MidMichigan Health Purchases RyTRAK HIE for EMR Interoperability

Irvine CA, March 16, 2007 - Accenx Technologies, Inc. a leading integration solutions company and a trusted partner in healthcare announced that MidMichigan Health, located in Midland, MI, has subscribed to Accenx’s EMR interoperability solution, RyTRAK-HIE to deliver EMR interoperability to its physicians throughout Michigan.

MidMichigan Health was seeking a solution, which would enable its hospitals, including MidMichigan Medical Center and Gratiot Medical Center, to offer electronic transmission of all clinical results to physician offices’ EMRs throughout the region.  MidMichigan Health selected Accenx and RyTRAK HIE because of the sustainability of the company, extensive experience in integration, but more importantly, because of Accenx’s strategy of partnering with MidMichigan Health in implementing the EMR interoperability solution.

“We selected Accenx and RyTRAK HIE over other vendors because the company shows great longevity, they have proven their integration knowledge and experience, and they have shown a willingness to facilitate the implementation process,” shares Linda Harms, Application and Integration Manager, MidMichigan Medical Center – Midland.  “When we subscribed to RyTRAK HIE, we knew Accenx’s partnership would prove to be beneficial in assuming the implementation and support for the physician practice and coordination with the physician practice’s EMR vendor.”

Unlike other vendor products, where other vendors drop in their technology and leave it up to customers to implement EMR interoperability, RyTRAK HIE does not introduce hardware costs and maintenance, does not increase the work load and costs on IT staff, does not require costly VPNs, and provides a lower cost of entry for physician practices to achieve EMR interoperability.

“We are excited to bring this solution to MidMichigan Health.  RyTRAK HIE will enable MidMichigan Health’s hospitals a win-win scenario, where the hospitals will win physician loyalty by delivering pertinent electronic clinical results to physician practice EMRs, while physician practices will extend their continuity of care data to improve efficiencies in the delivery of care, increasing the quality of care while meeting regulatory and other pay for performance requirements,” states David Cheng, CEO & President, Accenx Technologies, Inc.

About MidMichigan Health
MidMichigan Health is a family of organizations dedicated to providing quality, comprehensive healthcare through the middle of Michigan and beyond. Its vision is to provide a lifetime of trusted care through coordinated hospitals, home care, nursing homes, and urgent care, as well as through physician services and advanced medical technology. MidMichigan Health has been recognized regionally and statewide for their integrated care in cancer, neuroscience, and orthopedics. Established in 1984, MidMichigan Health has become the preferred provider of health care services to residents throughout a large region of the state.
Two MidMichigan Health Medical Centers have been named to the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® list by Solucient®, part of Thomson Healthcare, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. They are MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland and Gratiot Medical Center in Alma. While not a hospital, the MidMichigan Health Park in Mt. Pleasant is a component of the Medical Center in Midland.

The Solucient 100 Top Hospitals®: National Benchmarks for Success study annually examines changing performance levels in U.S. hospitals and objectively identifies 100 benchmark hospitals based on overall performance.

In addition, MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland received the Top 100 Hospitals distinction in the teaching hospital category. The MidMichigan Health website address is www.midmichigan.org.

About Accenx Technologies, Inc.
Accenx was officially launched in 1997 and our focus from the beginning has been to address the issues and challenges of healthcare systems integration.  Accenx offers both products and services to address the constantly changing needs of healthcare integration.
Accenx’s EMR Interoperability solution, RyTRAK™ HIE (Ambulatory Collaboration Module), offers health organizations a cost-effective solution for secure exchange of electronic patient information with remote physician offices’ and clinics’ EMRs and Practice Management Systems. RyTRAK HIE is a strategic solution that allows for true integration between hospital clinical systems and ambulatory EMR platforms, including eClincalWorks, NextGen, SoapWARE, RenalTrack, AllScripts and many more. RyTRAK™ HIE improves the continuity of care between doctor’s offices and acute care facilities.
Ranked #1 in KLAS in 2005 and 2006, our consultants can handle anything from custom interfaces to community wide networks and have built registration, scheduling, clinical, financial, and patient tracking systems. Accenx has over 140 healthcare customers, ranging from large health systems to regional facilities including Baystate Health, NYU Health, John Muir, and Cleveland Clinic, ranked the 3rd best hospital system in the nation. For more information please visit www.accenx.com.