Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Goes Live with Milliman Care Guidelines' CareGuideQI; CareGuideQI Enhances Quality of Care for Clients.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2004 Milliman Care Guidelines, a division of Milliman, announced today that its evidence-based clinical guidelines, the Milliman Care Guidelines(R) have been licensed to Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). (BCBSKC BCBSKC Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City ). The agreement is a renewal for the entire suite of Care Guidelines publications, including Ambulatory Care ambulatory care n. Medical care provided to outpatients. ambulatory care, n the health services provided on an outpatient basis to those who can visit a health care facility and return home the same day. , Inpatient inpatient /in·pa·tient/ (in´pa-shent) a patient who comes to a hospital or other health care facility for diagnosis or treatment that requires an overnight stay. in·pa·tient n. and Surgical Care, Recovery Facility Care, and Home Care with the addition of an interactive software solution called CareGuideQI(R). The Care Guidelines define care criteria, while CareGuideQI helps document, measure and assess the application of those criteria. CareGuideQI enables consistent pairing of patient information with the Care Guidelines to anticipate patient needs, raise the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery and increase patient satisfaction. Dr. Blake Williamson, Medical Director at BCBSKC noted, "For quality care management, we require access to best practice information to ensure informed and consistent decisions. Milliman's Care Guidelines offer exactly what we were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. : evidence-based knowledge that is relevant to patients in a broad range of settings. The data we will extract from CareGuideQI is essential because of its ability to evaluate our organization's use of the guidelines which will, in turn, help us anticipate the needs of our patients and enhance the quality of care for our patients." The network of clinicians at BCBSKC now has quick and easy access to fully annotated, evidence-based references. They have up-to-date best practices readily available for decision support, which is critical to ensuring the highest possible quality of care by facilitating the coordination of care and smooth patient transitions. "The signing of this contract is on track with our objective to deliver nationally recognized, evidence-based clinical guidelines to the healthcare industry," said Scott Harris Several notable people have the name Scott Harris, including:
About Blue Cross and Blue Shield Kansas City Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, the largest not-for-profit health insurer in the state and the only not-for-profit health insurer in Kansas City, has been part of the Kansas City community since 1938. BCBSKC provides health coverage to more than 865,000 residents in the greater Kansas City area and Northwest Missouri. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
About Milliman Care Guidelines Milliman Care Guidelines, located in Seattle, WA, is a division of Milliman and provides its Care Guidelines to many of the firm's clients in the hospital and insurance industries. The Care Guidelines are evidence-based tools that guide care and improve care management across the continuum of care. They reflect current best practices for the actual working environment of today's healthcare organizations. Milliman, whose corporate offices are in Seattle, serves the full spectrum of business, financial, government and union organizations. Founded in 1947 as Milliman & Robertson, the company has 32 offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. as well as offices in Bermuda, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , London, Madrid, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Tokyo. Milliman employs approximately 1,800 people, including a professional staff of more than 800 qualified consultants and actuaries. The firm has consulting practices in employee benefits, healthcare, life insurance/financial services, and property & casualty insurance. It is a founding member of Milliman Global, an international organization of consulting firms 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 serving insurance, employee benefits and healthcare clients worldwide. For further information, visit www.careguidelines.com or call 888-464-4746. |
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