User:Andreasquit/Unified patient information management

Concept and Definition
Unified patient information management (UPIM) is a patient-centric approach to health information management. Platforms or systems for UPIM provide single-source access to a patient’s administrative, clinical and financial information from health insurance providers, physicians, health service providers and other data sources.

Background
UPIM addresses the key issues facing the US healthcare system, including increasing costs and inefficiencies.

A UPIM system aims to provide access to the complete medical data of a patient at the time of care.

How UPIM Works
A system for UPIM integrates health IT applications and services that store patient information, in conjunction with the integration of provider office workflows that support specific role-based tasks.

Systems for UPIM differ from provider organization to provider organization. A general practitioner’s office may have various administrative and clinical applications, such as practice management and electronic medical records, while a provider billing office is likely to include administrative and financial applications, such as eligibility checking and EFT, with no clinical applications.