Merge Healthcare, a provider
of clinical systems for the healthcare industry, reports that its iConnect®
Network interoperability solution received 19 new contracts in the first
quarter of 2014. iConnect Network streamlines the exchange of clinical data to
enable healthcare organizations to reduce costs, increase referrals, and meet
Meaningful Use 2 (MU2) requirements.
Southern Illinois
Healthcare, Merge’s first hospital customer to sign up for the iConnect
Network, is a non-profit healthcare system dedicated to promoting the health
and well-being of all of the people within the communities they serve.
“We’ve worked with Merge for
several years, leveraging their PACS and cardiology solutions, so it was an
easy choice to implement Merge’s vendor-neutral archive and iConnect Network
for a comprehensive, enterprise-wide imaging strategy,” Dave Holland, Southern
Illinois Healthcare’s CIO, stated in the news release. “Despite having a health
information exchange in place, we needed a single solution that handles imaging
as it becomes more important to healthcare as a whole. With iConnect Network,
we’ll meet MU2 requirements for the exchange of images and, most importantly,
enable better access to imaging for physicians in order to provide the best
care for our patients.”
Among the new contracts are
MBB Radiology in Jacksonville, Fla., Radiology Imaging Associates PC in Denver,
Colo., Southwest Diagnostic Imaging Center in Dallas, Texas, St. Paul Radiology
in St. Paul, Minn., and Washington Radiology Associates PC in Fairfax, Va.
iConnect Network v2.0, the
latest version of Merge’s advanced interoperability solution, has been enhanced
with several advancements that enables customers to:
• Deliver radiology reports natively into referring
physician electronic health records, without the cost of building custom
interfaces through the use of partner networks;
• Meet MU attestation by quickly indicating when an imaging
report was delivered, to whom and when the images were accessed;
• Simplify system workflows and identify physicians in the
network with directory search capabilities; and
• Access more in depth reporting with links to diagnostic
quality images uploaded directly into the provider’s electronic health record.
“The momentum Merge has
gained with iConnect Network so far this year reinforces our view that our
customers need true interoperable environments to communicate with community
physicians outside of their four walls,” said Justin Dearborn, CEO of Merge.
“Collaboration and innovation between health systems, providers and
radiologists are keys for achieving such an environment. Merge’s ongoing
success in creating and launching our advanced imaging and interoperability
network is a tribute to our customers diligence as they push ahead to meet new
value-based care models and regulatory mandates to enhance the overall patient
care experience within their organizations.”
For more information, visit
www.merge.com
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