MEDecision Extends First Quarter Momentum With Successful HIMSS Conference

• Real-time, actionable EHRs met with great enthusiasm
• Technology available to facilitate and maximize partnerships and collaboration

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative health care management solutions, continued the momentum of its active first quarter with a successful presence at the recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2009 Conference and Exhibition. The availability of MEDecision’s actionable, real-time electronic health records for use throughout the electronic medical record (EMR) ecosystem reinforced the company’s role as a key player in health care’s emerging technology transformation.

“There is obviously a tremendous opportunity for health IT to create value in this new space. MEDecision has the technology, experience and innovative expertise to play a very significant role in helping the industry ensure that IT fulfills its promise of creating a better health care system.”

In the wake of the Obama administration’s endorsement of technology to facilitate health care reform, MEDecision has garnered attention for being well-positioned to help the industry meet the president’s challenge. The company captured much of the HIMSS spotlight both for its expanded physical presence — a booth space four times larger than previous years, tripled staff attendance and key corporate sponsorships — and for its ability to produce real-time, meaningful electronic health records that can streamline collaboration between health care stakeholders and expedite the proliferation of EMRs system-wide.

“The success of EMRs is contingent upon the information they contain,” said MEDecision President and COO Scott A. Storrer. “They must be built with comprehensive and actionable data that drives positive patient outcomes. MEDecision has been a leading innovator in the development of robust and meaningful clinical information for 20 years and has created tremendous value in this area. We’re anxious to bring that experience and expertise to partnerships with other organizations to ensure that EMRs deliver on their vast potential to reform health care.”

MEDecision’s success at HIMSS extends the momentum of an eventful first quarter 2009, which included:

• The announcement that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota is the second health plan to successfully deploy MEDecision’s Alineo™ collaborative health care management platform to streamline care management efforts for a combined total of more than 1.4 million members.
• Contract renewal agreements with three major clients for 3-5 year terms.
• Signing a letter of intent to acquire HxTechnologies, Inc. (HxTI). MEDecision plans to embed HxTI’s extensive health information exchange technologies into Alineo, MEDecision’s collaborative health care management platform, and Nexalign™, its advanced health information exchange service. See http://tinyurl.com/cpkfur.
• Announcing that the real-time, actionable EHRs generated by Nexalign can help the industry meet President Obama’s $19 billion health care IT challenge. See http://tinyurl.com/c8q3sh.
• Issuing a “call to partner” with health IT vendors that encourages them to incorporate MEDecision’s 20 years of EHR expertise and leadership into their own technology offerings to hasten efforts to meet President Obama’s five-year deadline for automating America’s health records. See http://tinyurl.com/c36h6z.

The availability of its meaningful EHRs puts MEDecision in a position of strength to continue its momentum by capitalizing on the industry’s continued growth. MEDecision’s EHRs aggregate real-time, clinically validated data from payer, provider and patient records into Nexalign™ Clinical Summaries, which allow clinicians to take immediate action in determining gaps of care and/or devising patient treatment plans. This gives the company a distinct advantage in light of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s reliance on technology to improve health care.

“The $19 billion designated for health IT over the next five years is essentially building a new market,” Storrer said. “There is obviously a tremendous opportunity for health IT to create value in this new space. MEDecision has the technology, experience and innovative expertise to play a very significant role in helping the industry ensure that IT fulfills its promise of creating a better health care system.”

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About MEDecision

MEDecision offers collaborative health care management solutions that provide a simplified and smart way to manage the health of members and member populations which can improve the quality and affordability of care. Based on state-of-the-art technology, MEDecision's solutions include Alineo™, a collaborative health care management platform for managing case, disease and utilization management and Nexalign™, a collaborative health care information exchange service. MEDecision believes that, in the aggregate, its health care payer customers insure or manage care for approximately one in every six people in the U.S. with health insurance. For more information, please visit www.MEDecision.com.

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