GE to assist with Virginia RHIO
When the Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization (NoVaRHIO) goes live with its first step towards eHealth Information Exchange (eHIE) connecting patients and physicians across the region, it will leverage GE Healthcare as an infrastructure partner.
At an Aug. 23 event in Alexandria, Va., GE said its eHealth solutions unit demonstrated the Global eHIE system, which will provide medication histories to Inova Alexandria Hospital physicians for their estimated 5,000 monthly emergency department (ED) patients.
The company also said it will provide data into the EMR systems and specialty care applications currently deployed in the Inova Alexandria ED. The Global eHIE will allow community-wide data to be integrated into provider workflow and is expected to be online this year.
Though the initial agreement that serves the Alexandria ED alone, the plans provide for eventual expansion to other Inova EDs as well as to the EDs of other NoVaRHIO hospital system partners, according to GE.
At an Aug. 23 event in Alexandria, Va., GE said its eHealth solutions unit demonstrated the Global eHIE system, which will provide medication histories to Inova Alexandria Hospital physicians for their estimated 5,000 monthly emergency department (ED) patients.
The company also said it will provide data into the EMR systems and specialty care applications currently deployed in the Inova Alexandria ED. The Global eHIE will allow community-wide data to be integrated into provider workflow and is expected to be online this year.
Though the initial agreement that serves the Alexandria ED alone, the plans provide for eventual expansion to other Inova EDs as well as to the EDs of other NoVaRHIO hospital system partners, according to GE.