Clinical and Administrative Information Now Securely Available at a Single
Electronic Hub, Driving Better, More Cost Effective Healthcare
DETROIT, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compuware Corporation
(Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced that its Covisint subsidiary has inked an
agreement with several physician organizations across Southeast Michigan to
electronically connect doctors to patient information via a single, secure
framework. The electronic exchange, My One Health Information Exchange
(my1HIE, pron: my-one-he), will connect several thousand physicians
treating the majority of S.E. Michigan's five million residents.
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Physician organizations forming this partnership include United
Physicians, Olympia Medical Services and Continuum Management Services.
My1HIE physicians will have immediate access to real-time patient
information -- including labs and eligibility -- as well as access to
applications like e-prescribing that help them deliver better care more
cost effectively.
"Michigan led the industrial age with manufacturing, and now we are
driving the healthcare adoption of technology -- with physicians and their
patients at the core," said Dr. Steven Grant, M.D., F.A.C.P., President and
CEO, United Physicians. "This Covisint partnership, now in its third year,
gives us a great opportunity to make technology available and advance
physician adoption. It is no secret that electronic tools, such as
electronic prescribing, eliminate errors and improve patient care. It has
also given us perspective on the marriage of healthcare and technology, and
this coming together of multiple physician organizations statewide is
precisely where healthcare and technology need to meet."
Covisint will provide the secure platform powering this healthcare
exchange that brings together data from many different sources onto one
digital dashboard. And, regardless of how many systems each caregiver
accesses, with Covisint, only a single, secure sign-on is required, freeing
the physician to concentrate on patient care.
"For the first time ever, Michigan physicians will have a single-point
of access to all of the clinical and administrative information they need
to do their jobs," said Randall Bickle, DO, JD, CPE, President and Medical
Director, Olympia Medical Services. "This will have a monumental impact in
improving how we deliver patient care."
Importantly, my1HIE physicians can keep all of their current technology
since Covisint handles the interoperability, regulatory, administrative and
help-desk issues associated with connecting multiple systems. The network
is flexibly designed to enable future functionality such as disease
management, imaging and connectivity with existing and future regional
health information exchanges and other state agencies.
"This convergence addresses getting key information to where the
majority of care is being delivered...in the physician office," said Brett
Furst, Vice President of Healthcare for Covisint. "You can expect to see
more of this kind of ground-breaking work from Covisint as we continue to
securely connect entire healthcare communities everywhere."
Covisint's on-demand collaboration platform helps virtual communities
securely access, use and share time sensitive information. Covisint solves
business problems by streamlining and automating processes globally --
connecting state and nationally based communities, organizations and
systems in the healthcare, automotive and financial services industries, as
well as the public sector. Learn more about Covisint at http://www.covisint.com .
Compuware Corporation
Compuware Corporation makes IT rock around the world, helping CIOs
optimize IT performance to achieve business goals. Compuware solutions
accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance
of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the
entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee
productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973, Compuware
serves the world's leading IT organizations, including 92 percent of the
Fortune 50 companies. Learn more about Compuware at
http://www.compuware.com .
Press Contacts
Doug Anter, Communications Manager, Compuware Communications and
Investor Relations/Covisint Division, doug.anter@compuware.com,
313-227-0127
Kim Collins, Marketing Manager, My1HIE, kcollins@updoctors.com,
248-593-0195
For Sales and Marketing Information
Compuware Corporation, One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226,
800-521-9353, http://www.compuware.com
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CONTACT:
Press: Doug Anter, Communications Manager,
Compuware Communications and Investor Relations-Covisint
Division, +1-313-227-0127, doug.anter@compuware.com; Kim Collins,
Marketing Manager, My1HIE, +1-248-593-0195,
kcollins@updoctors.com; or Sales and Marketing, Compuware
Corporation, +1-800-521-9353
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