DST Health Solutions to Discuss Integrating and Sharing of Real-Time Patient Data at American Health Care Congress, December 5, 2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DST Health Solutions will examine the drivers behind health plans' increasing need for real-time data at the American Health Care Congress (AHCC) Conference on December 5 in Anaheim, CA. The presentation will be led by Diana Rappa-Kesser RN, Business Solutions Director, Care Management for DST Health Solutions and Janice Young, Program Director of IDC Health Insights' Payer IT Strategies program.

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"There is a critical need for real-time transactional and longitudinal information in health management strategies.  The growing need to integrate third-party employer, benefit, provider, diagnostics, pharmacy, life sciences, social media, and health and wellness information creates a new requirement for an integrated health information exchange platform underlying the health plans' care management solutions," said Young in a recent IDC Health Insights study, Care is the New Core. "The success of the post-reform health management initiative is signified in the consolidated, integrated information within a rationalized and normalized data model."

"Integrating and Sharing Patient Data Real-Time: The Key to Health Plan Transformation," will explore how the integration of data and leveraging of technology significantly impacts healthcare gaps and quality member outcomes. Attendees will also benefit from learning more about:

• Key factors that are crucial to the consistency, reliability and value of the member/patient data;
• How integration and sharing of real-time data impacts gaps in healthcare;
• How the true integration of clinical, pharmacy and administrative data, delivered real-time, presents a single 360-degree member view, leading to quality member outcomes.

The 8th Annual American Health Care Congress and Exhibition (AHCC) is an intensive, two-day educational and networking forum, designed for senior health care executives and key decision makers from all industry sectors to address critical implementation challenges post-reform. The AHCC agenda and exhibition is dedicated to bringing the health care community together to discuss strategies to decrease the cost of care, drive delivery innovation, develop aligned incentives, redesign effective operations and leverage health care IT. By convening over 700 diverse thought leaders, AHCC identifies innovative delivery models and integration strategies to improve the overall delivery of health care and the critical steps to adapt our health system to operate more efficiently post-health reform.

"Integrating and Sharing Patient Data Real-time:  The Key to Health Plan Transformation" from DST Health Solutions and IDC Health Insights will take place on December 5 at 12 p.m. PST, additional information may be found here.

About DST Health Solutions
DST Health Solutions, LLC delivers systems and services that help improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, increase speed to market, and facilitate medical cost management and price containment. Our clients include commercial health plans, consumer-directed plans, government plans (Medicare Advantage, Medicare Part D and Medicaid) and physician practices. DST Health Solutions' enterprise applications and outsourcing services include claims processing, member and provider management, benefit plan management, new product development, care management and medical management, and decision support/analytics. DST Health Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc. For more information about DST Health Solutions, contact 800.272.4799, email [email protected] or visit www.dsthealthsolutions.com.

The information and comments above may include forward-looking statements respecting DST and its businesses. Such information and comments are based on DST's views as of today, and actual actions or results could differ. There could be a number of factors affecting future actions or results, including those set forth in DST's latest periodic financial report (Form 10-K or 10-Q) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such factors should be considered in evaluating any forward-looking comment. The Company will not update any forward-looking statements in this press release to reflect future events.

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