EDS inks Rhode Island electronic health network contract
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) said that the Rhode Island Department of Health has awarded it a three-year contract to design, implement and manage the nation's first statewide network for electronic health records.
According to the Plano, Texas-based EDS, after securing a patient's permission, the Rhode Island Health Information Exchange (HIE) will consolidate the health information of state residents in a secure network to provide authorized hospitals, doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare providers with a more complete patient health file to aid in care.
The contract, valued at $1.7 million, includes four 12-month options and will be managed from EDS' electronic health record center in Warwick, R.I. The network is expected to go live in the summer of 2008, EDS said.
According to the Plano, Texas-based EDS, after securing a patient's permission, the Rhode Island Health Information Exchange (HIE) will consolidate the health information of state residents in a secure network to provide authorized hospitals, doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare providers with a more complete patient health file to aid in care.
The contract, valued at $1.7 million, includes four 12-month options and will be managed from EDS' electronic health record center in Warwick, R.I. The network is expected to go live in the summer of 2008, EDS said.