Johns Hopkins Medicine Further Expands Use of PatientKeeper Mobile Applications to Include Outpatient Setting
Expansion Highlights The Success of Over 200 Physicians Currently Using PatientKeeper
BOSTON, Mass. - April 18, 2006 - Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore is further expanding the enterprise-wide use of mobile applications from PatientKeeper® to include one of its outpatient clinics at Green Spring Station in Lutherville, MD. Over 200 physicians are currently using PatientKeeper Charge Capture™. The success of the application and the physicians' comfort with the software has led to the expansion. Johns Hopkins Medicine operates three acute care hospitals and outpatient clinics throughout Maryland, including Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Bayview Medical Center, and others.
Mobile charge capture improves accuracy and greatly streamlines the billing process. PatientKeeper continues to innovate, adding new functionality to meet increasingly sophisticated needs. Key functionality provided by PatientKeeper Charge Capture includes:
- Two layers of sophisticated rule-checking, ensuring complete, accurate bills
- Support for both inpatient and outpatient workflows
- Support for PDAs, tablets, and desktops
- Browser-based reporting and management tools for the billing staff
- Tight integration with existing billing systems
Since its introduction to physicians at Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2001, PatientKeeper has processed nearly a million charges. Billing accuracy has improved significantly to the point where over 99.9 percent of the charges are accepted without problems in the billing system. Perhaps more importantly, the number of lost charges and the charge lag have been dramatically reduced, according to PatientKeeper.
An independent study by Encore Development of the impact of PatientKeeper Charge Capture at Johns Hopkins reported a 20% increase in the value of charges captured. Furthermore, the time between the physician performing the service capturing the charge to submitting the charge to the billing system has been reduced to less than 24 hours. Given that PatientKeeper Charge Capture requires only 15 minutes of training, it is not surprising the an internally administered acceptance study reported that 100% of physicians found the solution "easy to use."
"We are delighted that Johns Hopkins Medicine is further expanding the use of PatientKeeper to include the outpatient setting," said Paul W. Brient, president and CEO of PatientKeeper. "Johns Hopkins Medicine is recognized for meeting patients' needs throughout the continuum of care. Likewise, PatientKeeper can support physicians across different care settings and information environments."
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PatientKeeper®, Inc. provides physicians with software that delivers clinical and financial benefits. Only PatientKeeper is designed to support a physician through the entire day. At any time, anywhere, physicians can access their patients' electronic records, write prescriptions, enter charges, dictate notes, document encounters, place orders, or send secure messages to other caregivers - all in a single integrated environment. For more information, visit www.patientkeeper.com or call 617-987-0300.
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