| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health informatics |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | www.e-imo.com |
Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO) is a privately held company specializing in developing, managing and licensing medical vocabularies. IMO partners with various health care organazations, medical content providers and EHR developers.
Founded in 1994, IMO is based in Northbrook, Illinois. IMO's clinical interface terminology, which helps to map diagnostic terminologies to medical concepts and billing codes, was launched in 1995. Products such as Problem (IT) and Procedure (IT) aim to help physicians more easily choose the correct medical term for their cases, which then aids in finding the correct billing code.[1] These products' medical vocabularies are regularly updated so as to be mapped with standarized vocabularies such as ICD and SNOMED, as well as to comply with the October 1, 2013, date of compliance for migrating to ICD-10.[2] [3]
IMO works with companies such as Allscripts, Cerner and Epic Systems, providing vocabularies for the companies' health care software applications, which are then used by various hospitals and physicians.[4]
Products
edit- Problem (IT)
- Procedure (IT)
- Medication (IT)
- Medical Necessity
- iHealth Search
- Clinical Intelligence
References
edit- ^ "Health Care Technology: Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/01/20090115f.html
- ^ "IMO Announces Year-End Release of Problem IT with ICD-10-CM Codes". EMR and Health IT News. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ "INTELLIGENT MEDICAL OBJECTS, INC". HIMSS Online Buyer's Guide. Retrieved 9 June 2011.