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TennCare signs online records deal
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted July 25, 2005
On June 29, Tennessee signed a contract under which Shared Health, a subsidiary of the state's Blues plan, will digitize the health records of TennCare patients as part of an initiative to improve patient care, reduce fraud and lower costs.
Under the initiative, physicians will be able to access, over the Internet, records of patients enrolled in Tennessee's troubled Medicaid program. This will give access to data that will help avoid medication errors and duplication of tests and procedures. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the largest insurer participant in TennCare, the state's Medicaid-like health plan.
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