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.

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.