Misys Healthcare Systems Debuts Misys Connect(TM); Provides Caregivers with Instant Access to Patient Information across Clinical Systems.RALEIGH, N.C. -- Misys Connect(TM) Exceeds Profiles and Framework Standards from Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. In 1997, a consortium of radiologists and information technology experts formed IHE, or “Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise. (IHE IHE Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise IHE Institutions of Higher Education IHE International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (historical acronym only, replaced by: IHE Delft, the Foundation) ) Initiative to Increase Healthcare Interoperability Misys Healthcare Systems today announced the availability of Misys Connect(TM) 1.0, which has embraced the standards of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative for the sharing of a patient's clinical information across vendor solutions to give physicians a single, secure source to view patient data instantly from any location or clinical system. The latest version of Misys Connect illustrates the commitment Misys has made to increase interoperability among healthcare solutions, thereby improving patient care by making patient information available immediately to physicians and other caregivers across the system. Misys Connect is a data sharing solution giving physicians, other hospital clinicians, home care and long-term caregivers the ability to access patient information from a Web-based portal, increasing caregiver productivity and patient safety. Misys Connect is one of several solutions in the Misys Optimum(TM) family, a line of products designed to increase patient information sharing across organizations, healthcare settings and technical solutions. "Using Misys Connect, Misys CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac (TM) and Misys EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. (R), we will create a virtually connected healthcare environment resulting in increased physician efficiency and quality of patient care this spring," said Gregg Martin, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. at Arnot Health. "The physicians and other staff already benefit from using the individual Misys clinical information systems, and Misys Connect will provide the connectivity between the systems that allows us to realize our vision of a tighter coalition between our hospital and the surrounding community of healthcare providers." Misys Connect 1.0 is the first data sharing solution in the market to operate using profiles and framework standards. In January, Misys Connect participated in the IHE Connect-a-thon and demonstrated technical and patient care coordination care coordination Managed care 1. The brokering of services for Pts to ensure that needs are met and services are not duplicated by the organizations involved in providing care 2. workflow profiles with three randomly chosen vendors. "There's a great deal of talk in the industry about interoperability right now, but it's a reality with Misys Connect," said Richard Atkin, president of the Hospital Systems business at Misys Healthcare Systems. "By incorporating standards from IHE in our data sharing solutions and then moving beyond those requirements to deliver a usable solution, we are leading the industry towards that goal." Additionally, using Misys Connect 2.0, which will be released later this year, a physician will be able to produce medical summaries using the Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing standards to communicate with other clinical systems within the Misys Optimum family. The product is built on a service-oriented architecture and utilizes Internet protocols, including HTTPS (1) (HyperText Transport Protocol Secure) The protocol for accessing a secure Web server. Using HTTPS in the URL instead of HTTP directs the message to a secure port number rather than the default Web port number of 80. and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , to provide access to enterprise and community-based electronic patient health records. Misys Healthcare Systems will exhibit Misys Connect 1.0 - as well as all other solutions in the Misys Optimum family of products - Feb. 12-16 at the 2006 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 in San Diego (Booth #721). For more information about Misys Healthcare Systems and its activities at HIMSS 2006, visit www.misyshealthcare.com/press+room/HIMSS.htm. About Misys Healthcare Systems Misys Healthcare Systems, one of the top five healthcare IT companies in North America, develops and supports reliable, easy-to-use software and services of exceptional quality that enable physicians and caregivers to more easily manage the complexities of healthcare. Misys' family of leading clinical products and Web-based technologies - Misys Optimum(TM) solutions - are designed from the ground up to share patient data across all medical care settings. Misys Optimum connects community-based physicians and caregivers to the acute care enterprise, enabling increased efficiencies, better decision-making and improved hospital-physician relations. For more information, visit www.misyshealthcare.com. About Misys plc Misys plc (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : MSY MSY Maximum Sustainable Yield MSY New Orleans, LA, USA - Moisant International Airport (Airport Code) MSY Male Specific Region of Y (genetics) MSY Moisant Stock Yards in New Orleans ), the global software company, is one of the world's largest and longest-established providers of industry-specific software. Founded in 1979, Misys serves the international banking and healthcare industries, combining technological expertise with in-depth understanding of customers' markets and operational needs. In banking Misys is a market leader with over 1,200 customers, including 49 of the world's top 50 banks. In healthcare Misys is also a market leader, serving more than 92,000 physicians in 18,000 practice locations, 1,250 hospitals and 600 home care providers. In UK general insurance Misys is the market leader in software solutions. Through Sesame, a wholly-owned subsidiary, the company is also a leading provider of support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to about 7,800 financial advisers in the UK. Misys employs over 6,500 people who serve customers in more than 120 countries. For more information, visit www.misys.com. Misys. Making things that really matter, work better. |
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