As a part of its ongoing commitment to interoperability standards, Merge
Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading health IT solutions provider,
announced that it successfully passed interoperability tests at the Integrating
the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), North American Connectathon event
in Chicago, Illinois. During the testing, which connects vendor
solutions to promote better electronic information exchange, Merge
demonstrated interoperability with every vendor pairing, which included
some of the largest companies in the world.
“For the last 20 years, Merge Healthcare has been a leader in
standards-based interoperability in healthcare”
For the testing, Merge used the latest version of its Cedara
WebAccess™, a portal technology platform that consolidates
diagnostic data from multiple archives and seamlessly delivers them to
physicians without the duplication of data or proprietary integration.
Already licensed by several well-known vendors to “image-enable” EHR and
HIE solutions, Cedara WebAccess provides a seamless way for physicians
to view a patient’s entire medical history, complete with diagnostic
reports and images.
At the Connectathon, Cedara WebAccess was successfully tested for
compliance with profiles in the IHE Cross Enterprise Data Sharing (XDS)
Framework, which was developed by IHE to facilitate sharing of patient
information between participating facilities across a health information
exchange. Specific profile results will be posted at: http://connectathon-results.ihe-europe.net/.
“For the last 20 years, Merge Healthcare has been a leader in
standards-based interoperability in healthcare,” says Justin Dearborn,
Merge CEO. “Through our work with DICOM, HL7 and IHE bodies, we are able
to help foster adoption and deliver technology for robust connectivity
within the latest medical information standards. Vendors are
increasingly required to integrate their solutions into electronic
information exchanges. Merge can deliver this interoperability to them
through our toolkits and technologies.”
To further demonstrate its commitment to health IT standards, Merge
Healthcare will participate in the Health
Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) Interoperability
Showcase in Atlanta, Georgia from March 1 - 3, 2010. This
sought-after area of the trade show provides attendees education and
examples of the latest health information exchange standards. In
addition, Merge
will exhibit its products at the HIMSS
Conference (Hall C / Booth # 3143), as well as several partner
booths.