FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 22, 2009

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Cooper University Hospital Announces Plans for Health Records

Database Exchange
Will create an exchange to provide doctors with access to records such as hospital
discharge summaries, lab results, medications, and X-rays
CAMDEN, NJ Today, Cooper University Hospital announces plans for a health
records database exchange. The Camden Health Information Exchange will bring New
Jerseys main hospitals together, Cooper University Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes
Medical Center, and Virtual Health, in an effort to provide the best possible patient care.
With a crowded waiting room and busy staff, it can take a week to collect all of their
records from local hospitals, said Jeffrey Brenner, Cooper University Hospital. This is
not acceptable in 2009.
This effort will allow hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare providers to electronically
share personal health information and coordinate care. The service also hopes to cut costs
by reducing unnecessary testing. Security features are used to keep personal information
secure and prevent records from being accessed by unpermitted persons.
Camden hospitals are still in the early stages of creating the exchange but expect to have
it running by spring.
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TK