Meridian Health selects CareAlign for connection

Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) announced its CareAlign application has been selected by New Jersey-based Meridian Health to connect internal and external healthcare participants across Meridian Health, including five not-for-profit hospitals and its affiliated healthcare companies and providers spanning central to southern New Jersey.

ICA’s CareAlign analytics capabilities are based on technology developed by practicing physicians and informatics professionals at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. This technology will enhance Meridian’s ability to evaluate care provided and develop quality initiatives to improve care within and across its five hospital systems and other facilities, according to the Nashville-based company.

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