Axolotl

Physicians Now Able to Access, Connect to and Exchange Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Health Information System (HIS) Information

San Jose, CA, and Belleville, NJ, April 28, 2009 – Axolotl Corp. and Clara Maass Medical Center (CMMC), today announced a record-setting, successful implementation of Axolotl’s Elysium® Exchange, “Clinically Networking” disparate HIS and EMR systems so that patient information is available when and where it is needed. Clara Maass is part of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, New Jersey’s largest integrated health care delivery system.

Donald Lutz
Chief Information Officer
Clara Maass Medical Center

“As EMR adoption continues to escalate, especially with the recent announcement of ARRA stimulus funding, it is imperative that physicians and their health care organizations are able to electronically exchange clinical information, securely and instantly,” said Donald Lutz, Chief Information Officer, Clara Maass Medical Center. “Axolotl’s technology was easily and quickly implemented – exceeding our goals. It was clear they were interface experts.”

Assemblyman Herb Conaway, MD
State of New Jersey Chairman
Health and Senior Services Committee

“Clara Maass’ HIE implementation is a significant achievement towards advancing the quality of health care for all New Jersey residents,” said Assemblyman Herb Conaway, MD, State of New Jersey Chairman, Health and Senior Services Committee. “By improving access to health records for patients and medical practitioners, every patient can receive the best care each and every time they seek medical attention.”

Emergency, inpatient and outpatient results can be shared electronically with a patient’s primary care physician or consultative specialist. Physicians will soon be able to communicate across disparate EMRs, sharing referrals and other patient data instantly — speeding the process of care for the patient. All patient record information is transferred securely in accordance with HIPAA (The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) privacy rules to ensure patient confidentiality.

Physicians will electronically receive clinical information such as results, transcribed reports and imaging information, directly into their tool of choice — an EMR or Axolotl’s Web based Elysium EMR; provided by Clara Maass to any affiliated practice. Through any secure browser, physicians can access Elysium EMR and manage their patients’ incoming clinical information, write and fill prescriptions, send a clinical message to referring physicians, order lab tests and radiology images, and much more — leveraging all ePrescribing and health information exchange incentive payments. Using the Elysium Virtual Health Record (VHR), authorized physicians can also access a comprehensive view of the patient, collected and displayed from multiple HIS and EMR systems, located across the community. Lab reports, medication history, allergies, etc. are displayed in a tabular format, and unlike a portal, allow the physician to forward relevant information directly to their own EMR.

Thomas A. Biga
Executive Director
Clara Maass Medical Center

“In less than two months we were able to implement a health information exchange for our physicians,” said Thomas A. Biga, Executive Director, Clara Maass Medical Center. “Because of Axolotl’s seamless and immediate transition, our physicians now have immediate access to patient health data.”

Ray Scott
Axolotl CEO

“Clara Maass is an example of a finely tuned organization, they had a plan and were able to efficiently and effectively roll it out,” said Ray Scott, Axolotl CEO. “Our implementation team worked seamlessly with Clara Maass’ IT department to implement all interfaces, ahead of schedule.”

About Clara Maass Medical Center

Clara Maass Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, provides a complete continuum of care to residents of northern New Jersey. Clara Maass Centers of medical excellence include the Women’s Health Center, Nuclear Medicine, The Cancer Center at, The Bariatric Surgery Center, Diagnostic Cardiac Services including Cardiac Catheterization, Emergency and Elective Angioplasty and Rehabilitation, The Pain Management Center, The Joint & Spine Institute, a Vascular Center, Same Day Surgery, The Wound Center, The Center for Sleep Disorders, Rehabilitation Services, Maternity Services and Parent Education, as well as Pediatrics.

About Axolotl Corp

Founded in 1995, Axolotl Corp. is North America’s leading provider of browser-based products and services for secure health information exchange and management. Its award-winning Elysium® Exchange suite of solutions enables healthcare providers to instantly share information, reduce costs, and improve quality and efficiency.

Today Elysium helps thousands of healthcare entities—including hospitals, health systems, regional health information organizations (RHIOs/HIEs), clinics, laboratories, radiology centers and physician practices—to securely exchange clinical information for more than 25 million patients. Elysium’s community-wide Master Patient Index, EdgeServer(s), Interoperability Hub, Community Virtual Health Record, and EMR with integrated e-prescribing are all provided as a software service (SaaS). In addition, Axolotl-employed U.S.-based transcriptionists provide high-quality medical transcription services, rapid turnaround and total billing transparency using Elysium technology for report delivery.

Axolotl is based in San Jose and best known for introducing Clinical Messaging®, now at the heart of all health information exchange. For more information about Axolotl, see www.axolotl.com.

Contact:

Nicole Spencer, Axolotl Corp, 530.269.1806, pr@axolotl.com