LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Los
Angeles Network for Enhanced Services (LANES) and The Los
Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS)
announced their co-partnership with Fulgent Genetics Inc.
(NASDAQ:FLGT) to support the data exchange of coronavirus tests
performed at nearly 20 local drive-thru, walk-up and community
clinic testing sites. As COVID-19 infections hit record levels in
LA County, access to the most relevant test data is essential for
healthcare providers to inform patient care decisions.
"We're committed to broad-scale Los
Angeles County public health response to help our medical
community participants significantly curtail the outbreak," said
Ali Modaressi, CEO of LANES. "Our
collaboration with Fulgent Genetics and DHS will fast-track getting
COVID-19 test results in the hands of our dedicated Los Angeles providers who use our health
information exchange platform. Physicians and other clinicians can
view their patient's test results along with other pertinent
clinical information in real time to make the best treatment
decision for the patient."
Since May 25, Fulgent Genetics has
administered thousands of laboratory-developed tests daily at
community sites across Southern
California to support the state's public health pandemic
crisis. The partnership facilitates the electronic sharing of
COVID-19 test results with DHS and LANES. LANES serves as the
community's connectivity conduit posting COVD-19 test results to
the patient's electronic health record (EHR) within 24 hours
turnaround of the resident being tested.
According to James Xie, Chief
Operating Officer, Fulgent Genetics, "Fulgent Genetics is committed
to delivering up-to-the-minute COVID-19 test results through our
COVID testing technology platform. The fast availability of our
trustworthy results data shared through DHS and LANES is valuable
for LA County officials and healthcare providers alike to aid in
the public health detection, tracking, prevention, and management
of the disease."
Many of the freestanding walk-thru and drive-thru testing sites
are set up by DHS and other county public health agencies. In some
cases, testing sites are unable to transfer the data to some
community clinics lacking EHR connectivity capabilities.
LANES is the first HIE in the greater Los Angeles area to take action making
COVID-19 testing results easily accessible to doctors, nurses and
clinicians delivering care on the front lines. Additional value is
offered in the platform's notifications at the population level
that empower providers to be proactive when they see five out of 20
patients tested positive, for example.
"One of the faster online ways to disseminate test results to
community providers, particularly for county clinics and hospital
systems, is through an established health information exchange,"
said Clemens Hong, M.D., lead of
COVID-19 testing at DHS.
"When a patient seeks care at a community hospital or clinic,
it's really important for a provider to have that prior COVID-19
test result," continued Dr. Hong. "And since LANES assures proper
patient identification matching, providers avoid duplicate testing
while ensuring the most timely and informed care possible for the
individual based on the results at hand."
For more information including locations about COVID-19 testing
sites offered through the County of Los
Angeles, visit https://covid19.lacounty.gov/testing/.
About LANES
Los Angeles Network for Enhanced
Services (LANES) is a community-based health information exchange
(HIE) serving more than 500 health systems, hospitals and clinics
that administer care to residents of Los
Angeles County. Medi-Cal providers can tap Cal-HOP funds to
access LANES. Connect with us
on Twitter and LinkedIn or visit the LANES
website for more information.
About The Los
Angeles County Department of Health Services
(DHS)
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
(DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation.
Through its integrated system of 27 health centers and four
hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics – DHS
annually provides direct care for 600,000 unique patients, employs
over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $6.2 billion. For additional information
regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov.
About Fulgent Genetics, Inc.
Fulgent Genetics'
proprietary technology platform has created a broad, flexible test
menu and the ability to continually expand and improve its
proprietary genetic reference library while maintaining accessible
pricing, high accuracy and competitive turnaround times. Combining
next generation sequencing ("NGS") with its technology platform,
the Company performs full-gene sequencing with deletion/duplication
analysis in an array of panels that can be tailored to meet
specific customer needs.
Media Contact:
Angela
Jenkins
Angela Jenkins & Associates for
LANES
303.877.0115
angela@adjassociates.com
Media Contact:
Los Angeles County Joint Information
Center - COVID-19
424.241.3775
pio@ceooem.lacounty.gov
Media Contact:
Jeff
Fox
The Blueshirt Group
jeff@blueshirtgroup.com
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