Exclusive Article By Thanh Tran, CEO, Zoeticx at EMRIndustry
Thanh Tran is CEO of Zoeticx, Inc., a medical software company located in San Jose, CA. He is a 20 year veteran of Silicon Valley’s IT industry and has held executive positions at many leading software companies.
‘Twas the night before connectivity,
and all through the hospital,
all of the medical records were silent,
interoperability not possible!
Patient charts and nurses’ sheets were hung alongside patient beds with care,
In hopes that Zoeticx connectivity would soon be there!
The patients were all snuggled safe in their beds,
while visions of their own disparate medical records danced in their heads!
The nurse with his laptop and the doctor with her voice dictation microphone,
were searching an EHR for patient records, hoping they could one day go home.
When out in the hospital IT department, there arose such a clatter,
the hospital engineering staff ran out to see what was the matter!
They ran to the EHR silos in a flash, they even brought the whole IT staff.
It appears the passive data was trying to click, not a feat that could even be pulled off by St. Nick.
The computer room was humming, but connectivity efforts were going quite slow. The staff was determined, but their expectations were low.
But off in the distance, what should appear, a single lap top being carried by a man of the year.
With a steady walk, firm, but quick, it was Dr. Donald M. Voltz, here to make things tick.
Armed with a single screwdriver, he was determined and quick. He carried a few new tools in his bag of tricks, he was here to make changes and get EHRs fixed. He had the moral authority of the patients’ and the patience of old St. Nick.
“Connectivity, mobility, a single screen for all. Active data through a middleware server with gateways for databases large and small. Let us end lack of interoperability for once and for all. No HIEs or data duplication required, but the Zoeticx open API will help medical record app developers’ products catch fire.
On Epic, on AllScripts, on Cerner and more, plug your data into Zoeticx, and download it on mobile devices from iTunes or the App Store. No more rip and replace, hospital data is much more safe.”
From the top of the nurse’s station to the operating room down the hall, Dr. Voltz, like an EHR Santa, was bringing connectivity to all. Hospital CIOs, CEOs, CMOs and other administrators liked this IT gift, brought by Dr. Voltz acting more like St. Nick!
Now dash away, stash away old EHR silos and such. Connectivity is here, thanks very much.
Dr. Voltz left the hospital and the medical staffs let out a whistle. He left in the dusk of a dwindling light, a patient heard him say as he disappeared into the night, happy holidays to all…have a great healthy life!
