Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open source healthcare enterprise solutions, announced new partnerships with Network Infrastructure Technologies (NIT) Health, Inc., The Acacia Group LLC and M*D and suResources, Inc., to promote, implement and support the company's OpenVista electronic health record (EHR) solution among healthcare facilities throughout the country.
Medsphere will work with NITHealth, an East Coast healthcare technology service provider, to promote the study and widespread adoption of electronic health records in New York, New Jersey and Florida. As part of this effort, NITHealth will serve as East Coast partner for Medsphere's Academic Incubator Program, which promotes the use of OpenVista in clinical informatics curriculum at medical and nursing schools.
"Our new partnership with Medsphere is exciting on several levels," explained NITHealth President and CEO Lior Blik. "As providers search for affordable, reliable alternatives to proprietary software systems, Medsphere, as the healthcare open source leader, is well positioned to lead that industry transformation. Moreover, the low cost and proven effectiveness of its OpenVista solution equips hospitals to reduce expenses, increase revenue and prepare for meaningful use and federal stimulus. This partnership is crucial to NITHealth's plans in New York, New Jersey and Florida."
NITHealth is currently implementing OpenVista at Hoboken University Medical Center in Hoboken, N.J. They also plan to use it in a clinical administration and technical training program for the Borough of Manhattan Community College (part of a Department of Labor grant to develop a hospital certificate program).
Medsphere also recently signed an agreement with The Acacia Group LLC in Chicago, a comprehensive business resilience solutions provider, to be Medsphere's OpenVista sales and implementation partner in the Greater Chicago area.
"The OpenVista system is a tremendous addition to Acacia's existing portfolio of products and services," said Acacia Group Founder and President Guthrie Adams. "Acacia can now tout a proven low-cost health IT solution that most physicians have used in their VA training and are ready and willing to use again."
A third partnership teams Medsphere with M*D Resources, Inc., a healthcare business development and sourcing company based in Fresno, Calif.