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February 2006
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eHealth Insider February 2006; Volume 7, Number 2
Aetna Brings Its Specialty Pharmacy In-house...Health Information Exchange: Figure Out Your Needs Before Investing in Technology...Zix names Spurr chairman...Expert Q&A about RHIOs...Allscripts wins contracts...The Impact of Consumer Driven Healthcare on Claims Management Units...Emdeon Eyes Sales of Two Primary Units...Amicas Reports 4Q05 Profit of $975,000...and more...
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AETNA SPECIALTY PHARMACY: A TECH PLAY
When Aetna Inc. (Hartford, CT) took its specialty pharmacy in-house to better manage costs and serve members, the company also set its sights on improving access to patient information and the entire care process.
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RHIOs: DEFINE NEEDS BEFORE INVESTING
When it comes to Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) purchasing health information technology to share patient information, it’s important to figure out first what makes sense for the organization before committing to larger things like contracting with vendors to supply interoperable healthcare data, said LeRoy Jones, principal and chief executive of GSI, LLC, of Philadelphia, PA.
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ZIX NAMES SPURR CHAIRMAN
Zix Corp. (Dallas) has named Rick Spurr chairman, replacing Jim Marston. He joined Zix in January 2004 and headed up the company’s core product lines in e-prescribing and email encryption.
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EXPERT Q&A ON RHIOs
Listeners had a lot of questions for co-speakers LeRoy Jones, principal and chief executive of GSI, LLC and Todd Rowland, MD, director of Medical Informatics at Bloomington Hospital (Bloomington, IN) during a January webinar, “RHIOs – Purposes, Priorities & Progress,” sponsored by Healthcare Informatics, the American Health Information Management Assn. and the Assn. of Medical Directors of Information Systems.
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AMICAS REPORTS 4Q05 PROFIT OF $975,000
Amicas Inc. (Boston) reported fourth-quarter 2005 net income of $975,000 on revenues of $14.225 million, compared to a net loss of $9.911 million on revenues of $12.112 million in the same period a year earlier.
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ALLSCRIPTS WINS $2+ MILLION SPRINGFIELD CLINIC PACT
Allscripts (Chicago) said it has won a contract valued at more than $2 million to provide electronic medical record technology to Springfield Clinic (Springfield, IL), a multi-specialty practice with 213 physicians across 22 locations.
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