HealthPort, IOD, Care Communications, ECS Announce New Name

CIOX Health launched during the HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition with the vision of advancing the way health information is managed. The company, created by the 2015 merger of four industry-leading companies—HealthPort, IOD, Care Communications, and ECS—has the industry's broadest provider network and capabilities in release of information, record retrieval, and HIM. CIOX Health serves more than 18,000 hospital and provider sites, 100 health plans, and 1 million unique requesters of patient information.

CIOX Health represents the culmination of 40 years of industry experience as the leading clinical data exchange organization focused in release of information and retrieval of information. The organization facilitates the exchange of patient clinical information with the demand for that information through people, technology, and best in class processes.

"CIOX Health is the single largest nexus for meaningful health information in the country," says Vishal Agrawal, chief growth officer and president of health plan solutions at CIOX Health. "As a technology-enabled services company, we are uniquely positioned to bring consent-driven access to all those who need it—regardless of location, EHR, or health system affiliation."

CIOX Health offers products and services that assist in the management and exchange of health information, increasing efficiency, speed, quality, and security and positively impacting the bottom line. The company delivers expertise in information exchange, workflow, coding, and audit management technology and services. CIOX Health's benefits to providers, health plans, and requesters include the following:

• Most connected workforce in the market. CIOX Health's team of more than 7,500 HIM and record release experts are connected through technology and can easily process any size request for information.
• Efficient, reliable connectivity. CIOX Health operates at the highest level of efficiency to transmit information securely between hospitals, health plans, clinics, pharmacies, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, patients, as well as legal and commercial entities.
• Security and compliance-focused. CIOX Health upholds rigorous privacy and security standards, exceeding industry requirements for maximum compliance. The company takes a proactive approach to HIPAA requirements and secure operations. Every record is a person—and CIOX Health's mission to keep every record secure.
• Reducing business risk. When an organization chooses CIOX Health, it has access to one standardized process and set of reporting capabilities across all locations to more easily report and ensure regulatory compliance.

"We've unveiled a new name and brand because we're the combination of four best in class companies, and we are driving a transformation in the way health information is managed," says Matthew Bennett, CEO of CIOX Health.

Learn more about CIOX Health and its unique solutions by visiting www.cioxhealth.com or booth 6021 at the HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition.

Source: CIOX Health