Improving Healthcare Outcomes and Lowering Costs Through Increased Collaboration Between Patients, Health Plans and Physicians
Posted on: Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 09:01 CDT
Driving the adoption of health information exchange between patients, payers and providers offers enormous potential for improving medical outcomes and lowering healthcare costs. A key way to promote these benefits is to encourage interoperability and collaboration among healthcare's various stakeholders.
MEDecision, Inc. (Nasdaq:MEDE), a provider of software, services and clinical content to healthcare payers, and Medem, Inc., a leading provider of online physician-patient communications services, will present the following Webinar:
What:
Medem, Inc. and MEDecision, Inc. are conducting a complimentary Web seminar -- "Promoting Interoperability for Health Information Exchange."
Who:
Edward Fotsch, M.D., CEO, Medem, Inc.
Gary Austin, vice president, Interoperability Competency Center, MEDecision, Inc.
When:
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
12:30pm Eastern time (9:30am Pacific time)
Where:
To register for this free event, go to http://www.medecision.com/Webinars.asp
Details:
The Webinar will examine a joint initiative in which MEDecision is delivering its Patient Clinical Summary, a payer-based, clinically-validated, electronic health record, to patients and their providers through iHealth, Medem's secure, interactive and fully transportable online personal health record. This collaboration is believed to be the first to combine health plan information with the physician-patient relationship to deliver a transportable personal health record through a payer-provider partnership.
For more information on MEDecision, please visit www.MEDecision.com. For more information on Medem, please visit www.medem.com.
About Medem
Medem's iHealth service offers the healthcare industry a suite of integrated Web-based services that are proven to effectively engage patients in better managing their health. This comprehensive suite can be used by all stakeholders in healthcare -- patients, their doctors, hospitals/health systems, health plans, employers, allied health professionals and caregivers. iHealth includes the leading online standards-based, secure Personal Health Record (PHR) that is owned and controlled by the patient, can share data with EHR, health plan, pharmacy and other systems and is a secure vehicle for patients to utilize in sharing information and communicating online with their healthcare providers. iHealth also includes an online registration process that eliminates the medical clipboard and improves the quality of information across the continuum of care. Additional services include the ability to deliver patient-specific education and care management programs and FDA warnings to patients on the iHealth Network with integrated Health Risk Assessment tools. Founded by the American Medical Association and several national medical specialty societies, Medem is supported by a broad constituent of industry partners, 45 medical societies, patient advocacy groups and government agencies. To learn more about Medem, visit www.medem.com.
About MEDecision
Founded in 1988, MEDecision provides healthcare payer organizations with software, services and clinical content that allow them to increase administrative efficiency and improve the overall quality and affordability of their members' healthcare. A provider of Collaborative Care Management, MEDecision's technologies analyze data, automate payer workflow processes and electronically connect patients, providers and payers to give each a common view of the patient's medical history, helping to foster better clinical decision making. MEDecision believes that, in the aggregate, its customers insure or manage care for approximately one in every six people in the U.S. with health insurance. For more information about MEDecision, please call 610-540-0202, email MarketingInfo@MEDecision.com or visit www.MEDecision.com.
MEDecision is a trademark of MEDecision, Inc. The MEDecision logo and product names are also trademarks or registered trademarks of MEDecision, Inc. All other names, brands, or products may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. MEDE-G
Source: Business Wire
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