Merge Healthcare signs reseller agreement with Orion Health

Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE) announced today that it has signed a reseller agreement with Orion Health, a leading provider of clinical workflow and integration solutions in healthcare. Orion Health has licensed Merge technology to bring medical images and information into its physician portal solutions.

“This partnership is a further affirmation of the value in our standards-based integration approach, multi-source data consolidation and zero-footprint viewing technology. We believe it will provide Orion Health customers like hospitals and HIEs with a quick return on investment.”

“An integrated medical record helps healthcare organizations improve the quality of care by bringing more complete information into medical decision making at the point of care,” says Paul Viskovich, President of Orion Health, North America and EMEA. “Our customers find that images are a particular challenge, and have been asking us for imaging integration. Merge’s extensive experience in this arena makes them the best partner to help us deliver this to our customers. We are excited to showcase this new integrated Concerto Physician Portal™ at the upcoming HIMSS Conference in Atlanta.” Orion Health will be offering demos of this solution and many others at their booth #1911 at HIMSS.

The portal platform provided by Merge, called Cedara WebAccess™, provides access to radiology results and images from anywhere within an HIE, without opening separate applications or copying data. The images and information are displayed within a “zero-client” HIE portal that is intuitive and requires no additional hardware or bandwidth. In addition to the Orion Health booth at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting, Cedara WebAccess will be presented in the Interoperability Showcase. This sought-after area of the trade show provides attendees with education and examples of the latest health information exchange standards. Merge will exhibit its products at the HIMSS Conference (Hall C / Booth # 3143), as well as in several other partner booths.

“We are thrilled to work with Orion Health to bring more comprehensive diagnostic data into their solutions,” says Antonia Wells, President of Merge’s OEM business. “This partnership is a further affirmation of the value in our standards-based integration approach, multi-source data consolidation and zero-footprint viewing technology. We believe it will provide Orion Health customers like hospitals and HIEs with a quick return on investment.”

SOURCE Merge Healthcare