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lifeIMAGE Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Major MilestoneslifeIMAGE announced today the company's 10th anniversary and evolution from a point-to-point image exchange for hospitals in downtown Boston into a global system for sharing clinical information including patients' medical images and information. lifeIMAGE solves the complex interoperability challenges in healthcare with a vendor-neutral, standards-based ecosystem. In the ten years since its inception, lifeIMAGE has facilitated the exchange of 2 billion medical records. The network has grown to 1,400 facilities in the United States, including the nation's top academic facilities and integrated delivery networks. Its customers include seven of the top ten hospitals in the United States. "The lifeIMAGE platform democratizes data and frees it from its traditional silos. Access to clinical information across a patient's journey is the foundational requirement to enable the shift from merely exchanging episodic medical data to transforming that into information to create insights that can be applied back into clinical practice," said lifeIMAGE President and CEO, Matthew A. Michela. "The world is talking about the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare, which is exciting, but interoperability, which our network uniquely provides, is essential to make any of it a reality." lifeIMAGE was formed 10 years ago to solve a common problem that cost the healthcare industry up to $30 billion annually in duplicative and unnecessary exams, treatment delays, and missing medical information. Today, the company enables 10 million clinical encounters each month through servicing 150,000 care providers. Since 2016, 58,000 users globally accessed the lifeIMAGE network, including Mongolia, Dubai, India, Brazil and Sweden. "Our ten years of continued growth as an interoperable clinical network makes lifeIMAGE an attractive partner in sectors such as life sciences, clinical research, medical benefit management, AI and machine learning," said Michela. "We have in place the best team, leadership and partners in the industry, and look forward to explosive growth over the next phase of our business." In addition, the company is announcing a number of new strategic advances:
Scott Maratea, Senior Vice President at lifeIMAGE, noted, "The issue with interoperability in healthcare is not the lack of a single data standard. The problem is too many standards. Our goal at lifeIMAGE is to improve care delivery by simplifying all of this complexity. Participating in the lifeIMAGE network should be like buying any cell phone you desire. It should not matter what the standard is or which devices or applications you choose to use, you have to be able to 'talk' to exchange any and all data with anyone else." About lifeIMAGE lifeIMAGE is a medical information network connecting health care networks, providers and patients to imaging records. lifeIMAGE enables access to images and clinical information for more than 150,000 providers at 1,400 facilities across clinical specialties and across institutions globally. Providers use lifeIMAGE to improve the quality and timeliness of care, expand referral business and eliminate wasteful spending. For more information about lifeIMAGE, please visit: www.lifeimage.com, check out our blog or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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