MEDecision CEO David St.Clair and CareGroup Healthcare System CIO John Halamka MD to Give Opening Keynote for Payer Symposium at HIMSS07.Topic: Roles and Responsibilities in Care Coordination care coordination Managed care 1. The brokering of services for Pts to ensure that needs are met and services are not duplicated by the organizations involved in providing care 2. and Health Improvement WAYNE, Pa. -- MEDecision, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MEDE Mede n. A member of an Iranian people, closely related to the Persians, inhabiting ancient Media. [Ultimately from Greek M ), a provider of software, services and clinical content to healthcare payers, announced today that its founder and 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. , David St.Clair, and John Halamka, M.D., CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of CareGroup Healthcare System will give the opening keynote for the Payer Symposium at HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 07 (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Founded in 1961, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a healthcare industry membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of medical informatics technology and management systems. ) Annual Conference and Exhibition, running February 25 - March 1, 2007 in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , Louisiana. St.Clair and Halamka will share the podium from 8:45-10:00am on Sunday, February 25, 2007 in Room 253 of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a collection of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lower end of building one is located 500 m (1640 feet) upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. Named after former mayor of New Orleans Ernest N. . St. Clair and Halamka will speak on how the role of health plans has evolved from one of "transaction manager" to one of healthcare "infomediary (INFOrmation interMEDIARY) An information provider that gathers content from several sources and functions as a data aggregator for a target audience. " and how payers are taking more direct and active roles in the care coordination process. They will share how cross-industry communication between payers and providers has not kept pace with this change. This keynote will aim to open a new discussion between the payer and provider worlds and set the tone for this day of cross-industry dialogue. Payers attending the keynote will: * Gain an understanding of the current care coordination process * Learn about current and potential future roles and responsibilities for payers and providers in this emerging system * Uncover barriers that may prevent payers and providers from working optimally together in the health improvement process * Examine the role of payers and providers from the perspective of the various national initiatives, such as the healthcare IT standards and the National Health Information Network (NHIN NHIN Nationwide Health Information Network NHIN National Health Information Network ) Payer-provider collaboration is central to MEDecision's overall 2007 Initiatives announced earlier this month to drive greater adoption of health information exchange. As part of the roll-out at HIMSS, MEDecision is launching the Interoperability Competency Center, an organization chartered with facilitating an open technology platform for the exchange of health information, and the Center for Collaborative Health, a group that will address workflow process requirements to ensure patient information is fully utilized by providers at the point of care. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels, and other locations across the United States and Europe, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems' contributions to ensuring quality patient care. Visit www.himss.org for more information. For more information about MEDecision, please visit www.MEDecision.com. About MEDecision Founded in 1988, MEDecision provides healthcare payer organizations with software, services and clinical content that allow them to increase administrative efficiency and improve the overall quality and affordability of their members' healthcare. A provider of Collaborative Care Management, MEDecision's technologies analyze data, automate payer workflow processes and electronically connect patients, providers and payers to give each a common view of the patient's medical history, helping to foster better clinical decision making. MEDecision believes that, in the aggregate, its customers insure or manage care for approximately one in every six people in the U.S. with health insurance. For more information about MEDecision, please visit www.MEDecision.com. MEDecision is a trademark of MEDecision, Inc. The MEDecision logo and product names are also trademarks or registered trademarks of MEDecision, Inc. Other product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. MEDE-G |
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