MCG Delivers Care Guidance Through Industry-Leading Electronic Health Record and Medical Management Systems

SEATTLE, Oct. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MCG has certified integrations of Indicia for Case Management 3.0 and CareWebQI 6.0 with 17 leading electronic health record (EHR) and medical management system (MMS) solutions, enabling customers to access and use the industry's most comprehensive and trusted set of evidence-based care guidelines to support the delivery of high-value, patient-centered care within existing workflows and with a single login.

MCG partner-certified integrations include:

• Indicia for Case Management 3.0
  • Allscripts, Cerner Health, Epic, MEDITECH,  Midas+, and Morrisey Associates
• CareWebQI 6.0
  • Altruista Health, Casenet, Essette, HealthEdge, IMA Healthcare, Medecision, MedHOK, TCS Healthcare Technologies, Thrasys, TriZetto, and ZeOmega

"We want to make it as easy as possible for our customers to access and use MCG care guidelines," said Jon Shreve, president of MCG. "Working with health IT industry leaders to make diagnosis-specific, evidence-based care guidance and documentation available through EHR and MMS solutions goes a long way toward achieving that objective."

Indicia for Case Management or CareWebQI integrated with an EHR or MMS platform helps case managers improve the consistency and quality of documentation in the medical record, facilitates the sharing of patient episode summaries among the entire care team, optimizes length of stay, and enhances care quality by identifying variances from optimal care pathways outlined in each guideline.   

Care guideline products available through Indicia for Case Management or CareWebQI and MCG integration partners include Inpatient & Surgical Care, General Recovery Care, Ambulatory Care, Recovery Facility Care, Home Care, Chronic Care, Behavioral Health Care, and Patient Information.

Webinar
MCG will hold an Indicia for Case Management integrated webinar on Tuesday, November 4 from 3-4 p.m. Eastern Time (noon-1 p.m. Pacific Time, 2-3 p.m. Central Time). Directors, managers, staff, and physician advisors involved in hospital-based case management, utilization management, clinical quality and improvement, nursing, denials management, medical informatics, and more will benefit from attending this webinar.

For more information or to register, visit our website (http://www.mcg.com/content/webinars).

About MCG
MCG, formerly Milliman Care Guidelines and now part of the Hearst Health network, independently develops and produces evidence-based clinical guidelines and software used by more than 2,200 clients, including 1,200 hospitals and 8 of the 10 largest U.S. health plans. Updated annually by an experienced team of clinicians, the care guidelines support the care management of a majority of Americans. For more information, visit www.mcg.com (http://www.mcg.com).

The Hearst Health network also includes FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health, and Homecare Homebase. The mission of the Hearst Health network is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person's health journey. To learn more about the Hearst Health network, please read the Hearst press release (http://www.hearst.com/newsroom/hearst-corporation-introduces-hearst-health).

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