athenahealth, Merge Healthcare Announce Strategic Partnership

Merge Healthcare MRGE today announced a strategic partnership with athenahealth ATHN. athenahealth will integrate Merge's iConnect Network with its national cloud-based platform, enabling athenahealth clients to receive and view exam results, diagnostic quality images and other critical patient information within the athenaClinicals® EHR workflow. The partnership will support advanced interoperability between radiologists and providers by decreasing duplicate tests and radiation exposure, improving patient outcomes and increasing physician satisfaction while reducing the cost of care. See full press release