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Atlas Medical Announces the Release of ATLAS Patient Portal, a Web-Based Application That Allows Patients Direct Access to Their Own Lab Results
[September 22, 2014]

Atlas Medical Announces the Release of ATLAS Patient Portal, a Web-Based Application That Allows Patients Direct Access to Their Own Lab Results


CALABASAS, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

Atlas Medical today announced the release of ATLAS Patient Portal for general distribution to existing and new laboratory customers. ATLAS Patient Portal offers diagnostic services providers a fully compliant patient access platform that meets the requirements of the recent Health and Human Services (HHS) rule mandating that laboratories give a patient, or person designated by the patient, access to the patient's completed test reports upon request.

ATLAS Patient Portal enhances market presence for labs by providing secure, branded results delivery in a streamlined, efficient, and compliant method that meets growing consumer demands and aggressive market and regulatory requirements. The portal allows diagnostic services providers to present their custom brand, logos, images, and color scheme on their portal landing pages.

The final rule, which goes into effect on October 4, 2014 at the end of a 180-day compliance grace period, amended the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) to eliminate the exception under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule that prevented CLIA-certified or CLIA-exempt labs from providing patients with access to their lab results.

While patients can continue to get access to their diagnostic results from their doctors, they now may request their reports directly from the laboratory services provider. Labs need tools that allow quick and accurate access to this information since the administrative burden of providing results will affect lab resources and profits, especially when patients may request information across multiple encounters. ATLAS Patient Portal was developed tomeet this need as a web-based application that allows diagnostic facilities an efficient, HHS-compliant method for patients to access their own test results without requiring the approval of the ordering physician. The current release of the Patient Portal platform supports patient results access with the architecture in place to provide new patient-facing services in the near future.



"Patients, as consumers, are evolving into more sophisticated healthcare shoppers. A transitional marketplace has placed issues such as the continuum of care in the spotlight, and patients have greater awareness of the value of managing their personal health information. Now that direct patient access to diagnostic health information is the law, services providers must prepare to absorb the impact on their workflow and resources. ATLAS Patient Portal provides a secure, compliant response to this mandate, without the extended need to devote staff resources to this time-consuming task," states Aron Seidman, ATLAS Vice President of Product Management. He continues, "Physicians and patients alike will perceive this web-based service as a strong value-added component to labs' branded services."

Powerful patient matching is vital to the secure release of patient records. ATLAS Patient Portal addresses this need via seamless integration with the Company's HealthCentric EMPI (Enterprise Master Patient Index) or other third-party EMPI services. Integration with an EMPI ensures that lab test results are made available to the right patient using a unique Master Patient ID (MPID). To learn more about Atlas Medical and ATLAS Patient Portal, visit www.AtlasMedical.com.


About Atlas Medical

Atlas Medical is a trusted provider of diagnostic connectivity solutions that support the continuum of care. With more than 25 years' experience in pre- and post-analytic diagnostic testing workflow, we provide our customers with peace of mind - delivering expertise and creative solutions to help solve their interoperability and business problems, on time and within budget. Our cost-effective patient-centric outreach and clinical solutions include integrated CPOE for Laboratory, Radiology and other disciplines, a next-generation EMPI and patient-centric repository for the care continuum, along with integration to support EMRs/EHRs, ACOs and HIEs. Our advanced technology enables healthcare organizations to effectively manage their operations, reduce costs and provide quality patient care. Atlas Medical is a division of Atlas Development Corporation. For more information, visit us at www.AtlasMedical.com.


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