HSAGlobal announces major software upgrade to Collaborative Care Management Solution (CCMS)

Media Release
July 15, 2009

CCMS version 3.0 enables integrated care between primary and secondary health providers for patients with long term conditions

Auckland, New Zealand - Health software company HSAGlobal today announced the latest release of their Collaborative Care Management Solution (CCMS). CCMS version 3.0 includes significant architectural, functional and user interface enhancements, supplying health providers with a platform for integrated care across the continuum of care.

CCMS is a Software-as-a-Service application, providing health record, clinical case management and workflow functionality that makes integrated care management information available at the point-of-care via PC, laptop, tablet or mobile devices and to patients and their families through a patient portal. CCMS is used by healthcare provider organizations to manage long term conditions and chronic disease more effectively, "closing the loop" to link client, care provider, service manager and funder, wherever they are located. CCMS enables healthcare organizations to improve client care while creating clinical and business efficiencies.

According to Matt Hector-Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer of HSAGlobal, “The backbone of CCMS is a shared, multi-disciplinary care plan. This new version of CCMS will equip health care organisations and funders with an IT framework to enable integrated care between their primary and secondary providers and reach out to patients with long term conditions and their families.”

The first customer to implement CCMS Version 3.0 will be Mangere Community Health Trust (MCHT), an influential community health services provider in Auckland, New Zealand. Initially, Mangere CHT will integrate CCMS with their existing physician practice system, using CCMS for long-term care and to involve the broader, multidisciplinary care team. CCMS will then be extended for community-based, mobile workers and the Patient Portal deployed for selected patients.

About CCMS

CCMS features the following clinical and business functions: registration, RADT management, program and capacity management, rules-based user-configurable assessments and alerts, specialist assessments including interRAI and Mobile Wound Care, case planning / care planning, case delivery management, measurements and results, medications administration, case / clinical notes, analysis / reporting, and the optional CCMS Patient Portal module. Version 3.0 adds new and intuitive navigation; diagnosis management; plus new views and various workflow enhancements, and utilizes a services oriented architecture making it inherently integration ready.

In Canada, telecommunications leader TELUS is the exclusive service provider for HSAGlobal. TELUS manages the hosting of CCMS, along with all infrastructure including devices, network, platform, and billing. TELUS is uniquely positioned in ICT to enable a true transformation of healthcare in Canada.

In Australia, Fujitsu is the exclusive service provider for HSAGlobal. Fujitsu delivers the software as a service, including all data centre services, support desk and Microsoft applications. As the third largest ICT Company in the Australian and New Zealand marketplace, Fujitsu is uniquely positioned to provide fully managed, end-to-end healthcare information systems and services that will improve patient outcomes and accelerate business returns. Australia is one of four countries on Fujitsu’s global health steering committee.

In Singapore, HSAGlobal’s exclusive service provider is SingTel. SingTel is Asia’s leading communications group with a network of 37 offices in 19 countries and territories throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States.

CCMS is offered through the hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model for a monthly subscription fee. The SaaS model eliminates the need for heavy upfront capital investments and high on-going maintenance costs, making it a very attractive proposition for both large and small healthcare providers. As a mobile solution, it is ideal for the treatment of home-bound clients and the elderly.

About HSAGlobal

HSAGlobal builds and distributes healthcare software for integrated care and long term condition management. Our products address the needs of providers and clients in the home & community care, long term & aged care, mental healthcare, chronic care, and corporate wellness sectors. HSAGlobal conducts business in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Singapore, with staff and Service Provider partners in each country. HSAGlobal also has customers in the United States. Corporate headquarters and research & development are based in Auckland, New Zealand. For more information, please visit www.hsaglobal.net

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