MISYS HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND OCS, INC. ENHANCE ALLIANCE TO INCLUDE HOSPICE OFFERING
Seattle, WA (April 3, 2008) – OCS, Inc. (OCS) today announced that its ongoing strategic alliance with Misys Healthcare Systems, a market leader in healthcare IT, will extend into the hospice market. Through this relationship, hospice agencies will be able to purchase the OCS QAPI Snapshot directly from Misys and through Misys channel partners.
"Misys Homecare has more than 27 years of experience providing homecare technology and services to a customer base of over 600 organizations. Misys is pleased to work with OCS to offer QAPI Snapshot to our hospice clients providing the latest technology and capabilities for benchmarking against industry standards," said Gary Larson, Senior Vice President of Misys Healthcare Systems Homecare Business Unit. "This offering augments our efforts to assure our hospice customers are well prepared for the upcoming Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation (CoP) mandates while allowing them to enhance patient care."
OCS QAPI Snapshot is an executive-level dashboard report comparing the most important hospice measures over time and against peer group and national performance. QAPI Snapshot is the easiest path to demonstrating data-driven QAPI measures to meet the upcoming CoP requirements. It allows agencies to track and report on hospice-wide performance improvement indicators such as quality outcomes and practices, patient volume and mix and operational success. QAPI Snapshot provides ongoing analysis and the required supporting documentation that enables agencies to optimize their operations.
"For over ten years, OCS has helped hospices measure, analyze and manage performance improvement," stated Amanda Twiss, CEO, OCS, Inc. "Our enhanced alliance with Misys will bring the most powerful data-driven quality assessment solutions to hospice providers and assist them in achieving regulatory compliance."
About OCS, Inc.
OCS is the market leader in healthcare information solutions. By collecting, evaluating and interpreting healthcare information, we empower leaders with data-driven insight that helps optimize mission-critical decision making. OCS combines the richness of a proprietary data warehouse with cutting-edge analysis tools, consulting services and custom healthcare analytics.
www.ocsys.com
About Misys Healthcare Systems
Misys Healthcare — part of the global application software and services company, Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L) — delivers integrated, comprehensive solutions that improve results for healthcare practitioners. Drawing on our decades of healthcare experience, our relationships with more than 110,000 healthcare professionals, and our commitment to customer success, we deliver innovative software and services that enable physicians, caregivers, and a connected healthcare community.
www.misyshealthcare.com
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