Four companies join to create single access point for patient information, enabling skillful management, coordination, and exchange across the healthcare ecosystem
March 1, 2016 (Alpharetta, Ga.)—CIOX Health launched today during the HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition with the vision of advancing the way health information is managed. The company, created by the 2015 merger of four industry-leading companies – HealthPort, IOD, Care Communications, and ECS – has the industry’s broadest provider network and capabilities in release of information, record retrieval, and health information management. CIOX Health serves more than 18,000 hospital and provider sites, 100 health plans, and 1 million unique requesters of patient information.
CIOX Health represents the culmination of 40 years of industry experience as the leading clinical data exchange organization focused in release of information and retrieval of information. The organization facilitates the exchange of patient clinical information with the demand for that information through people, technology and best in class processes.
“CIOX Health is the single largest nexus for meaningful health information in the country,” said Vishal Agrawal, chief growth officer and president of health plan solutions at CIOX Health. “As a technology-enabled services company, we are uniquely positioned to bring consent-driven access to all those who need it—regardless of location, EHR, or health system affiliation.”
CIOX Health offers products and services that assist in the management and exchange of health information, increasing efficiency, speed, quality, and security and positively impacting the bottom line. The company delivers expertise in information exchange, workflow, coding, and audit management technology and services. CIOX Health’s benefits to providers, health plans, and requesters include:
- Most connected workforce in the market. CIOX Health’s team of more than 7,500 HIM and record release experts are connected through technology and can easily process any size request for information.
- Efficient, reliable connectivity. CIOX Health operates at the highest level of efficiency to transmit information securely between hospitals, health plans, clinics, pharmacies, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, patients, as well as legal and commercial entities.
- Security and compliance-focused. CIOX Health upholds rigorous privacy and security standards, exceeding industry requirements for maximum compliance. The company takes a proactive approach to HIPAA requirements and secure operations. Every record is a person—and CIOX Health’s mission to keep every record secure.
- Reducing business risk. When an organization chooses CIOX Health, it has access to one standardized process and set of reporting capabilities across all locations to more easily report and ensure regulatory compliance.
“We’ve unveiled a new name and brand because we’re the combination of four best in class companies, and we are driving a transformation in the way health information is managed,” said Matthew Bennett, chief executive officer of CIOX Health.
Learn more about CIOX Health and its unique solutions by visiting www.cioxhealth.com or booth #6021 at the HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition
About CIOX Health
CIOX Health, headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga., is creating a better way to manage health information. Whether you are a provider, health plan, or a requester of information, CIOX Health is your trusted partner. We have the industry’s broadest provider network serving more than 18,000 hospital and provider sites, 100 health plans, and 1 million unique requesters who need access to protected health information. We have capabilities in release of information, record retrieval, and health information management, and we facilitate and manage the movement of health information. Learn more about CIOX Health and our unique solutions by visiting www.cioxhealth.com.