IGI is proud to be an approved Microsoft HealthVault Consultant. IGI's team developed an integration of our client's Wellness solution to Microsoft HealtVault.

The users of the Wellness portal now have the ability to save their pertinent information in HealthVault and access it securely from anywhere-anytime.

IGI is a Certified Microsoft Partner with core competencies in the healthcare vertical. IGI's flagship healthcare product offering, Orbit® is also integrated with HealthVault.

IGI's ORBIT financial transaction connectivity solution was further enriched to enables IGI merchant partners to utilize the Skipjack Transaction Network to ensure complete PCI (Payment Card Industry) compliance. Additional features includes: real time processing, support for all major credit cards, recurring payments, and comprehensive reporting,

About Skipjack: Skipjack Financial Services was formed in 1997 to meet the needs of both the financial community and their merchants for a secure, affordable, feature-rich payment gateway. Skipjack grew rapidly based on its reputation for service excellence and its ability to meet the needs of merchants of any size with payment solutions designed to meet their specific needs.

IGI's ORBIT e-prescribing solution enables the electronic exchange of prescriptions between prescribers and pharmacies. This solution eliminates the error-prone manual method by which prescriptions were filled or renewed and ensures that health care professionals are focused on the delivery of care in the most efficient manner. prescription process with a modern, secure, reliable electronic prescription process.

About Surescripts: Surescripts is dedicated to giving healthcare providers secure, electronic access to prescription information that can save their patients’ lives, improve efficiency and reduce the cost of healthcare for all. Surescripts is the result of a 2008 merger between the country's two leading health information networks: RxHub and Surescripts. RxHub was founded in 2001 by the nation's three largest PBMs – CVS Caremark Corporation, Express Scripts, Inc. and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. Surescripts was also formed in 2001 by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA).

After months of planning and training, Meridian Health is piloting the electronic version of the draft Universal Transfer Form (UTF).

The draft UTF was tested with providers in five regions in its hard copy version in 2008. This work was made possible through the cooperative efforts of NJHA, the Health Care Association of New Jersey and many other provider representatives, stakeholders, the Department of Health and Senior Services and Rutgers University.

While the paper pilot was occurring, Infotech Global Inc., a New Jersey-based IT company, worked to create a beta electronic version of the tool. The search for a health system that had many provider types where the electronic UTF could be trialed led to Meridian.

NJHA and the other partners in this effort thank the nursing staff at Riverview Medical Center and Rehabilitation Unit, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Ocean Medical Center, Meridian at Home and Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers and to the management team at Meridian Health for the time and energy they dedicated to this project.

The pilot will last approximately 90 days. Stakeholders will look at trends and examine utilization of the UTF to prepare a comprehensive evaluation. The ultimate goal is to offer providers the option of using the UTF electronically when discharging patients to other healthcare settings.

As the pilot moves forward, so too does the work with DHSS to develop the regulations that will govern the implementation of the UTF statewide for all providers licensed by DHSS. NJHA is working closely on this important aspect of the project.

In addition, NJHA will continue to work with the Health Care Association of New Jersey and other stakeholders to keep providers informed about the progress of this implementation, including education on how to use the form.