HealthLynked Completes Data
Integration
with
athenahealth,
Inc.
Providing
Patients
with
Easy Access to Medical Records
Naples, FL -- September 15, 2020 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire
-- HealthLynked
Corp.
(OTCQB:
HLYK),
a global
healthcare network focused on the
care
management of its members and a provider of healthcare technologies
connecting
doctors,
patients and medical data, today
announced that
is has
completed the development
of its
data
integration
with athenahealth,
Inc.
that
provides patients with easy access to their medical
records.
HealthLynked's
Application
Programming
Interface (API)
with athenahealth's
EMR will
allow patients to request their health data from connected
practices, thus enabling
patients to keep track of their health information and take
ownership over the
sharing
of
their
medical data. Patients who
enter an
initial request will have their identity verified by
the participating
practice
using HealthLynked's
practice
portal. Practices will be able to onboard quickly using
athenahealth's
existing
integration marketplace.
The
integration works by leveraging athenahealth's
extensive
API to provide data that is typically only available to health
plans and health information exchanges. Patients
can
access information such as
medications, diagnoses, lab results, vitals, and appointment
history in
their
HealthLynked patient record. Patients will be
charged a small fee for each
record request.
athenahealth
is one of
the top EMRs in the country with over 160,000 healthcare
provider
users
and 153 million
patient
records across 110 medical specialties. athenahealth
offers a cloud-based revenue cycle solution geared towards
large, multi-physician
groups and
hospitals. athenahealth
also caters to small and individual practices and was awarded Best
in Klas Small Practice Ambulatory EMR/PM in 2020.
HealthLynked
CEO, Dr.
Michael
Dent,
stated,
"Integration
with athenahealth
allows
many of our patient
members the ability to
easily
access
their medical information and have their
records
available to all
their
healthcare providers. We
will
be deploying
the
integration in
some of
our clinical sites and we are excited to now
offer
this service to
our
existing patient members. Patients should be
able to easily gain access to their medical information and share
this with the healthcare providers they choose. Timely access to
medical records will
help
improve treatment and reduce costly delays in care."
About
athenahealth, Inc.
athenahealth partners
with medical organizations across the country to drive clinical and
financial results. Our vision is to create a thriving ecosystem
that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare
for all, and we are pursuing this through our medical record,
revenue cycle, patient engagement, and care coordination service
offerings. Our expert teams build modern technology on an open,
connected ecosystem, yielding insights that make a difference for
our customers and their patients. For more information, please
visit
www.athenahealth.com.
About
HealthLynked Corp.
HealthLynked Corp.
provides a solution for both patient members and providers to
improve healthcare through the efficient exchange of medical
information. The HealthLynked Network is a cloud-based platform
that allows members to connect with their healthcare providers and
take more control of their healthcare. Members enter their medical
information, including medications, allergies, past surgeries and
personal health records, in one convenient online and secure
location, free of charge. Participating healthcare providers
can connect with their current and future patients through the
system. Benefits to in-network providers include the ability to
utilize the HealthLynked patent pending patient access hub "PAH"
for patient analytics. Other benefits for preferred providers
include HLYK marketing tools to connect with their active and
inactive patients to improve patient retention, access more
accurate and current patient information, provide more efficient
online scheduling and to fill last minute cancelations using the
Company's "real time appointment scheduling" all within its mobile
application. Preferred providers pay a monthly fee to access these
HealthLynked services. For additional information about
HealthLynked Corp., please visit
www.healthlynked.com
and
connect with HealthLynked on Twitter, Facebook, and
LinkedIn.
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Contacts:
George
O'Leary
Chief
Financial Officer
goleary@healthlynked.com
(800)
928-7144, ext. 99
Investor
Relations Contacts:
Stephanie
Prince
PCG
Advisory Group
sprince@pcgadvisory.com
646-762-4518
Jim
Hock
Hanover
International Inc.
jh@hanoverintlinc.com
760-564-7400