e-MDs Partners with QuadraMed to Offer Advanced Community Connectivity Solution
Partnership enables hospitals an interoperable platform to help physician practices automate and exchange data throughout
April 16, 2009
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Today, e-MDs, an industry leader in the development and implementation of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) solutions announced an agreement with QuadraMed, a leading provider of IT solutions for hospitals, to allow QuadraMed’s hospital clients to offer an interoperable, state-of-the-art ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solution to affiliated physician group practices. The agreement is intended to help hospitals more easily reach out to independent physicians using information technology.
“QuadraMed’s outstanding acute care QCPR program, coupled with their industry-leading EMPI (enterprise master patient index), makes them an ideal inpatient partner for e-MDs,” said Michael Stearns, M.D., president and CEO of e-MDs. “Secure, accurate and updated healthcare information will be available to physicians across the continuum of care. Healthcare communities looking to take advantage of the EHR incentives within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Stark Antitrust Safe Harbor Act will benefit greatly from the partnership. This initiative from QuadraMed and e-MDs will help these physicians and other healthcare organizations meet their enterprise-wide needs for connected and certified health information technology.”
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, only 17 percent of the country’s physicians have an EHR. “Many of the 83 percent of physicians without EHRs are in small practices that haven’t invested in technology due to cost barriers and lack of interoperability,” said James E. Peebles, interim president and CEO of QuadraMed. “This relationship delivers a cost-effective, interoperable solution suite for the ambulatory market that supports high-quality, cost-effective patient care while strengthening hospital relationships with referring physicians.”
“With our QCPR product, QuadraMed provides a clinician-oriented electronic health record (EHR) and when combined with our advanced EMPI, we can deliver a longitudinal patient record linking the inpatient and the ambulatory patient history to enhance care coordination, quality and patient safety,” stated Peebles. “Our partnership with e-MDs underscores our commitment to delivering solutions that meet our clients’ needs. e-MDs consistently earns top ratings in objective evaluations sponsored by independent third parties such as the American College of Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Neurology. Together, we will work to ensure that our clients – within and beyond the four hospital walls – realize the vision of integrated, collaborative patient care.”
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About e-MDs
e-MDs is a leading developer of healthcare software solutions headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company, founded in 1996 by a primary care physician, remains physician managed and actively participates in national health information technology and interoperability efforts. e-MDs Solution Series™, with more than 17,000 users nationwide, is the standard for affordable and integrated EHR and Practice Management Software solutions, including clinical, financial and document management modules designed to automate medical practice processes and chart management. The product is 2008 CCHIT Certified and designed by physicians aiming to improve care, reduce errors and simplify business so that time spent with patients is time billed and coded properly. With e-MDs, medical practices can visit, code and bill with a single application. For more information, please visit e-MDs.
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About QuadraMed
QuadraMed Corporation advances the success of healthcare organizations through IT solutions that leverage quality care into positive financial outcomes. QuadraMed provides real world solutions that help healthcare professionals deliver outstanding patient care efficiently and cost-effectively. Behind the company's products and services is a staff of 600 professionals whose experience and dedication have earned QuadraMed the trust and loyalty of clients at over 2,000 healthcare provider facilities. For more information about QuadraMed, visit www.quadramed.com.
Media Contacts:
e-MDs, Inc., Andrea Lesh, 512.257.5200 alesh@e-MDs.com