Connect and Share
Connectivity and cost-savings go hand in hand
Shifting to a secure, electronic, interoperable health information system — one that eliminates delay, highlights patient needs and encourages collaborative, patient-centered care — holds the potential to boost efficiency and quality across the entire continuum of care.
Are your systems ready to take on ICD-10, HIPAA 5010, HIE connectivity and value-based purchasing driven by clinical performance measures? Connectivity and cost-savings go hand in hand, and building a connected system is the second foundational element toward achieving population health.
New solutions are needed to identify and manage the variables impacting outcomes, as reimbursement is increasingly tied to clinical performance measures. From strategy definition, through implementation and long-term client support, we've worked with many of the nation's leading hospitals on the connectivity required to deliver against population health initiatives.
Building your system
Our cloud solutions offer the easiest, fastest and most economical way for health care organizations to connect with their constituents. No other health care business provides more actionable intelligence with every transmission to give you greater control over cost, payment and care.
Physician alignment
Increase loyalty among your referring and admitting physicians by providing the tools that make it easier to do business with you. Enhance care coordination and patient safety by electronically sharing information throughout your community. With Optum, you can connect to and enable electronic collaboration between all providers, regardless of the end-user tools they have in place.
Improved workflow
Now is the time to enhance workflows and boost efficiency in preparation for upcoming operational and clinical changes related to health care reform. Enhance your workflow without adding new layers of technology. With OptumTM solutions, you can easily connect disparate technologies and integrate clinical and claim information within your existing workflows. Ensure your current systems are able to easily and cost effectively share information outside the walls of your organization. Reduce the turnaround time for results from days to hours, and easily distribute results among colleagues.
Economic performance
Are you taking advantage of all the Meaningful Use financial incentives that are available? Ready for Stage 2 requirements? We can help. Our EHR solutions are ONC-ATCB certified and implemented by a team of specialists to optimize functionality, enabling your organization to obtain all the Meaningful Use federal incentives that it deserves. When CFOs green light investments in the Optum solutions and services, they expect positive financial results. We fulfill these expectations with innovations that streamline workflows and improve patient care to positively impact your bottom line.
Upgrading technology
Optum leads the national effort to enable the sharing of clinical and financial information across the entire continuum of care. Optum is committed to investing in its existing solutions and developing innovations that guide its clients toward a more streamlined workflow, improved patient care and greater financial stability. With Optum, you can avoid the need to "rip and replace" your existing technology and connect with 98 percent of EMR and EDI platforms and virtually 100 percent of payers.
Competitive advantage
With our singular focus on health care, Optum is poised to offer the technology and services organizations need to address their most pressing business challenges while maintaining a competitive edge. Being connected with state-of-the-art software means you can provide the best patient care while keeping your overhead low. Many successful HIEs have been based on Optum’s industry-leading service-oriented architecture (SOA).
