AXIOM Systems Announces Strategic Relationship for Managed Health Care System Solutions; AXIOM Systems Integrates NEON's EDI Products Into Health Plan Information Solutions.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BW HealthWire)--Nov. 1, 2000 AXIOM Systems, Inc., a provider of information system services and products to the managed health care industry, announced their recent relationship with New Era of Networks, Inc. (NEON), a premier provider of e-Business software platforms, products, and services. AXIOM has adopted NEON's suite of message management and web-enabling solutions into their suite of healthcare IT solutions, including tools addressing the transaction standards related to the healthcare industry's HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, mandate. The HIPAA mandate requires healthcare organizations to comply with adopted industry transaction and information security standards The term "standard" is sometimes used within the context of information security policies to distinguish between written policies, standards and procedures. Organizations should maintain all three levels of documentation to help secure their environment. . "NEON's EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. products feature broad web-based functionality and scalability, and offer managed care organizations (MCOs) a powerful toolset for connectivity and message transformation according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. industry and proprietary data standards," explained Richard Howe, President, of AXIOM Systems, Inc. "The result of this partnership is a powerful offering providing connectivity and transformation capabilities on Windows(R) and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms," continued Howe. "A critical requirement to the successful implementation of an EDI system is the effective placement of tools within the existing IT environment. AXIOM's healthcare expertise offers MCOs effective capabilities for the analyses of system architectures, business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , systems installation and configuration, and data translation (mapping) services. The ability to single-source this comprehensive solution set will enable organizations to quickly respond to changing conditions and lower their overall implementation costs." Bob Luciano, Vice President, AXIOM Systems, added, "This relationship offers healthcare clients a `best of breed' solution for the manipulation, validation, transformation, and dissemination of data throughout an organization, as well as with external partners. This partnership is a reflection of AXIOM's proven track record and extensive experience in providing data management, E-commerce, and system integration services to the healthcare industry. This combination of tools and services helps MCOs meet E-commerce objectives and compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). specified by the HIPAA mandate." AXIOM and NEON recently completed a successful joint implementation Joint implementation (JI) is an arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialised countries with a greenhouse gas reduction commitment (so-called Annex 1 countries) to invest in emission reducing projects in another industrialised country as an alternative to at HealthHelp Corporation in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the . HealthHelp is a growing radiology services management organization featuring innovative and successful radiology network development and quality assurance programs. "We searched for a solution to replace our current COBOL COBOL: see programming language. COBOL in full Common Business-Oriented Language. High-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. code and provide us with the ability to send and receive X.12 and other data formats. We evaluated several packages and found the NEON's solutions, combined with their commitment to the healthcare industry, to be the superior choice," commented David Wolfe  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. , Director of Information Technologies, HealthHelp Corporation. "In addition, we were impressed with AXIOM's fast and detailed technical efforts for our implementation requirements." "We are very pleased with our relationship with AXIOM, their deep domain understanding of the healthcare industry coupled with their experience in implementing our EDI solutions make them a great choice as an implementation partner," stated John Moriarty John Moriarty may refer to:
NEON's EDI suite of products include the following: -- ECMap: Data mapping tool supporting connectivity of standard and proprietary messaging to/from disparate information sources on Windows and UNIX platforms. Offers a powerful mapping toolset, the Map Development Workbench, which supports complex mapping requirements through an intuitive Relational Object Mapping Approach (ROMA). Also enables organizations to combine servers and build powerful line-of-business and e-commerce applications. -- ECRTP: Provides seamless integration with desktop, server, and web-based applications. Makes it easier for developers to enable their applications using extendable data libraries, and to perform complex data transformations. Dedicated HTML and XML server, designed for quick and easy back-end integration. Allows users to permit trading partner access to multiple applications across the Internet. -- EC Gateway: An enterprise message management server designed specifically to support inter- and intra- company EC messages. Provides tools for data communications and mailbox services. About AXIOM Systems, Inc. (www.axiom-systems.com) AXIOM Systems, Inc., founded in 1996, is an information systems integration and data management organization that provides a full spectrum of services and related products to the managed health care industry. AXIOM's consultants provide their clients with a combination of industry-specific business and technical experience on a variety of projects including: interface development and custom programming; custom report design; data cleansing See address cleansing and data hygiene. , formatting, integration, and data warehousing. To date, AXIOM has enabled over seventy organizations nationwide to meet their overall information systems goals and objectives. AXIOM is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland (phone: 800/330-8119). |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion