HSX Partners with Mirth for Point-of-Care
Interoperability of Patient Health Record and Claims Data
Mirth, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ: QSII) and a global leader in health information
technology, announced today that HealthShare Exchange of
Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc. (HSX), a non-profit health
information exchange (HIE) organization, will deploy various Mirth®
Solutions to enable the secure electronic exchange of patient
health records and claims data throughout Southeastern
Pennsylvania.
Under the agreement, Mirth will support these core HIE functions
for HSX:
- simple, secure messaging (Mirth®
Mail) using the Direct protocol and a provider directory to send
and receive referrals, care alerts, test results, and other
clinical communications;
- a data interface/integration
engine (Mirth® Connect) that builds connections with hospital
health information systems to receive data feeds, including ADT
(admission-discharge-transfer) alerts, continuity-of-care
documents, lab reports, radiology reports, and transcribed
documents;
- a master patient index (Mirth®
Match);
- and a central data repository
(CDR) (Mirth® Results).
Founded in 2009 and incorporated as a non-profit in 2012, HSX is
a collaboration among major healthcare stakeholders, including
health plans and the acute care hospitals in Southeastern
Pennsylvania that facilitates the exchange of patient data between
hospitals and insurers within the region.
By employing Mirth Solutions, HSX will enable its members – more
than 50 hospitals, medical practices, clinics and insurers – to
collaborate by sharing patient health records and claims data with
the data accessible at the point of care, regardless of care
setting and electronic health record (EHR) system.
According to Martin Lupinetti, executive director of HSX, the
exchange has a goal to connect nearly 100 percent of approximately
15,000 providers, and virtually all hospitals, in the greater
Philadelphia area, as well as community health centers, City of
Philadelphia health clinics, and participating health plans.
“Our market and our state have significant opportunities to make
greater use of health information exchange to produce meaningful
benefits for the healthcare system,” says Lupinetti. “Employing
Mirth solutions, we can build a more mature health information
exchange and support our role as a health information service
provider (HISP) — making information in electronic health records
available for secure use across the system, from and to entities
with different record systems. I am confident that with Mirth
powering our engine, HSX will be equipped to enable medical
centers, insurers, and practice offices to share information needed
to make patient care more informed, more efficient, and more
effective, regardless of the health information technology
platforms used in each provider environment.”
Mirth has more than 40 such HIE clients including: Health
Information Network of Arizona; Chesapeake Regional Information
System for Our Patients (CRISP), in Maryland; Quality Health
Network, in Western Colorado; and HealtheConnections, in New
York.
“As the changing healthcare marketplace continues to dictate the
need for increased information exchanges, HIEs are becoming a
pivotal component to achieve current regulatory requirements and
future industry initiatives. However, without the ability to
integrate and report real-time health information from disparate
systems at different care and payer organizations, HIEs cannot
succeed,” said Jon Teichrow, senior vice president of research and
development for Mirth. “With its scale, number of health system
members, and inclusion of claims data in its service design, HSX is
a unique and ambitious undertaking in the HIE realm. It stands to
set precedents in overcoming interoperability challenges and serve
as an example for building an HIE in a major, concentrated
population area, with many competing providers and insurers. Mirth
will supply a range of support to help this exchange succeed in
making real-time health information broadly available across
different care and payer organizations.”
HSX’s agreement with Mirth will help to extend the benefits of
health information exchange to some four million lives in the
greater Philadelphia area and eventually millions more in the
surrounding region. Additionally, Mirth will host services for HSX
at its Denver, Colorado, data center.
About HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
(HSX)
HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc. is a
non-profit health information exchange organization serving the
Delaware valley. Founded in 2009, HealthShare Exchange of
Southeastern PA (or HSX) facilitates the exchange of patient data
between hospitals and insurers within the region. Incorporated as a
nonprofit organization, HSX was formed as a collaboration among
major healthcare stakeholders, including health plans and
acute-care hospitals across Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery,
and Philadelphia counties to enable the electronic exchange of
patient information to improve patient outcomes and to manage and
lower healthcare costs. For more information, visit
http://www.hsxsepa.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.
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introductions, development and product upgrade releases; undetected
errors or bugs in our software; the impact of internal and external
privacy and security breaches; changing economic, political or
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regulatory framework applicable to the Company’s business;
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pressures including product offerings, pricing and promotional
activities; the Company's ability or inability to attract and
retain qualified personnel; and general economic conditions.
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