Healthcare IT News - January 2009 - (Page 23) www.HealthcareITNews.com payERS Medicaid population. Adding to the burden of state Medicaid programs’ complex requirements is David St. Clair the anticipated jump in eligible enrollees as more people Healthcare IT Lynne Emdeonlose their jobs, said News_HFN Dunbrack, program director, Health Industry Insights. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: dc 0109 January 2009 ■ Healthcare IT News 23 In addition, the federated approach, in which participating entities’ data reside in their own databases and are not housed in a Lorraine central repository, Fernandes fosters trust among stakeholders, particularly provid11:08 AM Page 1 ers, she said. “Providers are willing to trust the data because it hasn’t been filtered,” she said. RLS and EMPI provide high value in managing relationships, Fernandes said. “Identity resolution is the first and foremost priority for safe and effective clinical care,” said Ray Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester Research. EMPI systems and RLS technology provide the necessary data matching and comprehensive patient view, respectively, for that care, he said. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: Profile 0109 dC Continued from page 22 ProfIlE Continued from page 22 Dale said. Alineo provides a cost-effective solution to support small health plans that have very little room for financial error, said David St. Clair, CEO and founder of MEDecision. This implementation reinforces the need to invest in managed care areas, he said. The clinical criteria, programs and best practices available today are not fully developed for the ● payer-, provider- and patientbased records. One of the goals of PHRs is to get clinicians to use them, said Lorraine Fernandes, vice president and healthcare industry ambassador for Initiate Systems. 10/1/08 Ad_Nov08:Layout 1 “The healthcare industry is seeing the value of PHRs, particularly when you build a PHR that’s getting data from many sources,” she said. ● WEllMEd Continued from page 22 Ed McCallister. The health plan has been able to maintain staffing levels despite growth due to ikaSystems. Healthcare IT traditionally has been an enabler for business strategy, he said. It is now a joint solution in parallel with the business side, he said. While the industry continues to struggle with ROI on disease management programs, “you just can’t stop investing” on healthcare IT, which helps control costs, said Lynne Dunbrack, program director of Health Industry Insights. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e ●Connect: wellMed 0109 Taking care of the little things makes all the difference. PHarMaCy Continued from page 22 costs, said Jennifer Bruckart, associate director of program outreach, Community CCRx, for the National Community Pharmacists Association. Universal American’s program represents the “next logical step in promoting comprehensive quality care,” she said. “The role Anne Burns of the pharmacist in assuring the proper use of medication is a critical piece of the puzzle, as is the importance of pharmacists and physicians working together to improve health outcomes.” Both Bruckhart and Burns agreed that HIT and interoperability of clinical and administrative systems enable communication among patients, pharmacists and physicians for these programs. “Any requirement to collaborate in any industry is intimately connected with IT today,” said Eric Brown, research director for healthcare at Forrester Research. It’s particularly critical in the healthcare industry because of the enormous amount and detailed nature of data and the collaboration among many organizations. Big-box retailers and pharmacy chains have lowered drug costs and are squeezing margins for fullservice pharmacies, he said. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: PHarMacY 0109 We connect more providers to more payers than anyone else. But what really sets us apart is all the little things we do for both that make the business of claims and payments so much more efficient. Discover how Emdeon is changing the business of healthcare. Visit www.emdeon.com today. Simplifying the Business of Healthcare Patient Access Management • Claim Management • Remittance & Payment Distribution • Patient Billing & Payment ● e ● Connect: eMdeoN 0109 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/small-payers-leverage-it http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/availity-expands-patient-profile http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/it-improves-efficiency-quality-care http://www.emdeon.com http://www.emdeon.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.emdeon.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/pharmacists-boost-patient-care-programs
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