Benefits to Hospital Systems

Here is how the MedicAlert® service can help hospital systems:

Reinforce quality of care standards
Incorporate the MedicAlert Emergency Response Reporting Service as a flag for more extensive care management. Immediate access to the patient’s Personal Health Record may help prevent costly adverse drug events, and reduce medical errors. Proactively facilitate your disease management programs and initiatives for your high risk patients.

Reduce costs
The MedicAlert® secure repository provides physicians and the nurses with immediate access to the patient’s Personal Health Record. This will help hospitals avoid costly re-testing for previously diagnosed medical conditions. More importantly this will enhance and speed diagnostic assessment. Access to patient information improves the ability to detect hidden medical conditions. Ability to include over-the-counter and herbal medicines into the patient’s electronic health record not restricted to prescription drugs.

Increase patient satisfaction
Leverage the MedicAlert service to enhance patient satisfaction, and physician-patient relationship. MedicAlert can encourage and emphasize the importance of regular physician contact (specifically patients with Ambulatory and Sensitive conditions). MedicAlert can also deliver increased patient education for patients with low acuity conditions. Utilize the MedicAlert technology to deliver user-friendly products and services for your patients. In an emergency, MedicAlert notifies the Member’s family so that the Member is not alone in an emergency.