Integration Management, Inc. Gains NCQA Software Certification.BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Integration Management, Inc. announced today that it has been granted Limited Software Certification(SM) from the National Committee for Quality Assurance National Committee for Quality Assurance Medical practice A private, not-for-profit organization which has become the leading accreditor of managed care plans; in site visits, NCQA reviewers evaluate a managed care plan in terms of quality management, physicians' (NCQA NCQA National Committee on Quality Assurance, see there ). "NCQA certification helps prove what we've known for years - that our methods and tools enable us to efficiently and effectively get accurate results from our clients' data," said Scott McDaniel, Vice-President of Client Solutions. Integration Management produces Integrated Health Decision Support, a full-scale data warehouse and Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS HEDIS Health Plan Employer Data & Information Set Managed care An initiative by the National Committee on Quality Assurance to develop, collect, standardize, and report measures of health plan performances. ([R])) reporting product. Coupled with rich plan data and auditable historical analysis, HEDIS measure analysis has proven useful for many organizations trying to understand provider performance and to improve quality from both clinical and operational perspectives. The company's 2.7HC product version has received certification for 2007. NCQA is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to measuring the quality of America's health care. Conceived as a way to promote accountability and standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. health care quality, HEDIS measures are now used in approximately 90 percent of the nation's health plans to evaluate performance in areas ranging from preventive care Preventive care is a set of measures taken in advance of symptoms to prevent illness or injury. This type of care is best exemplified by routine physical examinations and immunizations. The emphasis is on preventing illnesses before they occur. See also
"Vendors who achieve certification have demonstrated that they can reliably, repeatedly help their clients gather the most accurate HEDIS data possible," said Mary Braman, NCQA Director of Licensure licensure (lī´s  nsh and Certification. "Their systems met the challenge."
Integration Management, Inc. empowers decision-making in healthcare. The company has emerged as an industry leader in the business of transforming healthcare data into decision tools which are designed to both improve quality and reduce the cost of care. They utilize their data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse tools and methodologies to help their clients integrate, understand, and deploy information from multiple data sources into meaningful, consolidated solutions. Founded in 1995, Brentwood, Tennessee-based Integration Management, Inc. works with health plans, providers and government agencies throughout the country to help break the data management barriers that inhibit inhibit /in·hib·it/ (in-hib´it) to retard, arrest, or restrain. in·hib·it v. 1. To hold back; restrain. 2. our understanding of the healthcare system. For more information, please visit www.imihealth.com. Hedis([R]) is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. All rights reserved. |
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