Fast and secure health information exchange
Industry standard in New Zealand. Used by all major NZ Life insurers and 99.9% of NZ GPs
Get the health information you need, quickly, easily and securely
It’s not your core business to chase up medical information, so SureMed does this on your behalf, allowing you to focus on what’s important to you. With SureMed you simply identify the health information you need, and from which provider, and we take care of the collection, follow-ups and payments. SureMed’s use of high standard encryption means that consumers’ confidential information is well protected.
SureMed Key Benefits
Not only do users rate SureMed highly for data protection, ease of use and user support, SureMed has generated impressive outcomes, by significantly reducing paper and costs involved in the process and improving the turnaround time from over 20 days to an average of just 5 days.
A streamlined workflow between you and health providers means that the required health information comes back in days, not weeks.
We chase up the information and pay the health providers on your behalf, so your team can focus on their core role.
SureMed’s streamlined provider payment and invoice reconciliation eliminates double payments and duplicate medical requests.
Robust physical, electronic and management processes protect sensitive information, providing peace of mind for you, the information provider and your client.
Easy management of all health information requests in a single place means you can focus more time on delivering better client outcomes.
Digitise your workflow and receive regular data insights and reporting across new business and claims operations.
Since 2010, there have been over 2 Million health information exchanges between insurers and health providers through SureMed. All NZ GP Practices and NZ’s major Life insurers now use SureMed.
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SureMed
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With
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Number of smart forms & workflows | 21 insurers, 80 different workflows | One smart form, One standard workflow |
Response method | Hand-written responses | 84% completed electronically |
Average doctor and staff time to complete a request | 35-45 minutes | 8-12 minutes |
Average health info request turnaround time | Over 20 days | Less than 5 days |
Length of payment cycle | Over 60-day | 5-day |
Percentage of double billings | 20% | Zero |
Number of contact points in the process | Multiple | One contact point |
Getting started is easy
We work with you to determine which features will suit your workflow for best results.
You choose which health info request templates you’d like on your selection list.
You will have access to our entire health provider network and if you have any information providers that are not on our database, we can set them up for you.
We set up your user accounts, provide training and ongoing support.