University of Minnesota/University of Puerto Rico: Practice Based Learning Collaborative: MEDecision Puts Payer-Based Patient Record in Doctors' Hands

February 14, 2005

MEDecision Puts Payer-Based Patient Record in Doctors' Hands

February 14, 2005 09:15 AM US Eastern Timezone

MEDecision Puts Payer-Based Patient Record in Doctors' Hands

HIMSS 2005 Annual Conference

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2005--

Industry-First Electronic Patient Clinical Summary for Doctors Delivers Comprehensive Information from All Providers, Labs, Pharmacies Associated with Patient's Health Plan

MEDecision Inc., the leader in collaborative care management, today announced the general availability of MEDecision's Patient Clinical Summary (PCS). A healthcare industry first, the Patient Clinical Summary takes patient information available from a health plan and electronically delivers it to doctors when and where the patient is being treated. Doctors now have fast, simple access to patient medical histories and critical information that can improve outcomes and save lives.

The Patient Clinical Summary is the industry's first electronic health record generated for treating physicians and created by a health plan or other payer organization. It provides a common patient view that includes a patient's historical and current medical data from doctors, labs, pharmacies and other provider organizations that have been paid for by the patient's health plan. As a result, doctors receive comprehensive, actionable intelligence about the patients they are treating when it is most valuable -- when they are making treatment decisions.