Orion Rhapsody Secures #1 KLAS Ranking as Top Healthcare Interface Engine for 2nd Time
Rhapsody continues strong momentum with new customer sites going live weekly
SANTA MONICA, CA (PRWEB) July 14, 2005
Orion Systems International, a provider of clinical workflow and integration technology to the healthcare sector, announced today that their Rhapsody Interface Engine has been ranked number 1 in the interface engine category of the KLAS Top 20 Mid-Year Report Card in June 2005.
Rhapsody, which maintains its number 1 ranking from the December 2004 Year-End Report, scored higher than all other vendors in the interface engine category, including Quovadx Cloverleaf, SeeBeyond Datagate and eGate, Siemens OPENLink, Eclipsys eLink, and Sybase.
KLAS has partnered with thousands of healthcare professionals (executives like CFOs and CIOs along with Directors, Managers and Clinicians) creating a dynamic database of performance information on the Healthcare Information Technology software vendors. The KLAS database benefits all players in the healthcare market by reporting vendor performance data from 6,000 healthcare facilities, 300 HIT vendors and 500 different products. http://www. healthcomputing. com (http://www. healthcomputing. com)
“Orion is pleased that Rhapsody remains ahead of the pack in the KLAS ratings,” said Paul Viskovich, President North America for Orion Systems International. “Since the beginning of 2005, a new Rhapsody site has gone live almost weekly on average, which indicates that Rhapsody is providing the healthcare industry with a realistic and reliable interfacing alternative to other products in the market.”
NightHawk Radiology Services, the worldwide leading provider of overnight and off-hour radiology coverage for hospitals and clinics across America, chose Rhapsody to coordinate messaging of radiology reports to their clients, and went live with Rhapsody in April 2005.
“In order to integrate NightHawk Radiology Services with our hundreds of customers, we needed an interface engine that was flexible, reliable, secure, fast and easy to implement. Rhapsody was the obvious choice,” said Scott Berger, Director of Information Technology at Nighthawk Radiology Services. “We were up and running after 1 day of installation and 2 days of training. It is that easy. Rhapsody has made our challenge of sending radiology reports electronically to our hundreds of customers’ RIS seamless and care free.”
About Rhapsody™ Integration Engine
Rhapsody™ Integration Engine delivers advanced inter-system messaging capabilities to health sector organizations of all kinds. Rhapsody is designed for rapid, effortless installation and use, and enables quick and efficient exchange of electronic data, and is used by healthcare organizations around the world including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), NaviMedix, the State Departments of Health of New York, Maine, Virginia and US Virgin Islands. More information can be found by visiting http://www. orionhealth. com/rhapsody (http://www. orionhealth. com/rhapsody)
About Orion Systems International
Orion Systems International delivers a complete, end-to-end IT integration platform for healthcare information systems of all kinds. Orion's easy-to-use tools and applications integrate and enhance existing systems and deliver secure, universal access to information. Orion's clinical information solutions have been used and trusted around the world for ten years. Orion has more than 1,000 clients worldwide including Johns Hopkins Hospital, New York State Department of Health, Central Washington Hospital, McKesson, NaviMedix, CDC, Abbott Laboratories and many more. More information can be found at http://www. orionhealth. com (http://www. orionhealth. com)
About KLAS Enterprises
KLAS, founded in 1996, is the only research and consulting firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of Healthcare's Information Technology (HIT) vendors. KLAS, in concert with thousands of healthcare executives, CIOs, directors, managers and clinicians has created a dynamic database of information on the performance of both HIT vendors and PSFs. The KLAS database represents the opinions of healthcare executives, managers and clinicians from over 6,000healthcare facilities on 300+ vendors and 500+ different products. The information is continually refreshed with new performance evaluations and interviews daily. http://www. healthcomputing. com (http://www. healthcomputing. com). ©2005 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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