Introducing patient-centric capabilities will be a major challenge for existing health IT systems, which are transaction-oriented rather than actor-oriented, said Scott Schumacher, senior vice president and chief scientist at Initiate Systems Inc., a health IT contractor. “I believe this will be the major growth area over the next five years.”
14 July 2008
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Dr. Lawrence Dubov is a recognized expert in master data management (MDM) and customer data integration (CDI) and senior director of sales consulting and architecture at Initiate. In the article below, he discusses five significant emerging trends that are driving the demand for even more capabilities from MDM technologies, causing disruption in the market and potentially creating game-changing opportunities for companies deploying MDM solutions.
1 July 2008
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Dr. Scott Schumacher, chief scientist, Initiate Systems, provides advice on Fighting Improper Payments with Master Data Management. The article is focused on the challenges in the government sector. Insurance companies and other businesses face similar challenges that can be resolved with MDM advice presented in this article.
19 June 2008
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Initiate Systems will provide continuous improvement in the quality of customer information, interactions and service by providing a single customer view across all systems. The software will also reference Australia Post Address information to improve the quality of address information captured.
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17 June 2008
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Some believe the Canadian vision is strong precisely because it can assess healthcare challenges with a singular business strategy.
2 June 2008
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Initiate Systems and E.Novation have signed an agreement to jointly market the Initiate Health Information Exchange solution to healthcare organizations in France, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
29 May 2008
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Learn how Choice Hotels became the industry leader in real-time customer data integration-and, by extension, a leader in customer marketing.
27 May 2008
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Initiate Systems has introduced a solution designed to serve as a foundation for connecting data within and between healthcare networks.
27 May 2008
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With the new Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution from Initiate Systems, healthcare organisations will be able to share patient and provider data within and across their ecosystem in order to support more accurate, consolidated views.
27 May 2008
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The Initiate Health Information Exchange solution indexes patient records from multiple disparate sources across the environment, enabling strategic initiatives like electronic health records (EHR) and clinical portals, while helping to improve efficiencies and increase patient and provider satisfaction.
21 May 2008
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Initiate Systems, a developer of heath data management systems, drew on its experience with regional health information organizations to devise a solution for hospitals seeking proprietary health information exchanges.
21 May 2008
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Public sector agencies are using MDM to gain a single view of their clients – i.e., citizens – often one department, sometimes one division, at a time.
15 May 2008
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A hospital in northern Louisiana recently became the first rural health care facility in the state to transmit patient information to a statewide health information exchange.
14 May 2008
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Initiate will offer Initiate Patient™, a master data management software solutions for healthcare providers, as a pre-validated integrated offering on the new Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare.
9 May 2008
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Initiate Systems announced that it will offer Initiate Patient, a master data management (MDM) software solution for healthcare enterprises, as a pre-validated integrated offering on the Intel SOA Expressway for Healthcare.
2 May 2008
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Creating a cohesive health care system is exactly what we need to meet the common objective of delivering high-quality, cost-effective and timely patient care. Luckily, we have a model to follow directly to our north: Canada.
1 May 2008
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CRM is a subspecies of master data management (MDM). You can't have much confidence in customer data if it hasn't been cleansed, consolidated, and controlled in your company's official recordkeeping system.
1 May 2008
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is now better identifying members and improving data quality through Initiate's master data management software. The insurer is poised to roll out additional applications to handle data and boost efficiency. Already, BCBS of Minnesota has seen cost savings in maintenance associated with reducing misidentification and duplication of members.
1 May 2008
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A hub provides an ideal way to manage data within a services-oriented architecture (SOA). Learn how master data service (MDS) deployments can solve many of the common issues of enterprise-wide data management.
28 April 2008
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Intel Corporation recently announced Intel® SOA Expressway for Healthcare, software that provides an efficient way to exchange healthcare information inside hospitals and with health information networks. The product, in conjunction with Initiate software, will allow healthcare providers to more easily connect with one another so that each can provide better care while benefiting from reduced integration costs.
21 April 2008
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The Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX) will adopt a universal medical language and start by sharing six data elements: patient demographics, allergies, medications, problem lists, provider care teams and advance directives. Initiate Patient software will locate the appropriate records, and MedPlus will provide clinical software, a data exchange engine, and a document management and imaging system.
17 April 2008
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Seven of 24 participating rural hospitals in northern Louisiana have gone live on the Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange, using an Initiate enterprise master person index (EMPI).
3 April 2008
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Initiate Systems has released version 8.1 of Initiate Master Data Service™ software for master data management.
2 April 2008
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Ochsner Health System wanted a robust enterprise master patient index (EMPI) to eliminate duplicate records and improve its patient search capabilities. The health system hired IBM to implement Initiate Systems' EMPI solution across its network in 2007, and has since weeded out hundreds of thousands of duplicate records, and improved its registration processes.
1 April 2008
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Throughout the past ten years, healthcare has been setting the stage for IT interoperability. Now, after years of rehearsals and scripting, the curtain is slowly rising, with patient identification downstage front and center. However, the industry still hasn’t decided which identification method will play the role.
1 April 2008
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Initiate Systems has announced the relase of version 8.1 of its Initiate Master Data Service&trade software. Initiate continues to focus on software that delivers robust data stewardship and data quality capabilities, industry leading time-to-value and exceptional performance and scalability.
1 April 2008
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Initiate Systems released Initiate for Banking™, a customer data management solution that enables linking of customers' records across all retail banking systems, lines of business and touch points.
27 March 2008