“Since 2014, the healthcare industry has invested more than $17 billion1 in digital integration and analytic capabilities to support care delivery, wellness and research. Despite new innovations, the use of fax machines remains a brittle link in the coordination and delivery of healthcare. Ciox, a leading healthcare technology company, sees a future without faxing and supports efforts by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to eliminate use throughout America’s healthcare.”
“Despite the widespread adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems by many providers, a large percentage of patient health history is still on paper or locked within legacy systems. Additionally, with hundreds of EMR systems and a lack of consistently implemented interoperability standards, significant technical challenges exist when complete medical record data needs to be exchanged and consolidated…”
“To meet the pressing need for easy dissemination of records, Ciox recently launched HealthSource, a clinical data platform that utilizes artificial intelligence technology to manage the flow of health information and give shape to structured and unstructured records. By leveraging the latest advanced technology, Ciox is forging a way to solve the interoperability challenge for all healthcare stakeholders…” Read the full press release here.
Source: Ciox Addresses CMS Fax Elimination Challenge – September 7, 2018. Business Wire.
