology announced recently that Continuum Health Partners is migrating to Metas suite of CHARMS 2000 products. A long-time Meta client, the New York metropolitan-area health system has been using Metas mainframe abstracting and chart management applications for over 20 years. In conjunction with their migration to Metas PC product platform, Continuum has licensed the products for an additional facility, Long Island College Hospital.

Continuum Health Partners, Inc. was formed in January 1997, as a partnership of two venerable New York healthcare providers, Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center. Building upon the strengths of both institutions, the partners soon established a broad-based, integrated health services network extending throughout the New York metropolitan region. In May 1998, the partnership was joined by a third distinguished institution, Long Island College Hospital, located in the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn. Continuum continues to grow with the addition of another outstanding institution with a 100-year tradition of excellent specialty care, the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Meta's CHARMS 2000 software solutions are designed to enhance the day-to-day operations of HIM departments. All CHARMS 2000 solutions employ the latest Windows and Web technology to provide a family of HIPAA-compliant, HIM management tools that increase revenue, productivity and efficiency in medical facilities of all sizes. The CHARMS 2000 applications share a single relational database for optimal integration, maximum accuracy and reduced data entry. The modules are completely scalable, so they can serve the needs of a small community hospital as well as a large teaching institution.

Metas client/server applications build on the rich functionality of their mainframe forebears, adding both the computing power available in state of the art PC technology and a unique degree of flexibility to better meet their clients needs.

About Continuum Health Partners
Continuum Health Partners, Inc. has an annual operating budget of $2.1 billion. Its hospitals deliver inpatient care through nearly 3,100 certified beds located in seven major hospital facilities in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Continuum providers also see patients in group and private practice settings and ambulatory centers in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, and in Westchester County. All four Continuum partner institutions were established more than a century ago by civic-minded individuals with a shared commitment to improving health and health care in their communities. Today, participation in the Continuum partnership enables each member institution to better fulfill its traditional mission by making available an impressive array of resources for the provision of state-of-the-art and compassionate care.

About Meta Health Technology
Meta Health Technology is a full-service provider of software solutions that enhance day-to-day operations in today's Health Information Management department. Meta's specialty is HIM, and its products are designed to meet the specific needs of the HIM department. Headquartered in New York City, the company has served the healthcare industry exclusively for over 25 years. Meta's clients range from small community hospitals to many of the largest and most prestigious medical facilities across the United States and in Canada. The company provides a level of client service that is unmatched in the industry.

Metas CHARMS 2000 is a comprehensive suite of HIM applications designed to automate and augment critical HIM functions, including abstracting and coding, chart tracking, deficiency management, release of information, document imaging, electronic signature and department management. CHARMS 2000 is designed for acute care and other hospitals, HMOs and large physician groups.

More information about Meta Health Technology is available on the Internet at www.metahealth.com, or by calling 800-334-6840.

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