VM 360-IPPS

The VirtuMed 360 Independent Physician Practice system (IPPS) will also function as the first hands-on, dynamic practice-management system for independent medical practices, which today are under tremendous financial strain. Better practice management—which is achieved with a combination of software and human expertise—will mean that independent physicians can thrive and become job creators. 

Virtumed 360 will create centralized, interoperable virtual healthcare marketplace for the entire healthcare system that brings patients and healthcare services together over a single cloud-based system.

As the country’s healthcare system continues to change, the government has been promoting the managed care system as the best possible model for effective, affordable healthcare delivery. But while a managed care system might be best for government officials, is it really what’s best for consumers?  State and federal regulators want to control the healthcare system as closely as they can, and making all healthcare facilities function according to the same rules is one way to control it as inexpensively as possible.

A system where every physician follows a set of standards, protocols, and all patient records are centralized, is a way to make a large, sprawling healthcare system become manageable and affordable. But taking choice away from consumers is very seldom the right answer to any problem in this country. There should be a way to regulate the system without pressuring independent practices to join larger health systems. The technology is being developed today that will link up the smaller practices with the larger health system, and make all health records centralized. If independent practices use the right technologies, they should be able to remain in business, offer more choice to patients and become a seamless part of a larger, centralized system while keeping their autonomy. Fast-forward to the present, and healthcare management systems are software-based, and patient records have been digitized. It’s a big improvement over stacks of paperwork piling up in every corner, but unfortunately, there’s still a lot of work to be done.