Axolotl gets nod for Maryland statewide HIE
Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP), the state-designated entity for Maryland’s health information exchange (HIE), has selected Axolotl's technology as the infrastructure for the state's HIE.
CRISP selected Axolotl, of San Jose, Calif., for its experience in operating many successful statewide HIEs in the country, said David Horrocks, president of Baltimore-based CRISP.
The statewide HIE will operate using Axolotl's Elysium Exchange suite of applications to network various hospital health information systems and EMRs of healthcare providers, hospitals, public health organizations, long-term care facilities, federally qualified health centers, ambulatory care centers, radiology centers and laboratories.
With Elysium Exchange, using a certified EMR, any provider can electronically exchange information with other participants on the network. Physicians can communicate from their EMR system over an Internet connection, without the use of specialized hardware in the practice, sharing referrals, laboratory results, radiology reports and other patient data, according to Axlolotl.
In addition, the Elysium Virtual Health Record (VHR) will provide authorized physicians with access to aggregated patient data. Critical applications will be able to connect to the HIE via web services offered through Elysium Open Access, Axolotl's service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform, the company said.
After a planning process, CRISP, a private, non-profit organization, was selected by the Maryland Health Care Commission to implement a statewide HIE. This work is being funded through the state's all-payor system and through a $9.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
ONC also recently selected CRISP to serve as the health information technology Regional Extension Center (REC) for the state of Maryland. The REC, which will help more than 1,000 primary care providers throughout the state implement electronic medical records, is being funded with a grant of $5.5 million over four years.
When fully implemented, the statewide HIE architecture will enable connections between Maryland's approximately 47 acute-care hospitals, 7,907 physician practices, public health organizations, independent lab and radiology centers, pharmacies and the Nationwide Health Information Network.
CRISP selected Axolotl, of San Jose, Calif., for its experience in operating many successful statewide HIEs in the country, said David Horrocks, president of Baltimore-based CRISP.
The statewide HIE will operate using Axolotl's Elysium Exchange suite of applications to network various hospital health information systems and EMRs of healthcare providers, hospitals, public health organizations, long-term care facilities, federally qualified health centers, ambulatory care centers, radiology centers and laboratories.
With Elysium Exchange, using a certified EMR, any provider can electronically exchange information with other participants on the network. Physicians can communicate from their EMR system over an Internet connection, without the use of specialized hardware in the practice, sharing referrals, laboratory results, radiology reports and other patient data, according to Axlolotl.
In addition, the Elysium Virtual Health Record (VHR) will provide authorized physicians with access to aggregated patient data. Critical applications will be able to connect to the HIE via web services offered through Elysium Open Access, Axolotl's service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform, the company said.
After a planning process, CRISP, a private, non-profit organization, was selected by the Maryland Health Care Commission to implement a statewide HIE. This work is being funded through the state's all-payor system and through a $9.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
ONC also recently selected CRISP to serve as the health information technology Regional Extension Center (REC) for the state of Maryland. The REC, which will help more than 1,000 primary care providers throughout the state implement electronic medical records, is being funded with a grant of $5.5 million over four years.
When fully implemented, the statewide HIE architecture will enable connections between Maryland's approximately 47 acute-care hospitals, 7,907 physician practices, public health organizations, independent lab and radiology centers, pharmacies and the Nationwide Health Information Network.