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41 hospitals throughout Indiana are now connected via the IHIE system

INDIANAPOLIS, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians and patients at the Howard Regional Health System and St. Joseph Hospital can now benefit from the clinical information exchanged through Indiana Health Information Exchange's (IHIE) DOCS4DOCS(R) service. The Kokomo-based health care providers have implemented IHIE's secure, Web-based service that delivers clinical reports like lab results, reports, and treatment information in real-time, sent instantly to where it needs to be for patient care (outpatient centers and ambulatory practices).

"Having two hospital systems in the same community work closely together in order to bring the DOCS4DOCS service to their patients is exactly the kind of collaboration that exemplifies the commitment to high quality, efficient care," said Dr. J. Marc Overhage, President and CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange. Overhage also serves as Director of Medical Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and is Regenstrief Professor of Medical Informatics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. "These hospital systems understand the value of having clinical information in the right place, at the right time and how it can improve patient outcomes and save health care dollars."

The DOCS4DOCS service is one of the nation's most respected clinical messaging services and replaces traditional delivery systems such as courier and postal mail; 39 hospitals in Indiana are sending approximately 2.8 million messages each month to more than 10,000 Indiana physicians. More than 50 million messages have been sent since its inception. It was developed by the Regenstrief Institute and is run in conjunction with IHIE.

"We're very pleased to be partnering with St. Joseph Hospital in this community-based clinical messaging service," stated James P. Alender, president &a
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