Blue Mountain Hospital, an 11-bed hospital in Blanding, Utah, plans to implement a new electronic health record designed to automate operations and improve quality of care.

“Even though we are a small hospital, we believe that our patients deserve the best of care,” said Lorin MacKay, the hospital's chief executive officer. “With the national focus on health technology to improve the healthcare system, Blue Mountain is proud to be one of the few hospitals in the U.S. to implement an EHR system. With the strong commitment from our healthcare providers and Medsphere’s support, we are excited to offer our patients high-quality healthcare by using the latest health technology available.”

The OpenVista electronic health record, by Carlsbad, Calif.-based Medsphere, will be implemented over the next three months. Its open source features allow the EHR to be customized to the needs of Blue Mountain Hospital, which serves the Four Corners region of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

With OpenVista, the hospital will also be able to upload other programs and applications that can easily interface with the new EHR, including InsightCS and Stockell's Revenue Cycle Information System.

“We are pleased with the opportunity to provide our full suite of advanced patient access and revenue cycle management solutions to assist Blue Mountain Hospital streamline administrative processes, improve patient and provider satisfaction and expedite and improve the revenue cycle,” said Rick Stockell, president of Stockell Healthcare Systems.