Independent Review Organizations and IT Systems

Gone are the days when you can just have Microsoft Word and a couple of other applications at your company and be capable of dealing with the administrative and quality workflow that is required in order to be an IRO. Today, best in class IROs are investing in integrated web applications that provide an automated workflow between clients, their own operations, and peer specialists. In fact, AllMed Healthcare Management is in the process of rolling out it's own application called PeerPoint, which will greatly streamline and improve our ability to automate the workflow.

Companies that want to be in the business of providing independent medical reviews have to have a high degree of integration of their IT systems in order to be competitive. That includes having standardized operating systems at the network level and at the application level building customizing software applications that integrate and provide for administrative efficiency when it comes to taking in, assigning, processing, and returning independent medical reviews to its clients.

An IRO needs to have a quality IT process, standardization of operating systems, privacy and security procedures as it relates to IT information systems. These are all the kinds of things that the IRO has to maintain from an IT standpoint in today's environment.
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