LAKEVILLE, MINN. and BOSTON, MASS. - ImageTrend, Inc. is pleased to announce it has joined CommonWell Health Alliance as a General Member. CommonWell is a not-for-profit trade association dedicated to cross-vendor interoperability that assures provider access to health data regardless of where care occurs.
CommonWell and its members are producing and deploying real-world interoperability services that will contribute to improved health care delivery and outcomes for providers and the people they serve. CommonWell services include person enrollment, record location, patient identification and linking, and data query and retrieval across the health care continuum. Today, CommonWell services are live at more than 1,200 provider sites, ranging from large acute hospitals to rural specialty practices, nationwide.
“CommonWell is continually looking for members to add to our collective experience across the care continuum,” said Nick Knowlton, Membership Committee chair for CommonWell Health Alliance and Vice President at Brightree. “We are excited to have ImageTrend join us as we lead the industry in enhancing interoperability for providers and the people they serve.”
Built on standards such as the NEMSIS (National Emergency Medical Services Information System), NTDB (National Trauma Data Bank), CARES (Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival) and HL7 compliant data exports, ImageTrend’s solutions are designed for interoperability among EMS, community paramedicine, critical care and hospital emergency departments. By joining CommonWell Health Alliance as a General Member, ImageTrend is taking part in sculpting the future of health information exchange, including clinical and hospital EMR systems in other networks.
“Our clients understand the critical role information plays in the delivery of healthcare and better outcomes,” said Mike McBrady, President of ImageTrend. “We are committed to be champions for their cause and deliver even more access to relevant data through the CommonWell Health Alliance.”
ImageTrend joins the Alliance’s diverse group of members in pursuit of its shared vision of providing better care and outcomes for providers and the people they serve.
About ImageTrend, Inc. www.imagetrend.com
ImageTrend, Inc. is dedicated to connecting life’s most important data in the healthcare and emergency response community. ImageTrend delivers software solutions, data analytics and services for EMS, hospitals, community paramedicine (CP), critical care, fire, and preparedness to enable fully integrated patient-centric healthcare and public safety. ImageTrend’s commitment to innovation, its clients, and providing world-class implementation and support is unsurpassed. Based in Lakeville, Minn., ImageTrend combines business analysis, creative design and database driven architecture to offer scalable solutions and strategies for today and the future.
About CommonWell Health Alliance
CommonWell Health Alliance is a not-for-profit trade association of health IT companies working together to create universal access to health data nationwide. CommonWell members represent 72% of the acute care EHR market and 34% of the ambulatory care EHR market, as well as market leaders and technology innovators supporting care settings such as post-acute care, imaging, perinatal, laboratory, retail pharmacy, oncology, population health, emergency services and more. CommonWell and its members are committed to the belief that provider access to health data must be built into information technologies at a reasonable cost for use by a broad range of health care providers and the populations and people they serve.