Monday, May 16th 2005
Memorial Family Care Deploys Kryptiq ClinicalMessenger 3.0
New Software Fosters Efficient Health Information Exchange in Communities to Inform Clinical Practices and Interconnect Clinicians
PORTLAND, Ore. – May 16, 2005 – Memorial Family Medicine, the family practice clinics of Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, TX, has joined the ranks of those deploying ClinicalMessenger 3.0, the new connectivity software application from Kryptiq Corp. to deliver convenient electronic communication of patient records wherever they are needed, between physicians as well as with patients. With new features and functionality that enhances integration with existing electronic health record (EHR) systems, ClinicalMessenger 3.0 streamlines the flow of communications and simplifies the exchange of health information between multiple organizations in a community in order to deliver reduced costs and
improved care.
“A national framework for healthcare connectivity is clearly in the national and federal agenda,” commented Malcolm Costello, vice president of marketing at Kryptiq Corp. “Exciting and significant progress has been made in the establishment of regional health information sharing initiatives, but many efforts are slowed by issues of governance surrounding centralized registries and patient identification. ClinicalMessenger addresses this challenge and allows our customers to make measurable and meaningful progress today in connecting their communities.”
According to a recent report by the Journal of the American Medical Association, over 50 percent of the information typically missing from a patient’s medical record is available from other care organizations in the patient’s community. One significant cause for this is that health information is traditionally shared between physicians practicing in separate care facilities by paper or fax, and is often unavailable or incomplete when it is needed, even when those individual practices are using electronic medical records. As a result, there is a breakdown in the coordination of care and patients may endure delays and additional unnecessary care services.
Memorial Family Medicine’s three clinics in the Houston area are deploying ClinicalMessenger 3.0 to conduct electronic referrals between physicians and to communicate with patients. A study of a similar deployment of ClinicalMessenger in Portland, Ore., conducted by Providence Health System and The Oregon Clinic, demonstrated that use in electronic referrals saves $10.37 per referral and significantly improved clinician access to pertinent patient information.
“ClinicalMessenger is dramatically changing the way we work together and with our patients,” said Dr. David Bauer of Memorial Family Medicine. “I no longer have to leave generic messages asking patients to call me back, or wondering if my patients can remember what I told them. Messages can be sent conveniently, we have an audit trail that confirms receipt and patients have a record that they can refer to repeatedly if needed.”
ClinicalMessenger provides a critical connectivity solution for providers using EHR systems and has been adopted by numerous provider organizations participating in leading Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) including INHS in Washington and IHIE in Indiana. ClinicalMessenger provides incremental technology that augments EHR systems and allows RHIO participants to securely exchange patient information.
About ClinicalMessenger 3.0
New features of ClinicalMessenger 3.0 include:
- Application context sharing – Once a clinician has opened a patient’s chart in an EHR system, such as GE Centricity® Physician Office, ClinicalMessenger automatically sets the user and patient context and makes documents from that patient’s chart available to be selected as message attachments.
- Automatic “send to” functionality – Clinicians can securely send clinical documents, such as office visit notes, test results, or consult reports, to any appropriate recipient directly from the patient’s chart eliminating additional steps in the workflow and ensuring a complete record of sent messages is stored in the EHR.
- Templated workflows – New message templates simplify communication workflows such as electronic referrals between physicians and doctor/patient messages to make the sending of information convenient for the entire clinical staff.
- Capture and send “on the fly” views – From within the EHR, longitudinal data can be captured as a flow sheet or graphical view, converted to a .pdf document and sent securely to another physician in order to provide a comprehensive view of lab results or other clinical data over time.
Availability
ClinicalMessenger 3.0 will be generally available this July from Kryptiq as well as from the GE Healthcare National Ambulatory sales force and its authorized resellers.
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 the nation's top 100 integrated health networks, spans 44 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, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and Northwest Permanente. For more information on the company, visit http://www.kryptiq.com/.
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Lisa MacKenzie
MacKenzie Marketing Group
lisam@mackenzie-marketing.com
(503) 225-0725
