The following is a recent announcement by CHRISTUS Health promoting the Novo Grid:

"Have you had difficulty or long wait times in acquiring test and/or lab results on your patients from your local CHRISTUS Health hospital?"

"If so, call us for a preview of this new technology being offered by CHRISTUS Health. No more calling up the hospital department to ask for your results. No more wasting valuable staff time tracking down information on your patients and making it part of your private practice record!"

"CHRISTUS Health is offering a tool which automates the process of collecting information on patients that you send to CHRISTUS Health hospitals, and getting that information into your own Ambulatory EMR - with little or intervention from you or your staff. Once configured, neither you nor your staff will have to call to ask for these results. Once your patient data is posted in the hospital information system, it automatically flows in to your office EMR!"

"IT, is a new type of software program that can easily be downloaded off of the Internet, remotely configured to interface directly to your EMR, enabling you to securely exchange information with CHRISTUS Health hospitals over a private healthcare grid. The net result is that you are able to read your patient results from your own Ambulatory EMR within a few minutes after they have been released."

"As more physicians join the grid, you will be able to exchange many different types of information like referrals or prenatal records using a grid-based “drop” box. Using a grid for electronic collaboration with your peers could have a large positive impact on office workflow."

Novo is proud to have customers like CHRISTUS Health using the Novo Grid to create the next generation of exchange and interoperability networks for their communities.