Decision Support Systems forms strategic affiliation with Quorum Health Resources, Inc.; Partnership will develop, implement, and automate Clinical Paths For Hospitals, Other Heathcare Agencies.CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1995--Decision Support Systems, based in Charlotte, N.C., has formed a strategic affiliation with The Center for Continuous Improvement (CCI CCI Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie (France) CCI CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Citation Index CCI Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Western Australia) ) at Quorum A majority of an entire body; e.g., a quorum of a legislative assembly. A quorum is the minimum number of people who must be present to pass a law, make a judgment, or conduct business. Health Resources. Manager of more than 250 hospitals, Quorum is one of the nation's best-known Adj. 1. best-known - most familiar or renowned; "Stevenson's best-known work is probably `Treasure Island'" known - apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal" and most-respected healthcare companies. CCI has been a pioneer in healthcare quality improvement strategies. Decision Support Systems will work with CCI to provide methodologies for the successful development, implementation, and automation of clinical paths. Many healthcare institutions are using clinical paths as a strategy to improve quality, measure outcomes and reduce costs. The joint offerings will be based on Decision Support's automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. clinical pathing system, PathPlan 2000. Quorum plans to offer PathPlan 2000 at its affiliated hospitals. The clinical system will also be recommended to hospitals that use Quorum as a consultant. Quorum helps hospitals apply leading-edge management approaches in ways that improve overall effectiveness. "Decision Support's innovative clinical system, combined with CCI's expertise in quality and productivity improvement, will greatly enhance our ability to meet hospitals' challenges to reduce costs and improve quality," says David Osborn, vice president of the Center for Continuous Improvement, Quorum Health Resources. "We're excited about this partnership and the benefits it will bring to clients of both companies, particularly because of CCI's years of experience and success helping clients implement quality improvement strategies," says Decision Support Systems Principal Tom Hearn. Together, Decision Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services and CCI will offer the following services on a subscription basis: - Clinical path process courses, teaching administrators, doctors, and nurses, how to successfully develop and refine clinical paths; - PathPlan 2000 clinical software, plus any new features or version releases of PathPlan 2000; - Telephone support of PathPlan 2000; - Annual meeting for PathPlan 2000 users to share information and ideas; - PathTeam Issues, an informative newsletter on new developments in clinical path development and usage; - Discounts for all CCI courses at Quorum. Quorum Health Group, Inc., operates acute care hospitals through its affiliates. A subsidiary, Quorum Health Resources, Inc., is the nation's largest manager of acute care hospitals and also provides 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" to hospitals throughout the country. Decision Support Systems is a consulting and software company which supports the development, implementation, and automation of clinical path methodologies in healthcare institutions. It was founded in 1993 by Tom Hearn and Joan McCanless, both formerly vice presidents of administration with Carolinas Medical Center Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) is a public, not for profit hospital located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The hospital was organized in 1940 as Charlotte Memorial Hospital on Blythe Boulevard in the Dilworth neighborhood. in Charlotte. 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