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CalRHIO
Welcomes HP to Effort to Build Country’s Largest
Statewide Health Information Exchange
California utility
service expected to help improve
patient safety, quality of care, and reduce health
care cost
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May
3, 2007—CalRHIO announced today that
HP has agreed in principle to join Medicity, Inc.,
and Perot Systems Corporation in creating the country’s
largest statewide health information exchange (HIE)
utility service. The goal is to offer California health
care providers and patients secure electronic access
to medical records, where and when the information
is needed.
“HP’s participation underscores the importance
of this effort,” said Don Holmquest, MD, JD,
CalRHIO President and CEO. “Its commitment demonstrates
that leading technology firms are willing to work
together on behalf of their employees and customers
to ensure that vital medical information is available
at the point of care.”
CalRHIO estimates that every day in California, 50,000
or more patients are experiencing suboptimal care
solely because important medical information is missing
from their records. CalRHIO’s HIE Utility Service
will offer communities that want to enable all their
health care providers to exchange information an optional
alternative to building and financing their own infrastructure.
For communities that have already initiated local
health information exchange efforts, the services
offered will be compatible and complementary.
Following a rigorous competitive bidding process,
CalRHIO announced March 13 that it had selected, subject
to final negotiations and agreements, Medicity and
Perot Systems, as its partners to build a statewide
HIE system that will offer a suite of secure, privacy-protected
services. HP will participate in strategy development,
infrastructure design and deployment, and implementation
services for the CalRHIO HIE Utility Service, leveraging
its industry relationships and global experience in
health information systems.
"HP embraces this collaboration between the
private and public sector on the development of a
California-wide health information exchange utility
service," said Jeffrey Miller, vice president
of Health and Life Sciences, HP. "This effort
has the potential to increase the quality of medical
care for Californians by enabling physicians and other
medical professionals to quickly access more complete
electronic medical records."
“HP brings a wealth of experience and credibility
to the project,” said Kipp Lassetter, Medicity
Chairman and CEO. “This relationship will further
enhance our ability to move rapidly from planning
to implementation. With the addition of HP, we benefit
from the support of a collaborative IT industry partner
and one of the leading California employers supporting
the US health IT initiative.”
Both U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike
Leavitt and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
have called for adoption of electronic medical records
over the next several years to improve the quality
and safety of health care, as well as decrease costs.
The CalRHIO HIE Utility Service supports the Governor’s
Executive Order and will enable electronic medical
records to be shared confidentially among providers
across California and through the National Health
Information Network, currently under development by
HHS. The effort supports Secretary Leavitt’s
value-driven health care initiative by promoting the
adoption of electronic health records and potentially
enabling health care organizations to track and document
the efficiency and appropriateness of care patients
receive.
For more information on CalRHIO, visit www.calrhio.org.
Contact:
Daniel Danzig, CalRHIO
925-2168153
Karen Hunt, CalRHIO
510-499-3131
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