InterHospital Physician Association Implements Kryptiq's Connect IQ(TM) Secure Messaging
Posted on: Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 09:23 CDT
PORTLAND, Ore., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Kryptiq Corporation, one of the nation's fastest-growing providers of solutions for healthcare transformation, today announced that InterHospital Physicians Association (Portland IPA) has selected Kryptiq's Connect IQ(TM) Secure Messaging to connect providers across the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. Kryptiq's Connect IQ serves as a vendor neutral platform enabling Portland IPA providers to securely share patient information for improved coordination of care. With this solution, the Portland IPA will support collaboration among its members so that patient information may be shared securely and electronically across physician systems where it is needed, improving clinical and economic performance.
"As one of the largest and oldest independent practice associations, we are committed to setting the standard for implementing technology to improve the patient experience and streamline physician workflow in our community," said Maryclair Jorgensen, executive director of Portland IPA. "Kryptiq's Connect IQ helps us do this by improving communication between our physicians and with their patients."
The Portland IPA serves over 2,200 physicians at more than 500 practices across the healthcare community in Portland, Oregon. It strives to create a connected community of diverse clinicians with collaborative relationships to improve the population's health. Portland IPA member physicians have developed excellent reputations for delivering superior services within all specialty areas. Kryptiq's technology allows patient information to be shared across the variety of information systems used by providers in the Portland community, including solutions from eClinicalWorks, GE Healthcare, Sage Software, and others.
"Our goal is to enable organizations to unlock value and improve care by transforming outdated methods of healthcare communication, such as mailing lab results or faxing patient information," said Luis Machuca, president and CEO of Kryptiq. "The Portland IPA is playing a leading role in connecting the Portland community, creating network benefits for providers to collaborate securely and electronically and setting a standard for other communities and healthcare organizations to follow."
About Connect IQ
Kryptiq's Connect IQ provides a secure communication network that enables an entire medical community to share patient information. It allows providers to collaborate electronically and establish a common framework to connect both EMRs and paper-based organizations. This simple approach maximizes the value of existing investments in health information and connectivity technologies across the community.
About Kryptiq
Kryptiq is the leading provider of interoperability and workflow connectivity solutions for healthcare. Kryptiq streamlines healthcare communications among patients, providers, pharmacies and payers with secure messaging, electronic prescribing, disease management and contract management technologies. By integrating these solutions with existing systems and applications, Kryptiq enables the trusted transport of health information where and when it is needed. Kryptiq's fast-growing customer base includes many of North America's top 100 integrated health networks, spans 48 states plus Washington, D.C. and includes well-known providers and payers such as Providence Health System, Capital Region Healthcare, MeritCare Health System, Eastern Maine Healthcare, BlueCross and BlueShield of Minnesota and Northwest Permanente. For more information on the company, visit http://www.kryptiq.com/.
About InterHospital Physicians Association
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2008, known in the community as the Portland IPA, it represents over 1600 specialists in 88 specialties and 600 primary care providers, in family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics. The IPA offers an EMR solution with eClinicalWorks with an attractive, affordable financial arrangement. Grant funding from Providence Health Plan made the Kryptiq offer possible through the IPA.
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Kryptiq Corporation
CONTACT: Public Relations, Nicole Loux, +1-415-694-6705,nloux@racepointgroup.com, RJ Bardsley, +1-415-694-6701,rbardsley@racepointgroup.com, both of Racepoint Group
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Source: PRNewswire
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