Partners HealthCare Expands Its Relationship with InterSystems

Partners HealthCare in Boston is in the process of installing the Epic EHR across all of its hospitals. When you choose Epic, you also choose InterSystems Cache which is the database used by Epic. I was not familiar with the two other InterSystems products that were mentioned in a recent press release called HealthShare and Ensemble. Here is an excerpt from the article (see: Partners HealthCare Standardizes on InterSystems Platform for Breakthroughs in Connected Care): Partners HealthCare...and InterSystems...announced...that Partners has selected InterSystems HealthShare as an enterprise platform for strategic interoperability. InterSystems’ advanced software technology will replace several existing integration engines and enable Partners to pursue consolidation of its financial and clinical systems onto one electronic health record (EHR) platform....In July 2012, Partners HealthCare announced it would implement an integrated electronic health information system at all institutions across the Partners network by 2017. This strategic initiative, Partners eCare, is the largest program of its kind in the history of Partners HealthCare....In keeping with the Partners eCare guiding principle of “one patient, one record, one team, one Partners statement,” InterSystems technology will support the seamless flow of clinical and administrative information between third-party systems and the enterprise EHR, helping to improve coordination of care, reduce unneces...
Source: Lab Soft News - Category: Pathologists Authors: Tags: Electronic Medical Record Healthcare Information Technology Source Type: blogs