July 18, 2008
Healthcare Informatics
"Idaho HIE Selects Technology Partner"
Idaho Health Data Exchange (Boise),
Idaho’s first statewide HIE, has selected San Jose, Calif.-based
Axolotl technology to electronically
connect more than 1,500 Idaho physicians, 30 hospitals and 10 reference
labs
across the state.
A public benefit corporation, IHDE, Inc. is a statewide partnership of Idaho
healthcare providers, health insurance companies and citizens. The public-private
partnership includes Saint Alphonsus and St. Luke’s Hospitals (both in Boise),
Kootenai Medical Center (Coeur d’Alene), St. Mary’s Hospital and Clinics
(Cottonwood), Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics (Orofino), physicians and
pharmacists, and insurers such as Blue Cross of Idaho and Regence Blue Shield.
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