Pharmaceutical and Healthcare

In the face of new healthcare development initiatives, regulatory requirements, and growing risks and costs in the delivery of patient care, healthcare providers, and payers are being asked to expand clinical and financial outcomes and address growing demands with limited resources. In addition, new models of healthcare delivery – such as home care and specialized services – need to be reconciled with the systems that support those offerings, including electronic patient records, and coding standards. To provide supreme patient care, healthcare providers need access to full patient views including conditions, treatments, and outcomes to provide and monitor care.

To gain that access, implementation of healthcare standards will drive adoption of a common dialect through which exchanges of information between healthcare providers involved within a patient care episode can effectively take place. These steps are necessary in the progression from image and information capture, to electronic health records, and finally, to achievement of a comprehensive Health Information Exchange and Accountable care.