An entirely Web based application physicians can use any secure webbrowser to connect via Elysium to HealthLINC a Health Information

An entirely Web based application, physicians can use any secure webbrowser to connect via Elysium to HealthLINC, a Health Information Exchange(HIE) that clinically networks all medical trading partners includingpharmacies, hospitals, labs and more. Elysium EMR provides completee-Prescribing functionality as part of the clinical messaging and electronicmedical record system. Electronic prescribing will save an extraordinary numberof lives, increase physician efficiency, decrease medical mistakes, reduce costsby the billions, increase health care access, and limit the time patients spendin physician offices In response to news of the forthcoming federal funds, Dr. Todd Rowland,Executive Director of HealthLINC and Director of Medical Informatics atBloomington Hospital said, “We are pleased to learn that we will receive thesefunds and extremely grateful to Congressman Hill and his staff.

The funds willhelp us further our mission of improving the health care of Southern Indiana andallow us to significantly improve patient safety and quality throughcollaboration and technology.” There are approximately three billion prescriptions written annually, one of thelargest paper-based processes in the United States, and a simple e-Prescribingsystem can easily streamline and increase the effectiveness and efficiency ofthe prescription process, benefitting patient care. “e-Prescribing is another component to changing how health care is rendered byphysicians, and how it will be received by patients,” Dr Rowland added. “It isa `behind the scenes` change that will appreciably enhance patient safety whilealso improving efficiencies for clinicians and patients. HealthLINC is poised tobe a leader in terms of shaping the national health care delivery system,allowing Indiana patients to be among the first to reap these importantbenefits.” “I am pleased that we were able to work together to get this funding,” saidCongressman Baron Hill. “The e-Prescribing funds will make it easier for doctorsto have the information and tools they need to deliver patients the highestquality care possible. I will certainly continue to support this endeavor.” With the e-Prescribing initiative, HealthLINC will be able to further build onits mission of improving health care, patient safety and access in southernIndiana and continue to serve as a national model as the health care paradigmcontinues to shift in the United States.

About HealthLINCHealthLINC, founded in October 2007, is a health information exchange (HIE)committed to improving health care in Southern Indiana and is one of the onlyHIEs to serve a rural area. HealthLINC enhances physician-to-physiciancommunication by improving the speed of report delivery, which in turn improvescare coordination of care and produces faster treatments. HealthLINC governs aregional HIE that provides secure, clinical messaging system that delivers morethan 130,000 medical results per month between the hospital, private practicesand indigent care clinics. This system reduces redundant testing and “turns thepaper off” resulting in health care cost reductions, and uses technology toimprove efficiency and reduce medical mistakes.

HealthLINC is a true communitycollaboration that includes 90% of the community physicians. Community partnersinclude Bloomington Hospital, Centerstone Research Institute, Internal MedicineAssociates, Southern Indiana Pediatrics, Southern Indiana RadiologicalAssociates, and Volunteers in Medicine of Monroe County. HealthLINC is also acollaborative community partner with HealthBridge. For additional informationsee About Axolotl Corp.Founded in 1995, Axolotl Corp. is North America`s leading provider ofbrowser-based products and services for secure health information exchange andmanagement. Its award-winning Elysium Exchange suite of solutions enables healthcare providers to instantly share information, reduce costs, and improve qualityand efficiency. Today Elysium helps thousands of health care entities – including hospitals,health systems, regional health information organizations (RHIOs/HIEs), clinics,laboratories, radiology centers and physician practices – to securely exchangeclinical information for more than 25 million patients.