Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Deploys Advanced Wireless Applications to its Physicians
PatientKeeper Charge Capture and PatientKeeper Clinical Results Being Deployed to Physicians Across All Departments
BOSTON, Mass. - January 24, 2006 - PatientKeeper®, the leading provider of mobile computing solutions for healthcare, today announced that the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO), the largest multi-specialty group practice in New England, is planning to deploy PatientKeeper Charge Capture™ and PatientKeeper Clinical Results™ to physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).
"Modern medicine is increasingly data-intensive, and therefore, mobile computing has strategic importance in providing physicians immediate access to essential patient information anywhere, anytime, as it is needed," said Nancy J. Gagliano, M.D., vice president, MGH Physician Practice Management.
The Massachusetts General Hospital, an internationally recognized academic medical center, has integrated the PatientKeeper Platform™ with several different information systems, ranging from scheduling to active medication lists. In the next few months, PatientKeeper will be integrated with additional systems.
"MGPO processes approximately 1.7 million claims per year for 200 practices," said Rosemary R. Sheehan, associate director, group practice management of MGPO. "Previously, as many as 11 individuals would be required to touch a single billing card. We needed to move to a technology that would enable charges to be captured and verified on the doctors' handheld devices and sent directly to our billing system. And we needed to reduce the time it took to process a charge."
Physicians at the MGPO have the following applications available on the PatientKeeper Platform:
- PatientKeeper Charge Capture enables caregivers to record professional services. The results are fewer lost or forgotten bills, fewer coding and billing errors, shorter payment cycles, and more revenue.
- PatientKeeper Clinical Results delivers essential patient information, such as active medications, lab results, and test results to the point of care. Easy access to the latest patient data improves patient care, reduces medical errors, increases physician productivity and satisfaction, and reduces the amount of administrative work for the entire care team.
"We are excited to be working with one of the leading physicians organizations in the country to help them use mobile technology to further improve their billing processes and improve the quality of care they deliver," said Paul W. Brient, president and CEO of PatientKeeper. "We look forward to working with MGH's physicians over the coming year to leverage mobile computing to help their millions of patients."
About Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
The Massachusetts General Physicians Organization is the largest multi-specialty group practice in New England and is partner of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of Partners HealthCare, and a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. More than 1,200 employed physicians and more than 1,800 physicians are affiliated with the MGPO. For the past 10 years, the MGPO has supported doctors in their efforts to provide excellent care to patients while assisting in timely and fair reimbursement.
About PatientKeeper
PatientKeeper®, Inc. provides healthcare professionals with mobile computing solutions that deliver clinical and financial benefits. The PatientKeeper Platform easily integrates with existing information systems. PatientKeeper and its partners have created a portfolio of applications that allow doctors to interactively manage patient information, view clinical results, enter charges, dictate notes, write prescriptions, reference the clinical knowledge base, and more. PatientKeeper is the first place winner of the 2005 TEPR Award for Mobile Applications for use in Healthcare. For more information, visit www.patientkeeper.com or call 617-987-0300.
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