Scripps Mercy Physician Partners, a physician business organization and medical group based in San Diego, is leveraging information technology to boost member collaboration in its health initiative.
SMPP formed the VIP Health Initiative to improve patient care, costs and access to healthcare information. The initiative also offers an e-prescribing system and a platform for electronic connectivity.
SMPP will use technology from Detroit-based Covisint, which will provide the VIP Health Initiative with a network for the secure sharing of sensitive patient information and improved physician collaboration.
"Covisint provides networked connectivity for VIP Health Initiative physicians to securely access the information they need, regardless of geography or technology," said Brett Furst, Covisint's vice president of healthcare. "Covisint's network will equip these physicians to leverage their existing platform, securely propelling its Southern California doctors into the new world of healthcare connectivity."
The Covisint-enabled physician collaboration network will provide the VIP Health Initiative with a secure single point of access from any Web browser to clinical, administrative and insurance information. The company's cloud-based approach will enable participating physicians to interact with major healthcare systems and technologies, including e-prescribing, labs and patient registrations.
"VIP Health Initiative's key objective was to leverage our existing resources in a way that improved the tools and resources available to physicians and saved money," said Ted Steuer, executive director of the VIP Health Initiative. "Covisint's proven and trusted network extends our existing investments today, and it will scale along with our growth, adding improvements tomorrow."
