2008-10-03 15:33:34 - Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report analysing the computer assisted coding (CAC) of medical information market

'Computer Assisted Coding Of Medical Information Market: Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts 2008 to 2014', which is available at www.reportbuyer.com/go/WIN00039 reports that the number of procedures that use CAC is set to increase rapidly as the technology becomes more accurate.

The report shows that the trials have been completed successfully. The systems automate a tedious process and create efficient operation in the hospital and physician office environment. In this manner the automation that has been used by banks and manufacturing operations for years is moving to healthcare.

Authors of the report highlight that CAC promises to provide more efficient care delivery, alleviating the situation by matching codes generated from physician notes to standard treatment protocols. At the moment, figures show that emergency

department visits rose 20% in 2008, while the number of available emergency centres fell by 15%. Also, a study from the American Hospital Association indicated that 62% of hospitals feel they are at or over operating capacity.

The study further shows that CAC systems are implemented with natural language pattern recognition in order to assign appropriate billing codes based on the language and the context in which those patterns of language occur.

The ability to link diagnostic patient information to treatment regimes and drug prescriptions is central to improving medical care delivery. Once a physician can see what conditions need to be followed, and see that appropriate care has been prescribed 100% of the time, care delivery improves dramatically. Diagnosis of conditions using radiology frequently results in detection of events that need follow-up.

The report 'Computer Assisted Coding Of Medical Information Market: Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts 2008 to 2014' is available from Report Buyer at: www.reportbuyer.com/computing_electronics/services/computer_assi ..

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