NaviNet and AmeriHealth Mercy Highlight Use of Mobile Technology to Improve Patient Care Management and Drug Adherence at MHPA

Chief Medical Officer S. Michael Ross, MD, MHA, NaviNet, and Jay Feldstein, DO, Regional President, Northern Division, AmeriHealth Mercy, Showcase Patient Engagement and Behavior Change Through Mobile Technology


WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - Nov 4, 2011) - MHPA Annual Meeting 2011 - NaviNet, America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, today announced that S. Michael Ross, MD, MHA, Chief Medical Officer, NaviNet, and Jay Feldstein, DO, Regional President, Northern Division, AmeriHealth Mercy, will speak at the MHPA Annual Meeting 2011, to be held November 6-8, 2011, in Washington, DC. Improved patient care delivery depends on access to patient information from multiple sources. Dr. Ross and Dr. Feldstein will educate attendees about how mobile technology leads to improved patient care quality through care management and medication adherence, reducing medical errors and costs. Mobile applications support patient information exchange and care coordination to ensure providers have the right information in real time at the right point in the practice workflow.

In a presentation in the MHPA's Annual Meeting 2011's Healthcare Innovation Pavilion, Dr. Ross and Dr. Feldstein will examine mobile as the platform of choice in healthcare. Dr. Feldstein will provide real-world scenarios on how mobile technology has improved practice workflow and patient interactions. They also will explore how medication management and adherence are keys to influencing patient outcomes.

What: Presentation entitled, "Using Mobile Technology to Improve Care Management and Drug Adherence"

Who: S. Michael Ross, MD, MHA, Chief Medical Officer, NaviNet
Jay Feldstein, DO, Regional President, Northern Division, AmeriHealth Mercy

Where: MHPA Annual Meeting 2011
Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill
Washington, DC

When: November 7, 2011
2:30-3:30 p.m. ET

NaviNet's user-friendly SaaS-based solutions enable providers to connect with leading health plans and industry partners to securely access patient administrative, clinical and financial information in real time. NaviNet solutions for unified patient information management (UPIM) -- including NaviNet Insurer Connect, NaviNet PM, NaviNet EMR, NaviNet Mobile Connect, NaviNet Doc Xchange, and NaviNet Medicare Connect -- give healthcare professionals one central place to access all of the key patient information and systems they need to support care coordination, improve clinical outcomes and deliver a better patient experience.

The MHPA Annual Meeting 2011 brings together hundreds of senior executives to explore and discuss relevant Medicaid trends and healthcare issues, such critical issues as health reform implementation, quality improvement, healthcare delivery, cost-containment, and other relevant topics, such as examining the diverse needs of today's Medicaid populations and searching for solutions to improve access to health care for our most vulnerable citizens. For more information about the MHPA Annual Conference, visit http://www.mhpa.org/Events/2011_Annual_Meeting.

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NaviNet, America's largest real-time healthcare communications network, securely links leading health plans, industry partners and the government to hundreds of thousands of physicians, clinicians and other healthcare professionals. More than 75 percent of the nation's physicians are enrolled in the NaviNet Network, which touches 121 million covered lives. NaviNet's care collaboration solutions and services for unified patient information management (UPIM) address the full lifecycle of healthcare data management by providing single-source access to patient-centric administrative, financial and clinical information to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and improve quality of care. The NaviNet solution suite includes NaviNet Insurer Connect, NaviNet PM, NaviNet EMR, NaviNet Mobile Connect, NaviNet Doc Xchange, and NaviNet Medicare Connect. For more information, or to sign up for NaviNet, please visit www.NaviNet.net or call 617-715-6000 or 800-805-7569. Connect with us on our blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.