GE And KeyHIE To Extend Healthcare IT Access In Pennsylvania

GE Healthcare, a major company providing medical imaging systems and healthcare IT solutions, and, Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE), a healthcare IT service provider in central and northeast Pennsylvania, announced that both are planning to expand the capabilities of Health Information Exchange (HIE) in the region to include chronic disease management, in addition to, improving HIE accessibility to more healthcare providers.
Jim Younkin, director, KeyHIE, said “Working with GE, we’ve achieved our initial goal of enhancing patient care by providing critical patient information, like problems, medications, and allergies to our emergency department physicians. Our next step is to use our health information exchange to accelerate collaboration among a broader set of clinicians.” Geisinger Health System, an integrated delivery network well-known for its creative use of healthcare IT care coordination, also a founding participant in KeyHIE, announced that it has received a $16 million Beacon Community award, provided by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. A section of this award is going to be directed towards using KeyHIE in order to expand patient-focused care coordination throughout a community that involves around 250,000 residents.

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GE And KeyHIE To Extend Healthcare IT Access In Pennsylvania