Microsoft Connected Health and Human Services alliance partners

Members of the Connected Health and Human Services (HHS) alliance work together with Microsoft to deliver best-in-class shared services and infrastructure solutions for consumer-centered health and human service delivery by government entities at all levels.

ACS has been meeting the challenges of government healthcare programs for over thirty years. ACS' revolutionary Informed Health suite of health information exchange and eHealth solutions align with the Microsoft Connected Health and Human Services (HHS) Framework and use Microsoft technology and products. The Patient Data Hub accumulates healthcare data about an individual or population. Real-time algorithms analyze the shared data set and provide evidence-based clinical decision support to each stakeholder—physician, pharmacist, patient, employer, and payer—improving health care and saving money.

Ascellon Corporation provides analytical, data mining, and utilization review of health care programs. Ascellon’s ANSWERS suite of software applications puts leading-edge fraud, waste and abuse detection, and prevention tools in the hands of the government manager. ANSWERS supports medical records and utilization reviews, data mining, data analysis, audits, and examinations required to meet government mandates and to identify fraud. ANSWERS is based on enterprise Microsoft technology and will interface with Medicaid and medical claims and payment systems.

Avanade has been transforming healthcare delivery by developing innovative, comprehensive business solutions that improve patient care, lower operating costs, and promote integration between disparate systems. As the world’s leading Information Technology (IT) consultancy dedicated to Microsoft enterprise technologies, we work with companies in every sector of healthcare to transform ideas into solutions. These solutions enhance the patient experience, support medical research, and help to deliver high-quality patient care delivery through service oriented, connected architectures.

CareWorks, a Microsoft XRM based company, provides government solutions for the elderly, abused and neglected children, and people with intellectual disabilities. CareDirector is a social care management system designed to meet the needs of self-directed support and personalized care. CareDirector delivers simple-to-use tools to manage customer contact and service provision and to enable the public to have direct input into their social care. CareDirector supports established assessment frameworks: adult services, children’s services, and voluntary organizations.

CGI uses proven approaches and experience gained working with more than 40 state and local health and human services agencies to deliver solutions for child welfare, integrated eligibility, and enterprise case management. CGI govMosiac, a comprehensive, government-specific reference model, incorporates domain expertise tailored to health and human services agencies. CGI’s infoSACWIS solution leverages Microsoft Reporting Services to deliver federal compliance and performance metrics for child welfare in a user friendly and timely manner. With CGI Mobile Worker, case workers can capture information in the field, increasing data quality. CGI also offers CAS v5.0, a .NET-based fraud detection and case management solution.

CoCentrix provides products and solutions that support and promote care coordination within state departments and agencies and between agencies and caregivers. CoCentrix CCP is an enterprise-level care coordination platform. Built on a Microsoft Dynamics® CRM technology foundation, CoCentrix CCP creates a coordinated system of care across service business lines by integrating CoCentrix CCM, a collaborative case management application and CoCentrix EHR, an extension of UNI/CARE Pro-Filer™ 2011, a CCHIT and ONC-ATCB certified electronic health record.

EDS interChange Claims & Administrative Platform solution for Medicaid Management Information Systems embraces the core technologies and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) that align with Microsoft Connected Health and Human Services (HHS) Framework and Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) 2.0 guidelines. The EDS “360-Degree Healthcare Continuum” places the citizen at the center of program services to enable more complete, effective, and efficient service delivery for health and human services. Within the EDS model, governments connect previously siloed services and solutions to optimize the distribution of knowledge, empower consumers, improve performance, and streamline business processes.

ESRI a global provider of geographic information systems (GIS) software, provides enterprise level geographic data management, spatial analytics, and location-aware information presentation solutions to thousands of health and human service organizations. ESRI solutions help agencies improve the accuracy and timeliness of geographically relevant information used to inform the public, make policy decisions, evaluate services, and initiate emergency response. ESRI deployments include West Nile Virus Surveillance in Pennsylvania, Advanced Emergency GIS (AEGIS) at Loma Linda University Medical Center, a vaccination stockpile in Nebraska, and a public health data and emergency management information system in South Carolina.

Evolute is a technology integration services company with a special focus on business process integration, portal development, and business intelligence. As a leading partner experienced with Microsoft BizTalk Server, Evolute provides business process integration solutions for the Connected Health and Human Services (HHS) Framework. Examples include common client-indexing teaming (with fellow Connected HHS Alliance partner VisionWare) in Alaska and numerous health information exchange projects that require deep integration with disconnected systems.

Extend Health, Inc. operates the largest private Medicare exchange and has helped hundreds of thousands of retirees find a Medicare plan that best meets their needs. The Extend Exchange platform provides a complete Medicare supplemental insurance plan choice and comparison engine displaying 67 major health insurance carriers and over 3,500 plan choices. The Extend platform, built on the Microsoft .NET Framework, includes an integrated enterprise voice and call center application utilizing Microsoft Lync Server 2010.

Global 360 process and case management solutions for health and human services serve the needs of both applicants and staff. Our assistance programs and child support solutions provide easier access to eligible participants, web-based access to caseworker information, and workflows to help manage all of the content associated with support cases. As a BPM market leader on the Microsoft platform, we enable customers to extend their Microsoft investments in SharePoint, SQL Server, BizTalk, and Office.

Handel IT is the maker of RiteTrack, a leading information solution provider for health and human services. Built on the Microsoft .NET platform, RiteTrack is the first human services enterprise platform that runs entirely on Microsoft Silverlight technology. Embracing Microsoft health and human services framework guidelines, Handel has implemented RiteTrack for private, state, county, and American Indian organizations nationwide using the advanced integration and framework implemented in line with Microsoft Connected Health and Human Services best practices.

Harmony Information Systems is a provider of web-based information management solutions for both government and private human services organizations. Harmony has long been aligned with Microsoft’s Connected Health and Human Services (HHS) framework and vision. Harmony’s enterprise approach automates and simplifies case management and financial management processes and creates a centralized, comprehensive client view, resulting in improved client outcomes, more efficient service delivery, and compliance with key funding guidelines and requirements. Harmony solutions are used by more than 8,500 users at over 350 customer sites across North America, including multiple implementations in Alabama, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.

Idea Integration focuses on the integration and optimization of clinical and business processes using superior data visualization techniques and the latest Microsoft technologies, all aligned to the Microsoft Connected Health and Human Services Framework. Idea Integration has developed the first Microsoft Silverlight practice management system, customizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM for billing and revenue management, and using BizTalk for electronic medical records (EMR) connections. Idea is a leader in healthcare IT innovation.

IDV Solutions is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner that enables organizations to make their data more actionable using best-in-class data visualization and business intelligence (BI) technologies. The IDV Visual Fusion Suite helps organizations engage with enterprise data in an interactive, easy-to-use, Web-based environment that makes information more accessible, understandable, and contextual. Visual Fusion has been deployed in numerous enterprise and government organizations including Reuters, U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and the States of Alabama and Michigan. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence uses IDV software to report worldwide Avian Flu alerts and watches.

InfoStrat offers a suite of health and human services (HHS) solutions, such as health inspection and contagious disease tracking, built on Microsoft SharePoint and Dynamics CRM—key shared services within the Connected HHS Framework. InfoStrat solutions cross agency boundaries and integrate with existing technology using the familiar interfaces of Microsoft Office and Windows. InfoStrat solutions are deployed across the U.S., including California, Washington, Arizona, Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Netsmart Technologies provides enterprise software solutions to more than 18,000 health and human services organizations, including 300,000 care providers and 38 state systems. Netsmart customers include public health departments, mental health and substance abuse clinics, psychiatric hospitals, private and group mental health practices, vital records offices, and managed-care organizations. Netsmart enables providers to share clinical data electronically and furnish that data to consumers through a Web-based portal on Microsoft .NET, using technology as the catalyst to provide consumers and patients with high-quality, consumer-directed care. Netsmart plans to use the Connected Health and Human Services framework model to enhance its patient portal with an interface to HealthVault, the Microsoft consumer health records platform.

NWN helps government health and human service organizations connect the dots. Every state and local government faces the same issue: how to weld a fragmented, often aging tangle of human service systems and processes into a simple, coherent set of services that meet citizens’ needs. Microsoft’s Connected Health and Human Services (HHS) Framework makes this aspiration both achievable and affordable for governments everywhere. NWN relies on its extensive experience in health and human services to help clients create a realistic roadmap for achieving connected HHS. NWN solutions are deployed in Washington DC, Maryland, and Alabama.

Optimum Technology solutions improve public health and help fight crime by collecting, analyzing, and sharing critical data with those that need it the most to protect their citizens. Optimum’s Microsoft-powered solutions are used in over 12 states and over 1500 individual agencies, helping to save lives every day. From prescription monitoring to case management to justice information sharing solutions, Optimum has over 25 years of state and local government experience.

PECSYS is a clinical information and chronic disease management system supplying healthcare providers with quick and easy access for each patient's overall healthcare posture. PECSYS encourages continued improvement using a system of reports for chronic disease (such as asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular depression, chronic kidney disease). Patients can get early care when problems are treatable, rather than expensive acute care at hospitals. Extensive analytical reporting capabilities allow for patient sub-population analysis (provider, clinic, organization, regional, and national).

Plexis Healthcare Systems solution family for benefits administration provides a highly configurable, rules-based, widely scalable, and modular approach. The solution family, which leverages a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) supported by Microsoft SQL Server and .NET, is a true connection-oriented transport service product within the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) 2.0 guidelines. Plexis Healthcare Systems currently provides software solutions to over 80 commercial healthcare plans, and supports government agencies such as the Veteran’s Administration’s Financial Service Center in Austin, Texas.

PluralSoft’s CareQuotient Analytics solution helps health and human services organizations to unlock the power of analytics on clinical, operational, and financial data to improve population health, chronic disease, and preventative care management/measurement-monitoring-management of care quality while maximizing operational and financial performance. With semantic interoperability and native integration of various HIT data sources, vocabulary standardization, robust data management, and a rich set of pre-built, nationally recognized quality-cost-utilization measures, CareQuotient is Microsoft Connected Health Platform architecture compliant.

Saber Government Solutions, an EDS Company, and Microsoft have a rich history in collaborating to deliver real solutions for customers. We believe that Microsoft’s technology, products, and methods provide a solid foundation to create and extend innovative solutions to our customers. As a premier provider of government technology solutions, Saber’s leadership in delivering Health and Human Services solutions has been enhanced by the company’s partnership with Microsoft. Specifically, Saber is a leader in providing Child Care and Child Support Enforcement solutions, and is using the Connected Health Framework principles in developing current and future product offerings within these verticals. As a result, a number of states are leveraging Saber and Microsoft technology to build mission critical solutions.

Single Stop USA is a national non-profit that increases economic mobility by providing wrap-around services to students and families through combined human service and technology solutions. To support its work in communities and colleges across America and to promote interoperability, Single Stop, working closely with Microsoft, utilizes a proprietary benefits screening platform integrated with a CRM case management system in its work with public and private sector partners to bridge critical gaps in service delivery.

Social Solutions is a leader in human service case management. Our Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) software is used by thousands of public, private, and nonprofit organizations, including SSA, HUD, HHS, Mathematica, Harlem Children’s Zone, and the cities of Boston and Hartford. ETO software supports the results based accountability framework. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Social Solutions uses Microsoft SQL Server and the .NET Framework, and has certified integration for Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Unisys has a mission to help state governments create a connected environment across all of their Health and Human Services (HHS) organizations to achieve high quality healthcare and reduced administrative costs—closely aligned with the Connected (HHS) Alliance vision. Unisys Health PAS, a Medicaid Management Information System designed for Medicaid and state-run healthcare programs, provides a feature-rich, flexible, scalable enterprise solution with best of breed commercial off-the-shelf software integrated via a loosely coupled Services Oriented Architecture. Internal and external use of Web services supports Microsoft’s connected HHS environment vision. Health PAS is deployed in West Virginia and is being implemented in Idaho and Maine.

VisionWare Limited's MultiVue Master Data Management Hub is one of the shared service offerings within the Connected Health and Human Services (HHS) Framework. MultiVue improves operational efficiencies and reduces costs by providing accurate, up-to-date client and patient information across agencies and organizations. Unique identification helps participating organizations to build 360-degree views of the citizens served. MultiVue has been implemented in Alaska, Wyoming and Alabama.

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