Merge Healthcare RIS Receives Meaningful Use Certification

Julie Ritzer Ross | October 14, 2011 | Radiology Business | Business Intelligence

Merge Healthcare, a Chicago-based provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, announced that its Merge RIS v7.0 radiology information system has been certified for Meaningful Use. The system reportedly integrates core Meaningful Use functionality and can capture all necessary and relevant patient information to meet the guidelines of Meaningful Use, without disrupting the traditional radiology workflow. Such functionality includes ePrescribing, enhanced reporting capabilities for automatic “trending” of clinical data and reporting on Meaningful Use measures, new clinical decision support, the clinical exchange of health information through industry standard formats, and a patient portal. To read the press release, click here: http://www.merge.com/News/Article.aspx?ItemID=190

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