Allscripts Inks Deal With Apple For Electronic Health Record
Zacks Investment Research | Aug 27, 2019 09:32PM ET
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDRX) has recently announced the availability of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Health Records for Allscripts Sunrise, TouchWorks and Professional EHR clients and their patients. This draws together hospitals, clinics and the existing Apple Health app for easier access to see one’s available health data from multiple providers at all times.
The latest provision is an addition to Allscripts’ vigorous patient engagement portfolio, which includes Allscripts FollowMyHealth, the Electronic Health Record (EHR)-neutral keystone of the Allscripts patient engagement solution. With this opportunity, the company hopes to improve its foothold in the healthcare information technology market.
The facility is available for iPhone users with iOS 11.3 or higher.
Significance of the Access
With this compilation capability being made available, individual’s medical information from participating institutions will be arranged into one view, covering allergies, conditions, immunizations, lab results, medications, procedures and vitals. Also, clients will be notified as and when the database gets updated.
The company has taken measures to ensure that the data is protected and can only be accessed by the intended party. The data is encrypted and protected with the user’s iPhone passcode, Touch ID or Face ID.
Allscripts believes that through Health Records, patients will become more aware of their health and well-being.
How is this Superior to Traditional Framework?
Earlier, individual’s health information was kept in multiple locations. This required patients to log-in to each healthcare provider’s website and collect information manually. To concise this to a single system, Apple partnered with the health care circle to present a more consumer-friendly approach. This led to the creation of Health Records based on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), a standard for transferring electronic medical records.
Healthcare providers, who participated during the time of the early testing, included Sharp HealthCare and Think Whole Person Healthcare.
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