Axolotl

Physicians Across Nebraska Are Now Able to Connect to and Exchange Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Information 

San Jose, CA and Omaha, NE February 24, 2010 - NeHII, the Nebraska Health Information Initiative, a statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) designed to share clinical and administrative data among providers in Nebraska, today announced its successful expansion to Central Nebraska. The physicians and medical staff of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, serving the city of Hastings, are able to communicate electronically and exchange patient information with other hospitals and physicians throughout the state.

Using Axolotl's Elysium Exchange platform, provided by NeHII, physicians, their staff and other medical providers communicate electronically and exchange clinical information seamlessly and naturally across disparate EMRs. Referrals, laboratory results, radiology reports and other patient data is -immediately and securely available in existing EMRs or in Axolotl's Elysium EMR, a SaaS based solution for small practices. The state wide Elysium Virtual Health Record (VHR) provides authorized physicians with direct access to all available patient data, at the point of care, improving the quality of health care among the state's residents while helping to control the escalating cost of health care in Nebraska and the U.S.

NeHII securely and instantly connects Nebraska hospitals, labs, physicians, pharmacies, and clinics in serving approximately 1,521,268 patient lives.

Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital has developed a consumer education and marketing campaign, and is spreading the word around Hastings and the surrounding communities that patients at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital will now benefit from their physicians having the most current clinical information possible-with a single click.

"We are pleased to add the physicians of Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital to the NeHII network and provide them with the tools to advance patient care," said Deb Bass, NeHII Interim Executive Director and President and CEO of Bass & Associates, Inc. "NeHII continues to work collaboratively with health care organizations across Nebraska to develop strategies for statewide implementation."

Physicians, hospitals and health care entities have been approaching NeHII with inquiries and requests to participate in the exchange after learning the benefits of the HIE. NeHII has over 3.7 million laboratory results and 1.25 million radiology reports online and available for access to authorized users.

"We are proud to be partnered with NeHII, providing and implementing solutions to electronically connect their physicians and health care providers across the state of Nebraska," said Glenn Keet, President of Axolotl. "We look forward to assisting NeHII with the continued rollout to the rest of the state."

Axolotl's Elysium Exchange solutions are used by hundreds of hospitals and thousands of health care professionals, powering 3 statewide HIEs and 18 regional health information organizations (RHIOs) across the nation.

About NeHII, Inc.
NeHII, Inc. is a non-profit organization with a public/private governance model that includes health care providers, payers, and the State of Nebraska. NeHII is a statewide Health Information Exchange designed to share clinical and administrative data among providers in Nebraska and neighboring states. NeHII's purpose is to achieve health care transformation through community betterment collaboration while protecting the security and privacy of medical information. For further information, visit www.nehii.org

About Bass & Associates, a Division of Harbinger Partners, Inc.
Bass & Associates, a Division of Harbinger Partners, Inc., is based in Omaha, NE. Founded in 1993, Bass & Associates is a successful and experienced provider of award-winning information technology (IT) staff augmentation and outsource services with a specialty practice in HIT (Health Information Technology). Bass & Associates is the Omaha based name that has earned respect in the industry for professional business and technical consulting services. Recognized as the employer of choice, Bass & Associates, Inc. has recently gained national recognition with the successful implementation of NeHII, the statewide HIE (Health Information Exchange) in Nebraska and their work with the Office of the National Coordinator in Washington, DC to establish the definition of meaningful use of electronic health records for the Obama administration. The company's mission remains unchanged: to help its clients achieve success through long-term, benefit-driven partnerships. For more information about Bass & Associates, visit www.bass-inc.com

About Axolotl Corp
Founded in 1995, Axolotl Corp. is North America's leading provider of browser-based products and services for secure health information exchange and management. Its Elysium® Exchange suite of solutions enables health care providers to instantly share information, reduce costs, and improve quality and efficiency.

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 exchange clinical information for more than 25 million patients. Elysium's community-wide Master Patient Index, EdgeServer(s), Interoperability Hub (I-Hub), Community Virtual Health Record (VHR), and ambulatory EMR with integrated e-Prescribing are all provided as a software service (SaaS). Axolotl-employed U.S.-based transcriptionists, combined with an integrated NLP engine, provide high-quality medical transcription services for acute and ambulatory care environments connected to Elysium HIEs.

Axolotl is based in San Jose and best known for introducing Clinical Messaging®, now at the heart of all health information exchange. For more information about Axolotl, see www.axolotl.com.

Contact:
Elvia Watts, Press Relations Manager, Axolotl Corp, 408-920-0800 x.176, pr@axolotl.com