Ricoh and Intersystems Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Healthcare Breakthroughs
News Release Ricoh and InterSystems announce strategic partnership to deliver healthcare breakthroughs Interoperable solutions will connect devices, systems, data and organizations for improved outcomes MALVERN, PA, Feb. 19, 2014 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today announced a strategic partnership with InterSystems to develop new information solutions for acute healthcare that can improve workflow, cost-efficiency and ultimately patient care. Both companies will be exhibiting at the upcoming HIMSS 2014 Annual Conference and Exhibition, Feb. 23-27 in Orlando. InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, provides InterSystems HealthShare®, a health informatics platform, which enables strategic interoperability and analytics for action across a hospital network, community, region or nation. The Ricoh partnership with InterSystems will enable interoperable solutions designed to better manage healthcare information. One solution, which will be demoed at HIMSS next week, will enable clinicians for the first time to photograph a newly admitted patient’s injury and automatically insert the photo into the patient’s electronic health record (EHR) without ever leaving the patient’s bedside. Before taking the picture, the clinician would use the Ricoh Healthcare Camera to scan a barcode on the patient’s wristband and add information to describe the injury. The tags could include user- defined items, such as “laceration” and “left leg,” data the clinician enters directly, and even voice recordings. The photo image and data would then wirelessly attach to the patient’s EHR. This solution would quickly and easily create more complete pictures of patients’ progress, supporting improved outcomes. “Information gaps are a big problem in healthcare,” said Patrick Braun, Vice President, Healthcare Vertical, Ricoh Americas Corporation.
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