OREANDA-NEWS. May 30, 2013. McKesson has released the 2013 update of its InterQual® clinical content and software portfolio, market-leading solutions that help payers and providers determine the use of the right healthcare resources at the right time to help improve the quality of care.

Enhancements this year not only expand the breadth of conditions that the evidence-based criteria cover but also provide intelligent workflows that facilitate interaction with the content. With more interactive, actionable content, payers and providers can more easily collaborate in decisions about medical appropriateness.

“With each release, we aim to not only deepen our content portfolio but also make that content more actionable through a variety of format and technology enhancements,” said A. Jacqueline Mitus, MD, senior vice president, Clinical Development and Strategy, at McKesson Health Solutions. “Rendering clinical content more accessible and interactive helps bring greater consistency, collaboration, efficiency and quality to both the delivery of healthcare services and the business of healthcare.”

McKesson’s Decision Management solutions provide a shared language to help payers, providers and other organizations determine the evidence-based clinical appropriateness of settings of care, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, surgical procedures and behavioral health services. Organizations then have a wide variety of technology options to bring the criteria directly to the point of care, helping decrease administrative costs and improve clinical decision-making. InterQual solutions are used by more than 300 managed care organizations and 4,100 provider organizations and leading government entities, representing 86% of all U.S. hospital discharges and 95% of all reasons for admissions, procedures and imaging studies. In addition, InterQual is licensed by 95% of the 100 Top Hospitals in the United States, as named by the Truven Health 100 Top Hospitals® program.

“As healthcare transforms and focuses on value, embedding this intelligent content into interactive workflows will be critical. Actionable intelligence facilitates transparency between payers and providers, resulting in improved collaboration and partnership,” said Matthew Zubiller, vice president, Decision Management, at McKesson Health Solutions.