OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Selects the 3n Mass Notification System

GLENDALE, CA –-[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- July 18, 2007 – 3n (National Notification Network), a mass notification system provider, announced OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center has selected 3n's InstaCom Hospitals system to automate emergency staff call-ins in the Emergency Department and Operating Room and for organization-wide crisis communications with employees during a disaster.

Prior to selecting 3n, OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center relied on departmental call trees to disseminate information to its employees. As a result, determining personnel availability was a lengthy process and teams outside of the Emergency Department and Operating Room often were not notified or did not receive the most up-to-date instructions.

Adopting the 3n system, which was purchased with a government grant, will enable OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center and other member hospitals in Illinois's EMS Region 1 to efficiently and effectively address emergencies that call for rapid, large-scale communications. Employees of the member health care systems can be reached in critical and time-sensitive situations using a wide range of communication devices.

About OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center is an acute care facility in the OSF HealthCare system. OSF HealthCare, owned and operated by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Peoria, Illinois, includes OSF Healthcare System consisting of six acute care facilities, one long-term care facility and two colleges of nursing. It also has a primary care physician network consisting of 194 physicians and 48 mid-level providers, known as OSF Medical Group. OSF HealthCare owns OSF Saint Francis, Inc., comprised of healthcare-related businesses, and OSF Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic arm of OSF Healthcare System and OSF Home Care. Additionally, OSF HealthPlans, Inc., a subsidiary of OSF Saint Francis, Inc., is a licensed managed care company in the State of Illinois with about 100,000 members.


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