December 05, 2011
Rochester Business Journal
The area's largest health care provider, the University of Rochester Medical Center, has joined the Rochester Regional Health Information Exchange's medical image exchange, officials said Monday.
The addition of URMC, which runs nine area medical-imaging sites, to the image-exchange system means that the majority of X-rays, MRIs, CAT scans and other diagnostic images are instantly available to some 1,200 doctors and 13 hospitals in 13 counties, said Ted Kremer, the local RHIO's executive director.
In addition to images, RHIO participants can electronically share patients' test results and medical histories, cutting the chances of physicians ordering duplicate tests or making prescribing errors.
Technology to transmit images among RHIO members is provided by Brighton-based eHealth Global Technologies Inc., which provides electronic medical retrieval services to hospitals and RHIOs nationally.