The Mass HIway Announces Health Information Exchange with athenahealth

Statewide Health Information Exchange Enables Secure Transmission of Patient Visit Summaries, Improving Care Coordination for Patients in Massachusetts

Waltham, Mass., July 14, 2015 – The Massachusetts Health Information Exchange(Mass HIway) announced today that it has successfully connected with athenaNet, the single instance national health information platform of athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based electronic health records (EHR), care coordination, and population health management services for medical groups and health systems.

This new connection will automatically enable providers using athenahealth’s EHR service, athenaClinicals®, to exchange health information on their patients with other HIway connected participants, like summary records including patient demographics, problems or previous diagnoses, allergies, procedures, medications and laboratory results. Improving patient hand-offs using the HIway provides a vehicle for improving the quality and safety of patient care in Massachusetts.

“Through our partnership with Massachusetts HIway we continue to commit ourselves to the free flow of health care data as we expand providers’ ability to effortlessly send and receive a full picture of a patient’s health story throughout the care continuum—regardless of the platform,” said Doran Robinson, Vice President of Network Integration at athenahealth.

“athenahealth continues to set an example for the industry by making interoperability and information-sharing a priority,” said Darrel Harmer, ACIO, Mass HIway. “Our goal is to bring all providers, statewide, onto the HIway in order to enable healthcare organizations to deliver safe, coordinated care to all patients in Massachusetts, so we are thrilled to have athenahealth onboard.”

The Massachusetts Health Information Exchange (Mass HIway) continues to make significant progress in its efforts to electronically connect the Massachusetts healthcare ecosystem.  For more information please visit www.masshiway.net.

About the Mass HIway

The mission of The Mass HIway is to deploy a secure electronic health information exchange that is accessible to all healthcare systems statewide, regardless of affiliation, location, or differences in technology; and to serve as a tool for the Commonwealth’s healthcare community, improving coordination, quality, patient satisfaction, and public health reporting while containing costs. The Mass HIway is operated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Health and Human Services and overseen by a Health Information Technology Council and informed by consumer, provider, legal and policy, and technology advisory groups to promote a transparent, multi-stakeholder engagement model.

About athenahealth

athenahealth is a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health records (EHR), revenue cycle management and medical billing, patient engagement,care coordination, and population health management, as well as Epocrates and other point-of-care mobile apps. We connect care and drive meaningful, measurable results for more than 64,000 health care providers in medical practices and health systems nationwide. For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com.

   

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