Washington HIE hooks up with Greenway

Greenway Medical Technologies and the physician services technology division of Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS) in Spokane, Wash., have formed an agreement for INHS to provide Greenway's EHR and practice management tool, PrimeSUITE 2011, to hospital systems and ambulatory practices requiring care coordination and network interoperability.

INHS connects 38 hospitals and more than 4,000 physicians on an integrated health information network. With Greenway, INHS will coordinate licensing, training, implementation, hosting and ongoing support services of PrimeSUITE to hospitals and practices to establish communities of health focused on sustainable patient care and quality reporting initiatives, according to the Carrollton, Ga.-based company.

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