Connecting the docs

Let's recall Pee-Wee's Playhouse with this: Connect the dots... la, la, la, la. Connect the dots. Of course it's way more sing-song when he says it and he's prancing around like Pee-Wee does. Now, changes dots with docs and envision a system that pools medical information on patients for doctors across Michigan.

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Doctors across Michigan will have access to a comprehensive database of medical information on patients under a deal to be announced today between the Michigan State Medical Society and the Covisint subsidiary of Detroit-based Compuware Corp. (NASDAQ: CPWR).

Compuware and the society say the network is the first of its kind in the nation, a physician-led statewide effort to "connect the docs" to improve the delivery, security and efficiency of care.

"Over time, you will be in a position where you go see your primary care physician, and your physician refers you to a specialist, and they can push this information out to the specialist, so you won't have to fill out duplicate paperwork or have redundant lab tests," said David Furst, Covisint vice president for health care.

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