PrimeSuite provides physicians with access to lab results, radiology reports and transcribed documents from their community health system

Aug 31 2009

Physicians using Greenway Medical Technologies’ electronic health record (EHR) solution, PrimeSuite^®, now have access to lab results, radiology reports and transcribed documents from their community health system through RelayHealth’s Virtual Information Exchange™ platform. The offering is another step in the partnership between RelayHealth, a leading provider of healthcare connectivity services, and Greenway Medical Technologies, a leading integrated provider of ambulatory and clinical research business solutions and services. The two organizations are working together to create a seamless data information exchange that encourages Greenway^® customers nationwide to join the RelayHealth network.

Patient lab results can automatically flow into PrimeSuite, through Greenway’s PrimeExchange^® interoperability engine, without the need for dedicated and costly point-to-point interfaces between hospitals and physician offices. Physician users can then release results to patients’ personal health records, enhancing the patient-provider relationship and promoting patient satisfaction.

“Considering the national momentum encouraging health information exchanges, acute-to-ambulatory connectivity and the meaningful use of electronic health records, this innovation could not have come at a better time,” said Justin Barnes, vice president of marketing and government affairs at Greenway Medical Technologies. “Through RelayHealth, Greenway customers have access to the clinical information needed to provide the highest quality of care to patients while readying their practices to qualify for the federal government’s health IT incentives.”

Physicians who have not yet deployed an electronic health record can access hospital results and reports through RelayHealth’s connectivity platform via a results viewer. For physicians already using EHRs, they have the ability to have this data go directly into their EHR workflow, reducing inefficiencies and costs related to paper reports and facilitating the exchange of information among providers. RelayHealth’s results management capability is also attractive to hospitals, which can deliver test results immediately and save money by eliminating the need for couriers, faxes and multiple interfaces with physician practices.

Gregory Mulford, M.D., president of Associates in Rehabilitation Medicine, a large physical medicine and rehabilitation group affiliated with Atlantic Health’s Morristown Memorial and Overlook Hospitals, has been a Greenway PrimeSuite EHR customer for nearly two years. Dr. Mulford and his nine associates will soon have access to hospital results via the RelayHealth network, which has been implemented by Atlantic Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in New Jersey.

“Our commitment to the implementation of a fully integrated EHR solution will be greatly enhanced by the RelayHealth-Greenway interoperability,” said Dr. Mulford. “We’ve had great success with Greenway’s PrimeSuite thus far. The ability to use our EHR to seamlessly access all of the available critical clinical information from our hospitals will further improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our workflow. Our physicians and staff are very excited to begin receiving results because we are convinced that the new interoperability will improve the quality and ease of care delivery."

“It’s exciting that Greenway users like Dr. Mulford can now receive results directly in their EHRs,” said Linda Reed, Atlantic Health’s vice president of information systems and chief information officer. “Having the ability to offer connectivity to any physician in our community gets reports into physicians’ hands more quickly. In turn, they can use that data to make better informed decisions that invariably lead to better outcomes.”

“We value our relationship with Greenway Medical because they share our mission of giving physicians simplified access to data and applications to facilitate the exchange of results among hospitals, physicians and patients,” said Jim Bodenbender, president of RelayHealth’s Provider and Consumer Solutions. “RelayHealth also facilitates results and other data sharing between hospitals and physicians to go directly to patients, enabling their increased involvement in their care and closer alignment with their care providers.”

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