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McKesson and Cogent Partner to Integrate InterQual Criteria into Equicare Software for Evidence-Based Care ManagementApril 19, 2006 |
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NEWTON, Mass. & VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2006--McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), the world's leading healthcare services company, and Cogent Integrated Solutions NA Inc., a clinical healthcare software company, have agreed to integrate McKesson's best-of-breed clinical decision-support criteria with Cogent's web-based case management technology. Cogent expects the integration of McKesson's InterQual(R) Criteria with Cogent's Equicare Case Management (CM) software to be available to customers this spring. "We are dedicated to giving our customers access to InterQual criteria wherever and however they need it, and many now choose to use InterQual in integrated environments," said Ricardo Guggenheim, M.D., vice president of clinical content and design for McKesson Health Solutions. "As an up-and-coming player in the case management space offering web-based technology, Cogent is a logical new addition to our partner program to help deliver the 'InterQual everywhere' strategy." More than 3,500 health plans, hospitals, academic medical centers, government agencies and care management organizations currently use McKesson's InterQual tools to support clinical decisions for individual patients across the continuum of care. Over 15 managed care, hospital and behavioral health software vendors integrate InterQual Criteria into their care management products, enabling hundreds of healthcare organizations to drive medical management value from the use of evidence-based clinical content inside their workflow systems. "This alliance is a key step for us to reach our strategic goals," explained Len Grenier, chief executive officer of Cogent. "Our product addresses the needs of case and utilization management departments in hospitals and community health organizations -- especially in the US -- by providing seamless web-based solutions to automate their care management processes. These organizations want to be able to use the premier InterQual clinical content to support those processes." Equicare CM is Cogent's centralized, web-based care management system. By automating key steps in the case management process and consolidating large amounts of clinical data, Equicare CM delivers enterprise-wide workflow efficiencies and cost savings, as well as timely and accurate patient information. The system is used by care agencies and organizations that include acute care hospital case management departments, disease management programs and community care providers. About McKesson Corporation McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK), currently ranked 16th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to helping its customers deliver high-quality healthcare by reducing costs, streamlining processes and improving the quality and safety of patient care. Over the course of its 173-year history, McKesson has grown to provide pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management across the spectrum of care; healthcare information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare and payors; hospital and retail pharmacy automation; and services for manufacturers and payors designed to improve outcomes for patients. For more information, visit us at www.mckesson.com. About Cogent Integrated Solutions Cogent Integrated Solutions Corp. is a growing clinical healthcare software company whose primary product, Equicare CM, is a configurable, web based health and social care application that improves the utilization and quality of care delivered to clients served by multidisciplinary teams. Offered on a hosted or enterprise basis, additional modules include Utilization Review, Clinical Assessment and Referral Management. The company has clients in Canada and the US covering a broad variety of healthcare and community service organizations. Information is available at www.cogent-is.com or please contact info@cogent-is.com. |
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