The State of Illinois (USA) selects InterSystems HealthShare for your electronic medical history

Madrid, January 2012- InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected healthcare, has announced that InterSystems HealthShare ™ has been selected as the technological platform for Illinois Health Information Exchange. The estimated value of the contract is $ 7.25 million (5.8 million euros). “

Build our electronic exchange of health information is an important step in transforming health care and help patients”, says the Governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn. “Access to electronic records across the State means that the vital patient information is instantly available to doctors and hospitals, when it most needs it, improving the provision of health care and saving lives. ”
the development of the Illinois HIE network is funded by a federal grants program”created to allow States to help health care providers and hospitals with electronic health records (EHRs) interchange. Illinois has received US $ 18.8 million (EUR 14.7 million) during the past four years to develop this capability and the first phase of the Exchange services are expected to be available throughout the State, in April 2012.

Completely scalable solution

The State HIE network will provide a continuous flow of clinical information to more than 50,000 health professionals, insurance companies and State agencies. It is expected to cover a population of patients from 13 million people, according to Laura Zaremba, Director of health information for Illinois Technology Office.

InterSystems HealthShare is an advanced software solution that provides the scalability needed to support the large population of patients from Illinois, as well as a rich set of features that goes beyond the basic Exchange of information and the requirements of interoperability. This provides a unified platform designed to meet the requirements of regional health information exchange and the IDNs (Internationalised Domain Name) both now and in the future.

InterSystems has a history of success in complex initiatives for connected healthcare. Sweden, for example, uses HealthShare to create their national registry of patients, which it summarizes and integrates the medical history of the patient and makes it available to all doctors in the country… In addition, HealthShare is the platform preferred by the State of Rhode Island and three regional organizations of health information in New York. “We hope to work with InterSystems to create an infrastructure of connected health care to improve care for the patient in Illinois,” says Zaremba.

“InterSystems is committed to working with the Office of Illinois health information technology to achieve the exchange of information of patients more efficiently, fast and possible insurance”, says Dominick Bizzarro, HealthShare Business Manager for InterSystems.

About InterSystems

InterSystems Corporation is a global leader in innovative solutions for a networked health, with headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and offices in 23 countries. InterSystems Ensemble ® is a seamless integration and hot-pluggable application development platform. InterSystems cache ® is the most commonly used in clinical applications database. InterSystems HealthShare ™ is a strategic platform for Health Informatics and the creation of the electronic medical history at national and regional level. InterSystems DeepSee ™ is a software that makes it possible to embed real-time analytical capabilities in transactional applications.

InterSystems is the No. 1 of databases and applications for health integration technologies. InterSystems products are used in thousands of hospitals and laboratories around the world, including the 17 hospitals Honor Roll of America ’ s Best Hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Cache can be requested or download through the InterSystems website, where a free, fully functional version is available and unlimited duration. For more information visit InterSystems.es.

Illinois health information technology Office

Illinois health information technology Office is working with the health information exchange, Illinois authority to promote the development of health information technology, increase the adoption and meaningful use of the HCE, ensure the privacy and security of electronic health information and direct the implementation of the exchange of information health across the State.

For more information, visit www.hie.illinois.gov.