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Health partnership announces preferred vendors

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Staff Report Updated 11:19 AM Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Ohio Health Information Partnership said Tuesday it has identified five electronic health record companies as preferred vendors as part of an initiative to expand the use of e-health records in the state.

The five vendors are Allscripts Professional; eClinicalWorks Unified EMR/PM Solution version 8; e-MDs Solution Series 6.3.0; Next Gen Healthcare EHR; and Sage Intergy suite 6.0, according to a news release.

More than 40 vendors applied for preferred status, according to Fred Richards of OHIP.

Criteria used to select preferred vendors included:

sufficient functionality to meet current provider needs;
proven capacity to handle the demand for services created by the OHIP program;
willingness to hire and train Ohio residents as electronic health record implementation and training staff;
commitment that all technical support will be conducted within the United States;
commitment to meet national certification and meaningful use requirements.

Providers who use the OHIP program will receive discounted rates, favorable contract terms and additional technical support from the preferred vendors, OHIP said.

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