unified patient information management

Imagine you are sitting next to your CEO on Day 75 of your 90-day “probationary period,” and he leans over and says, “This is the weirdest conference I’ve ever attended.” If you’re in marketing, you advocated for your company to sponsor the conference, and you hope to be a “Day 76 probie,” your only response can be, “Weird great, right?”

NaviNet was pleased to participate in the World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress (WHIT) in DC, where we were fortunate to participate in a panel as well as attend several interesting sessions. The sixth annual conference brought together health plans, government officials, providers and other healthcare stakeholders to educate and address “strategic, organizational and IT decisions” in the ever-changing healthcare industry.

NaviNet is thrilled to announce that we’ve acquired Prematics, a leading provider of mobile care management solutions. This acquisition represents a significant step in NaviNet’s strategy to become the premier platform for unified patient information management (UPIM).

NaviNet proudly presented at the Integrated Care Summit 10/13-10/15 in Washington DC, organized by the Care Continuum Alliance, formerly known as the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA).  The Alliance’s annual conference convenes healthcare professionals to promote and align population health improvement by sharing and integrating practice models, encouraging the widespread adoption and interoperability of health information technologies, and emphasizing the importance of both healthful behaviors and evidence-based care in p

The frequency of medical errors in the American health system remains surprisingly high. According to the Institute for HealthCare Improvement, there are 15 million instances of medical harm committed annually in America, with nearly 100,000 deaths and $19.5 billion in added costs as a result. Many of these errors are preventable, but the solutions are sometimes elusive. How can healthcare IT play a role in reducing medical errors and potentially saving lives?

Software as a Service, or SaaS as us techies like to refer to it, has been a big buzzword in the technology community over the last few years. What is SaaS? What is its significance? And, why should you care that NaviNet offers our services as a SaaS solution? We hope we can help you answer these questions in this blog post.

We at NaviNet believe that the future of healthcare will be patient-centric. Having a holistic view of the patient will enable physicians to deliver more efficient and effective care. This means having all the right patient data at the right time, all in one easy-to-access location. This could include medical history, all physician and specialist visits, lab results, diagnosis, prescriptions and more.

As a patient at a large integrated delivery system (IDS), I often get frustrated with the lack of "connectedness" within the system. Scheduling appointments is challenging, as the locations are quite some distance apart. Knowing where each specialty provider is located can be like working through a labyrinth. When I call the provider office to schedule an appointment, check lab results, etc., and if I do not have my clinic number handy, I can expect a heavy sigh on the other end of the phone.

I stumbled across this unique video account of what possibly could be one of the first concerted efforts to use technology to increase efficiencies and reduce costs in healthcare delivery. It is a fascinating account of a joint study conducted in 1961 by IBM and Akron General Hospital. The video is only a little over two minutes long and it is worth watching in its entirety, although the ending calls for your special attention.