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With a 150 percent increase in revenue over last year, eHealth Global Technologies inc. plans to increase its employment from 70 to 80 in 2011 and double that by the end of next year.
The electronic medical record retrieval company has tripled its employment since 2009, and revenue has increased 300 percent, said Ken Rosenfeld, president and chief technology officer. To keep up with that pace, the company continues to expand its headquarters at Aliens Creek Office Park.
In 2007, when the firm had a handful of employees, eHealth occupied 1,500 square feet. It expanded from 3,600 square feet in 2009 and to 11,000 square feet this year.
"We're going to continue to have to add additional space this year," Rosenfeld said. "At a minimum this year we're going to need 3,600, but we want to get more because we have so much more growth and we don't want to have to keep adding one chunk at a time."
The company is hitting its stride as the U.S. government puts more emphasis on electronic medical records and health care providers look for savings and better efficiency.
Without a technology system such as eHealth's, hospitals often rely on patients to bring their lab tests, imaging scans and other results with them to appointments. Otherwise, administrators file requests...