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Misys Healthcare Systems Brings Unprecedented Ease-of-Use And New Functionality to Home Care Organizations.


Unveils Latest Release of Misys Homecare at NAHC NAHC National Association for Home Care and Hospice
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Misys Healthcare Systems, a market leader in healthcare IT, will unveil its new version of Misys Homecare[TM] at this week's National Association for Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) Annual Meeting. A proven, easy-to-use home care IT solution, Misys Homecare integrates clinical, financial and administrative capabilities, addressing the growing challenges of home health, hospice and private duty agencies.

Misys Homecare will be on display October 15-18 during the 25th Annual Meeting of NAHC in Baltimore, Maryland "Baltimore" redirects here. For the surrounding county, see Baltimore County, Maryland. For other uses, see Baltimore (disambiguation).
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. Misys will be showing the product in Booth #904.

The new version of Misys Homecare expands its overall ease-of-use while focusing on clinical and business workflow enhancements. Including such features as clinical monitoring Clinical monitoring - Oversight and administrative efforts that monitor a participant's health during a clinical trial. The government and other clinical trial funding agencies require data and safety monitoring boards to oversee clinical trials. , online eligibility and a provider sanction list, Misys Homecare contains content specific to home health, hospice and private duty organizations.

* The clinical monitoring window provides clinicians with a combined view of patient assessment data and imported telemedicine ("long distance" medicine) Using a videoconferencing link to a large medical center in order that rural health care facilities can perform diagnosis and treatment. A specialist can monitor the patient remotely taking cues from the general practitioner or nurse who is actually examining  data. This feature allows agencies to easily compare assessments and trend data.

* Online eligibility provides a fast, easy way to verify patient insurance by offering real-time patient insurance information including effective dates, benefit caps and co-payments.

* The new provider sanction list uses up-to-date physician information to verify a referring physician's active license.

"Hundreds of leading home care organizations across the country depend on Misys Homecare to streamline operations and eliminate hurdles at the point-of-care," said Misys Healthcare Systems Vice President of Operations Cathy McKillip. "With Misys Homecare's powerful tools, agencies can optimize operations with an easy-to-use, integrated IT solution that consolidates both business and patient data."

The new release also introduces My Day([TM]), a new, customizable point-of-care dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard.

(2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard.
 that addresses the constantly shifting challenges of home care clinicians. A customizable tablet (or laptop) desktop display, My Day removes navigation requirements and distills the workflow and clinical information onto one screen providing immediate access to all work and patient-related data.

Misys also has enhanced the Misys Homecare Executive Dashboard, a personalized per·son·al·ize  
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1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
, Web-based portal allowing home care organizations access to a library of reports. New, innovative Pay-for-Performance (P4P P4P Pay for Performance (Medicare)
P4P Proactive Network Provider Participation for P2P
) reporting tools have been added to best prepare home health agencies for P4P reimbursements.

About Misys Healthcare Systems

Misys Healthcare Systems, one of the top five healthcare IT companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , develops and supports reliable, easy-to-use software and services of exceptional quality that enable physicians and caregivers to more easily manage the complexities of healthcare. Misys' family of leading clinical products and Web-based technologies - Misys Optimum[TM] solutions - are designed from the ground up to share patient data across all medical care settings. Misys Optimum connects community-based physicians and caregivers to the acute care enterprise, enabling increased efficiencies, better decision-making and improved hospital-physician relations. For more information, visit www.misyshealthcare.com.

About Misys plc

Misys plc (FTSE FTSE

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.L), the global software company, is one of the world's largest and longest-established providers of industry-specific software. Founded in 1979, Misys serves the international banking and healthcare industries, combining technological expertise with in-depth understanding of customers' markets and operational needs. In banking Misys is a market leader with over 1,200 customers, including 49 of the world's top 50 banks. In healthcare Misys is also a market leader, serving more than 110,000 physicians in 18,000 practice locations, 1,200 hospitals and 600 home care providers. Through Sesame, a wholly-owned subsidiary, the company is also a leading provider of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services  to financial advisers in the UK. Misys employs around 6,000 people who serve customers in more than 120 countries. For more information, visit www.misys.com.

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