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Polyglot joins Allscripts Developer Program Improves patient medication adherence and reduces healthcare costs with Meducation®
Polyglot Systems’ flagship solution, Meducation®, is now certified for Allscripts Sunrise Acute Care™ via the Allscripts Developer Program and its uniquely Open APIs. The integration of Meducation with Allscripts Sunrise allows hospitals to promptly improve patient medication adherence, reduce hospital readmissions and dramatically improve patient satisfaction.
Meducation delivers:
• Simplified patient-specific medication instructions written at a 5th-8th grade reading level
• Vastly improved performance under Affordable Care Act funding programs, such as Value Based Purchasing and Hospital Readmissions Reduction
• Instructions for 2900+ medications and 127,000 NDC codes, in 19 languages and in variable font sizes
• Single-page summaries of complex medication regimens. Pictograms and online videos that clarify critical information.
• Effective, efficient, patient-centered care
• Proven increases in medication adherence and patient satisfaction
“With Meducation, Allscripts Sunrise users can ensure that all their patients understand medication instructions, regardless of literacy, vision, language or other challenges,” said Sims Preston, CEO, Polyglot. “Allscripts certification of Meducation showcases our expertise in breakthrough health IT and demonstrates our ability to complement Allscripts solutions.”
“The Allscripts Developer Program was designed to speed innovation to implementation and showcase solutions like Meducation that are highly complementary to Allscripts” said Stanley Crane, Chief Innovation Officer, Allscripts. “Healthcare providers can now adopt Meducation with the assurance that it adds value to their Sunrise platform and helps ensure their patients are adhering to their prescription regimen, all with the end goal of keeping their patients healthier.”
More about Meducation can be found on the Allscripts Application Store. For a custom quote and demonstration, contact info@pgsi.com.
About Polyglot Systems
Polyglot Systems’ award-winning Meducation software was developed under a grant from the National Institutes of Health to bridge communication barriers between healthcare providers and patients. Improving patient understanding and medication adherence results in reduced healthcare costs are and increased patient satisfaction. Polyglot’s products have been licensed to hospitals, health systems, clinics, pharmacies and public health departments.
For more information, press only: Lisa Crites, Polyglot Systems Inc., Morrisville NC, 321-298-2988
321-298-2988, lclisacrites@gmail.com.
321-298-2988, lclisacrites@gmail.com.