ChartOne Forms Partnership with Morgan Stewart.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002 Partnership leverages ChartOne's chart management solutions and Morgan Stewart's consulting services to provide hospitals and clinics with a broader range of solutions ChartOne, Inc., and Morgan Stewart Health Information Services See Information Systems. (Atlanta, GA) have formed a partnership that expands the set of service and technology solutions the companies provide. ChartOne and Morgan Stewart HIS have combined 31 years experience working with healthcare information management (HIM) departments, each providing solutions that complement the other's service offerings. Under the terms of the agreement, ChartOne's complete range of chart management services will be made directly available to Morgan Stewart clients. ChartOne's services include release of information, 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, (Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act There are a number of piece of legislation known as the Accountability Act:
"We first looked at ChartOne and saw how the realm of their services enhance a hospital's ability to improve patient chart management issues such as release of information, chart access, chart storage, and other underlying issues," says Margaret Morgan Stewart, president of Morgan Stewart HIS and past president of the American Health Information Management Association The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a non-profit association for health information management professionals. The organization was founded in 1928, and has 51,000 members. . "We were very impressed with the people at ChartOne and how seriously they take their commitment to patient privacy as well as building strong customer relationships. "We strongly believe that ChartOne's paperless services, using the View Manager Services technology, will provide our customers with the solution they need for digital chart storage, on-line access, electronic chart completion, electronic signature, and remote electronic coding." ChartOne's View Manager Services use best-of-breed technologies coupled with adherence to established industry standards to create a "digital file room" for accessing patient information anywhere, anytime, on any platform. Patient charts are scanned and stored electronically, which allows instantaneous and simultaneous access by authorized hospital personnel over any Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . In accordance with the patient privacy regulations mandated by HIPAA, View Manager Services maintains security of patient charts and audits chart access through digital certificate technology. "Use of an external consultant is often what a client needs to address specific HIM issues," says ChartOne CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Brian Cahill. "With Morgan Stewart, we now have an experienced HIM 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 for our clients and prospects to turn to when they need assistance beyond the services we provide." About ChartOne ChartOne offers healthcare organizations a complete range of patient chart management solutions that combine professional services with best-of-breed technologies to meet both short-term and long-term patient chart needs. ChartOne solutions free healthcare organizations to focus on their core competency: patient care, not paper care. With a nationwide staff of expertly trained HIM professionals and more than two decades of experience, ChartOne is the industry leader in patient chart management, delivering services to over 1,300 healthcare organizations throughout the United States. For more information about ChartOne, please visit www.chartone.com. About Morgan Stewart Health Information Services Founded in 1991, Morgan Stewart is a privately owned company based in Atlanta, Georgia that specializes in providing health information consulting and coding services to healthcare facilities. Its founder, Margaret Morgan Stewart, has been active in the HIM field for over twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. , serving as President of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA AHIMA American Health Information Management Association (Chicago, IL) ) in 1998. For more information about Morgan Stewart HIM, please visit www.msqim.com. |
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