Press Releases
02/16/2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 16, 2012— A new survey commissioned by the Optum Institute for Sustainable Health (the Optum Institute) published today provides the most up-to-date national snapshot of U.S. hospitals’ information systems adoption, and their strategies and concerns about the future.
02/14/2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., February 14, 2012 – Health services leader Optum today launched a secure, cloud-based environment designed to help everyone involved in patient care communicate and collaborate more effectively to improve health outcomes. The health care cloud, by Optum, will be previewed at the HIMSS 2012 conference in Las Vegas, Feb. 20-24.
02/14/2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., February 14, 2012 – Optum today launched Optum Care Suite, a set of applications that will help physicians and other health professionals access detailed health intelligence on patient, system and population health, and collaborate to make medical care decisions and improve health outcomes.
02/13/2012
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Feb. 13, 2012 – The Arkansas Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT) today announced that OptumInsight’s health information exchange (HIE) technology has been selected to build the infrastructure for the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), Arkansas’s statewide health information exchange.
01/30/2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., January 30, 2012 – OptumInsight’s health information exchange and computer-assisted coding solutions have achieved the highest industry standards for enabling health system interoperability at the annual Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North American Connectathon. Tests performed at the event validated the abilities of OptumInsight’s advanced health care technologies to help connect health care stakeholders and support better-coordinated, higher-quality patient care.
01/10/2012
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 10, 2012 – America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) announced it has recognized Optum as a designated provider of solutions that help health plans improve member health, streamline administrative processes, optimize their care provider network and adapt to evolving business dynamics.
12/20/2011
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 20, 2011 – The East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN) has selected OptumInsight’s health information exchange (HIE) technology to help physicians, hospitals and other health care providers in the region improve patient care coordination and quality.
11/15/2011
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Nov. 15, 2011 — Optum today launched The Optum Institute for Sustainable Health (The Optum Institute), which will leverage the company’s broad health care experience and research capabilities to provide analysis and insight on the rapidly changing health care landscape.
11/07/2011
Eden Prairie, Minn. (Nov 7, 2011) — Optum has introduced its Accountable Care Solutions business to enable hospitals, physicians and health plans to better coordinate patient care, enhance care quality and financial performance and, ultimately, increase consumers’ satisfaction with the health system.
11/04/2011
OptumInsight will join global researchers and thought-leaders at ISPOR Nov. 5-8 in Madrid to examine the latest findings and outcomes in the areas of health care regulatory policy, patient insights, and medical product safety.
11/04/2011
Jakob B. Bjorner, MD, PhD has joined OptumInsight as chief science officer at QualityMetric Incorporated, the company’s patient insights group.
10/26/2011
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 26, 2011 – Optum today announced it is launching Optum Middle East LLC, a joint venture with Abu Dhabi-based Lifeline Hospital Group, to help leading care providers in the region improve financial performance and increase operating efficiency, enabling them to focus on enhancing patient care.
10/05/2011
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., and HAMILTON, Ontario, Oct. 5, 2011 – OptumInsight Life Sciences has expanded its strategic environmental regulatory services for pharmaceutical and other manufacturers with the acquisition of assets from MTE GlobalTox, a division of MTE Consultants Inc.
10/04/2011
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Oct. 4, 2011 – OptumInsight today launched new capabilities for its Netwerkes electronic data interchange (EDI) service, creating a smart clearinghouse that will help hospitals and physician practices – and particularly those using Epic Practice Management Systems – increase billing accuracy and productivity, reduce administrative costs and ensure timely receipt of payments from health plans.
09/28/2011
SAN JOSE, CA and TUCSON, AZ September 28, 2011 – The Health Information Network of Arizona (HINAz), and Axolotl Corp., now OptumInsight, today announced their partnership to create a statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) network in Arizona. HINAz will implement the Axolotl HIE platform from OptumInsight to build the HIE infrastructure to enable the sharing and exchange of clinical data from all available sources across the state - improving access, quality and safety of health care while reducing and stabilizing costs.