The Quantum Group, Inc., a Wellington, Fla.-based provider of business solutions for the healthcare industry, will subsidize an EHR for its 550 Renaissance-affiliated primary care physicians in Florida.
PCPs affiliated with the Renaissance Health System, which is responsible for the coordination of care for more than 3,600 Medicare Advantage patients in Florida, will receive an EHR module of PWeR if certain Medicare Advantage membership criteria are met.
PWeR (Personal Wellness electronic Record) is an IBM-hosted, HIPAA-compliant healthcare information platform that hosts medical records and permits interactive use.
"Transformation of the healthcare industry begins with the physician - our primary customer," said Pete Martinez, Quantum's senior vice president and chief technology & innovations officer. "Primary care physicians are charged with understanding a patient's overall health and well-being and yet often we require them to 'fly blind' without access to all the real-time information gathered by their specialist peers, hospitals and other care providers."
"The ultimate price is paid by the patient, as no one has the 360 degree view of their overall health creating lower quality and wasting resources," he added. "No one is empowered to be in charge. We believe PWeR changes that dynamic as the government, payers and employers all seek the level of connectivity and communication necessary for comprehensive, quality patient care. Moreover, the patient is engaged to take a proactive involvement in their own wellness."
To participate in the offer, Renaissance providers must have 300 Medicare Advantage patients affiliated with an HMO that has contracted with Renaissance. Renaissance currently has eight HMO partners and has established networks (community health systems) in 29 Florida counties. These counties represent more than 86 percent of the statewide Medicare-eligible population.
"The core of Renaissance is creating greater efficiencies for our providers by establishing a centralized point of communications for their interaction with the multitude of payers that have contracted with us," said Barbara A. Roqueta, senior vice president and chief operating officer of RHS, who leads the team responsible for relationships with the 2,000 Renaissance-affiliated providers. "We streamline their operations and free them up to focus on increasing the quality and quantity of patient care rendered. We believe that the accessibility to PWeR will exponentially facilitate this objective as they can communicate with their traditional referral circle more readily. Ultimately, I believe this will lead to increased retention of our existing providers and a higher value proposition to the providers with whom we are seeking to add to our roster."
