PRODUCTIVITY WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
Raintree Systems is a multifunctional health care information system that is available to Health Care Providers for there clinical management needs. Raintree has been in use since 1985 to meet billing and clinical needs and the ability to customize Raintree's modules has allowed it to be a leader in single provider and multi-provider clinics. In this paper we will talk about the business application of the system and what kind of information is processed. We will also talk about what type of input is needed as well as the outputs it produces and who is responsible for the security and maintenance of the system. We also briefly discuss the system's future and whether it is flexible enough to be changed or upgraded or just replaced altogether.
BUSINESS PURPOSE.
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Raintree Systems was designed as an open architecture information system to provide Health Care Providers the necessary tools to allow functionality and flexibility. The main purpose of the system is to allow medical clinics to process patient scheduling and patient billing, word processing, e-mailing all within a single system. In the past, most Health Care Providers would have to purchase separate software packages for all those applications, which could be very labor and cost intensive and unproductive for the clinic. Based on past experience with other applications, Raintree uses scripting language and flexible database architecture to produce modules (screens) that can be customized to a clinics needs. The information that is processed includes clinic financial information, billing information, patient scheduling, patient demographics (name, address etc.), patient medical history and insurance information and other information necessary for the clinics to operate. The!.
reason all this information needs to be processed is to make the each clinic profitable without making it to labor and cost intensive.
