HOSPITALS CREATE TECHNOLOGY CENTER 

Shawnee Center, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Two regional hospitals, SoutheastHEALTH headquartered in Cape Girardeau and Missouri Delta Medical Center based in Sikeston have partnered in a new company, Servir to fulfill medical data needs.  The newly opened technology facility in Cape Girardeau will create a common networking and data storage operation that will be utilized by both healthcare institutions.

Tom Kelsey, commercial broker with Lorimont Place, Ltd., who represented the building owner in the transaction, announced that SoutheastHEALTH had leased 11,000 square-feet in the Shawnee Center development located on Shawnee Parkway and South Silver Springs Road in Cape Girardeau.  The anchor space in the development was formerly occupied by Station West, a decorating center.  The hospital announced that it has invested over $3.5 million in the facility to meet upcoming federal mandates for electronic medical records.  Kelsey said he understands the new technology hub is connected to both the Cape Girardeau and Sikeston hospitals via fiber-optic cable and Southeast’s facility in Ripley County will be on-line within a year.

Within the next few months all SoutheastHEALTH and Delta Medical Center employees will be able to tap in on the huge medical electronics data base housed in the 11,000 square-foot tech center via 2,900 computers terminals.  Access will also be available to the hospital’s physician offices.  This will provide healthcare professionals an opportunity to view vital patient records instantaneously, even as they are being transferred to the hospital in emergency situations. The hospitals have also announced that within two years video phone conferencing will also be in place allowing for telemedicine applications to be utilized. Ultimately this will enable allow for patients and doctors to video conference for follow up visits rather than driving to the healthcare facility.