HP Healthcare Solutions Drive Clinical and Financial Value for Top Healthcare Organizations

Seven of the top 10 healthcare companies have chosen HP's imaging and printing solutions to drive both clinical and financial value, leveraging the company's products, solutions, and services to offset the impact of the economic recession, reimbursement cuts, and the rise of "self pay." HP's solutions help healthcare organizations digitize medical records, provide relevant and actionable guidance for patients, and navigate new healthcare reform.

Key Takeaways:

HP's imaging and printing solutions have been adopted by seven of the top 10 healthcare companies, including Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Centra Health, Children's Hospital Boston, Cigna, Exempla Healthcare, Health Net, Humana, and San Juan Regional Medical Center.
One healthcare company saw a 35 percent reduction in document costs while improving production quality and boosting satisfaction metrics after implementing a document management solution, according to a Forrester Research report.
The HP Distributed Document Capture Solution for Healthcare streamlines and automates paper-based processes, capturing and transforming paper documents into digital images that are routed to a secure and centrally managed repository.
The HP and TROY SecureRx Printing Solution enables healthcare organizations to print prescriptions with tamper-resistant security features using plain paper and their enterprise-class HP PCL5 LaserJet printers and MFPs.
Customers, including Centra Health, Children's Hospital Boston, and San Juan Regional Medical Center, are experiencing increased time with patients, reduced costs of prescription printing, and reduced calls from pharmacists to physicians to explain prescription notations.
HP Exstream can help hospitals with Patient Protection, including care communication efforts after hospital discharge, reducing hospital readmission rates and improving patient outcomes.
HP's Digital Health solutions are designed to advance telehealth adoption and accessibility for healthcare organizations and patients, leveraging the company's extensive portfolio of products, solutions, and partners.

Statistics:

One healthcare organization saw a 35 percent reduction in document costs, according to a Forrester Research report.
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services tracks hospital readmission rates, which cost roughly $17 billion a year.
HP's imaging and printing solutions have been adopted by seven of the top 10 healthcare companies.
Healthcare providers and payers can consolidate patient data into one file that is accessible to all providers using the HP Distributed Document Capture Solution for Healthcare.

Sources:

"Three Ways to Drive Document Value," Forrester Research Inc., Nov. 2, 2010.
"Rehospitalization Among Patients in the Medicare Fee-for-Service Program," The New England Journal of Medicine, 360 (2009): 1418-28.
HP Press Release, HP Creates New Possibilities for Healthcare Organizations with Solutions that Drive Clinical and Financial Value.