Meridian Holdings Inc announced the release of version 3.0 of InterCare Clinical Explorer (ICE), an innovative and robust software application designed to integrate every aspect of the healthcare enterprise. The software is available to healthcare providers and institutions from InterCare.com-dx Inc, which will engage in product sales, implementation and support under an exclusive value-added reseller agreement.
ICE's extensive, scalable system flexibility allows its adaptation to clinical workflow, operating independently in centralized and decentralized facilities. The program features intuitive order entry, "tapering" orders, a clinical knowledge base, digital video enhanced patient education module, real-time electro-physiological data capture and display, voice command, voice recognition, digital dictation module and numerous other capabilities to complement and document the diagnostic and treatment processes, including unlimited free-text notes.
ICE provides practical business solutions unique to current health care environments, where error reduction, medical necessity checking, HIPAA compliance and revenue loss reduction are essential. The software meets HL-7 standards, operating as a stand-alone system or integrated with other Legacy or third-party healthcare applications.
Microsoft OCX, GRID, SQL Server and PUSH technologies are provided on ICE, and the system provides real-time information to physicians and other healthcare providers on a need-to-know basis. Maximized information displays increase workflow efficiency by minimizing mouse clicks and screen changes.
ICE is available for both inpatient and outpatient clinical documentations, thus enabling healthcare providers to create a life-time longitudinal multimedia patient clinical record.
"The goal of having doctors enter orders and case notes on a computer has been championed by advocates for patient safety and better medical decision- making for quite some time," said Anthony C. Dike, president and chief executive officer of Meridian Holdings Inc. Coalitions such as the Leapfrog Group, a healthcare consumer advocacy group representing approximately 32 million health care consumers in all 50 states, point to research substantiating significant reduction in errors when orders are entered electronically instead of written down and handed to clerks. "With an estimated 98,000 deaths per year attributable to medical error, public pressure is causing healthcare organizations to investigate how they can improve the quality of care, including patient and medication safety, through a combination of procedural changes and better use of information technology. In such an environment, ICE becomes one of the best solutions to a chronic and critical problem," said Dike.