3M Health Information Systems

3M Health Information Systems is a division of 3M Company specializing in clinical documentation improvement, health information management, and computer-assisted coding solutions rather than traditional ambulatory EHR systems. The platform is primarily designed for hospitals, health systems, and large integrated delivery networks requiring enterprise-level coding accuracy, compliance, and revenue cycle optimization.

The core offering centers on 3M's proprietary classification systems including APR DRGs (All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups), Clinical Risk Groups (CRGs), and the 3M 360 Encompass System for computer-assisted coding. These tools leverage natural language processing and artificial intelligence to analyze clinical documentation and suggest appropriate diagnosis and procedure codes, reducing coding errors and claim denials while improving reimbursement accuracy.

3M HIS differentiates itself through decades of healthcare informatics expertise, particularly in coding and classification methodology development. The company's APR DRG system is widely used for severity of illness and risk of mortality adjustment across US hospitals. Their Clinical Document Improvement (CDI) software helps healthcare organizations bridge gaps between clinical documentation and coding requirements, ensuring accurate reflection of patient acuity and resource utilization.

The platform typically integrates with existing hospital EHR systems (Epic, Cerner, Meditech) rather than replacing them, functioning as a complementary layer for coding automation, documentation quality assessment, and revenue cycle analytics. Deployment models include cloud-based SaaS and on-premise installations depending on organizational requirements.

Target customers are predominantly acute care hospitals, academic medical centers, multi-facility health systems, and physician groups affiliated with larger hospital networks. The solutions scale from single hospitals to enterprise implementations across hundreds of facilities. 3M HIS serves facilities performing complex inpatient coding, outpatient surgical coding, emergency department coding, and physician professional fee coding.

Key strengths include proven classification methodologies trusted by CMS and commercial payers, strong natural language processing capabilities that continuously improve through machine learning, and comprehensive analytics for identifying documentation improvement opportunities and compliance risks. The platform supports value-based care initiatives through risk adjustment accuracy and quality reporting capabilities tied to proper coding and documentation practices.