TORONTO, March 16, 2020 CNW/ - Canada Health
Infoway (Infoway) and Allscripts Healthcare
Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX) announced today that Allscripts
Sunrise™ has achieved Infoway certification under the 2017
Edition Release 2 of pre-implementation certification
requirements.
"We congratulate Allscripts for achieving Infoway certification
as an ambulatory electronic medical record (aEMR), approved for
deployment at customer sites, with interoperability capabilities
with laboratory and clinical documents," said Mark Nenadovic, Senior Director, Programs &
Alliances, Infoway. "This achievement ensures that the company's
solution conforms to the national and international standards for
privacy, security and interoperability."
Used by healthcare organizations across Canada and around the globe, Sunrise is an
integrated electronic health record that connects all aspects of
care, including acute, ambulatory, surgical, pharmacy, radiology
and laboratory services. Built to enable efficient and safe care,
Sunrise is a clinician-friendly, evidence-based single platform
with integrated analytics that helps deliver true personalized
care. Sunrise supports all core care venues across the enterprise
by delivering a single patient record, and features patient-centric
capabilities that increase access and convenience.
"Allscripts is proud to have achieved Infoway certification for
our Sunrise platform and conformity to national and international
standards for privacy, security and interoperability," said
John Lee-Bartlett, Country Director,
Allscripts. "It underscores our continued commitment to
Canada and ensures that we meet
the highest standards for our healthcare solutions."
Infoway certification provides assurance that digital health
software complies with specified requirements and standards, which
helps ensure the protection of personal health information. The
2017 Edition requirements build upon Infoway's original
certification requirements and are harmonized to increase alignment
between Infoway, provincial requirements and international
standards, and to reduce testing redundancies.
About Allscripts
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information
technology solutions that advance clinical, financial and
operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people,
places and data across an Open, Connected Community of Health™.
Connectivity empowers caregivers and consumers to make better
decisions, delivering better care for healthier populations. To
learn more,
visit www.allscripts.com, Twitter, YouTube and It
Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
About Canada Health Infoway
Infoway helps to improve the health of Canadians by working with
partners to accelerate the development, adoption and effective use
of digital health across Canada.
Through our investments, we help deliver better quality and access
to care and more efficient delivery of health services for patients
and clinicians. Infoway is an independent, not-for-profit
organization funded by the federal government.
Visit www.infoway.ca.
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SOURCE Canada Health Infoway