MEDecision Discusses Benefits of Health Information Exchange
Executives from the Company's Center for Collaborative Health to Share Strategies for Leveraging Clinical Data to Improve Care, Contain Costs
WAYNE, Pa. - October 24, 2007 - MEDecision, Inc., (Nasdaq: MEDE), a provider of collaborative care management software, services and clinical content to health care payers, will host an interactive Webinar to discuss the various ways in which health care stakeholders can deploy health information exchange to help improve medical outcomes and contain costs.
Called "Strategies for the Deployment and Adoption of Health Information Exchange," the Webinar will be hosted by members of the MEDecision Center for Collaborative Health, which was organized earlier this year to streamline the exchange of health information between patients, health care organizations and physicians by promoting various programs and resources.
The Webinar will offer stakeholders strategies for recognizing the value of the clinical data they maintain and employing it to its maximum benefit. Primary session topics will include: a market overview and discussion of health information exchange trends, a look at the benefits of implementing health information exchange programs, suggestions for partnering with payers to assist in driving success, and a review of best practices and success stories from current health information exchange programs.
Who: Colleen Dudley, director, Center for Collaborative Health, MEDecision; and Tom Malseed and Kelly Sanderson, R.N., e-solutions strategic consultants, Center for Collaborative Health, MEDecision
When: Tuesday, October 30, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time (9:30 a.m. Pacific time)
How: To register for this free event, please visit www.MEDecision.com/webinars.asp.
For more information, please visit www.MEDecision.com.
About MEDecision
MEDecision provides health care payer organizations with collaborative care management software, services and clinical content that allow them to increase administrative efficiency and improve the overall quality and affordability of their members' health care. Highlighted by the Patient Clinical Summary (PCS(TM)), a payer-based, electronic health record, MEDecision's technologies analyze data, automate 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, please visit www.MEDecision.com.
CONTACTS:
Tracey Kohler Costello
MEDecision
(610) 540-0202
Tracey.Costello@MEDecision.com
Laura Paden
TECHMarket Communications
(818) 597-0480
Laura@TECHMarket.com
