D.C. Regional Health Information Organization to Use Amalga

This was an acquisition of a software company from Microsoft, created by a group of physicians originally in the DC area, and just recently in the news St. Joseph Hospital system in Orange, California is also signed up to use Amalga. BD

The District of Columbia Primary Care Association is a leader of the D.C. RHIO, which includes Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center. Enabling physicians at the hospitals to view patient information stored in systems at the health centers will improve the quality of care and chronic disease management, and reduce duplicative work such as lab tests, according to proponents. More information is available at microsoft.com/amalga. Data Repositories Archive Disease Management Archive Health Information Exchange Archive Systems Integration Archive Vendor News Archive Hospitals Archive Group Practices Archive