Tuesday, May 30th 2006
Kryptiq Presents Connect IQ™ Organic RHIO to Over 250 Industry Leaders
Event Participants Applaud Easy-to-Deploy Connectivity Solutions at 2006 Kryptiq Healthcare Connectivity Summit
PORTLAND, Or. – May 31, 2006 – At the third annual Healthcare Connectivity Summit, Kryptiq Corporation, the leader in workflow and connectivity solutions for healthcare, presented its latest connectivity solution, Connect IQ™, to over 250 healthcare leaders and Kryptiq customers. These leaders, representing physician practices, healthcare delivery systems, quality improvement organizations and health plans, gathered from around the U.S. to examine how readily available technology is improving care quality and service within their organizations. Connect IQ was created to meet the market demand for a connectivity solution that can be deployed today to allow the secure exchange of patient information among health service providers.
Connect IQ enables information sharing among paper-based and electronic health record (EHR) based providers by leveraging existing, secure-messaging technology and the Internet, allowing physicians to move information to where it is needed, when it is needed. This enables providers to create a self-sustaining health information exchange (organic RHIO) without high investment cost or complex governance.
Throughout the Connectivity Summit, provider organizations of all sizes demonstrated improved cost and quality of care as a result of Kryptiq’s Connectivity Solutions. Some of the organizations presenting at the summit included the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), Michigan State University, Westchester Medical Group, MassPro, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, St. Bernard’s Healthcare and MedStar Health.
“Our customers have proven the value of connectivity solutions for improving healthcare quality and cost,” said Luis Machuca, CEO and president of Kryptiq. “However, before Connect IQ, the benefit of data mobility created by connectivity solutions had been limited to the EHR community. Our customers have created a demand to extend these values and accelerate the adoption of collaborative tools to the rest of healthcare community. Connect IQ does just this.”
In addition to the numerous provider organizations that have already experienced the value of connectivity solutions, EHR vendors, health plans, business leaders and technological innovators further validated the significance of these technologies in improving our nation’s healthcare. During the Connectivity Summit’s featured panel, representatives from Microsoft, The Regence Group, Cain Brothers New York and WebMD Health Services debated the emerging role of the consumer in the ever-changing healthcare agenda. While their perspectives and opinions varied, all emphasized the benefits of improving peer-to-peer communications with available technologies.
To view selected presentations or for more general information about the 2006 Connectivity Summit, visit http://www.kryptiq.com/Events/ConnectivitySummit2006.html
About Kryptiq Corporation
Kryptiq is the leading provider of interoperability and workflow connectivity solutions for healthcare. Kryptiq streamlines healthcare communications among patients, providers, pharmacies and payers with secure messaging, electronic prescribing, disease management and contract management technologies. By integrating these solutions with existing systems and applications, Kryptiq enables the trusted transport of health information where and when it is needed. Kryptiq’s fast-growing customer base includes many of North America’s top 100 integrated health networks, spans 48 states, plus Washington, D.C., and includes well-known providers and payers such as Providence Health System, Capital Region Healthcare, MeritCare Health System, Eastern Maine Healthcare, BlueCross and BlueShield of Minnesota and Northwest Permanente. For more information on the company, visit http://www.kryptiq.com/.
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Lisa MacKenzie
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