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B.J. Ness Consulting Group to market Decision Support Systems' Clinical Path software.


CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 1996--Decision Support Systems, headquartered in Charlotte, and B.J. Ness Consulting Group Ltd. of Toledo, Ohio
This article is about the city in Ohio. For Toledo, Spain, see that article. For other uses, see Toledo (disambiguation).
Toledo is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Lucas CountyGR6.
, have signed a three-year joint venture agreement, officials from both companies have announced.

B.J. Ness Consulting Group Ltd. will sell Decision Support Systems' PathPlan 2000 software to hospitals, managed care organizations, clinical laboratories, and other healthcare providers. PathPlan 2000 allows providers to develop, implement, and automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation.  clinical paths.

A clinical path is a coordinated plan of treatment for an individual procedure or diagnosis. It's it's  

1. Contraction of it is.

2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.


it's it is or it has
it's be ~have
 designed to manage costs and measure patient outcomes, while promoting collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software.  among all caregivers.

"PathPlan 2000 is the system that will enable health care to reduce spending while improving the quality of medicine," says Ness Consulting Principal Bernie Ness. "We believe quality care and cost effectiveness do not have to be at odds with each other."

In the joint venture, Ness Consulting will provide a national sales force. Decision Support Systems will supply the software package, technical support and clinical path consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.)
service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"
.

Decision Support Systems is a Charlotte-based consulting and software company which supports the development, implementation, and automation of clinical path methodologies in healthcare institutions to improve patient outcomes and reduce resource utilization.

The B.J. Ness Consulting Group Ltd. is a healthcare sales and marketing contract management and hospital outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public.  laboratory consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
consulting company

business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a
. The firm supplies national sales force coverage for medical surgical products and services as well as consulting and management services for hospital outreach laboratory programs.

For more information on PathPlan 2000, call Decision Support at 704/335-7363, or B.J. Ness at 800/280-3785.

CONTACT: Andrea Cooper Communications, Charlotte

Andrea Cooper, 704/343-2543
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