WebEOC Gets New Look & Optimized Workflows in Latest Version Announced by Intermedix

Intermedix Corporation announced Tuesday the release of the eighth version of its incident management software WebEOC.

The WebEOC software has been a staple in web-based incident management operations for more than 10 years. The solution is currently used in more than 25 countries, by 53 U.S. federal agencies and in more than 600 state and local government agencies.

The newest version of WebEOC features an enhanced user interface that provides users with a more fluid experience. In addition, optimized workflows simplify the user’s ability to access significant information during an incident.

Volume Trends for Urgent Cares and Freestanding EDs

During my IT update presentation at the 2014 PSR Leadership Conference, the following illustration was shown to depict emergency department visits nationally by year (blue line) and urgent care visits nationally by year (red line).

This gives you a quick idea of just how quickly urgent cares have overtaken emergency departments in terms of total volumes seen. This is sucking away a lot of the lower acuity, higher-profit margin patients that emergency departments have seen in the past.

HIPAA / HITECH are Enforcing More Fines that are Physician-Centric

During my IT update presentation at the 2014 PSR Leadership Conference, the following image was shown to illustrate various examples of physician-centric fines that HIPAA / HITECH violations are cracking down on.

EMR | Who is Leading the EHR System Market?

During my IT update presentation at the 2014 PSR Leadership Conference, the following illustration was shown to depict current trends in Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, dated March 2014. What we discovered was that Epic is the market leader right now with 19.1% of the market. This is from a hospital basis, which would include emergency departments, but is really the overall hospital EHR system. 

The Impact of High Deductibles on the Emergency Department

Author:  Justin Schaper, SVP of Client Information Services
Data Provided By:  Brett Wachter, Practice Administrator 

Reimbursement Denials Increase