| Orion's Rhapsody Is Ranked the top Interface Engines Vendor in KLAS' 2004 Year-End Top 20 Report |
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January 12th, 2005 -SANTA MONICA, California. Orion Systems International, a provider of clinical workflow and integration technology to the healthcare sector, announced today that their Rhapsody Interface Engine has been ranked number 1 in the interface engine category of KLAS' Year-End Top 20 Report for 2004. Rhapsody, a new entrant to the KLAS ratings in 2004, scored higher than all vendors in the interface engine category including Quovadx Cloverleaf, SeeBeyond Datagate and eGate, Siemens OPENLink, Eclipsys eLink, and Sybase. Rhapsody also scored the highest in all the major areas listed in the interface engine segment of this report including Performance Indicator Average, Business Indicator Average, Percent Rated as Best Vendor and Percent Positive Commentary. "KLAS would like to congratulate Orion Rhapsody on its number 1 ranking in the Interface Engine segment of KLAS' 2004 Year-End Top 20 Report. Orion's clients reported exceptional performance in a number of key performance measurement factors including lived up to expectations, technology easy to implement and support, product works as promoted, money's worth, vendor executive interest and would buy again" said Mike Smith, Research Director Interface Engines at KLAS Enterprises. KLAS has partnered with thousands of healthcare professionals (executives like CFOs and CIOs along with Directors, Managers and Clinicians) creating a dynamic database of performance information on the Healthcare Information Technology software vendors. The KLAS database benefits all players in the healthcare market by reporting vendor performance data from 4600+ healthcare facilities, 300 HIT vendors and 500 different products. http://www.healthcomputing.com The Rhapsody Interface Engine has now been successfully installed in over 100 sites, including Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the state health departments of New York State Health, Maine, Virginia and the US Virgin Islands. The current version of Rhapsody includes full W3C XML support. W3C has become the industry standard for defining XML schemas, and these schemas can now be used in Rhapsody without the need for any conversions, saving development time and simplifying the task of building XML interfaces. Rhapsody also supports the mapping of HL7 version 3 messages to or from other EDI or XML message formats. HL7 version 3 is growing as a widespread standard in the healthcare industry, with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approving seven new HL7 v.3 standards in July 2004. Rhapsody allows healthcare organizations to future proof their systems by participating in this emerging standard. About Rhapsody™ Integration Engine Rhapsody™ Integration is a powerful integration engine that delivers advanced inter-system messaging capabilities to health sector organizations of all kinds. Rhapsody is designed for rapid, effortless installation and use, and enables quick and efficient exchange of electronic data, and is used by healthcare organizations around the world including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), NaviMedix, the State Departments of Health of New York, Maine, Virginia and US Virgin Islands. More information can be found by visiting http://www.orionhealth.com/rhapsody About Orion Systems International Orion Systems International delivers a complete, end-to-end IT integration platform for information systems of all kinds. Orion's easy-to-use tools and applications integrate and enhance existing systems and deliver secure, universal access to information. Orion's clinical information solutions have been used and trusted around the world for ten years. Orion has more than 1,000 clients worldwide including Johns Hopkins Hospital, New York State Department of Health, Central Washington Hospital, McKesson, NaviMedix, CDC, Abbott Laboratories and many more. More information can be found at http://www.orionhealth.com About KLAS Enterprises KLAS, founded in 1996, is the only research and consulting firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of Healthcare's Information Technology (HIT) vendors. KLAS, in concert with thousands of healthcare executives, CIOs, directors, managers and clinicians has created a dynamic database of information on the performance of both HIT vendors and PSFs. The KLAS database represents the opinions of healthcare executives, managers and clinicians from over 4,600 healthcare facilities on 300+ vendors and 500+ different products. The information is continually refreshed with new performance evaluations and interviews daily. http://www.healthcomputing.com |
