athenahealth and Merge Healthcare Partner to Provide Advanced Interoperability for Enhanced Physician Communication and Workf...
December 16 2013 - 7:00AM
Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of
clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare,
today announced a strategic partnership with athenahealth, Inc.
(Nasdaq:ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based services for
electronic health records (EHR), practice management, and care
coordination. athenahealth will integrate Merge's iConnect Network
with its national cloud-based platform, enabling athenahealth
clients to receive and view exam results, diagnostic quality images
and other critical patient information within the athenaClinicals®
EHR workflow. The partnership will support advanced
interoperability between radiologists and providers by decreasing
duplicate tests and radiation exposure, improving patient outcomes
and increasing physician satisfaction while reducing the cost of
care.
"With today's healthcare environment shifting from volume-based
to value-based care models, there's an increasing need for the
industry as a whole to break down the walls surrounding clinical
data to enable care teams to access patient information when they
need it," said Doran Robinson, Vice President of Healthcare
Transactions, athenahealth. "By integrating iConnect Network within
our cloud-based EHR workflow, we'll enhance communications between
physicians and radiologists and speed the routing and availability
of imaging studies to caregivers. Together with Merge, we believe
that information sharing is key to the advancement of care
delivery. This is an exciting partnership that leverages the right
technologies to make things work as they should in healthcare."
With the new iConnect Network, Merge is now able to deliver
reports directly into athenaClinicals®, athenahealth's EHR service,
giving athenaClinicals' users real-time access to view important
diagnostic information, such as imaging studies and
interpretations, within their existing EHR workflow. With
Meaningful Use Stage 2 (MU2) imaging requirements, Merge and
athenahealth's partnership empowers community physicians to attest
and receive incentives quickly and cost effectively.
"Our partnership with athenahealth provides a robust service for
advanced interoperability giving providers immediate access to
critical patient information across the continuum of care," said
Justin Dearborn, CEO, Merge Healthcare. "This collaboration is
significant to both the adoption and future growth of iConnect
Network. It expands our customers' options, allowing them to
leverage the solution to reduce operational bottlenecks, improve
physician satisfaction and ultimately enhance the patient
experience."
About Merge
Merge is a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations
that seek to transform healthcare. Merge's enterprise and
cloud-based solutions for image intensive specialties provide
access to any image, anywhere, any time. Merge also provides health
stations, clinical trials software and other health data and
analytics solutions that engage consumers in their personal health.
With solutions that are used by providers and consumers and include
more than 25 years of innovation, Merge is helping to reduce costs
and improve the quality of healthcare worldwide. For more
information, visit merge.com.
About athenahealth
athenahealth is a leading provider of cloud-based services for
electronic health record (EHR), practice management, and care
coordination. athenahealth's mission is to be caregivers' most
trusted service, helping them do well doing the right thing. For
more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com.
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and uncertainties. When used in this press release, the words
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Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in, or
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results of any of the forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Merge Healthcare
Jennifer Jawor (Media)
Director, Corporate Marketing
312.565.6825
jennifer.jawor@merge.com
athenahealth, Inc.
Holly Spring (Media)
617-402-1631
hspring@athenahealth.com
athenahealth, Inc.
Dana Quattrochi (Investors)
Director, Investor Relations
617-402-1329
investorrelations@athenahealth.com
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