CareEvolution and SCHIEx Named Interoperability Finalists for 2008 Microsoft Healthcare...

CareEvolution and SCHIEx Named Interoperability Finalists for 2008 Microsoft
Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) Healthcare Innovation Awards

ANN ARBOR, Mich., and COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ --
CareEvolution, Inc. and the South Carolina Office of Research & Statistics are
pleased to announce that the South Carolina Health Information Exchange
(SCHIEx) has been named a finalist in the Interoperability category by
Microsoft and the Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) 2008 Innovation
Awards Program. The MS-HUG Healthcare Innovation Awards are presented annually
to those healthcare organizations and their technology solutions partners who
have best demonstrated industry leadership in using technology to achieve
innovation excellence in containing costs and improving the quality of patient
care.
"SCHIEx is a great example of how Microsoft technologies can help
healthcare organizations deliver critical clinical information where and when
it is needed -- in this case across a state covering the large population,"
said Chris Sullivan, U.S. health industry solutions director, Microsoft Corp.
"We remain committed to working with innovators such as CareEvolution and the
South Carolina Office of Research and Statistics to improve health around the
world by utilizing Microsoft's familiar, easy-to-use and widely supported
technology platform."
SCHIEx is an innovative statewide initiative that provides a state level
info-highway that connects local health care providers and stakeholder groups
to each other across the state. Seeded with claims data, SCHIEx is built on a
federated architecture that delivers a 10-year health history of more than 6
million citizens of the state inferred from Medicaid and UB92/HCFA1500 claims.
This broad dataset covering the entire state is supplemented by deep clinical
data adapters that can connect national lab vendors, prescription history
sources, the state immunization registry, and local and regional EMR enabled
health care providers. In addition to serving as a Longitudinal Health Record
portal, the project serves as a statewide record locator service (RLS) that is
being used by emerging regional health information exchanges across the state.
"SCHIEx serves as statewide utility for healthcare stakeholders across
South Carolina interested in getting a head start in leveraging information
technology in their efforts to enhance the quality and continuity of patient
care, improve clinical workflow and productivity, and deliver consumer centric
care," said David Patterson, PhD, Assistant Chief, Health & Demographics,
South Carolina Office of Research & Statistics. Vik Kheterpal, MD, a
Principal at CareEvolution added that, "SCHIEx was born of the need to connect
South Carolina. Working with the ORS we have succeeded in paving a technology
e-health highway that insures that patient information can travel across South
Carolina as fast as patients are moving from one care provider to another."
About South Carolina Office of Research and Statistics (ORS)
The South Carolina Office of Research and Statistics (ORS) is a service
agency within the SC Budget and Control Board. ORS is a neutral entity with
no regulatory function within the state government. ORS' mission is to
provide statistical and research focused services to statewide stakeholders.
Through a series of agreements, agencies and organizations (public and
private) entrust their data systems with the ORS while retaining control of
their own data at all times.
About CareEvolution
CareEvolution is a leading provider of secure interoperability solutions.
HIEBus(TM), our health information exchange (HIE) technology platform is a
robust Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to enable heterogeneous underlying
EMRs to "share" clinical information in a secure, reliable, and incremental
manner. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) can adopt distinct components
such as Identity Management, Record Location, Clinical Data Integration, Audit
& Log, Data Persistence, Visualization, Terminology, and Data Mining may be
adopted piecemeal or as a comprehensive technology platform.
http://www.careevolution.com

For More Information Contact:
CareEvolution, Inc.
Renea Quinn
(410) 451 7139
renea@careevolution.com

CareEvolution Media:
Vik Kheterpal, MD
(734) 678 4788
vik@careevolution.com

SOURCE CareEvolution, Inc.

Renea Quinn, +1-410-451-7139, renea@careevolution.com, or Media - Vik
Kheterpal, MD, +1-734-678-4788, vik@careevolution.com, both of CareEvolution,
Inc.