United Physicians And Beaumont Health System Develop HIPAA-Compliant Interface To Help Facilitate Patient Care Coordination

BINGHAM FARMS and ROYAL OAK, Mich., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Physicians, Inc. (UP) and Beaumont Health System have finalized a process for exchanging patient health information. To date, 3 million health records have been successfully transmitted.

Effective immediately, UP physician members can access current Beaumont Health System patient information in the WellCentive Patient Registry. The following patient health records are available:

"Developing this interface is a major accomplishment, and enables our primary care physicians, specialists and Beaumont to deliver more coordinated, efficient medicine to our patient population," said Mike Williams, M.D., President and CEO of United Physicians, Inc. "Access to this health information will help us make better, more educated decisions at the point of care and assist us in reducing unnecessary or redundant test orders."

"This interface provides an important connection between the care delivered at Beaumont hospitals and facilities, and care delivered in the offices of UP members," said David Wood, M.D., president, Beaumont Physician Partners. "This electronic backbone facilitates high-value health care - defined as high quality care delivered efficiently and at lower cost."

About United Physicians
United Physicians, Inc. is Michigan's largest health management company. Founded in 2000, United Physicians is an independent physician organization representing more than 1,500 private-practice doctors with medical staff privileges at hospitals throughout Southeast Michigan. Our mission is to deliver a healthcare system of excellence to our community through a coordinated, efficient and integrated network of physicians. Visit www.updoctors.com. 

About Beaumont Health System
Beaumont Health System is a three-hospital regional health system with a total of 1,726 licensed beds, more than 14,000 full-time equivalent employees and 3,700 physicians. In addition to its hospitals, Beaumont operates numerous community-based medical centers in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, family practice and internal medicine practices, five nursing centers, a research institute, home care services and hospice. Beaumont is the exclusive clinical teaching site for the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. Visit Beaumont's website at www.beaumont.edu.

SOURCE United Physicians, Inc.