Healthcare IT News - March 2009 - (Page 28) 28 Healthcare IT News ■ March 2009 pAyERS www.HealthcareITNews.com SafeMed remakes itself into anvita Health By ErIC WICkluNd, Managing Editor SAN DIEGO – SafeMed is venturing into new Cds Continued from page 27 territory, with a new name and some new products designed to push the company’s healthcare footprint into new areas. The San Diego-based healthcare analytics company – it provided the analytics engine for Google Health – announced last month its name change to Anvita Health. In addition, the company launched a new mobile viewer for Google Health that allows users to gain access to their personal health records at any time and from any place. “We see Google Health as a vital tool in allowing consumers to take a more active role in their own healthcare and the care of their families,” said Ahmed Ghouri, Anvita Health’s co-founder and chief medical officer. “The Anvita Mobile Viewer builds a bridge between the home and the doctor’s office and allows Google Health users to realize the full worth of their PHR data by taking it to where critical medical decisions are made.” “Anvita is the Sanskrit word for bridging gaps in understanding, and it very accurately describes what we do,” said Richard Noffsinger, Anvita Health’s CEO. “Our software solutions create a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of populations and individuals.” More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: reMaKe 0309 ● and members, payers are in a unique position to do the messaging. “They’re the only entity that has that position in the healthcare ecosystem,” he said. “Knowledge is power; give knowledge to the right people at the right time.” Courtney Hughes, a behavior modification specialist at Anvita Health and author of the study, said her findings of CDS’ positive impact on health and financial outcomes are consistent with past studies. The Anvita Health study differs from past ones in that it combined and quantified CDS’ impact on various areas of healthcare, including guideline and medication compliance, drug safety and imaging, instead of only one area. The caveat is that the degree of cost savings depends upon the CDS system’s realtime capabilities and the ability to message providers and patients at the point of care, or “teachable moment,” she said. “The reality is that the cost-savings can be greater than that found in this study as systems improve to more intelligently analyze patient data and provide timely new clinical insights,” Hughes said. Noffsinger noted that CDS’ reach is going beyond disease management. Janice Young, program director at Health Industry Insights, agreed. “The application of and investments in CDS, or business intelligence, are expanding,” she said. “The next jump is from disease management to health and wellness.” Information is being moved into a realtime environment, whereby data is grabbed more quickly and shared with multiple entities that can improve care. “Information is moving closer to the consumer,” she said. Young is seeing this happen in health plans’ communication programs, which is expected to be a growth area. 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D748. and don’t forget to visit us at Booth #1448, HIMss09, in chicago. qualITy Continued from page 27 Speech-driven clinical documentation and communication for healthcare leaders™ © 2009 nuance communications, Inc. nuance, the nuance logo, and dragon are trademarks or registered trademarks of nuance communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the united states or other countries. all rights reserved. ever, can provide on-time, cross-sectional analysis of providers that can lead to patient outreach and impact clinical outcomes, she added. “We’re moving information to affect an action, not just to know what took place in the past,” Young said. “Prospective tools create an action closer to the time of care so that care can be improved.” Health plans are focusing on systems and operational workflow, and using analytics to deliver, for example, actionable data and alerts to the physicians, Burghard said. It’s taken business intelligence technology some time to get to this point, with communications tools coming along in the last couple of years, Young said. “It could not be better timed,” she added, referring to the economic downturn’s pressure on decreasing healthcare costs. “The market reception has been quite good."■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: QuaLItY 0309 ● http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/safemed-remakes-itself-anvita-health http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/cds-proves-be-money-saver http://www.nuancehealthcare.com/DragonMedical100K http://www.nuancehealthcare.com/DragonMedical100K http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/wisconsin-hmo-harnesses-data
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