MDeverywhere Selects Health Language, Inc. to Improve Diagnosis Lookup for an Enhanced Clinician Experience

Health Language, Inc. (HLI), the global leader in healthcare terminology management, today announced that MDeverywhere, a provider of physician revenue cycle management services, has selected its Language Engine (LE) and provider friendly terminology (PFT). MDeverywhere will integrate the HLI software with its Web-based charge capture software to make it easier for clinicians to record diagnoses and problems, while supporting standardized terminologies such as SNOMED CT and ICD-10.

The addition of HLI software will help support providers in achieving Meaningful Use Stage 1 requirements for up-to-date problem lists and proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements for SNOMED problem lists, and it will lay the foundation for ICD-10 support.

“For physicians, searching against ICD-9 or SNOMED CT is a difficult process, as these two terminologies do not match up with the colloquial terms clinicians use for diagnoses,” said Ann Bilyew, CEO of MDeverywhere. “With HLI’s provider friendly terminology and the sophisticated searching algorithms in its Language Engine, we are able to bridge these gaps now and in the future as our clients move toward both Meaningful Use Stage 2 and ICD-10.”

MDeverywhere decided to partner with HLI because of its terminology management expertise and breadth of provider friendly content. By leveraging LE in combination with HLI’s extensive library of synonyms, colloquialisms and other terms used regularly by providers, MDeverywhere’s clinician users will be able to:

• Search for diagnosis or problem list codes using everyday terms that are familiar to providers;
• Retrieve search results according to level of relevancy in a ranking list ordered by the LE’s algorithms;
• Automatically receive terminology standards updates through web services;
• Store problem list data using SNOMED CT codes in order to prepare for potential Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements; and
• Navigate to correct ICD-10 codes by providing responses to specific diagnoses questions prompted by decision trees in the LE.

“Provider friendly terminology is essential for alleviating the burden of attaining new coding knowledge, so that clinicians can focus more closely on patient care,” said George Schwend, CEO and president of HLI. “By capturing ICD and SNOMED codes in one quick search, they will be able to both streamline billing processes and improve clinical documentation.”

About MDeverywhere, Inc.

MDeverywhere offers a leading revenue cycle management solution for physicians. Its unique solution includes web-based practice management software, coding rules engines, contract monitoring tools and full-scope claims management and back-office services. MDeverywhere serves over 3,500 physicians nationwide. Clients include solo practices, group practices, large faculty practices and hospitals in more than 40 different specialties. MDeverywhere is headquartered in Waltham, MA with additional locations in Research Triangle Park, NC, Hauppauge, NY and Noida, India. To learn more about MDeverywhere, please call us at (866) 340-5500 or visit us at www.mdeverywhere.com.

About Health Language, Inc.

Denver-based Health Language, Inc. (HLI) develops and delivers state-of-the art software solutions that automatically incorporate medical vocabulary and coding standards into healthcare information technology applications. HLI’s Language Engine (LE) allows centralized access to medical terminology standards and generates mappings to create a common pool of standardized codes and concepts that enhance patient safety, facilitate clinical outcomes analysis and accelerate reimbursement. It also provides standards for modeling, storing, updating and distributing information consistently for interoperability between hospitals, regions and countries. For more information, visit www.healthlanguage.com or call 720.940.2900.