Clarian Health Partners Brings Healthcare Services Online Using ATG Portal Suite; Personalized Site Enables Physicians to Offer Care to Patients Beyond Hospital Walls.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 ATG ATG antithymocyte globulin. lymphocyte immune globulin (antithymocyte globulin equine, ATG, ATG equine, LIG) Atgam Pharmacologic class: Immunoglobulin Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant (Art Technology Group, Inc., Nasdaq: ARTG ARTG Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods ), a leading developer of online CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. applications for commerce, portals and relationship management, today announced that Clarian Health Partners, a network of premier healthcare facilities throughout Indiana and the Midwest, has launched ATG's Portal suite to deliver patients, physicians and business partners highly personalized healthcare services online. Clarian Health Partners, which provides more than one million outpatient visits each year and consists of more than 1,300 physicians, launched the ATG solution to extend its reach to existing and potential customers. Clarian now enables its members to check on lab results, view health tips, seek out doctor referrals and billing options and send get well cards to patients staying in its network of hospitals. Additionally, when patients register on the site, they no longer have to spend hours searching for information on particular illnesses or diseases. Powered by ATG Scenario Personalization(TM), the site collects patient information and then personalizes content for every member, providing them with health tips and relevant articles that match their health profile. Clarian expects to reduce a great deal of time currently spent talking with patients who were often misinformed because of overflowing and inaccurate information they located on the Web. "Healthcare is all about the personal touch," said Tal Moise, vice president of business innovations for Clarian Health. "With ATG, we are able to take the personal approach we typically deliver through traditional means and extend it online. We launched the new site in November of 2001 and are already seeing a return on investment as well as an increase in the number of requests for appointments, physician referrals and searches for physicians in our network." Urging patients to deal with health care organizations who offer online communication between hospitals, doctors and patients is one way companies are looking to reduce the escalating cost of healthcare, 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. the Midwest Business Group on Health. Utilizing IT for such things as drug prescription systems can help eliminate handwriting errors and flag bad drug interactions that can cost $300 billion annually, according to a survey done by the group. Moreover, a survey conducted in April by Harris Interactive Harris Interactive (NASDAQ: HPOL) is an American market research company that specializes in public opinion research using both telephone and surveys on online panels. The company is the product of a 1996 merger between the Gordon S. Black Company and Louis Harris & Associates. states that 90 percent of patients with access to e-mail said they would like the ability to communicate with their physicians online, and more than a third said they would be willing to pay for it. With Clarian's adoption of the ATG portal system portal system: see circulatory system. , they're enabling this idea to become a reality. Through its use of ATG Portal, Clarian has enabled its network of hospitals to become more proactive with customers, providing online access to physician directories, billing options or medical records that previously were not available. ATG's secure platform and log-on features have helped Clarian meet 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, compliance regulations when communicating physician to patient. "With more people using the Web every day to research everything from physicians to health issues, it is important for healthcare providers to distinguish themselves online without compromising the personal nature of the physician-patient relationship physician-patient relationship Medical malpractice A formal or inferred relationship between a physician and a Pt, which is established once the physician assumes or undertakes the medical care or treatment of a Pt; the establishment of a PPR is 'automatic' in ," said Matt Price, vice president of the portal business line, ATG. "Clarian turned to ATG to help them build powerful and lasting relationships with customers online, and provide them with the information they need to make informed decisions regarding their health." As a result of the success of the portal site, Clarian quickly adapted ATG technology to service internal and external employees and business partners. In the coming months, Clarian will be leveraging the core ATG platform to deliver value to its network physicians and employees; including running eligibility for patients, submitting electronic payments to insurance companies and creating a call schedule for physician offices. These tools will not only streamline transactions between physicians and Clarian, but will also offer applications to improve their individual business efficiencies. About Clarian Health Network Clarian Health, comprised of Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital Indiana University Hospital is a teaching hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine and Clarian Health Partners. As part of Clarian, the hospital works closely with nearby Methodist Hospital and James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. and Riley Hospital for Children, is an Indiana-based, private, non-profit organization, offering a broad base of tertiary services, specialized pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. care and a Level 1 Trauma Center level 1 trauma center Emergency care A hospital equiped to handle any level of severity of trauma, and has a trauma surgeon on-site 24/7 and an OR ready at all times for trauma cases. See Trauma center. . Clarian is Indiana's largest, most comprehensive health center and is one of the busiest hospital systems in the nation. Clarian Health's mission is to improve the health of patients and the community through innovation and excellence in care, education, research and service. To fulfill its mission, Clarian uses the combined resources of its sponsoring institutions and its continuing affiliation with Indiana University School of Medicine The Indiana University School of Medicine is the medical school of Indiana University, part of the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Established in 1903, the school had an initial class of 25 students. , one of the nation's leading medical education and research centers. For more information, please visit www.clarian.org. About ATG ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc.) is the leading developer of online CRM applications that deliver an integrated, personalized experience for customers, partners and employees: the frontline of every business. Customers around the globe rely on ATG for the frontline applications that help build and manage mutually beneficial relationships. Deployed on the industry's most popular application servers, ATG's application suites for e-commerce, portals, and relationship management are ideal for integrated e-business initiatives across the enterprise. Today, ATG has delivered e-business solutions to blue-chip companies worldwide including Aetna Services, Inc., Alcatel, American Airlines, AT&T, Barclays Global Investors Barclays Global Investors is a subsidiary of British-based Barclays Bank which is in the investment management industry. It is the largest corporate money manager in the world, with over £936 billion (US$1.77 trillion) under management as of March 2006[1]. , Best Buy, BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass Direct, Eastman Kodak, Ford Motor Credit, HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida) HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) , J. Crew, Sun Microsystems, Walgreen Company and WellsFargo. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information about ATG, please visit our Web site at www.atg.com. (C) 2002 ATG and Art Technology Group are registered trademarks of Art Technology Group, Inc. Scenario Personalization and Data Anywhere Architecture are trademarks of ATG. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause ATG's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important risk factors affecting ATG's business generally may be found in ATG's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Risk factors related to the subject matter of this press release include the possibility that the ATG product deployment will not be successful or significantly enhance the user's Internet experience or handle user volume; that patient confidentiality patient confidentiality Medical practice A Pt's right to privacy and freedom from public dissemination of information that the Pt regards as being of a personal nature. See HIPAA, Medical privacy. might be comprised; that customers will not realize any return on their investments; the need to adapt to rapid changes so products do not become obsolete; the possibility of errors in ATG's software products; the possibility that the solution will not make customer implementations faster and more flexible; the possibility that the ATG implementation will not be cost-effective; and the risks and costs of intellectual property litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . ATG undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release. |
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