NexJ Connected Wellness to be first patient-engagement solution
connected to state HIE
TORONTO, Aug. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - NexJ Systems Inc.,
(TSX: NXJ) a provider of cloud-based software, delivering
enterprise solutions for the financial services, insurance,
and healthcare industries today announced the
Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at the Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative has awarded NexJ a grant to advance the
value of the Commonwealth's health information exchange (HIE),
called the Massachusetts Health Information Highway (Mass HIway)
through direct engagement by the patient.
The primary goal of this competitive grant program, called the
Mass HIway Vendor Interface Grant Program, is to accelerate
connections to the HIE which will enable healthcare providers to
more easily exchange information and therefore increase the impact
of the HIway on health care delivery.
"NexJ is pleased to be the first organization to provide a state
HIE with a solution that engages patients in their health and
wellness," said William M. Tatham,
Chief Executive Officer of NexJ. "As a pioneer in
people-centered health, we are encouraged by this project as it
will allow healthcare providers to create personal care plans that
inform patients about their condition, what treatments have
happened to date, next steps, and what to do in case of adverse
events. Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center has shown that personal care plans improve patient
satisfaction, reduce phone calls to the office, and enable more
collaborative care."
"NexJ Connected Wellness, a platform that connects people to
their health information and to their care team, and the solutions
available through the platform including NexJ Transitional Care
Management, NexJ Scheduling, NexJ Assessments and NexJ Health
Coach, are seen as adding value to both provider organizations and
patients to improve collaboration and help patients improve
outcomes and achieve their health and wellness goals," said
Eric Gombrich, Senior Vice President
& General Manager, Health Solutions. "The Massachusetts state HIE is built on the Orion
Health HIE infrastructure and furthers the partnership we have
established with Orion Health as a leading global provider of HIE
and healthcare integration solutions."
Grants were awarded to IT vendors that support hospitals and
healthcare organizations, with preference given to vendors in the
electronic health record (EHR), clinical information system (CIS)
and Care Management sectors that support physicians in small
practices, long-term care, or in behavioral health settings,
particularly those not covered by so-called 'Meaningful Use'
incentives. The grants will help diverse records systems
connect to and exchange information on the HIway, improving the
delivery of health care by providing a direct and secure link to
the exchange.
"These grantees are helping health care practitioners across
Massachusetts improve the delivery
of high-quality, cost-effective health care through access to the
Mass HIway," said Pamela Goldberg,
CEO of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. "These are
leading Health IT companies, some of them located here in the
Commonwealth, and their expertise will help hospitals and small
health care vendors better exchange information, thereby improving
the quality of care for Massachusetts citizens."
Federal guidelines require EHR systems to include data exchange
capabilities that incorporate the Direct Standards, which aim to
replace paper-based and proprietary exchanges with more advanced
and cost-conscious electronic systems. These grants can accelerate
development of a direct-enabled records system and offset the cost
of developing and implementing the interfaces.
"These awards move us one step closer toward our goal of having
every provider in the Commonwealth connected to the HIway," stated
Laurance Stuntz, Director of the
Massachusetts eHealth Institute at
MassTech. "These grants will support some of the state's smaller
providers to transition onto the HIway, which will fill in critical
gaps in information sharing and move us closer to truly statewide
adoption."
In 2012, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services
launched the statewide health information exchange. The
Vendor Interface Grants are part of the Mass HIway 'Last Mile
Program,' funded through the State Health Information Exchange
Program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office
of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC).
For more information, visit:
http://www.mehi.masstech.org/health-information-exchange-0/last-mile-program/vendor-interface-grants.
About NexJ Systems Inc.
NexJ is a provider of cloud-based software, delivering enterprise
solutions for the financial services, insurance and healthcare
industries. Our next-generation, people-centered software combines
industry-specific functionality with information from multiple
applications and data stores to provide comprehensive knowledge of
the individual.
Through the acquisition of Broadstreet Data Solutions Inc., NexJ
has added expertise in data governance and management, data
integration and quality, business intelligence and analytics, and
mobile application development.
NexJ is named as Canada's
fastest growing company in the 24th Annual PROFIT 200 ranking by
PROFIT Magazine, and ranks in the top 5 of the Deloitte Technology
Fast 50™ for the third consecutive year. Based in Toronto, NexJ has clients throughout
North America and in Europe. For more information about NexJ
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About the Massachusetts
eHealth Institute
The Massachusetts eHealth
Institute (MeHI) at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is the
state's entity for health care innovation, technology, and
competitiveness and is responsible for advancing the dissemination
of health information technology throughout Massachusetts, including the deployment of
electronic health records systems in all health care provider
settings and connecting them through the statewide health
information exchange. For more information, please visit
mehi.masstech.org and follow @MassEHealth.
About the Mass HIway
The Massachusetts Health Information Highway (Mass HIway) is the
Commonwealth's secure statewide health information exchange. The
Mass HIway enables the electronic movement of health related
information among diverse organizations, such as doctors' offices,
hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies, skilled nursing facilities and
health plans. The HIway facilitates the exchange of clinical
information among varied health care information systems, while
maintaining the meaning of the information being exchanged,
regardless of provider affiliation, location or differences in
technology. Using the HIway can give doctors and other clinicians a
more comprehensive understanding of their patients' full medical
histories to inform a more complete delivery of their
healthcare.
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