MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 6, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Vianeta Communications will introduce its new XML-based Digital Patient Folder software system at the 76th National Convention of the American Health Information Management Association. The northern California software firm will demonstrate DPF and other Web-based solutions that comprise the Vianeta Harmony e-HIM solution suite, Oct. 10-13, at AHIMA Booth No. 434 in the Washington DC Convention Center.
Vianeta will also premiere a new multi-media presentation showcasing Vianeta Harmony users from coast to coast. Hundreds of hospitals and clinics throughout North America use Vianeta Harmony -- the only native XML (eXtensible Markup Language) health IT solution on the market -- to eliminate paper-driven inefficiencies, reduce cost, improve revenue cycles, prevent errors, improve quality, ensure patient privacy and build a solid foundation for a true electronic medical record.
"Vianeta's modular products help healthcare organizations create, aggregate, manage, process and distribute patient health information," explained Vianeta COO Ralph Aceves. "Ours is the only HIM system that enables information created via dictation, transcription, speech recognition and electronic interfaces to feed into a single unified database. And now with DPF, we're giving healthcare organizations an easy way to view this information -- and disparate information from other IT systems -- in an organized, intuitive manner that reflects 'the look and feel' of the paper chart experience down to the color-coded tabs on each 'chart.'"
Deployable "out of the box" in weeks rather than months, Vianeta DPF lets authorized physicians, nurses, coders, transcribers and patients view vast amounts of disparate patient information via the Web or within the hospital network. For hospitals and group practices seeking new clinical data management solutions, DPF offers an easy, economical way to achieve enhanced patient safety and care, productivity gains, and immediate and durable returns on investment. Other benefits include:
-- The DPF unifies information from any number of internal or external sources, including voice dictation files, transcription, ADT and hospital information systems, departmental information systems, PACS and paper documents.
-- Designed with physician work habits and culture in mind, the DPF encourages speedy clinician adoption with little or no training.
-- The DPF features intuitive interfaces users can configure to individual or organizational preferences.
-- The DPF uses advanced XML technology that quickly ties to pre-existing information stores throughout the enterprise.
-- Audit trails, password-protected access and other security measures facilitate HIPAA compliance.
-- The DPF incorporates such key Vianeta Harmony features as eSignature, online digital dictation, computerized chart completion and CPT/ICD-9 coding.
-- The DPF gives clinicians a view of the complete patient medical history -- including problem lists, encounter history, known drug allergies, past surgical procedures, laboratory and radiologic studies, prescribed medications and immunizations -- in one graphically pleasing, easy-to-navigate screen.
-- Healthcare organizations can use DPF "workflow agents" to reduce practice variations. These "agents" can issue clinical alerts or simple task reminders, present best-practice or evidence-based clinical guidelines, or perform other actions that help optimize patient care.
-- Vianeta's open architecture design minimizes IT investment and support needs by letting customers deploy DPF on any Web browser-equipped desktop computer, using off-the-shelf server hardware.
About Vianeta
Headquartered in northern California, Vianeta Communications provides XML-based software solutions for health information management that help healthcare organizations of any size or shape automate HIM processes. Hundreds of hospitals and clinics, 60,000 physicians and 4000 HIM staff members throughout North America use Vianeta Harmony products to effectively create, aggregate, manage, process and distribute patient health information, enabling their organizations to reduce cost, improve revenue cycles, maximize efficiency, prevent errors, improve quality, ensure patient privacy and build a solid foundation for a true electronic medical record.
Vianeta Harmony combines digital dictation, speech recognition, transcription, document scanning and distribution, and electronic integration with multiple hospital departmental systems, to unify health information into a central e-HIM platform that can be accessed securely by clinicians, transcriptionist, coders, billing analysts, patients and more.
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