Leading Health IT inOphthalmology

EMR for Eye Care ProfessionalsElectronic Medical Record (EMR) and Picture Archive and Communication Systems (PACS)

The ifa group is the leading international provider for electronic medical record (EMR/EHR) and picturearchive and communication systems (PACS) in ophthalmology. Every day more than 10.000 eye careprofessionals and their teams around the world use the famous software with the “red dot”. The EMRand PACS applications are available in 10 languages and are installed in more than 20 countries aroundthe world. Every day ifa systems manage more than 200.000 patient cases and more than 80 million pa-tient visits are stored in local and wide area ifa networks for more than 20 years.

ifa united i-tech Inc., 1850 SE 17th Street, Suite 107, Fort Lauderdale , FL 33316, USAwww.ifa4emr.com

Telemedicine in OphthalmologyTeleretinal services for diabetes patients and other diseases (AMD, glaucoma etc.)

Inoveon is the proven expert in detection, staging, and monitoring of diabetic retinopathy and macularedema. Built on its patented DR3DT™ system, Inoveon helps eye care professionals create and manage acompletely turnkey on-site system. The benefit is that physicians in a variety of settings can easily im-plement the “gold standard” of quality care developed by the National Institutes of Health and used inclinical trials like the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) in day-to-day practice in their ownclinics. In Inoveon data bases more than 110.000 patient cases are stored.

Inoveon Corp., 800 Research Parkway, Suite 370, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA

www.inoveon.com

EDC for Clinical ResearchElectronic Data Capture for all phases of clinical studies in ophthalmology

Analysis and evaluation of clinical data is one of the main topics in Health IT (HIT). Integration AG is theleading provider of EDC (Electronic Data Capture) in ophthalmology. The web based “state-of-the-art”technology platforms host clinical studies and quality registries in the area of cataract and refractivesurgery, retinal diseases and glaucoma. More than 600.000 data sets of patients with eye diseases aremanaged by integration AG systems to improve the quality of eye care worldwide.

integration.AG, Augustinusstr. 11b, 50226 Frechen / Cologne, Germany

www.integration-ag.com

Leading Health IT in Ophthalmology

Definition of Health IT

Health information technology (HIT) provides theumbrella framework to describe the comprehen-sive management of health information acrosscomputerized systems and its secure exchangebetween consumers, providers, government andquality entities, and insurers. Health informationtechnology (HIT) is in general increasingly viewedas the most promising tool for improving the over-all quality, safety and efficiency of the health de-livery system (Chaudhry et al., 2006)

Vision and Mission

The ifa mission and vision is to improve profes-sional eye care for the benefit of patients, physi-cians and their teams. To this end, ifa is committedto provide and support intuitive, state-of-the-arthealth information technology (HIT) solutions thatincrease clinical and administrative efficiencieswhile achieving the highest levels of quality out-comes, user comfort and customer satisfaction

Services and Quality

The ifa team members represent more than 1.000combined years of experiences in ophthalmichealth IT. Approx. 100 specialists around the worldsupport users of EMR, telemedicine and EDC ap-plications. The 24/7 support is managed from loca-tions in Europe and America. Quality is the maintopic for customer satisfaction. The ISO 9001:2008certification documents the high quality and effi-ciency standards. The ifa EMR software is also ONC(US government) certified (ARRA EHR incentiveprogram).

Solutions dedicated to Ophthalmology

Health information technology (HIT) is the future of “state-of-the-art”ophthalmology. Data become information, information becomesknowledge, knowledge supports clinical quality.

The Data Model makes the differenceStructured data for “meaningful use” are the keyfor success. The ifa group of companies provides“turnkey solutions” based on compatible data setsfor all subspecialties in ophthalmology (such ascataract and refractive surgery, retinal diseases,glaucoma, pediatric ophthalmology, oculoplasticsetc.). The unique ifa data model supports interna-tional open standards (SNOMED and LOINC termi-nology, HL7 and DICOM data management). Con-nectivity is guaranteed: more than 450 interfacesconnecting instruments and HIS/PMS make ifaunique around the world of eye care.

ifa systems AG, Augustinusstr. 11b, 50226 Frechen, Germanywww.ifasystems.com