Zynx Health Announces Release of Ambulatory Care Clinical Decision Support Package.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Zynx Health, the leader in evidence-based healthcare, today announced the general release of the Primary Care Performance Package for its Zynx AmbulatoryCare[TM] product. Zynx AmbulatoryCare is a suite of clinical decision support content created exclusively for use in outpatient medical practices. Updated every 6 months, the content covers more than 100 diseases and conditions and is designed to support disease management and general health maintenance in the electronic health record (EHR (Electronic Health Records) Computerized medical records that bring patient care into the digital age and save time, money and lives. The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospital settings intensified after the RAND ). The Primary Care Performance Package includes both evidence-based order sets and rules (reminders/alerts) that can be built or incorporated into an EHR system. These customizable order sets are specifically designed to assist EHR vendors in fulfilling the functionality requirements of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology  This article reads like a news release, or is otherwise written in an overly promotional tone.Please help [ rewrite this article] from a to be less promotional, per Wikipedia . CCHIT CCHIT Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (SM). "Zynx is pleased to release a comprehensive ambulatory clinical decision support package that complements our current hospital product offerings and gives our clients the opportunity to deliver consistent, high-quality clinical decision support across the continuum of patient care," said Bertina Yen, MD, MPH, director of content development for Zynx Health. "We look forward to working with our clients and their EHR vendors to help outpatient medical practices improve patient care and maximize their use of the EHR." Recent relaxation of the "Stark Law Stark law Physician self-referral law, 42 USC 1395nn Medicare A law that prohibits a physician from making a referral to an entity with which she or her immediate family has a financial relationship if the referral is for the furnishing of designated health " and anti-kickback laws allows not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems, in certain circumstances, to assist physicians with the purchase of ambulatory EHRs and clinical decision support products like Zynx AmbulatoryCare. Zynx AmbulatoryCare content has a special focus on the national performance measures that provide the foundation for pay-for-performance initiatives and quality report cards. Zynx AmbulatoryCare includes performance measure checklists (clinical dashboards) that can be built or incorporated into an EHR system. It also provides online access to succinct suc·cinct adj. suc·cinct·er, suc·cinct·est 1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style. 2. clinical recommendations, article summaries of peer-reviewed research, guidelines, and performance measures that support each recommendation. About Zynx Health Zynx Health, a subsidiary of HEARST Corporation The Hearst Corporation is a privately-held American-based media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media. , is the leading provider of evidence-based clinical decision support. Its team of physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals rigorously reviews the latest peer-reviewed literature to develop clinical summaries and distill dis·till v. 1. To subject a substance to distillation. 2. To separate a distillate by distillation. 3. To increase the concentration of, separate, or purify a substance by distillation. evidence-based best practices that help improve the quality of patient care. More than 1,200 hospitals nationwide trust evidence-based decision support from Zynx Health to address regulatory initiatives, optimize pay-for-performance reimbursement, and measurably improve the quality and safety of patient care. For more information about Zynx Health, visit www.zynx.com or call 888.333.ZYNX (9969). |
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