ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Health Management Academy (The Academy), the definitive trusted source for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange for the largest U.S. integrated health systems, today announced the launch of The Academy medCPU Center for Advanced Solutions in Healthcare (the Solutions Center). The Solutions Center will accelerate the adoption of innovative technology solutions designed to increase quality of care and improve clinical, financial and operational performance at the point-of-care. The Solutions Center will work with Top-100 health systems to identify challenges, conduct pilot projects and disseminate results.
Sherrie Jones, president and co-founder of The Academy stated, “We are delighted to partner with medCPU, an innovative technology solutions pioneer and thought leader.” Jones added, “The Academy expands its programs to address the most pressing challenges of the Top-100 health systems. The Solutions Center is the next step in the evolution of Academy services based on peer-to-peer executive learning, collaborative problem solving, and now research into the implementation of tools and processes to accelerate transformation at the point-of-care.”
President and co-founder of medCPU, Sonia Ben-Yehuda said, “We are thrilled to partner with The Academy in this multi-member project designed to identify and examine solutions that will overcome point-of-care challenges identified by members.” Ben-Yehuda continued, “The Solutions Center is a new approach to Top-100 health systems collectively identifying gaps in applying technology and point-of-care solutions to improving quality and lowering healthcare costs.”
The nearly 100 health systems that are part of The Academy represent the largest, most innovative, and most successful health systems in the nation. Together they account for 67 percent of inpatient days, approximately 50 percent of ambulatory care visits and 65 percent of net patient revenue. Collectively they employ 2 million people.
About The Health Management Academy
Founded in 1998, The Academy is a knowledge-based company exclusively for executives of the largest integrated health systems and the industry’s most innovative healthcare companies. The Academy has built a material record of leadership development, independent research and policy analysis, and includes innovative partnerships with GE Healthcare, Huron Healthcare and medCPU. For Top-100 health systems, The Academy has become the definitive trusted source for peer-to-peer knowledge exchange for executives of the largest integrated health systems.
About medCPU
medCPU delivers accurate real-time enterprise decision support software and services through its proprietary Advisor technology. medCPU captures the complete clinical picture from clinicians’ free-text notes, dictations, discharge summaries and structured documentation entered into any Electronic Medical Record (EMR), and analyzes it against a growing library of best-practice content, generating real-time precise prompts for best care consideration. medCPU’s founding multi-disciplinary team has been pioneering new clinical decision support for nearly 20 years, delivering intelligent error reduction software systems to hospitals across the United States. medCPU’s applications include clinical and compliance support solutions. For more information, visit www.medCPU.com.