MedLink Announces Expansion of MedLink IX Interoperability Platform
17 Febrero 2011 - 12:45PM
Marketwired
MedLink (OTCBB: MLKNA), a leading provider of ambulatory EMR
software and clinical healthcare IT connectivity and integration
solutions, announced today that it has expanded its MedLink IX
(
Information e
Xchange)
solution deployed in commercial and hospital laboratories as an
interoperability solution to connect the laboratory and hospital
information systems with disparate systems. The MedLink IX
solution, provides a connectivity and integration tool that acts as
a central hub for hospitals and clinical labs to deploy and manage
the sharing of clinical information across the care continuum. By
eliminating the burden on hospital and lab IT staff to build and
maintain multiple interfaces, MedLink IX provides an advanced
interoperability foundation allowing healthcare facilities to
support physicians with the interoperability and connectivity
requirements of the HITECH Act and the meaningful use of health
information technology.
MedLink IX ("Information eXchange") is a flexible HL7 interface
engine and gives commercial labs and hospitals a low cost,
user-friendly, cloud-based solution. The straightforward design
allows for a seamless transition from paper-based systems to
bi-lateral hl7 interfaces. MedLink IX enables the bi-directional
sharing of clinical information such as lab results, radiology
reports, and discharge summaries allowing for providers to make
real time informed decisions at the point of care. Deployed as a
web based solution, MedLink IX takes a hub and spoke approach to
allow for the rapid deployment and on demand scalability required
to meet the increasing interoperability demands of physicians while
maintaining current IT infrastructure and all but eliminating
costly and labor intensive point-to-point interfaces, and technical
support demands.
"It is estimated that laboratory results make up 70 percent of
the patient medical record," said Jack Redding, Executive Vice
President of Clinical Integration. "We have put together a team of
industry-renowned experts in laboratory information technology to
ensure that our EMR and IX interoperability solutions provide
immediate access to the critical information, that empower
physician's to make efficient and informed decisions, which is the
entire foundation 'meaningful use' to provide for optimal patient
care."
Meaningful Use criterion under the HITECH provisions of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) requires healthcare
providers to successfully capture and exchange electronic clinical
healthcare information, such as electronic prescriptions and lab
orders, to receive incentives and avoid penalties in payments from
Medicare and Medicaid. Under the safe harbor and exception,
laboratories can subsidize the cost of compliant EMR technology to
physicians at 85% of the cost of such technology. The recipient is
required to pay its 15% share prior to receiving the EMR
technology.
About MedLink
MedLink is a healthcare IT company providing the medical
community with products and services designed for the creation,
management and sharing of clinical information through innovative
and scalable solutions. MedLink's suite of products includes the
MedLink iSuite EHR and PM, MedLink Lab, MedLink IX and the Connect
HIN (Health Information Network). MedLink's suite of services are
all designed on an integrated platform that provides for seamless
collaboration and data interoperability for all healthcare
participants. For more information regarding MedLink IX's products
and services, please visit www.medlinkix.com
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