FMCNA’s Acumen Physician Solutions Division Unveils Acumen 2.0, Powered by Epic
March 16 2017 - 3:13PM
Business Wire
Acumen Physician Solutions, a subsidiary of Fresenius Medical
Care North America (FMCNA), today announced that it has joined
forces with Epic Systems Corporation to develop Acumen 2.0 powered
by Epic. This unprecedented partnership between the nation’s two
largest providers of electronic health records (EHRs) for
nephrologists enables information sharing and provider
communication on a scale unmatched in the marketplace.
“Our collaboration with Epic delivers next generation EHR
capabilities for our valued physicians and clinicians, improving
usability and enhancing data sharing capabilities,” says Bill
Valle, Chief Executive Officer for FMCNA. “The ability to connect
the vast majority of our caregivers through Epic’s feature rich
tools will empower our providers and their patients with actionable
data—where and when they need it—and underscores our efforts to be
the clear partner of choice for physicians.”
Epic is the information backbone for a majority of the largest
integrated health systems in the world, a broad connected community
for patient information comprising 405 health care organizations
covering 41,200 clinics, 1,950 hospitals, and over 336,000
physicians. In the United States, the Epic community cares for over
60% of the total patient population. Epic’s growing footprint of
nearly 2,000 hospitals and extensive integration with hospital
systems will provide Acumen 2.0 customers with improved access to
important patient data to help make more informed and timely
decisions.
“Acumen 2.0 improves out-of-the-office workflow efficiency for
our many physicians who spend considerable time in hospitals
working as consultants and/or attending to their own patients in
clinics,” said Dr. Frank Maddux, FMCNA’s Chief Medical Officer and
Executive Vice President for Clinical and Scientific Affairs, and
Founder of Acumen Physician Solutions. “Enhancing access to patient
data will not only improve care coordination and the user
experience for our physicians, but will also drive innovation and
quality for the benefit of the patients entrusted to our care.”
Acumen 2.0 presents a significant upgrade of Acumen’s current
health IT products to help nephrologists be successful in this
changing era of healthcare. Systems interoperability, data sharing
and care coordination are increasingly important for population
health management efforts, especially for patients under risk-based
care models, including the nearly 20 percent of Fresenius Medical
Care’s dialysis patients that are expected to be under some form of
risk-based care by the end of 2017.
About Fresenius Medical Care North AmericaFresenius
Medical Care North America is the premier health care company
focused on providing the highest quality care to people with renal
and other chronic conditions. Through its industry-leading network
of dialysis facilities, outpatient cardiac and vascular labs, and
urgent care centers, as well as the country’s largest practice of
hospitalist and post-acute providers, Fresenius Medical Care
provides coordinated health care services at pivotal care points
for hundreds of thousands of chronically ill customers throughout
the continent. As the world’s largest fully vertically
integrated renal company, it offers specialty pharmacy and
laboratory services, and manufactures and distributes the most
comprehensive line of dialysis equipment, disposable products, and
renal pharmaceuticals. For more information, visit the FMCNA
website at www.fmcna.com
About Acumen Physician Solutions
Acumen Physician Solutions is the market leading EHR for
nephrology and a subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care North America
(FMCNA). Since 2007, the company has been a strategic asset for
FMCNA’s Fresenius Kidney Care dialysis division, successfully
penetrating the nephrology EHR market with a relentless focus on
nephrologists’ unique needs and their overall experience. The
Acumen footprint includes 280 nephrology practices, along with over
2,400 providers. Nephrology-specific products include: Acumen
Mobile Charge Capture, Acumen nEHR, Acumen Plus (nEHR+PM), Acumen
Practice Management, Acumen Nephrologixx, and Acumen PQRS. For more
information, please visit http://acumenmd.com/2-0-coming-soon/
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Fresenius Medical Care North AmericaJon Stone,
781-392-4680Jonathan.d.stone@fmc-na.com
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