PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 70 percent of all deaths in the United States are the result of chronic diseases, which are among the most costly and preventable of all health problems according to the Center for Disease Control. Inadequate preventative care and gaps in treatment contribute to the high costs of managing these conditions, amounting to more than 75 percent of the nation's $1.4 trillion medical care costs, while also causing extended pain and suffering and decreased quality of life for millions of Americans. A new chronic disease surveillance system, Kryptiq CareManager, that closely monitors patient populations with chronic illnesses, has been deployed by Decatur Memorial Hospital located in Decatur, Illinois. With Kryptiq CareManager, physicians are now able to provide proactive and attentive patient care and prevent costly complications.
Current disease management programs, typically sponsored by health plans and based upon processed insurance claims information, are unable to determine actual care needs of chronically ill patients or identify needs of patients who are at-risk but remain undiagnosed. Provider organizations that have adopted electronic medical record systems already have access to the clinical patient information that is necessary for more efficient and accurate disease management. With chronic conditions such as diabetes affecting more than one in every four adult patients, health plans and providers alike recognize the need to augment existing services with tools specifically designed to enable sophisticated management of patient populations based on patient-specific clinical data.
"CareManager is a powerful application that allows us to use the information already available within our electronic medical record system to locate, evaluate and provide proactive care for our patients," said Michael Zia, MD, vice president of quality systems at Decatur Memorial Hospital. "CareManager is helping us better serve patients by reaching out to those that need it, rather than waiting for them to come to us. As a result, we are better able to achieve our mission of improving quality and creating a healthier community."
Decatur Memorial Hospital is a community-based healthcare organization serving central Illinois that began using an electronic medical record system in 2001. By adding CareManager, physicians now can automatically monitor the health status of more than 30,000 patients helping them stay healthy, avoid the high cost of complications that result from untreated conditions, and receive appropriate and timely interventions.
CareManager, winner of the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA) e-Health Leadership Award, integrates with electronic medical record systems and empowers physicians to deliver timely and coordinated healthcare based on existing clinical data. The system enables physicians to identify asymptomatic patients who remain undiagnosed, patients who are overdue for needed tests or appointments, and patients who are not responding appropriately to treatment and may require special attention. In addition, it provides physicians with real-time performance feedback regarding overall patient compliance with standardized quality guidelines used in pay-for-performance programs.
About Kryptiq Corporation
Kryptiq is the leading provider of interoperability and workflow connectivity solutions for healthcare. Kryptiq streamlines healthcare communications among patients, providers, pharmacies and payers with secure messaging, electronic prescribing, disease management, and contract management technologies. By integrating these solutions with existing systems and applications, Kryptiq enables the trusted transport of health information where and when it is needed. Kryptiq's fast growing customer base includes many of the nations top 100 integrated health networks, spans 44 states plus Washington, D.C., and includes well-known providers and payers such as Providence Health System, Capital Region Healthcare, MeritCare Health System, Eastern Maine Healthcare, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and Northwest Permanente. For more information on the company, visit www.kryptiq.com.
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