CareScience and Initiate Systems Establish Strategic Partnership to Provide Industry-Leading EMPI Technology to Regional Health Information Organizations.DALLAS -- CareScience to Offer Initiate System's Award-winning EMPI as Embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Component of its Regional Health Information Solutions Initiate Systems, Inc., the leading provider of Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) software and services for managing patient and provider identities, and CareScience, a division of Quovadx, Inc. (Nasdaq: QVDX), a leading provider of care management solutions and a pioneer in developing clinical data access solutions for healthcare providers, today announced a strategic partnership. CareScience will offer an embedded version of Initiate Systems' award-winning Initiate Identity Hub(TM) software and Initiate(TM) Auditor products as a component of its Regional Health Information solutions offering and will provide the combined solution to the growing market of healthcare communities and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) interested in implementing clinical data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. technology on behalf of their communities. RHIOs - collaborative groups of patient-centric organizations working toward greater information sharing See data conferencing. and e-health initiatives to improve patient safety and care efforts - are emerging as the leading health industry endeavors to support improvements in patient care safety, quality and efficiency. Because these organizations are inherently patient-centric and cross the boundaries of a single enterprise, integration and EMPI software tools to increase interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. are essential to achieve the strategic goals of a RHIO RHIO Regional Health Information Organization . CareScience is a leading solution provider for RHIOs, having developed the nation's first peer-to-peer clinical data exchange designed to enable healthcare providers to securely share clinical data at the point-of-care in Santa Barbara County, California Santa Barbara County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, just west of Ventura County. As of 2000 the county had a population of 399,347. . The Care Data Exchange(R) solution was developed by CareScience in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. County Care Data Exchange project and the California HealthCare Foundation, which provided funding for the project. Initiate Systems is the preferred EMPI provider for IT-savvy health organizations such as RxHub, an electronic prescription provider, and Canada Health Infoway Canada Health Infoway is a strategic investor working with Canadian jurisdictions to accelerate the development of electronic health records. According to their website, it is an independent, not-for-profit organization whose Members are Canada's 14 federal, provincial and , a strategic investor in interoperable electronic health record (EHR (Electronic Health Records) Computerized medical records that bring patient care into the digital age and save time, money and lives. The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospital settings intensified after the RAND ) solutions that is providing funding for a pan-Canadian electronic health information system. "Quovadx has extensive, positive experience with the Initiate identity Hub(TM) software, including our implementation for Capital Health Authority, a Canadian "connected community", serving more than 1.6 million Alberta residents with an integrated electronic health record system. We are delighted to now offer the leading EMPI solution, Initiate Identity Hub(TM) software, as a component of an enhanced RHIO solution," said Ronald A. Paulus, MD, MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration , chief healthcare officer, Quovadx and co-founder of CareScience. "It is well established that effective, reliable, and manageable identity management is a fundamental component of any practical RHIO solution, and this partnership clearly positions CareScience and Initiate Systems at the forefront of this important emerging market." Dr. Paulus addressed the topic of RHIOs and community-wide interoperability during the Cross-Enterprise Interoperability Showcase at the 2005 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Founded in 1961, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a healthcare industry membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of medical informatics technology and management systems. (HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society ) Conference and Exhibition. He gave his presentation, titled "The Value of Community-Wide Interoperability for Clinical Data Sharing," on Tuesday, February 15, at 4:45 p.m. in the Interoperability Showcase Theater. CareScience will also provide demonstrations of the CDE (1) (Computer Desktop Encyclopedia) What you are reading at this very moment. See About this product. (2) (Common Desktop Environment) A user interface for desktop computing from The Open Group. to HIMSS attendees at booth #1449. "We believe the Care Data Exchange and CareScience's Regional Health Information solutions will be instrumental in helping community and regional healthcare organizations as they strive toward providing better patient care through the application of technology," said Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA RHIA Registered Health Information Administrator (formerly Registered Records Administrator; American Health Information Management Association) , senior vice president of Initiate Systems' Healthcare Practice. "We are excited to contribute to a solution that aids entire regional networks of healthcare providers as they move forward with new HIT initiatives to improve care within their communities." The combined solution will be available in a hosted application service provider (ASP) format through CareScience, with package offerings to suit RHIOs of various sizes. "Our Regional Health Information Solutions will improve the level of service and the quality and efficiency of care they provide their communities," said Thomas Zajac, president of CareScience. "The availability of the Initiate Identity Hub(TM) software within CareScience's Regional Health Information solutions will benefit healthcare facilities and physicians by giving them a viable, demonstrable de·mon·stra·ble adj. 1. Capable of being demonstrated or proved: demonstrable truths. 2. Obvious or apparent: demonstrable lies. , and market ready solution for identifying patients accurately and delivering patient information quickly and cost-effectively to clinicians when and where they need it." As part of the partnership, CareScience will work with Initiate Systems on data analytic and remediation opportunities. Quovadx is a current partner of Initiate Systems. CareScience is a division of Quovadx, a leading healthcare integration and interoperability technology provider with over 10 years experience and 2,000 current deployments in the healthcare provider community. Quovadx is a current partner of Initiate Systems. About CareScience CareScience, a division of Quovadx, Inc. (Nasdaq: QVDX), is one of the nation's leading providers of care management services and analytical solutions to hospitals and health systems, and a pioneer in community-wide clinical data exchange. CareScience supplies the people and technology to ensure that high-quality care is delivered, throughout the healthcare system, through clinical data access and clinical process transformation. For more information, please visit www.carescience.com. About Quovadx Quovadx, Inc. (Nasdaq: QVDX), a global software and services company based in Englewood, Colorado Englewood is a city in Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA. As of 2005, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,350.[5] It is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. , has helped more than 20,000 enterprise customers worldwide develop, extend and integrate applications based on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced . Quovadx is comprised of three divisions, the Integration Solutions division, which offers vertically specific solutions to improve processes and leverage existing technology systems, the CareScience division, which provides care management services and analytical solutions to hospitals and health systems and is a pioneer in community-wide clinical data exchange and the Rogue Wave rogue wave n. An unpredictable, abnormally large wave that occurs on a seemingly random basis in the oceans. Software division, which provides reusable software components and services that facilitate application development. Quovadx serves companies in healthcare, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications and the public sector. Quovadx operates internationally with more than 450 employees. For more information, please visit http://www.quovadx.com. About Initiate Systems Initiate Systems, Inc. (www.initiatesystems.com) is the leading provider of Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) software and services for managing patient and provider data. Initiate Systems enables quality-of-care and interoperability initiatives among local, regional and national healthcare entities. The proven Initiate Identity Hub(TM) software -- the leading EMPI technology -- finds, links, indexes, maintains and provides secure access to patient records within and across disparate sources to promote collaboration and provide the foundation for electronic health records. Initiate Systems has been recognized by KLAS KLAS Keystone Library Automation System Enterprises as the leading vendor for the KLAS market segment EMPI for 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Initiate Identity Hub(TM) software delivers high business value in many industries, including financial services, healthcare, hospitality, the public sector and retail, by instantly finding and accurately linking all the records about a person, household, organization or object across disparate data sources on-demand, regardless of data volume. For more information, please visit www.initiatesystems.com. Initiate(TM), Initiate(SM), the Initiate logo, and Initiate Identity Hub(TM) are trademarks and/or service marks owned by Initiate Systems, Inc., which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Care Data Exchange is a registered trademark of the California Healthcare Foundation. QUOVADX is a trademark of Quovadx, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks of the companies with which they are associated. # # # |
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