RelayHealth Partners With Montefiore Medical Center to Launch Secure Messaging Services to Improve Patient Access and Practice Efficiency

EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 6 /PRNewswire/ — RelayHealth Corporation, the nation’s leading provider of online provider-patient communication services, today announced an agreement with Montefiore Medical Group (MMG), a division of Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, to provide secure RelayHealth online messaging services to some of its patients as part of a pilot project.

Initially, the service will be available at six Montefiore Medical Group locations in the Bronx and nearby Westchester County. Patients at these locations will be able to communicate with MMG staff from their homes or offices, at a time that is convenient to them, about appointment requests, prescription renewals and lab test results.

“We’re honored to be working with Montefiore as part of its commitment to extraordinary patient care,” said Giovanni Colella, MD, president and chief executive officer, RelayHealth. “We expect this pilot project will show that the RelayHealth service will have a favorable impact on patient satisfaction as well as on overall operational efficiency within each MMG practice.”

About Montefiore Medical Center

Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, ranks among the top one percent of all US hospitals based on its investments in medical innovation and cutting-edge technology.

This 1,062 bed medical center includes the Henry and Lucy Moses Division, the Jack D. Weiler Hospital and The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, a large home healthcare agency and a 21-site medical group practice located throughout the Bronx and nearby Westchester. Montefiore treats all major illnesses and has distinguished centers of excellence in cardiology and cardiac surgery, cancer care, tissue and organ transplantation, children’s health, women’s health, surgery and the surgical subspecialties. Montefiore Medical Center focuses on providing family-centered healthcare in a nurturing environment that extends well beyond its hospital and ambulatory settings.

About RelayHealth Corporation

RelayHealth is the premier provider of secure, online healthcare communication services. The RelayHealth communications platform connects patients, clinicians, payers and pharmacies to improve clinical productivity, create administrative efficiencies, reduce costs and enhance patient satisfaction. Medical practices can quickly deploy RelayHealth to realized physician productivity and reduced phone volume. With the RelayHealth Interoperability Toolkit, practices can also integrate RelayHealth with most major commercial or custom electronic medical record and practice management systems. RelayHealth’s robust suite of solutions for the medical office includes secure messaging featuring the webVisit, and end to end e-prescribing through eScript. The RelayHealth communications platform also enables care management and continuity of care through tools such as a Patient Health Record that interoperates with physician and payer clinical systems. For more information, visit http://www.relayhealth.com/.

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