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Medicare and Medicaid
Health Care Finance to Implement District's First Medicaid 'Patient Data Hub' Using MedPlus Technology
June 21st, 2009
The Department of Health Care Finance, DHCF, the District's Medicaid agency, announced the selection of MedPlus, the health information technology subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE:DGX), to implement the District Government's first Medicaid focused health information exchange (HIE). Within a year, clinicians and selected hospitals and clinics serving Medicaid beneficiaries will soon be able to quickly share and access clinical information about their patients, at the point of care, thanks to the district's new Patient Data Hub (The Hub). The health information exchange contract will empower healthcare providers, in the pilot project, to access and...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-06-21)
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