CHICAGO, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group (“NMPG”), a leading provider of occupational healthcare in Chicago, has selected CompassCare Inc. as its partner for a medical information platform. “NMPG and CompassCare share a dedication to high quality and error-free clinical care,” said Dr. Robert Noven, MD, and Medical Director of NMPG’s occupational healthcare clinic. “CompassCare’s technology platform will provide our clinicians with the latest evidence-based 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 NMPGs practice by streamlining their workflow with CompassCare’s rules-based methodology. This integrated solution will enable NMPG 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(R) architecture shares information through a unified clinical data repository, allowing NMPG 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 Northwestern 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 NMPG to share HIPAA- compliant medical information in “real-time” with their employer clients. This improves decision-making and clinical processes, provides benchmarking capabilities, and increases customer satisfaction.
“NMPG’s occupational medicine providers and CompassCare have a common vision -- ‘Care, Communications and Compliance(R)’,” said Stuart Johnstone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CompassCare Inc. “Our collaborative partnership enables this shared vision to become reality. Together we intend to improve Care and clinical outcomes, Communicate better with employer/employee client/patients and improve medical and rehabilitation Compliance with patients. As a result, we will provide significant value to their employer clients.”
NMPG’s agreement with CompassCare was signed in the first quarter of 2004 and will be operational beginning the second half of this year.
About Northwestern Memorial Hospital
NMPG ( http://www.nmpg.com/ ) is owned by Northwestern Memorial Hospital ( http://www.nmh.org/ ). Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is an academic medical center where the patient comes first. The organization aspires to consistently high standards of quality, cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction. NMH 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: http://www.compass-care.com/ .
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