MedUnity’s Public National Health Information Exchange
Now Supports e-Faxing
Press Release – October 27, 2009 – MedUnity
announces the newest release of SMREx HIE (Health Information Exchange).
With SMREx, MedUnity offers a revolutionary new HIE delivery model which makes
it easy and affordable for even the smallest medical practices to participate in
the sweeping changes now occurring within the US Healthcare system as a result
of the ARRA’s Health Information & Technology for Economic and Clinical
Health Act (HITECH). SMREx was the first National Public Health Information
Exchange (NPHIE) for the HIPAA-compliant electronic delivery of Electronic
Medical Records (EMR) information starting in 2005.
Starting in 2011 practices
will be required to electronically exchange medical information in order to
satisfy the principles of “interoperability” and “meaningful use” as defined in
HITECH. Most practices currently rely on the fax machine as the primary tool to
exchange medical information with other practices. MedUnity has combined SMREx,
its HIPAA-compliant, pure electronic, point-to-point medical record exchange
platform, with current e-faxing technology. This creates a solution that meets
the principles of the HITECH “electronic information exchange” requirement while
allowing backward compatibility with the common fax. Now practices participating
in the all electronic exchange of information can also reach all non-SMREx based
practices via fax without any additional effort.
SMREx is a simple, and
complete solution which levels the playing field for all medical practices so
they can easily and affordably participate in the secure sharing of sensitive
medical information irrespective of their affiliation with larger networks or
organizations. The SMREx solution creates an easy migration path from fax and
paper based communications to secure, electronic-based communications. With
SMREx, MedUnity has eliminated the need for expensive and labor-intensive
private HIEs and for Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) networks
that can take years to implement and often have substantial on-going maintenance
costs. MedUnity has recently introduced the concept of a Virtual RHIO (VRHIO),
based on SMREx, for groups looking to create their own RHIO at a fraction of the
cost of traditional community-based models.
About SMREx
SMREx, a web-based, thin
client, solution, allows any practice to get up and running the same day.
Practices can send and receive multiple electronic medical documents instantly
and securely for about the same monthly cost as a single fax line. SMREx is
offered on a monthly subscription basis, is available in all 50 states, and is
interoperable with all EMR software offerings on the market today. MedUnity has
also developed a Web Services API that allows software developers to incorporate
SMREx directly into their applications.
About MedUnity
MedUnity is a
privately-held Massachusetts-based technology company focused on the secure
electronic exchange of medical information. With SMREx, the company has
established itself as the first public, all inclusive, health information
exchange for the delivery of EMR/EHR information. Founded in 2004, the company
develops solutions for the national medical industry addressing referral
management, electronic medical records management and exchange, and Virtual
Regional Health Information Organization services. Contact: Please visit
www.medunity.com or call Patrick
Garland at (508)
833-2272.
