MedCentral Health System Selects MobileMD for Health Information Exchange to Serve Medical Community

MANSFIELD, Ohio and WARMINSTER, Pa., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MedCentral Health System, an Ohio-based independent, not-for-profit organization, and MobileMD, Inc., a leading enterprise health information exchange, announced today MedCentral's decision to select MobileMD to provide health information exchange to its medical community.

MobileMD will deploy its 4DX Health Information Exchange™, comprised of MobileMD's flagship products, 4DX Intelligence Engine Network and 4DX Clinical Portal, both designed to improve information flow across MedCentral's provider network. MobileMD will manage the set-up, configuration, maintenance and support of the HIE technologies.

MedCentral Vice President and Chief Information Officer Mike Mistretta said, "MobileMD will enhance our ability to connect and share information with the physician community which will benefit patients."

Commenting on MedCentral MobileMD Chief Executive Officer Todd Fisher said, "We are very pleased MedCentral chose MobileMD as their partner to deploy health information exchange services throughout their community," he said. "As such, I'm excited about the potential to serve MedCentral's care community.

"Our technology and services coupled with MedCentral's progressive approach to healthcare information technology will undoubtedly set a great example of the benefits of health information exchange throughout their region and beyond. Moreover, MedCentral is proving what ONC has come to recognize – private HIEs can be sustainable, and offer competitive advantage while simultaneously providing a much greater collaborative care environment. MedCentral's decision places them in a leading role with respect to the critical requirement to connect, aggregate, share, and analyze clinical data to reduce costs and, more importantly, improve care," Fisher said.

About MedCentral

MedCentral is the largest medical provider between Cleveland and Columbus serving about 350,000 people in Richland and the five surrounding counties. Centrally located in the region, MedCentral is an attractive choice for primary and specialty care.

Our non-profit health system includes two hospitals, Mansfield and Shelby, with 351 beds. The largest, Mansfield Hospital, has 326 beds and offers a Level II Trauma Center, Level II Perinatal Department, cutting-edge interventional radiology procedures and advanced cardiology and cardiac surgery services.

Shelby Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital with 25 beds and offers an emergency department, cardiology services, labor and delivery, surgical services, lab, therapies, imaging and transitional care.

Our medical staff boasts more than 200 physicians representing a complete range of primary and specialty care. The health system employs about 2,500 people making it the largest employer in Richland County.

MedCentral has outpatient locations including a Radiation Therapy Center, MedCentral Wellness Complex (physical and occupational therapy, occupational medicine, urgent care, health and fitness) Pediatric Therapy, Pain Center, Home Care, Hospice, two free standing imaging centers and three Outreach Labs. More information is available on the Internet at http://www.medcentral.org.

About MobileMD

MobileMD offers the HIT industry's only 4D HIE™, focusing on all aspects of progressive healthcare delivery: 100% service, technology benefit, economic benefit, and, most importantly, care benefit. MobileMD utilizes a secure, scalable and flexible infrastructure to provide technologies and applications designed to integrate patient health information with disparate HIT systems as well as application software designed to provide access, communications, and interoperability capabilities, bringing the healthcare community together in support of enhanced patient care. MobileMD currently provides the HIE to more than 10,000 subscribers, 800 physician practices, and 70 hospitals nationwide.

For more information about MobileMD visit http://www.MobileMD.com. For the latest thoughts regarding HIE approaches, issues, and strategies visit our blog http://blog.HIEWorks.com.

SOURCE MobileMD, Inc.