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Mirth Technology Powers Public Demonstration of Secure HIE across Multiple Health Information Exchanges using NHIN Direct

Project demonstrates that critical patient information can be rapidly and securely exchanged between doctors across distant points of care – today – helping create a safer, less costly, and more collaborative system of healthcare

NCHICA Selects Mirth Meaningful Use Exchange™ to Power NHIN Connectivity

Mirth Corporation, the leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, announced today that the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communication Alliance (NCHICA) has selected Mirth Meaningful Use Exchange (Mirth MUx) to achieve Nationwide Health Information Exchange (NHIN) connectivity.

The project is being funded through NCHICA’s contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The project will enable the Western North Carolina  [Read more...]

Thayer County Health Services and Redwood MedNet Demonstrate “Network of Networks” using Mirth Corporation’s Meaningful Use Exchange™

By using Mirth’s Meaningful Use Exchange (Mirth MUx) – built on the foundation of the open source CONNECT software developed by the Federal Health Architecture program under the Office of the National Coordinator – California-based Redwood MedNet and Nebraska-based Thayer County Health Services securely bridged their respective Health Information Exchanges. They safely and successfully exchanged live patient records – the first such demonstration to take place between health information exchanges in the U.S. using the CONNECT software. The successful demonstration showed how patient laboratory information, medication history, and continuity of care documents (CCDs) can be made available in real-time to improve patient care and eliminate costly duplication of services such as laboratory  [Read more...]

Mirth Corporation Launches Mirth UK Ltd.

Leader in open source interoperability solutions for healthcare responds to growing overseas demand by launching European operating unit

Irvine, CA, and London, UK January 19, 2010 – Mirth Corporation, the leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology announced today the launch of London-based Mirth Ltd., a wholly owned business unit set up to service a  [Read more...]

Mirth Releases Mirth Connect 1.8.2

We are happy to announce the release of Mirth Connect 1.8.2! Mirth Connect 1.8.2 improves on Mirth Connect 1.8.1 with over 70 bug fixes, improvements, and new features. Some highlights for Mirth Connect 1.8.2 include:

Improved performance – more than 50% faster! *
Java 1.6 support – now the recommended JVM version for Mirth Connect
64  [Read more...]

Redwood MedNet Deploys Mirth Meaningful Use Exchange

Pioneering Health Information Exchange uses new Mirth solution to enable hospitals and physician practices, regardless of size and budget, to access needed patient information at the point of care

Irvine, CA, January 5 2010 – Mirth Corporation, the leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, and Redwood MedNet, a Northern California-based Health Information Exchange serving  [Read more...]

HealthBridge Rolls out Mirth Meaningful Use Exchange

Leader in Health Information Exchange Selects Mirth technologies to form core of its next generation interoperability infrastructure

Irvine, CA and Cincinnati, OH, November 10, 2009 – Mirth Corporation, the leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, and HealthBridge, one of the nation’s largest and most advanced community health information exchanges today announced the selection of  [Read more...]

Mirth Releases Mirth Connect 1.8.2 RC2

We are happy to announce the release of Mirth Connect 1.8.2 Release Candidate 2! Mirth Connect 1.8.2 improves on Mirth Connect 1.8.1 with over 60 bug fixes, improvements, and new features. Some highlights for Mirth Connect 1.8.2 include:

Improved performance – more than 50% faster! *
Java 1.6 support – now the recommended JVM version  [Read more...]

Mirth and Amaron Strike European Reseller Agreement

High Demand for Open Source Health IT Drives European Alliance of Open Source and Interoperability Leaders

Irvine, CA and Oostkamp, Belgium, November 2, 2009 – Mirth Corporation, the leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology and Amaron today announced that the companies have finalized a European reseller and support agreement that allows Amaron to resell  [Read more...]

Mirth Releases Mirth Connect 1.8.2 RC1

We are happy to announce the release of Mirth Connect 1.8.2 Release Candidate 1! Mirth Connect 1.8.2 improves on Mirth Connect 1.8.1 with over 60 bug fixes, improvements, and new features. Some highlights for Mirth Connect 1.8.2 include:

Improved performance – more than 50% faster! *
Java 1.6 support – now the recommended JVM version  [Read more...]

Mirth Corporation Launches Meaningful Use Exchange

New solution helps organizations meet meaningful use criteria for Electronic Health Record implementation; Nebraska-based Thayer County Health Services first to launch.

Irvine, CA, October 6, 2009 – Mirth Corporation, the leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, today announced the launch of Mirth Meaningful Use Exchange (Mirth MUx) as well as the first Mirth MUx  [Read more...]

Mirth Releases Mirth Connect 1.8.1

We are happy to announce the release of Mirth Connect 1.8.1! Mirth Connect 1.8.1 improves on Mirth Connect 1.8 with over 50 bug fixes, improvements, and new features. Some highlights for Mirth Connect 1.8.1 include:

Added namespace support to JavaScript transformer and outbound templates.
Added WebDAV option to File Reader and Writer.
Improved reprocess and replace  [Read more...]

Mirth Corporation Presents NHIN Connectivity Success Stories at CONNECT Seminar

Mirth clients use its standards-based open source technologies to speed interoperability between Health Information Exchanges and the National Health Information Network

Washington DC, June 28, 2009 – Mirth Corporation, a leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, is one of a select number of organizations invited to present at the June 29-30 CONNECT Seminar ’09  [Read more...]

Mirth Releases Mirth Connect 1.8.1 RC1

We are happy to announce the release of Mirth Connect 1.8.1 Release Candidate 1! Mirth Connect 1.8.1 improves on Mirth Connect 1.8 with over 50 bug fixes, improvements, and new features. Some highlights for Mirth Connect 1.8.1 include:

Added namespace support to JavaScript transformer and outbound templates.
Added WebDAV option to File Reader and Writer.
Improved  [Read more...]

Mirth Appliance

On Wednesday, May 13 Mirth Corporation held another successful webinar. Don Johnston from San Joaquin General Hospital, and Rodney Cain from HealthBridge shared their experiences with Mirth Appliances, and Jeff Peters from Mirth Corporation demonstrated some of the exciting features of the Mirth Appliance platform.

For your viewing convenience the webinar has been split into  [Read more...]

WebReach, Inc. Becomes Mirth Corporation

New name signals expanded vision to speed healthcare interoperability following successful launch of Mirth Project, healthcare’s leading open source healthcare integration engine

Irvine, CA, April 23, 2009 – WebReach, Inc., a leader in open source healthcare information technology products and consulting services, today announced its new company name, Mirth Corporation (Mirth). Mirth is dedicated to helping  [Read more...]

Mirth 1.8 Released!

We are happy to announce the release of Mirth 1.8! Mirth 1.8 has over 200 new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Medsphere and WebReach Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance Open Source Electronic Health Record

Mirth Appliances Integrates OpenVista EHR With Third-Party Applications, Speeds Time to Clinical and Operational Benefits

ALISO VIEJO, CA–(Marketwire – July 15, 2008) – Medsphere® Systems Corporation, the leading provider of Open Source healthcare IT solutions, today announced a partnership with WebReach, Inc., a premier healthcare IT consultancy and creator of Open Source health IT solutions, for  [Read more...]

WebReach, Inc. Releases Mirth 1.7.1

WebReach, Inc. Releases Mirth 1.7.1 – The “Linux of Healthcare” Now Supports Digital Imaging in Medicine (DiCOM) Standard

Open Source Mirth simplifies Radiology Information System (RIS), Hospital Information System (HIS), and Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) integration; Performance enhancements and full-spectrum messaging features ready Mirth for major Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and Large Hospitals

IRVINE, Calif.,  [Read more...]

Mirth 1.7.1 Released!

We are happy to announce the release of Mirth 1.7.1!

Mirth 1.7 Released!

We are happy to announce the release of Mirth 1.7! This is a major release and a project milestone including over 150 new features, fixes and improvements. Mirth 1.7 includes native DICOM messaging support, support for message attachments (including built-in RTF and Image viewers), improved routing performance (>800/messages per second with no filters/transformers), new drag-and-drop transformer and filter builders, and a built-in JavaScript  [Read more...]

Mirth 1.7 Webinar

Thanks to everyone that attended the Mirth 1.7 Webinar. We had a great turn out and appreciate your questions and feedback. We’re going to have more webinars in the near future and hope you can attend.

WebReach, Inc. Unveils Mirth 1.6

WebReach, Inc. Unveils Mirth 1.6 – NCPDP Support Extends Open Source Interface Engine

Combination of National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), HL7, and X12 messaging in open source package enables low-cost, common infrastructure for enterprise pharmacy systems.

IRVINE, Calif., August 16, 2006—WebReach, Inc., a leading healthcare IT consultancy and creator of open source Health IT solutions,  [Read more...]

Mirth 1.6 Webinar

Thanks to everyone that attended the Mirth 1.6 Webinar. We had a great turn out and appreciate your questions and feedback. We’re going to have more webinars in the near future and hope you can attend.

Mirth 1.5 Webinar

Thanks to everyone that attended the Mirth 1.5 Webinar. We had a great turn out and appreciate your questions and feedback. We’re going to have more webinars in the near future and hope you can attend.

WebReach Introduces Mirth 1.4

WebReach, Inc. Introduces Mirth 1.4, Delivering HL7 V3 and X12 Healthcare Messaging

Momentum grows for open source interface engine as it achieves 10,000 downloads

Irvine, Calif., March 22, 2007—WebReach, Inc., a leading healthcare IT consultancy and creator of open source Health IT solutions, today announced the open source release of Mirth 1.4. Mirth is the  [Read more...]

WebReach Launches Mirth Appliances

IRVINE, Calif., December 4, 2006—WebReach, Inc., a leading creator of open source Healthcare Information Technology solutions, today announced the launch of a new line of Health Information Network Appliances running the Mirth open source software, and backed by a full range of support and deployment services. Mirth products and services allow healthcare organizations and solutions  [Read more...]

WebReach Unveils Mirth

WebReach, Inc., a leading healthcare IT consultancy and creator of open source Health IT solutions, today announced the open source release of Mirth 1.0. Mirth delivers the industry’s first free, open source HL7 messaging middleware. The standards-based Mirth software is designed to dramatically reduce the time and cost required to achieve health information system interoperability and data exchange, and to speed secure information sharing across communities of healthcare  [Read more...]