nSpire Health to Work With Merge on "HL7-enabling" respiratory diagnostic solutions Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading medical imaging solutions provider, announced that nSpire Health, a Longmont, CO, medical device manufacturer, has chosen MergeCOM-3™ HL7 technology to enable connectivity for nSpire’s line of respiratory diagnostic devices. Merge will provide development services and its new software development toolkit specifically to deliver health standards-based interoperability for the new nSpire HDpft product line.

“In today’s healthcare environment, it is critical that our products deliver seamless connectivity to healthcare information systems,” explains Michael Sims, CEO of nSpire Health. “Merge has a strong history of standards-based toolkits. Additionally, Merge’s ability to customize implementation tools that will improve our productivity, and that of our customers, made them the logical choice for us."

HL7 is a set of standards for how medical devices share information electronically, and they are constantly updated and expanded as technology evolves. This native implementation of an HL7 interface will enable nSpire Health products to deliver full integration with Hospital Information Systems and EMR/EHR solutions through a cost-effective, broker-free, interface that can stay current with the latest standards. Additionally, the ability to integrate HL7 interface management into existing service tools could lower the costs of maintenance and field support for the nSpire Health HL7-enabled devices.

“We are pleased to have nSpire Health as the first partner for our new MergeCOM-3 HL7 technology,” says Justin Dearborn, Merge Healthcare CEO. “This new capability expands our decades of connectivity expertise in DICOM, the standard for medical imaging communication, and delivers even more innovative approaches and options to healthcare integration problems.”

Merge Healthcare’s solutions solve mission-critical issues for radiology practices, outpatient imaging centers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers worldwide. Our technologies and toolkits help companies provide innovative imaging applications to their customers. For additional information, visit www.merge.com/oem

Source: Merge Healthcare

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