SynapticHealth Announces Launch and First Partnership with Orchestrate Healthcare

Greenwood Village, CO – March 2, 2009 –SynapticHealth announced today the launch of the Healthcare Information Services Exchange at www.synaptichealth.com. SynapticHealth is also unveiling their first partnership with Orchestrate Healthcare who was recently awarded 'Best in KLAS' for Technical Services. SynapticHealth and Orchestrate Healthcare are currently collaborating on the development of SynapticHealth Certified Services compatible with their mutual goal of scalable healthcare information exchange (HIE) solutions.

A synapse is the spark between brain cells that constitutes data, information, knowledge, a memory, a decision, or an idea. SynapticHealth is a means for publishers and consumers of healthcare data, information, and knowledge to connect, discuss, list, publish, and consume the tools necessary to exchange healthcare information - in other words, healthcare information services. SynapticHealth is that spark between healthcare information technology (HCIT) that enables HIE.

SynapticHealth’s goal is simple: better healthcare through better healthcare information exchange. Healthcare information technology vendors and consumers need a common place to make connections based on healthcare information services, to increase the flow of data and improve its interoperability, quality, and cost. SynapticHealth is meeting that need.

Healthcare information services can be:

Infrastructure services – interfaces, adapters, raw code, transaction formats, integration-as-a-service
Transaction services – claims and remittance processing, e-Rx, electronic lab orders and results, exchange of continuity of care records
Value-added HIE services – security/privacy, data governance, data quality management, master person indexing (MPI), end-user authentication, balancing/controls
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), hosted applications, widgets/applets
Mashups of all of the above

With the SynapticHealth.com platform, healthcare, HCIT, and HIE information services publishers and consumers can discuss healthcare information services in the SynapticHealth Forums, list their services (professional or product) in the SynapticHealth Directory, and distribute web-based services via the SynapticHealth Registry.

You can learn more about SynapticHealth, Orchestrate Healthcare, and their exciting partnership by visiting the Orchestrate Healthcare booth # 368 at HIMSS 09 in Chicago, April 4-8. Schedule your appointment now by contacting us at info@synaptichealth.com and take advantage of this unique and innovative collaboration.

ABOUT SYNAPTICHEALTH

SynapticHealth is the Healthcare Information Services Exchange, a “meeting place” for healthcare information technology (HCIT) and healthcare information exchange (HIE) applications. Forum, directory, and registry capabilities allows healthcare information services publishers and consumers to discuss, list, and exchange a wide range of service types: infrastructure, transaction processing, value-added HIE services, hosted applications, and services mash-ups - and can learn how to migrate away from legacy information exchange to scalable, value-added services, SOA and web services, integration-as-a-service, and more. Learn more at www.synaptichealth.com.

ABOUT ORCHESTRATE HEALTHCARE

Orchestrate Healthcare offers expert consulting services for healthcare technical projects, working alongside internal IT department staff to provide technical services expertise, project management, project methodologies, and process improvement. They have proven IT and healthcare expertise and a demonstrated knowledge of the competitive marketplace that enables them to bring their customers the best solutions. Orchestrate Healthcare’s sole focus is on healthcare technical consulting.

Orchestrate Healthcare has earned the ‘Best in KLAS’ Award for Technical Services in 2008. Additional information is available at: www.orchestratehealthcare.com.

ABOUT KLAS

KLAS (www.KLASresearch.com) is an organization that independently monitors vendor performance through active participation of thousands of healthcare organizations and releases a ‘Top 20 Best in KLAS’ award annually on December 15. KLAS helps healthcare providers make informed decisions by offering accurate, honest, and impartial vendor performance information.

KLAS independently monitors vendor performance through the active participation of thousands of healthcare organizations. KLAS uses a stringent methodology to ensure all data and ratings are accurate, honest, and impartial. Research results are offered to healthcare providers through: