Virtua Health Signs Agreement with Canopy Systems for Web-based Case and Utilization Management Solution.Business Editors CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2001 Virtua Health will use the Canopy(TM) solution to streamline their utilization management Utilization management is the evaluation of the appropriateness, medical need and efficiency of health care services procedures and facilities according to established criteria or guidelines and under the provisions of an applicable health benefits plan. process and coordinate care across their four-hospital system Canopy Systems, Inc.(TM) today announced it has signed an agreement with Virtua Health in Marlton, New Jersey Marlton is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Evesham Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Marlton was 10,260. to implement Canopy's Web-based case and utilization management system. Canopy UM(TM) and Canopy CM(TM) will be used by all four Virtua Health Hospitals in New Jersey. Virtua Health will use Canopy UM to automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. the authorization The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control. and denial management process with the payor community for its 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. population. Virtua Health's case management department will also begin using Canopy CM to develop a continuum-based approach to case management. Ultimately, Virtua Health believes Canopy will be an essential tool to create a corporate case management program in order to integrate care and services across the Virtua Health system. Because Canopy is a Web-based system, Virtua Health's case managers and other members of the patient's care team will be able access the system both in the hospital and in the community. "We are excited to work with Virtua Health to implement Canopy UM and CM across their system," said David C. Kibbe, 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. of Canopy Systems. "Canopy is designed to assist organizations such as Virtua Health who are committed to improving the health of their community through their 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. programs. Since Canopy is a Web-based system that interfaces with the hospitals information systems, Canopy can begin with managing the inpatient population and then follow targeted patients as they move across Virtua Health's continuum of care." Canopy Systems uses the Application Service Provider (ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). ) model to provide integrated utilization, case, and disease management applications across the continuum of care. Virtua Health will implement the Canopy solution to automate their utilization management process, improve communications with the entire care team including payors, and begin implementing community-wide case and disease management programs for high-risk patient populations. About Virtua Health Virtua Health comprises four hospitals including Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County and Virtua West Jersey Hospitals with locations in Berlin, Marlton and Voorhees. Virtua also provides comprehensive healthcare services at Virtua Health Camden along with two long-term comprehensive care centers located in Berlin and Mount Holly Mount Holly is the name of several places in the United States of America:
About Canopy Systems Canopy Systems, Inc.(TM) (www.canopysystems.com) is the leader in providing Web-based solutions for care coordination. The Canopy product line utilizes the ASP model to provide fully integrated utilization, case, and disease management applications across the continuum of care. The Canopy solution takes advantage of the power of the Internet to transcend organizational boundaries and deliver crucial patient information where it's needed, when it's needed. Canopy Systems, Inc. is a subsidiary of The Medical Mutual Group. For past press releases go to http://www.businesswire.com/ipo/fhc.htm |
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