BEDFORD, Mass., July 29 Casenet, Inc., a provider of innovative care management solutions, today announced the release of the newest version of its care management software. Version 3.0 offers fully integrated population management tools designed for use by public and private payers and wellness companies. Casenet's platform is a member-focused solution that provides easy-to-use reporting tools and "always-on" availability while offering true collaborative care by giving multi-disciplinary teams the capability to consolidate member information into a single holistic view.

Member-centric, rather than case-centric, solutions are becoming an increasingly valuable tool used by care management organizations. Many care management solutions on the market today do not offer their case and disease management tools in one integrated platform. Member-centric solutions enable multi-disciplinary teams to simultaneously collaborate, coordinate and manage personalized care for members.

"Most healthcare insurers face a host of challenges with their care management system, including inflexible technology and fragmented, disconnected legacy systems that don't support the sharing of information," said Joanne Galimi, research vice president, Gartner. "The need to share care management information in real time among stakeholders and various applications in a health insurer organization is increasingly a key differentiator. Health insurers must adopt care management applications that are able to interoperate within and outside of the payer organization to be able to meet both current and future IT requirements."

Casenet version 3.0 incorporates a number of innovative features to its integrated care management platform that will enhance care and streamline workflow, specifically:

-- Graphically-based Reporting -- The easy-to-use "point, click, done" report functionality provided in Casenet version 3.0 offers users a consistent view of information and report generation across multi-disciplinary teams. Staff can quickly identify key pieces of information on individuals or a population of members without searching in disparate information systems. User-friendly filtering tools allow users to efficiently sift through large datasets pinpointing key data points/events. Graphical representation of selected data is only one click away. For example, review of information related to appeals and grievances, regardless of the program from which the request was generated, can be reviewed for organizational compliance with state and federal regulations. Report information produced is complete and actionable, facilitating not only organizational reporting but also related quality improvement initiatives.

-- Member-focused -- Casenet offers a fully integrated care management, disease management and utilization management platform enabling users to work on the same case at the same time. Because version 3.0 is focused on the member or patient, not the case itself, caregivers have the ability to access and update information on multiple cases at the same time. This allows for a unique type of collaboration focused on the individual along the entire care continuum. For example, a disease manager can be in a member's record updating a care plan at the same time as the social worker is documenting information while in the member's home and a utilization review nurse is approving outpatient use of durable medical equipment.

-- Always available -- Version 3.0 enhances Casenet's TruMobil(TM) solution that offers "always-on" availability providing users full application functionality anywhere, anytime even without an Internet connection. Entries are auto-synchronized and updated when the user reconnects. This is especially useful for staff working in locations where an Internet connection is not possible, such as hospital intensive care units, employer worksite clinics or a member's home.

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