McKesson To Market and Distribute AtStaff's ClairVia(TM) Outcomes-Driven Demand Management Software.DURHAM, N.C. -- AtStaff, Inc. and McKesson Corporation have finalized See finalization. an agreement that gives McKesson a license to market and distribute AtStaff's ClairVia(TM) software, healthcare's outcomes-driven demand management solution for employee scheduling and staffing. The agreement gives McKesson premier staff management capabilities that will serve as a critical component of its workforce optimization solution. ClairVia is designed to integrate clinical data from EMRs so that staffing plans are driven by documented care assessments and each patient's clinical demand requirements. Through event-driven technology, HL7 messaging and predictive modeling, ClairVia monitors and forecasts progress along each patient's outcomes-based care pattern. As events and changes occur, the care pattern and corresponding workload requirements are automatically adjusted. McKesson's workforce optimization solution features data feeds from a variety of sources, including leading acuity acuity /acu·i·ty/ (ah-ku´i-te) clarity or clearness, especially of vision. a·cu·i·ty n. Sharpness, clearness, and distinctness of perception or vision. workload systems and the company's care documentation and assessment solution. These feeds enrich the ClairVia demand management model by providing more accurate outcomes measures. McKesson's solution will also provide dashboards for executives, management, employees and the staffing office so all stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. have drill-down access to key information customized to their needs. "This partnership with McKesson positions our ClairVia software to significantly expand its visibility and presence in the marketplace," said Beth Pickard, president 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. at AtStaff, Inc. "McKesson is America's leading healthcare IT provider, with software and automation solutions installed in more than half of the nation's hospitals with over 200 beds. "Given McKesson's footprint, this partnership enables us to more fully take advantage of ClairVia's ability to leverage data and align workload to meet clinical demand requirements. By working with McKesson's clinical information, OR management, ER management and patient scheduling systems, ClairVia receives a diverse set of triggers for a more accurate prediction of hospital-wide clinical demand. "As a result, customers of both companies will be better able to manage demand and workload variability, improve healthcare quality and patient safety, increase patient throughput and satisfaction, and boost efficiency and profitability," Pickard emphasized. "Demand management involves giving managers all the data necessary to plan how they can safely care for patients," said Billie Waldo, MS, RN, BC, McKesson's vice president and solution line manager for patient safety and nursing Nurses are knowledge workers whose main responsibility is to provide safe and effective care within constantly evolving health care systems. Nurses collaborate with one another, as well as doctors, aides and technicians, to provide holistic care to patients. solutions. "An accurate staff prediction generated from nursing documentation, surgery scheduling, credentialing Credentialing is the administrative process for validating the qualifications of licensed professionals, organizational members or organizations, and assessing their background and legitimacy. and other key data helps to ensure that the appropriate skill mix is always at the patient's side. "Under the APR APR See: Annual Percentage Rate DRG DRG, n the abbreviation for diagnosis-related group. DRG see dorsal respiratory group. DRG Diagnosis-related group Managed care A unit of classifying Pts by diagnosis, average length of hospital stay, and system, the ability to accurately capture the resources used by each patient will be essential to providers' viability," continued Waldo, referring to the all-patient refined diagnosis-related groups diagnosis-related group Managed care A prospective payment system used by Medicare and other insurers to classify illnesses according to diagnosis and treatment; DRGs are used to group all charges for hospital inpatient services into a single 'bundle' for payment classification system proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that administers the Medicare program and for 2007. The new inpatient inpatient /in·pa·tient/ (in´pa-shent) a patient who comes to a hospital or other health care facility for diagnosis or treatment that requires an overnight stay. in·pa·tient n. reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. system will be based on codes related not only to the patient's diagnosis but also to the severity of the illness. "McKesson's partnership with AtStaff will help ensure better patient and financial outcomes." About McKesson McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 16th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes, and improving the quality and safety of patient care. Over the course of its 173-year history, McKesson has grown by providing pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare, and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients. For more information: www.mckesson.com. About AtStaff, Inc. and ClairVia(TM) (a) AtStaff develops software that enables healthcare organizations to improve healthcare quality and patient safety, increase profitability, and enhance staff recruitment and retention. The company's ClairVia(TM) outcomes-based demand management solution monitors and tracks patient demand so that healthcare organizations can maintain the correct mix of clinical staffing for patient care needs. ClairVia has the most advanced predictive capabilities on the market, using event-driven patient care patterns to forecast clinical workload demands and constantly refine the accuracy of those projections. Hospitals using ClairVia are able to build a reputation for superior patient safety, better patient experience and clinician clinician /cli·ni·cian/ (kli-nish´in) an expert clinical physician and teacher. cli·ni·cian n. satisfaction, while optimizing both their clinical and financial outcomes. Enterprise, nursing and physician scheduling software systems from AtStaff serve more than 1,200 healthcare organizations, medical facilities, nursing departments and group practices. More information is available at www.clairvia.com . (a) Patent Pending |
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