Bates County Memorial Hospital Joins Missouri Health Connection As Early Adopter

Missouri Health Connection (MHC) has announced that Bates County Memorial Hospital has signed up as the newest participant of Missouri’s statewide health information network (HIN).

“We are pleased to welcome Bates County Memorial Hospital as our first independent rural hospital to connect to the MHC statewide network,” said Mary Kasal, president & CEO of Missouri Health Connection. “With each new participating organization, we are another step closer to achieving our aim of ‘One Connection for a Healthier Missouri.”’

“Bates County Memorial Hospital is committed to providing excellent health care by using cutting edge technologies like those provided by Missouri Health Connection,” said Wendell Harris, CEO of Bates County Memorial Hospital. “We are proud to join Missouri Health Connection as an Early Adopter, and look forward to helping lead the way in the exchange of health information to promote better health outcomes.”

Bates County Memorial Hospital joins MHC’s other Early Adopters that include several of Missouri’s major hospital systems, an FQHC and the State of Missouri (including Medicaid); together representing 60% of patient care in Missouri.