MID-HUDSON VALLEY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2005--Taconic IPA, the premier healthcare delivery network in the greater Hudson Valley, New York area today announced that it has chosen Healthvision, of Irving, Texas to build a Connected Healthcare Community (CHC) to connect hospitals, physicians, payers, pharmacies and other care providers. The Taconic IPA is comprised of more than 2300 physicians representing over 700,000 patients. The Connected Healthcare Community information infrastructure currently supports 1,400 users comprised of 350 physicians, four hospitals and one reference lab. Recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the first Connected Healthcare Communities of its kind, the Taconic IPA utilizes MedAllies, a technology enabling company, and has spearheaded this effort in the Mid-Hudson Valley to create a shared electronic health record that will provide caregivers easy access to a comprehensive patient record so that critical information is available when they need it.
