ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eHealth Global Technologies, Inc. (eHGT) announced today that the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), Seattle, WA, has successfully implemented eHGT's eHealth Access™ Record Retrieval Service.
This service speeds the ability to see new patients for cancer centers such as the SCCA. Using eHGT's customizable online request system, SCCA staff can simply and securely request outside records for their referred-in patients. eHGT then goes to work and retrieves all requested records, regardless of format or location, and securely delivers them in a standard digital format. What took weeks now takes hours or days, and relieves patients of this stressful burden.
eHealth Access has been shown to meet the turn-around, patient care, and efficiency needs of the SCCA. eHGT retrieves the required records, images and pathology slides for SCCA patients, along with acquiring any needed patient consents for the retrieval process.
"The process not only removed the burden for the patient, but eHealth Access gave my team more complete records in a faster time frame. The benefits SCCA now experience allow a greater focus on patient care and sets up a strong partnership for handling the growth that the SCCA expects," said Elaine Zedella, SCCA patient intake manager.
"We have worked closely with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance to ensure our processes meet their needs for gaining access to their referred-in patients' records," said Timothy Fischer, executive vice president of sales and marketing for eHGT. "We are pleased that we can improve the speed that a patient can be seen at the SCCA, while improving overall efficiencies of the patient intake process."
About eHealth Global Technologies, Inc. (eHGT)
eHGT is a leading medical record retrieval and diagnostic image exchange service provider, serving more than 29 of the nation's top 100 hospitals and leading health information exchanges (HIEs). The company's services include eHealth Access™ Record Retrieval Service and eHealth Connect® Diagnostic Image Exchange. Our services utilize innovative health information technology to access medical records and diagnostic images in any format, and then securely deliver them to providers and clinicians in a digital format to improve continuity of care. Visit www.eHGT.com for more information.
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About Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA)
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance unites the adult and pediatric cancer-care programs of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Medicine and Seattle Children's. Together they comprise the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in six states, from Washington to the Dakotas. A major focus of the SCCA is to speed the transfer of new diagnostic and treatment techniques from the research setting to the patient bedside. Patients receive the latest research-based cancer therapies, as well as cutting-edge treatments. SCCA has three clinical-care sites: an outpatient clinic on the Hutchinson Center campus, a pediatric-inpatient unit at Children's and an adult-inpatient unit at UW Medical Center. For more information about SCCA, visit http://www.seattlecca.org/">www.seattlecca.org.