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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