Sutter Health @ Work (SH@W) Selects CompassCare Inc. to Provide its Medical Information Platform for Occupational Healthcare
CompassCare enables healthcare providers to improve clinical processes and reduce costs by using a powerful, fully integrated, work-flow medical management system driven by 11,000+ rules engines. The patient-centric data model is fully integrated with Registration, Scheduling, Clinical/EMR, Practice & Revenue-Cycle Management (Billing, A/R Management). CompassCare's web-service solution enables significant business process optimization and financial efficiencies because the system "auto-generates" a bill/ claim that is 100% complete for medical documentation and at least 90% accurate for billing. Healthcare providers benefit by improving productivity greater than 30%; cost-reductions over 25% and getting immediate turn-around on bill payment (often under 30 days).
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 15, 2004 -- Sutter Health @ Work (“SH@W”), a
leading provider of occupational healthcare in Northern California, has selected
CompassCare Inc. as its partner for a medical information platform. “SH@W and
CompassCare share a dedication to high quality and error-free clinical care,”
said Dr. Michael Cowen, MD, and Medical Director of SH@W’s occupational
healthcare clinics. “CompassCare’s technology platform will provide our
clinicians with the latest evidence-based ACOEM data at the point of care,
giving them a valuable tool to assist in making informed decisions. This will
enable us to communicate better, provide important information and provide more
effective services for our employer clients and their injured
workers.”
CompassCare’s clinical information system will optimize SH@W’s
practice by streamlining their workflow with CompassCare’s rules-based
methodology. This integrated solution will enable SH@W to send in “real-time” a
HIPAA-compliant electronic medical record and all associated billing information
to their clients. CompassCare is the only company to offer the occupational
healthcare industry a fully digital medical record. This integrated approach
reduces costs for healthcare providers, employers and payers alike. Together
they can improve quality of care and medical management, while getting the
employee the treatment they need as quickly as possible.
The CompassCare
MedTRAK® architecture shares information through a unified clinical data
repository, allowing SH@W to deploy an integrated web-service IT system that
enables clinicians to electronically access medical records as well as obtain
the latest evidence-based knowledge in a secure and confidential environment.
The care provider can now track a person’s health history and treatment over
time and across multiple healthcare facilities without having to install and
maintain costly software.
Clinicians at Sutter will use CompassCare’s
computerized physician order entry (CPOE) solution to synchronize workflow
around the complex process of medical information management. CompassCare’s
system includes modules for billing, finance, scheduling, prescription,
employer, case management and payer claim management. Such capabilities will
permit SH@W to share HIPAA-compliant medical information in “real-time” with
their MPN, Medical Partners @ Work (“MP@W”) and their employer clients. This
improves decision-making and clinical processes, provides benchmarking
capabilities, and increases customer satisfaction.
“SH@W’s” occupational
health program and CompassCare bring together all of the resources necessary to
ensure the highest quality of care is supported with the latest technology” said
Stuart Johnstone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CompassCare Inc. “Our
collaborative partnership enables us to integrate innovative technology with the
clinical expertise of the SH@W clinicians. As a result, we will provide
significant value to their employer clients.”
SH@W’s agreement with CompassCare was signed in
late October of 2004 and will be operational in January 2005.
About
Sutter Health @ Work
SH@W is owned by Sutter Health a community based health
care provider located throughout Northern California. The organization aspires
to consistently high standards of quality, cost-effectiveness and patient
satisfaction. Sutter Health seeks to improve the health of the communities it
serves by delivering a broad range of services with sensitivity to the
individual needs of patients and their families.
About
CompassCare
CompassCare Inc. provides occupational healthcare stakeholders
(employers, care providers, and TPA/ case managers) a sophisticated and highly
integrated management system that connects all parties together in "real-time."
By providing instant access to HIPAA-compliant information on an injured worker,
all parties have the tools they need to manage the information and activity
associated with workers' compensation in "real time" over the Internet. As a
result, all parties can benefit from improved quality of care and better
financial/operations management. With more than 25 million electronic medical
(patient) records accurately processed to date, CompassCare is one of the
leading suppliers of healthcare information technology. The following are
copyrights of CompassCare: CompassCare, MedTRAK, FasTRAK, ClaimTRAK, CaseTRAK,
For more information: www.compass-care.com.
Media Contact:
Stuart
Johnstone
1-312-224-2692
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prweb188886.htm