Mirth Enters into Agreement to Power Arizona’s Statewide Health Information Exchange
January 08 2015 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
Agreement to elevate interoperability services
and care coordination across health care systems and among health
care providers throughout the state
Mirth, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: QSII) and a global leader in health information
technology, announced today that it has entered into an agreement
with Health Information Network of Arizona (HINAz or The Network),
Arizona’s statewide health information exchange (HIE) that is
operated by Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC). Under the
agreement, Mirth will power The Network’s secure bidirectional
exchange of patient health information among The Network’s
participants and will provide a technology upgrade to include four
new service offerings: Direct Exchange;
Admission-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) Alerts and Results
Notifications; Public Health Reporting Gateway and eHealth
Exchange.
The Network is Arizona’s largest statewide health information
organization (HIO), and its participants include hospitals,
physicians, health plans, reference labs and other healthcare
organizations representing more than half of all licensed hospital
beds and covered patients in the state.
“The selection of Mirth has involved a process of seeking input
from Network participants and community stakeholders," said Melissa
Kotrys, chief executive officer of AzHeC. “We have incorporated
feedback, and now we will be able to respond by introducing
services that bridge the gap between health systems, hospitals and
providers throughout the state. With a 'go-live' projected for the
spring of 2015, these are new services that are best delivered by a
statewide HIE and are in direct response to meeting well-defined,
practical needs,” Kotrys added.
“Mirth technology powers some of the nation’s top-ranked and
most successful HIEs including, among others, Chesapeake Regional
Information System for Our Patients (CRISP) in Maryland, Quality
Health Network in Western Colorado, and HealtheConnections in New
York,” explained Jeff Peters, vice president of operations for
Mirth. “Our goal is to provide public healthcare organizations with
next-generation HIE functionality that will enable them to better
care for their patient populations. We currently power 36 HIE
installations nationally and are committed to leading the efforts
to move the interoperability initiatives in healthcare
forward.”
About The Network (HINAz)
The Network (Health Information Network of Arizona or HINAz) is
a program of Arizona Health-e Connection that provides secure
access to patient health information as well as the secure exchange
of patient health information between The Network and its
participating organizations and providers. Through the secure
sharing of health information among authorized participants, The
Network is enabling Arizona’s health care communities to improve
health care coordination, quality and safety, and to reduce costs.
The Network is Arizona’s largest statewide health information
organization (HIO) and its participants include hospitals,
physicians, health plans, reference labs and other health care
organizations representing more than half of all licensed hospital
beds and covered lives in the state. For more information, visit
www.azhec.org.
About Mirth
Mirth, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc.,
is a global leader in health information technology that helps
clients achieve interoperability across silo-structured data
systems. Mirth's solutions are used daily by thousands of health
professionals and institutions worldwide to streamline care
management processes and to securely exchange health information
across enterprises, communities and broad geographies. For more
information, visit www.mirth.com.
About Quality Systems, Inc.
Irvine, Calif.-based Quality Systems, Inc. and its NextGen
Healthcare subsidiary develop and market computer-based practice
management, electronic health records and revenue cycle management
applications as well as connectivity products and services for
medical and dental group practices and small hospitals. Visit
www.qsii.com and www.nextgen.com for additional information.
Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws,
including but not limited to those statements made by Jeff Peters
related to developments and trends in the healthcare industry and
the Company’s future products and offerings. These statements are
based on current expectations of future events. If underlying
assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties
materialize, actual results could vary materially from the
Company’s expectations and projections. Factors that could cause
the anticipated results to differ from those described in the
forward-looking statements include the possibility that products
will not achieve or sustain market acceptance; the impact of
incentive payments under The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
on sales and the ability of the Company to meet continued
certification requirements; the development by competitors of new
or superior technologies; the timing, cost and success or failure
of new product and service introductions, development and product
upgrade releases; undetected errors or bugs in our software;
changing economic, political or regulatory influences in the
healthcare industry; availability of third-party products and
components; competitive pressures including product offerings,
pricing and promotional activities; the Company's ability or
inability to attract and retain qualified personnel; possible
regulation of the Company's software by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration; and general economic conditions. Additional risks
and uncertainties are set forth in the Company’s public filings
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
discussion under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company’s most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company expressly disclaims any intent or
obligation to update these forward-looking statements except as
required by law.
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