ICODE™ medical coding software uses the power of natural language processing (NLP) to provide hospital-based coding with unparalleled:

  • productivity
  • accuracy
  • consistency
  • compliance
  • traceability

Company Background

A-Life Hospital is a partnership of A-Life Medical, a leader in computer-assisted coding solutions, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), one of the world’s finest academic medical centers. This partnership was established only after an extensive review of all available technologies in the healthcare NLP space by UPMC, in conjunction with experts at one of the world’s leading NLP research universities.

Founded in 1996, A-Life Medical is a privately-held medical informatics company headquartered in San Diego, California. A-Life Medical’s automated coding products are built on its NLP technology that reads and understands medical text. A-Life Medical’s customers include billing services companies and physician practice groups, with more than 2,700 users across the United States. A-Life Medical’s products are delivered through the Application Service Provider (ASP) model.

UPMC is the premier health system in western Pennsylvania and one of the most renowned academic medical centers in the United States. UPMC has created a genuinely integrated health care delivery system with world-class centers in transplantation, cancer, neurosurgery, psychiatry, rehabilitation, geriatrics, and women’s health, among others. UPMC also has invested significantly in information technology to link and integrate electronic medical records across multiple hospitals and care settings. Today, with 43,000 employees, UPMC comprises 20 hospitals and a network of other care sites across western Pennsylvania and throughout the world: doctors’ offices, cancer centers, outpatient treatment centers, specialized imaging and surgery facilities, in-home care, rehabilitation sites, behavioral healthcare, and nursing homes.

The partnership between A-Life Medical and UPMC provides A-Life Hospital with unmatched resources for developing a hospital-based computer-assisted coding tool, including:

  • A superior, tested NLP engine
  • Demonstrated expertise in computer-assisted coding
  • Vast clinical expertise necessary to properly identify and address workflow, user interface, and integration needs
  • A diverse software test bed of 20 hospitals, spanning the range of tertiary hospitals, midsized hospitals, community hospitals, and specialty hospitals.