Positon Paper

How Picis Solutions Help You Achieve Meaningful Results and Meaningful Use

Picis is committed to helping its customers achieve “meaningful use” of healthcare information technology (HIT) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). As regulators work to finalize the definition of “meaningful use” and guidelines for reimbursement, Picis is reviewing information on “meaningful use” closely, and assessing how our solutions meet the applicable requirements in 2011 through 2015.

Introduction

To show our commitment, a Picis Task Force consisting of executives and clinicians has taken an active role in helping to influence the development and refinement of regulations. Members of the Picis staff are actively participating in the Administrative and Congressional groups who are driving the ARRA HITECH discussions, as well as delivering thoughtful comments on definitions that will ultimately shape policy and strategy. While we have our “ear to the ground” during this period, we also continue to communicate what we have learned and heard from many of our customers and customer advisory board members, offering recommendations where relevant.

A leading HIT provider since 1994, Picis focuses entirely on the high-acuity care areas of hospitals: the emergency department (ED), the operating room (OR) and the intensive care unit (ICU). Picis CareSuite^® family of high acuity solutions are designed specifically to address these acute care areas where patients are most vulnerable and costs and revenues are greatest. These areas consume as much as 60% of hospital resources, and can drive as much as 70% of revenues for a U.S. hospital, having a significant impact on the success or failure of the entire organization.

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