eClinicalWorks Selected by Massachusetts
Regional Extension Center
Award-winning Electronic Health Records (EHR) Company Selected as Preferred Vendor
September 09, 2010 08:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory
clinical systems, today announced that Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI), the state’s Regional Extension
Center, has selected eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM)
system as a preferred vendor for its primary care providers state-wide. eClinicalWorks has also been selected by
MeHI as a certified Implementation Optimization Organization (IOO) . As an IOO, eClinicalWorks will provide
comprehensive implementation services to help Massachusetts providers get to meaningful use.
"We are pleased to have eClinicalWorks join our select list of certified health IT companies that will help thousands
of health care providers across Massachusetts successfully transition to electronic health records," said Rick Shoup,
Ph.D., Director of the Massachusetts e-Health Institute. "Widespread deployment of electronic health records leads
to better quality care for patients, reduces health care costs and spurs new jobs in the health care industry."
“eClinicalWorks is committed to providing the most comprehensive solution on the market,” said Girish Kumar
Navani, CEO and co-founder of eClinicalWorks. “Our work with the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative and
proven track record in this market makes this collaboration a logical choice. We look forward to working with
Massachusetts e-Health Institute and our local providers.”
The national REC program has granted $598 million to establish 60 centers. This will bring together group practices,
critical access hospitals, community health centers and relation healthcare organizations through sustainable two-year
grants.
About Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI)
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