AtTheScene™ Mobile Platform Allows for Connection to Ohio's CliniSync Health Information Exchange so EMTs can Access Vital health Information for Patients
SYRACUSE, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 22, 2017 / LifeSource Health, Inc. has signed agreements that will give Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) access to a patient's health information during an emergency run. LifeSource Health will begin operations in Ohio by deploying the company's AtTheScene™ cloud based mobile platform for Emergency Medical Technicians. The agreements include an arrangement with the Ohio Health Information Partnership, which manages CliniSync, the state's health information exchange (HIE) that gathers, stores and provides medical data to agencies across the state. LifeSource Health also signed a pilot agreement with Physicians Ambulance Service, Inc., which is an EMS service providing emergency medical transport of 55,000 cases per year in Northeast Ohio.
LifeSource's mobile application and underlying connectivity system, AtTheScene™, will allow the EMTs at Physicians Ambulance Service to access health data from CliniSync on all of its medical transport calls. After receiving the 911 call, the EMTs can request patient data; and in approximately a half a minute, they receive a download of vital medical information to their mobile devices. The medical data includes allergies, recently-prescribed drugs and recent medical history from the HIE. This allows the EMTs to avoid making medical mistakes that can cause complications for patients.
Adam Rossbach, the HIE Director at CliniSync said, "The access to data that AtTheScene will provide to EMTs furthers the mission of CliniSync to deliver vital medical information to all medical providers in our region. We have been looking for a method to allow mobile providers the ability to view patient data in a secured and easy to use format. This will be another step forward towards maximizing the utility of the medical data we have carefully gathered over the past several years."
David LaVance, President of LifeSource Health, said, "The opening up of Ohio to LifeSource's AtTheScene™ service is a big step for our company. We were looking for contracting partners in Ohio who are interested in deploying the medical data to the providers who need it, and both Clinisync and Physicians Ambulance Service see the immediate value AtTheScene™ brings to their operations and the patient communities they serve."
Jason Hess, a Vice-President at Physicians Ambulance Service, also noted, "We have been searching for an application our EMTs could use in the field when they have an emergency run. The AtTheScene™ app will be installed on all of our techs' laptops, and we are expecting them to use it every time they have an emergency run. There are approximately 1.1 million emergency transports statewide per year. We do about 55,000 transports per year, and the information is vital to improving patient service and outcome."
The addition of the Pilot Agreement in Ohio comes on the heels of Lifesource Health's successful test pilot of AtTheScene™ at the Central New York Health Information Exchange, along with the Federal EHR certification. This has allowed the company to expand through New York, Ohio, and reach the 19,000 EMT agencies nationwide.
About LifeSource Health, Inc.: LifeSource Health, Inc., is software solutions and health data access company that delivers vital digital patient data across the caregiver spectrum. Our premier product "AtTheScene™" provides essential health information to first responders quickly, accurately, and securely, when they need it most - at the scene. The company has offices in Syracuse, NY and Marietta, GA.
Please visit lifesourcehealthinc.com for more information.
About Ohio Health Information Partnership: The Ohio Health Information Partnership assisted more than 6,000 primary care physicians with the adoption of electronic health records through federal funding. In addition, The Partnership received a federal grant of $14.9 million for the creation of a technological infrastructure (CliniSync) that allows hospitals, physicians, clinicians, laboratories, long-term care, behavioral health facilities and others involved in a patient's care to communicate electronically and share patient data. Currently, 150 hospitals are contracted with CliniSync and 129 are live, sending results and reports to thousands of physicians throughout Ohio. The Partnership's founders include the Ohio State Medical Association, Ohio Osteopathic Association, Ohio Hospital Association, BioOhio and the Ohio Department of Insurance. More information can be found at the Ohio Health Information Partnership website at www.clinisync.org.
About Physicians Ambulance Service, Inc.: Physicians Ambulance Service was founded in 1958 by Robert & Patricia Hess in Cleveland, OH. Physicians Ambulance is one of the largest private ambulance companies in Northeast Ohio with over 200 employees. They service 10 medical centers, 80 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, 4 colleges and universities and 3 professional sports teams. Physicians Ambulance is the only private EMS organization in the State of Ohio that is 100% American Heart Association compliant, Level 1. http://www.physiciansambulance.com/
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SOURCE: LifeSource Health, Inc.