Surescripts and Inofile Align to Improve Interoperability, Complete the Patient Record
Boise, IDAHO and Arlington, VA, July 31, 2013 -- When it comes to collaborative care and sharing critical patient data, not all information is created equal. To help solve the most persistent interoperability barriers in every healthcare setting, Inofile is combining its leadership in capturing and transforming unstructured content with Surescripts’ national clinical health information network to advance healthcare.
“Inofile shares our commitment to enabling the healthcare system of the future,” said Jeff Miller, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Clinical Interoperability for Surescripts. “While EMRs enable providers to digitize and share patient information, many members of the broader healthcare ecosystem, including long-term care facilities, home healthcare organizations, therapy providers, labs and small practices, continue to rely on fax and other unstructured communication formats. By combining Inofile’s expertise with Surescripts’ clinical interoperability capabilities, we will empower entire communities to participate in meaningful exchange.”
The Surescripts network manages more than 4 billion secure and private health information transactions per year and covers 93% of community pharmacies and 69% of office-based physicians. Despite this considerable reach, fax communication remains a constant across nearly every healthcare setting, with respondents to the 2012 National Physician Survey designating it as their second most popular form of communication behind only the telephone. Similarly, patient information is shared primarily by fax in healthcare settings without EMRs – dramatically impacting the completeness of a patient’s medical record.
As part of its commitment to everyone who relies on its network, Surescripts is focused on defining, measuring and analyzing the safety, accuracy and completeness of all information that flows through it. Its relationship with Inofile will provide improvements in each area and be compatible with all Directed exchange requirements designated by the second stage of Meaningful Use, which goes into effect in 2014.
“We’ve long admired the focus and reach of Surescripts, and believe this relationship will translate into tremendous benefits for everyone who relies on the nation’s leading health information network,” said Therasa Bell, CEO, Inofile. “By combining both companies’ expertise and resources, we will advance the communication and sharing of patient information with a cost-effective, secure, technology-agnostic solution that spans the health care spectrum.”
Inofile has developed multiple solutions designed to bring structure to unstructured content throughout every healthcare environment. Its solutions address the sources of patient information that are either paper-based or digitally unstructured, and thus challenging to efficiently connect to the electronic patient record. Its embedded technology, ChartMD, enables multi-function devices (MFD), scanners and other hardware sources to become a critical part of the electronic medical record system by transforming paper-based information into interoperable documents. Its Messenger system enables any device, from fax systems to digital cameras to mobile devices to medical equipment, to connect directly with an EMR, EHR, HIS, or other medical information system to help save time and money.
For anyone seeking to learn more about this relationship and upcoming solutions, contact sales(at)inofile(dot)com.
About Surescripts
The Surescripts network supports the most comprehensive ecosystem of healthcare organizations nationwide. Pharmacies, payers, pharmacy benefit managers, physicians, hospitals, health information exchanges and health technology firms rely on Surescripts to more easily and securely share health information. Guided by the principles of neutrality, transparency, physician and patient choice, open standards, collaboration and privacy, Surescripts operates the nation's largest health information network. By providing information for routine, recurring and emergency care, Surescripts is committed to saving lives, improving efficiency and reducing the cost of health care for all. For more information, go to http://www.surescripts.com and follow us at twitter.com/surescripts.
About Inofile
Inofile is focused in bringing structure to unstructured documents in healthcare. Partnering with leading healthcare hardware, software, and electronic medical records (EMR) providers, it develops technologies and products that comply with industry interoperability standards related to EMR systems and health information exchange protocols to improve operational efficiency around bringing structure to unstructured content. By capturing and structuring virtually any unstructured clinical content at the source, Inofile solutions address the needs of healthcare professionals - from clinical office managers, sole healthcare providers to hospital system CIOs - Inofile products make it possible for healthcare providers to reduce labor costs, improve customer service, and enable excellent patient care. For more information, please visit http://www.inofile.com.