[medinformatics] Hx Technologies Receives Cancer Institute Grant to Expand Information Exchange

[Medical Informatics News]

According to a company press release, the National Cancer Institute has awarded a grant
totaling $1/7 million to health information service provider Hx Technologies to
expand and improve its Philadelphia Health Information Exchange (PHIE).


The PHIE, built on Hx Technologies’ iHistory platform, *was launched two years ago to enable the region’s
hospitals and clinics to securely exchange digital medical information. The network is reportedly the nation’s largest
collection of diagnostic imaging data and provides access to more than 140 million images covering eight years of
patient history.


The exchange currently supports the Hospital at the University of
Pennsylvania, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
Presbyterian Medical Center and
Pennsylvania Hospital. Grant funds will support expansion to additional
hospitals and health systems in the region, research into its ability to improve cancer diagnosis and management.

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