Santa Cruz HIE Installs Virtual EMR

Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz County (Calif.), the lead organization of the Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange (HIE), has implemented the Elysium Virtual Health Record from San Jose, Calif.-based Axolotl Corp.

According to the company, the solution provides a comprehensive view of the patient, allowing physicians to electronically locate, connect to, and review charts that are drawn from data in multiple health care systems. Patient data is assembled using a record locator service to create a complete electronic record without commingling data from disparate sources, it says.

Santa Cruz County’s network connects a large IPA, two competing local hospitals, the County Health Clinics, two national and two local reference labs, two imaging centers and several FQHC safety net clinics.