The Freeman Rehabilitation and Sports Center, for example, provides aquatic therapy, sports medicine, and physical therapy to patients, as well as offering “Train 2 Run” fitness programs for the public. Ozark Center received the highest accreditation score from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).Īfter the devastating tornado of May, 2011, Freeman Health System opened new facilities, and expanded their services to meet the community’s growing needs. Additionally, Ozark Center, the behavioral health entity of Freeman Health System, helps families and individuals of all ages who experience mental illness, addiction, trauma, or abuse to develop skills for living a life with dignity and purpose. The report also ranked Freeman as a high performer in seven specialty areas, including orthopedics, neurology, diabetes care, and others. News & World Report, and the best hospital in Missouri’s Southwest region. A locally-owned not-for profit system, Freeman was recognized as the 4th best hospital in the state of Missouri by U.S. Pasquale noted that Freeman’s membership shows that MHC is continuing to reach beyond the largest urban areas in the state, and including smaller and mid-size towns in its network, which currently covers more than 70% of the inpatient care delivered in Missouri.įreeman Health System is a three-hospital system in Joplin, Missouri. While Missouri Health Connection has over 60 member-hospitals, Freeman Health System is the newest member of MHC that is located in the southwestern Missouri area. Because it’s a network, you aren’t dependent on the other facility to process your request for records, and the records are more secure than they can be with faxing.” With MHC health information network services, they can get instantly updated on the patient’s treatment and medications from the other facility. “But, at Freeman, all of the care team members are more on the same page. “Behavioral health and physical health are so dependent on each other, and yet there is sometimes an unfortunate lack of communications between medical and behavioral health care providers,” explained Pasquale. So it’s very exciting for MHC to be in partnership with Freeman Health.”įreeman is also known for its comprehensive behavioral health services at Ozark Center, which has thirty locations and provides residential services to approximately 14,000 clients. Instead of faxing records back and forth, just entering the patient name and birthday will retrieve a summary that combines information from both hospitals, and all other MHC participants. Many patients receive care from both places. “Specifically, because Freeman Health as well as Mercy in Joplin are both participants, care teams at both hospitals will get a more complete picture of their patients’ situation. “Freeman Health System is a wonderful addition to Missouri Health Connection’s membership,” said Mark Pasquale, MHC’s President and CEO. “We are anxious to begin educating our patients about this new opportunity and how it can significantly improve the coordination of their care and could potentially save lives in an emergency situation.”
MHC services will facilitate the secure electronic exchange of patient information among our patients’ providers to assure that care is being delivered with both complete and current pertinent clinical data,” Said Sue Annesser, Freeman’s Chief Information Officer. “Partnering with Missouri Health Connection is a key initiative for our organization as we continue to leverage electronic health record technology at Freeman Health System. As an MHC Participant, Freeman’s physicians and care team members can quickly access their patients’ records-not only from Freeman Hospital, but from a variety of hospitals and clinics across the state-instantly and electronically. Freeman provides comprehensive health care and behavioral health services to more than 450,000 people in a service area that extends beyond Missouri, into Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Missouri Health Connection (MHC) announced recently that Freeman Health System has joined the growing number of health care providers in the state to adopt MHC CareNet, Missouri Health Connection’s statewide network of shared patient records for greater efficiency, security, and continuity of care.įreeman Health System, located in Joplin, Missouri, is a locally-owned, nationally recognized health care provider. Freeman Health System becomes the sixth health system in Missouri to join a growing group of health care providers who share records electronically for greater efficiency and quality of care using the MHC health information exchange network.
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