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HIT Trends Summary: Surescripts & Kryptiq

The Health Care Blog’s Michael Lake gives his analysis on the recently announced partnership between Surescripts and Kryptiq and the impact on the market.

Surescripts Announces Partnership with Kryptiq to Expand E-Prescribing Platform

Kryptiq’s Secure Messaging is an enabling technology to this landmark open, neutral healthcare network.

Dr. Livingston Demonstrates Patient Engagement at the Health 2.0 Conference

Using a Patient Portal and Secure Messaging solution developed by Kryptiq, Dr. Jeff Livingston of MacArthur OB/GYN is taking patient engagement to the next level. His use of a secure patient portal and social media has been

2020 Vision Your guide to the industries of Portland’s future

In the September issue of Portland Monthly the Portland Software industry is described as a thriving community of 726 companies. Ranging from international companies such as Intel and Mentor Graphics to a continually growing collection of homegrown organizations,…

Health Information Exchanges Are Hopping

In this article Ken Terry discusses the recent surge in statewide and regional HIEs and the vendors that are ready to meet the needs of hospitals and vendors around the country, including Kryptiq.

Today, with the bulk of medical records

GreenField Health on the value of Secure Messaging in USA TODAY

Congratulations to Kryptiq customer GreenField Health who was featured in USA TODAY as a model of innovation in the delivery of primary care. In addition to GreenField’s unique retainer fee structure, its improved methods of

Concord Hospital CIO Deane Morrison on Meaningful Use

With the government piling on its Meaningful Use regulations, healthcare CIOs are under a lot of pressure to bring home the incentive bacon. For some, relaxation takes on traditional forms such as vacationing, biking or running. But Deane Morrison is…

Feds to spend $144M to train health IT workers

OIT opened a simulation lab in 2007 that simulates an IT environment in the health care field to help students learn how to deploy EMR applications from leading vendors such as General Electric and Allscripts. It also familiarizes them with…

Data Exchange Update

Roughly half of the government requirements for “meaningful use” of EHRs are related to electronic connectivity. Therefore, to obtain federal subsidies for your purchase of an electronic health record (read “EHR Incentives Update,” February 2010) you must have a strategy…

Privacy in a Social Media World

Do networking sites like Facebook present privacy problems or are they a way to build community around your practice?
Livingston’s practice recognized the demand for online communications with his patients — and the need to implement the “next step,”…