MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative health care management solutions, has entered into an agreement with InSite One, Inc., the industry's leading medical provider of enterprise archiving and disaster recovery managed services, for the cross-licensing and reselling of technology, services and intellectual property. The deal sets the stage for cross-enterprise patient information sharing nationwide, including Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) XDS compliance for over 2.7 billion medical images InSite One hosts, and the long-term management of imaging and non-imaging data (see also MEDecision).
MEDecision will leverage the partnership with InSite One to include InDex image archiving and business continuity services in its offerings to providers and health plans. In addition, the agreement provides InSite One with the tools and services necessary for its InDex services to be fully compliant with IHE standards for cross-enterprise health information exchange (HIE). Based on technology developed by HxTechnologies Inc. (HxTI), which was acquired by MEDecision earlier this year, InDex will offer and support the complete range of XDS, XDS-I, PIX/PDQ and ATNA components as a hosted solution for sharing clinical data, both imaging and textual, within the first national HIE-capable archive solution. InSite One will also maintain a license to key patents MEDecision now holds in the HIE space.
'The market for health information exchange has entered an important phase of growth and maturation, particularly around medical imaging,' said Elliot Menschik, M.D. Ph.D., the founder of HxTechnologies and leader of MEDecision's EHR/HIE solutions. 'We are delighted to announce an alignment of organizations that enables our customers to reap the benefits of unparalleled scale, interoperability and capability for sharing of diagnostic imaging and other clinical results.'
'This has been a vision of the two organizations for some time as we have jointly prepared to address specific enterprise requests for our joint services,' commented Jim Champagne, president and CEO of InSite One. 'Our software as a service model offers the industry the benefits of technology management with cost-effective care in an area that is rapidly changing, creating operational and budgetary challenges to most organizations,' he concluded.
For more information about InSite One, please visit http://www.insiteone.com/. For more information about MEDecision, visit www.MEDecision.com and subscribe to an RSS feed at http://www.MEDecision.com/blog/. Follow the company on Twitter at MEDecision. Additional Resources MEDecision website: www.MEDecision.com MEDecision on Twitter: @MEDecision MEDecision blog: http://www.MEDecision.com/blog MEDecision press releases: http://www.MEDecision.com/news MEDecision webinars: http://www.MEDecision.com/webinar About InSite One and InDex Enterprise Archive For over a decade, InSite One, Inc. remains the market leader in medical data archiving and storage content management services. Driven by emerging storage technology and market requirements, InSite One's InDex Enterprise Archive services define data management as a conduit for sharing of patient information. The InDex on-demand consolidated repository creates an environment for rapid retrieval of clinical information with any application. InDex intelligent, standards-based solutions adhere to DICOM, HL7, and XDS (cross-enterprise document sharing) IHE data workflow frameworks that ensure the last data migration will be with InSite One. By design, InDex retains and protects data for their legal-life in a tamper-proof HIPAA compliant environment. Built into this storage architecture are solutions allowing for business continuity that meet rapid return to service objectives. The full spectrum of InDex services includes seamless data migration, ongoing IT support, state-of-the-art hardware and software upgrades that keep pace with the healthcare enterprise's evolving needs and industry requirements. With over 2.7 billion objects managed, InDex Enterprise Archive is the single-source for medical data consolidation demonstrating 'meaningful use'. About MEDecision MEDecision offers collaborative health care management solutions that provide a simplified and smart way to manage the health of members and member populations which can improve the quality and affordability of care. Based on state-of-the-art technology, MEDecision's solutions include Alineo™, a collaborative health care management platform for managing case management, disease management and utilization management; and Nexalign™, a collaborative health care information exchange service. MEDecision believes that, in the aggregate, its health care payer customers insure or manage care for approximately one in every six people in the U.S. with health insurance. For more information, please visit http://www.MEDecision.com.
MEDecision is a trademark of MEDecision, Inc. The MEDecision logo and product names are also trademarks or registered trademarks of MEDecision, Inc. Other product and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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This article was prepared by Biotech Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Biotech Week via NewsRx.com.
