HIE Building Efforts Get a Lift with Aurion Open-Source Software Update

The Alembic Foundation has released the second version of its open-source health information exchange software to the public. Based on the CONNECT program developed for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), Aurion 4.1 contains bug "fixes," software updates, and new features designed to enhance scalability, performance and platform neutrality.

Volunteers from private companies and public agencies worked together in an open source community to improve Aurion. Among the leading contributors were representatives of Agilex Technologies, Harris Corp., Mirth Corp., and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center...