ACS Midas+ 'improving patient care'

Health care providers are benefiting from the ACS Midas+ software suite, which recorded a three-fold increase in its uptake during the first six months of this year.

The software suite from ACS, a Xerox company, helps health care providers to improve their operational efficiency through better tracking and management of data collected concerning patients, doctors and medicine.

An example of a health care system that has benefited from Midas+ is the Texas-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System.

The software suite, which was used to manage the data collected and improve the quality of care provided to uninsured and Medicare patients, helped Memorial Hermann make savings worth $14 million (£9 million).

Pat Metzger, system executive of care management at Memorial Hermann, said: "With the increased economic pressures facing health care today, hospitals can't just collect data to comply with certain standards, we have to use it to change the way we deliver care.

"Now we have a proactive solution to manage our data and analyse everything from dollars we were gaining or losing, to overall efficiency. The software was tailored to our business needs, and in doing so, we realised additional and unanticipated benefits."

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