BLOOMINGTON, Minn., Aug. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MatrixCare ® , the largest long-term, post-acute care (LTPAC) technology provider in the United States and perennial winner of the coveted Best in KLAS award for Long-Term Care software, has been selected as SanStone Health & Rehabilitation’s enterprise EHR platform partner. MatrixCare will initially be rolled out to all SanStone corporate and skilled nursing locations across its regions of operation.

SanStone Health is a leader in North Carolina and provides caring, professional and compassionate environments for people to live and rehabilitate. In addition to long-term care and rehabilitation, SanStone provides physical, occupational and speech therapy services, as well as wound, skin and nutritional care.

As a regional leader in the movement toward value-based care, SanStone determined it needed to upgrade its information technology capabilities to be able to continue its track record of success and growth as the industry shifts to fee-for-value reimbursement. 

“We have been aggressively searching for a technology partner to help us navigate the ever-changing post-acute/short-term rehabilitation arena for several years. MatrixCare has all the components necessary to integrate seamlessly with the various appendages of our health care platform. The data entry and reporting dashboards are phenomenal. Training, customer service and purchase value have all exceeded our expectations,” said Chris Sprenger, President, SanStone Health.

SanStone Health joins the growing list of leading LTPAC providers upgrading to MatrixCare to take advantage of better interoperability, better ease of use, better analytics, better service, better long-term vendor stability, and better outcomes performance.

“As the LTPAC industry continues the journey to value-based care, regional organizations with fully integrated delivery systems like SanStone are well positioned to assume and manage risk in care delivery,” said John Damgaard, President and CEO of MatrixCare. “SanStone is recognized as a leader in long-term health care in North Carolina, and we are honored to provide them with Best in KLAS technologies to power their continued growth in this evolving industry.” 

About MatrixCare Current and multi-time winner of the prestigious Best in KLAS for Long-Term Care Software award, MatrixCare is the complete solution for growing organizations that need to successfully manage risk in care delivery across the LTPAC spectrum. Trusted by more than 13,000 facility-based care settings and more than 2,500 home care, home health and hospice organizations, MatrixCare’s solutions help ACOs, skilled nursing and senior living providers, life plan communities (CCRCs), and home health organizations to connect, collaborate and prosper as we migrate to a fee-for-value healthcare system. In addition to EHR components purpose-built for any LTPAC care-setting, MatrixCare also includes solutions to systematically increase clinical quality: Enterprise Analytics, robust Clinical Decision Support and the industry’s first Care Coordination platform to create a true, person-centric, e-longitudinal health record and enable LTPAC providers to efficiently manage the populations under their care. Visit www.matrixcare.com and www.carecommunity.com for more information.

MatrixCare is a registered trademark of MatrixCare.

About SanStone Health & Rehabilitation SanStone Health & Rehabilitation provides rehabilitative care in NC to residents who are transitioning from the hospital to home. SanStone has a full staff of skilled nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists, social workers, discharge planners, activities professionals, nutritionists and more who are passionate about helping residents achieve a full recovery.

SanStone independently owns and operates 14 facilities across NC, spanning from the Asheville area to Elizabeth City in Eastern NC. Each SanStone Health facility provides residents with an exceptional level of care, as well as  long-term  or rehabilitative  services  to assist them in regaining independence.  SanStone currently has commitments to add two additional facilities in June 2019 for a total of 16.

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