ICA partner AlliedHIE has been awarded a coveted Health Information Service Provider (HISP) certification in Pennsylvania and, according to the announcement, a large thanks goes to the Nashville company.

Receiving a HISP certification is critical to becoming a participant in advancing the State eHealth Collaborative Strategic Plan. With HISP certification, AlliedHIE is also grant-eligible for several opportunities to help advance health IT initiatives in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. AlliedHIE is a nationwide health information exchange (HIE) leading secure clinical messaging "DIRECT/HISP" pilot projects in Pennsylvania.

"We are very pleased to announce that AlliedHIE has received the HISP certification from the Pennsylvania eHealth Collaborative," said Kelly Lewis, president and chief executive officer of AlliedHIE. "ICA is our technology partner in this venture and this dynamic relationship is already paying dividends. Certainly, this HISP certification is very important for AlliedHIE and for our goal to play a significant role in advancing health IT across Pennsylvania and the nation."