It seems that every day there’s a new development in this area with connecting hospitals and physicians. 125 physicians are now connected to the 5 hospitals. The exchange covers approximately 80% of the residents in the boroughs and physicians will be able to see medications or consults that have perhaps been performed at other locations with in the area, will serve to cut down on medical errors with medications, procedures, etc. BD
CHICAGO, Oct 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in master data management (MDM)
solutions and enterprise master person index (EMPI) software, today announced that the Bronx (NY) Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO), representing 80 percent of the providers serving the borough's 1.36 million residents, has gone live with the Initiate(R) Health Information Exchange solution.
Providers at 125 care locations in the Bronx now may access patients' clinical data with appropriate patient consent through the Initiate Health Information Exchange solution. With the Bronx RHIO in place, authorized physicians and nurses now have the ability to view a patient's medical records from across participating hospitals, ambulatory care centers, physician offices and long-term and homecare services.
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