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Dicom Systems' Latest Statistical and Monitoring API Innovation Further Improves Healthcare Enterprise Interoperability
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Dicom Systems is preparing to launch the latest addition to their DCMSYS family: API for Advanced Statistical reports and graphs, and for monitoring.
This feature will provide Dicom Systems' users with the facility to pull any network, system or DICOM statistics using secure SNMP v.3.
This product will further enhance enterprise interoperability, and will improve the experience for doctors, physicians and providers in accessing and analyzing images, and in report workflow. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Vendors Source Type: news
Aware Inc. Introduces AccuRad ImageShare Platform at RSNA 2009
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Aware, Inc., a global provider of imaging and biometrics software, today announced it will showcase its new AccuRad ImageShare Platform, a standards-based cross-enterprise image sharing platform for health information exchange (HIE), at the RSNA 2009 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Aware will also participate in the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Image Sharing Demonstration at RSNA, demonstrating use of AccuRad ImageShare Platform to retrieve and display medical imagery from other standards-based systems. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: AccuRad ImageShare Aware Inc. Bedford Chicago imaging and biometrics software North America Vendors Source Type: news
H. D. Smith Launches Comprehensive New Web Site
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H. D. Smith national supplier of healthcare products, services and business solutions, announced today the launch of their new Company Web site, www.hdsmith.com. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Dale Smith H. D. Smith healthcare products Springfield Vendors Source Type: news
Medspira and Mayo Clinic Enter Into Agreement
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Medspira, and Mayo Clinic have entered into an agreement to commercialize, manufacture and market several Mayo Clinic developed products and technologies invented by Mayo physicians and scientists. Mayo Clinic technologies included in the license agreement are two Radiology products currently available in the market, the Interactive Breath-Hold Control System and the BC-10 MRI Coils, and two technologies that Medspira will develop further, with the intent of making them commercially available in the next 12-24 months. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Mayo Clinic Minneapolis MRI Tim Anderson Medspira Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Hitachi’s Origin 2.0 Software Gives Oasis Users Additional Motion Free Imaging and Parallel Imaging Capabilities
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Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. is providing their Oasis users - at no charge - RAPID 3D and RADAR Spin Echo and Balanced SARGE along with the ORIGIN 2.0 software upgrade. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Cleveland Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. imaging Vendors Source Type: news
Parkland Health & Hospital System Selects MRO’s Audit Tracker Online
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MRO Corp., a provider of electronic release-of-information (ROI), document management and audit tracking solutions for healthcare providers, today announced a contract with Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas, Texas) to provide the public academic health system with Audit Tracker Online, a payer audit management program which allows healthcare providers complete managerial oversight and reporting capabilities for all incoming audit requests and denials. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Dallas King of Prussia MRO Corp. Parkland Health & Hospital Texas Vendors Source Type: news
FDA and Everyday Health Collaborate to Expand Reach of Consumer Health Information
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Everyday Health today announced a collaboration that will expand the delivery of the agency's vital consumer health information to the 30 million unique users who visit Everyday Health each month. This joint effort reflects FDA's emphasis on using innovative, technology-based strategies to carry out its mission of protecting and promoting the public health. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Everyday Health Industry News SILVER SPRING U.S. Food and Drug Administration Source Type: news
AmeriHealth New Jersey Enhances Member Site with WebMD Health Information, Resources
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Imagine having your health care information at your fingertips, in one convenient place. No more surfing the Internet to find reliable, personalized, information. AmeriHealth New Jersey announces the launch of an enhanced member website at www.amerihealthexpress.com, which offers one convenient source for members' health care needs. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: ISELIN Judith Roman New Jersey Paul Portsmore The AmeriHealth New Jersey WebMD Payers Vendors Source Type: news
Memorial Hermann Selects Delphi Technology’s OASIS Professional Liability Suite for Claims Administration
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Delphi Technology, Inc., the leading provider of technology solutions for Professional Liability insurers, today announced that Memorial Hermann, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas, has selected Delphi’s OASIS Professional Liability Suite for its new claims administration solution. The Delphi OASIS Suite includes solutions for claims, workflow and advanced reporting. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Boston Delphi Technology Inc. Texas Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
CIGNA Selects CA Access Control to Support Compliance, Security and Operational Efficiency
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CA, Inc. today announced that CIGNA, a global health services company, has chosen CA Access Control to help secure personal health information and corporate data on CIGNA's host systems, including Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms. CA Access Control will also help support CIGNA compliance with regulations such as those promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: CA Inc. Cigna Islandia Linux Microsoft Microsoft Windows UNIX Vendors Source Type: news
Bayfront Medical Center Selects CareFocus From Thomson Reuters as Its Clinical Surveillance Solution
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Bayfront Medical Center has selected Clinical Xpert CareFocus from Thomson Reuters as its clinical surveillance solution for improving Core Measures outcomes and patient safety indicator (PSI) scores while also supporting infection control and pharmacy intervention initiatives. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: ANN ARBOR Thomson Reuters Tim Exinberger Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Fresenius Medical Care North America Acquires Health IT Services Group, Acumen nEHR
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Fresenius Medical Care North America, operator of a network of dialysis facilities, today announced it has purchased Nashville-based Health IT Services Group (HITSG) and its portfolio of products including Acumen nEHR, a nephrology-specific electronic health record. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: dialysis Fresenius Medical Care North America Health IT Services Group Nashville the nation ’s leading network Waltham Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
T-System Debuts T-Data Feature, Providing Powerful New Analytics Capability for T SystemEV
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T-System, Inc., a provider of emergency department (ED) clinical documentation solutions, announces the availability of T-Data, a powerful and innovative ED data analytics technology. T-Data converts information collected by T SystemEV, the company's industry-leading Emergency Department Information System (EDIS), into a database capable of answering penetrating questions about ED performance and potential pathways for improvement.
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Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Dallas T-System Inc Vendors Source Type: news
Rogan-Delft Approves Matrox Xenia Series for Use With Zillion Suite
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Matrox Graphics Inc., a manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, announced that Rogan-Delft has validated the Matrox Xenia display controller boards with the Zillion suite for radiology workstations. The software suite contains a number of products integrating all aspects of the radiological workflow, including Radiology Information System, Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), and Cross Enterprise Document Sharing solutions. Rogan-Delft will be demonstrating Zillion suite with the Xenia Series boards at RSNA 2009 (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 29, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: graphics solutions International Matrox Graphics Inc. Menno Timmer Montreal Source Type: news
CSC Wins DHS IT Infrastructure and Cyber Security Task Order
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CSC announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded the company a task order to provide information technology infrastructure and cyber support to the National Protection and Programs Directorate's Office of Cyber Security and Communications. The task order was awarded under the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions contract, originally awarded to CSC in July 2006. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: CSC Falls Church Industry News Source Type: news
MedUnity's Public National Health Information Exchange Now Supports e-Faxing
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MedUnity announces the newest release of SMREx Health Information Exchange. With SMREx, MedUnity offers a new HIE delivery model which makes it easy and affordable for any sized medical practices to participate in the sweeping changes now occurring within the U.S. Healthcare system as a result of the ARRA's Health Information & Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. SMREx was the first National Public Health Information Exchange for the HIPAA-compliant electronic delivery of electronic medical records information starting in 2005. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: e-faxing EAST SANDWICH Industry News U.S. healthcare Hospitals & IDNs Physician Practices Ambulatory Care Source Type: news
El Camino Hospital Deploys Gomez to Ensure Web Site Performance
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Gomez, Inc., a provider of Web application experience management, today announced that El Camino Hospital has deployed Gomez's Web performance monitoring solutions to ensure the performance and availability of two recently launched Web applications - its public Web site and its physician application site. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: El Camino Hospital Gomez Inc. Lexington Silicon Valley Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Nuesoft Technologies Unveils New Electronic Health Record
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Nuesoft Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of its electronic health record (EHR). The NueMD EHR 5.2 is certified for Ambulatory EHR 2007 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), and accompanies NueMD's medical practice management software solution to comprise NueMD® Complete, a fully integrated practice management and electronic medical record. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 22, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Atlanta Nuesoft Technologies Inc. Vendors Source Type: news
ESP Launches Free Mobile Application for Health Care Professionals
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Emerging Solutions in Pain, one of the leading sources of pain medicine health information, is delighted to announce the launch of ESP Mobile, a free medical application for health care professions involved in pain management or addiction medicine. ESP Mobile provides clinicians with award-winning, robust multimedia medical information in a convenient mobile format that can be accessed on demand on the iPhone and iPod touch. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 22, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: ESP Radio iPhone iPod Morrisville pain pain management Vendors Source Type: news
HealthWorldWeb announces availability of healthcare social decision support platform and launches MyHealthExperience.com as a showcase of the technology
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HealthWorldWeb LLC has launched MyHealthExperience.com, the next generation social software platform that comes alive with intelligent recommendations from healthcare consumers with initial focus on user-generated content and physician recommendations.
The new destination site serves as a showcase of HealthWorldWeb's core technologies that uniquely merge intelligent decision support platform with powerful communication tools, twitter integration, social and semantical search and up-to-date NPI verified database of over 2 million healthcare providers. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: HealthWorldWeb LLC MyHealthExperience.com Vendors Source Type: news
Sedgwick CMS Integrates Medicare Compliance Solution With Claims Management Services
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Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., has introduced comprehensive Medicare compliance services as an in-house, integrated program option for its workers' compensation and liability claims management clients. The Sedgwick CMS Medicare solution includes Medicare set-aside determination, Medicare conditional payment negotiation and resolution, and related consulting services. The company coordinates all such services with its protocols for fulfilling the Medicare reporting obligations of clients under the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Industry News Medicare Medicare Compliance MEMPHIS Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. Sedgwick CMS Source Type: news
Netsmart Technologies Launches Version 7.6 of Helper Software for Private Practice Behavioral Health Professionals
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Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organizations, today announced the general availability release of version 7.6 of Helper, Netsmart's leading practice management software for individual and small-group private-practice psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, therapists and social workers. Nearly 50,000 clinicians in 18,000 practices have selected Helper as their practice management solution. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: e-prescribing Helper Helper(TM) Kyle Hardy Microsoft Windows Netsmart Technologies Inc. Vendors Source Type: news
Roland A. Goertz Chosen President-Elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians
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Roland A. Goertz, M.D., MBA, FAAFP, a family physician in Waco, Texas, has been chosen president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Previously, he served three years as a member of the AAFP Board of Directors. The AAFP represents more than 94,600 physicians and medical students nationwide. Goertz was elected to the position by the Congress of Delegates, the AAFP's governing body, during the organization's annual meeting here. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: American Academy Boston Congress Houston Industry News Roland A. Goertz Texas United States University of Texas Source Type: news
Southeast Alabama Medical Center Deploys Ekahau's Wireless Temperature Management Solution
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Ekahau Inc., the performance leader in Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), today announced that Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC), a 370-bed regional hospital in Dothan, Ala., is upgrading its Ekahau RTLS to include campuswide monitoring of its refrigerators and freezers. SAMC's deployment of Ekahau's Wireless Temperature Monitoring and Management capabilities offers proof of how technologically advanced healthcare providers are leveraging their existing Wi-Fi network investments to support other mission-critical applications. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Alabama Dothan Ekahau Inc. Fi Real Time Location Systems Reston Southeast Alabama Medical Center Wi-Fi Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Verizon Wireless Offers Home Health Care Industry Custom Mobile Application To Be More Productive
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With the growth in the home health care industry, Verizon Wireless said today from CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009® that it is offering OnCare by Xora, an industry vertical solution for its Field Force Manager application that helps address the specific needs of mobile health care workers and helps companies become more productive and efficient. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Basking Ridge San Diego Verizon Wireless Vendors Source Type: news
MDLiveCare First TeleHealth Provider to Launch on the Google Health Platform
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MDLiveCare, an on-demand telehealth company, announced today at the Health2.0 conference in San Francisco a partnership with Google Health. The partnership includes the secure flow of medical data between MDLiveCare and Google Health, an online Personal Health Record (PHR). (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Google Health MDLiveCare San Francisco Vendors Source Type: news
Fremont Memorial Hospital deploys digital signage from Black Box
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Black Box Corporation, a provider of voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions, announces that Fremont Memorial Hospital in Fremont, Ohio has deployed Black Box’s iCOMPEL digital signage system as a cost-effective communications platform for welcoming visitors and for promoting healthcare services in its facility. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Black Box Corporation Fremont Fremont Memorial Hospital George Borden Hank Preston Industry News Ohio PITTSBURGH Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Elekta Impac Software Selected to Present at Electronic Health Records Symposium
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Elekta Impac Software has been selected to demonstrate at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Symposium: Harnessing the EHR, From Incentives to Sustainability, October 6-7, in San Francisco, California. Open to the entire cancer care team, including oncologists, administrators and nurses, the forum will arm health care providers with the knowledge to successfully select and implement an oncology-specific EHR in their practice. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: American Society California Elekta Impac Software San Francisco Vendors Source Type: news
Rising Medical Solutions First to Achieve Six Consecutive Rankings on the Private Company Index
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Rising Medical Solutions, Inc. (Rising), a leading medical-financial solutions organization, has again secured a position on the Private Company Index (PCI) "Top 10 Growth Companies" list. This distinction marks Rising's sixth successive quarter as a PCI honoree, making it the longest running Company to achieve such an accomplishment. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Chicago PCI Rising Medical Solutions Inc. Vendors Source Type: news
MedQuist Awarded RAC Consulting and Solution Agreement with Doylestown Hospital
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MedQuist Inc., provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, announced today that it was awarded the contract for Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) consulting services and software by Doylestown Hospital. The agreement also positions the hospital, located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to take advantage of the RevTrack workflow management and processing solution from RevenueMed - enabling the facility to track and identify RAC efforts and tasks. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Doylestown Hospital Medicare MedQuist Inc. MOUNT LAUREL Pennsylvania technology Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
St. Anthony's Medical Center Selected as SIS Center of Excellence
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St. Anthony's Medical Center has been designated a Surgical Information Systems (SIS) Center of Excellence, highlighting the St. Louis facility's ongoing commitment to best practices around the SIS Solution - particularly SIS Analytics, a powerful perioperative-focused business intelligence tool. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Atlanta business intelligence Information Systems St. Louis Surgical Information Systems Hospitals & IDNs Source Type: news
T-System Updates Free Clinician H1N1 Templates To Latest CDC Guidelines, Adds Discharge Instructions
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T-System, Inc., a provider of emergency department clinical documentation tools, has issued revised H1N1 point-of-care charting templates reflecting the most recent recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The charts, which are available for free download via the T-System Web site (www.tsystem.com/h1n1flu), now include discharge instructions for patients, developed by ExitCare, the leader in physician-authored, peer-reviewed, evidence-based Discharge Instruction and Patient Education information. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - October 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dallas emergency department clinical documentation tools ExitCare H1N1 H1N1 virus Industry News T-System Inc Vendors Source Type: news
Aprima and MednetwoRx Partner to Provide Electronic Health Records and Remote Hosting Option to Physician Practices
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Aprima Medical Software, a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management systems for medical practices, today announced a reseller and application hosting partnership with Texas-based MednetwoRx. The announcement provides Aprima's physician practice clients with the option to have the Aprima software hosted off-site, an approach some practices will find to be a cost-effective alternative to traditional on-site data storage. Furthermore, the relationship enables MednetwoRx to resell the Aprima EHR and PM solution. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Aprima Medical Software Dallas MednetwoRx Texas Vendors Source Type: news
Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital Center Expands Real-Time Locating Solution From Versus Technology, Inc.
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Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital Center and Versus Technology, Inc. (Versus) are pleased to announce an expansion of the 2002 Real-time Locating Solution (RTLS) at Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital Center to include Versus' Enterprise Asset Management solution. The real-time asset tracking application will allow McKay-Dee to quickly and easily locate equipment, monitor utilization and inventory levels, and receive preventative maintenance alerts. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Traverse City Versus Technology Inc. Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
iMedicor Completes Pilot Project of Direct-to-Pharmacy, Electronic Prescription Renewal Capability via Secure, HIPAA Compliant Portal
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iMedicor today announced the successful completion of the pilot project of its first direct-to-pharmacy, electronic prescription refill technology via its HIPAA compliant information exchange portal.
Following the successful launch, all 225 of the pilot pharmacy’s outlets went live, well ahead of the projected schedule. This first project demonstrates iMedicor’s prescription refill fulfillment capabilities with the Company’s previously announced partner, one of the leading electronic refill processing network services to the retail pharmacy industry. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: iMedicor NANUET Vendors Source Type: news
ReBuilder Medical Technologies, Inc. Announces Name of New York Distributor
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ReBuilder Medical Technologies, Inc., a provider of novel electronic treatments for the pain resulting from peripheral neuropathy and arthritis today announced that the name of is newly contracted New York distributor is Med Tech Distributors LLC. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 24, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: arthritis CHARLES TOWN Med Tech Distributors LLC New York pain peripheral neuropathy ReBuilder Medical Technologies Inc. Vendors Source Type: news
Survey: 71 percent in UK Satisfied With Government-Run Healthcare
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While the U.S. Congress is weighing whether to include a government-run public option in healthcare reform, a Zogby Interactive poll of adults in the United Kingdom found that 71% are satisfied with the National Health Service (NHS), that nation's publicly-funded healthcare system. Also, 60% positively rated the amount of time they usually wait before they get an appointment with a doctor.
The poll included 506 adults in the UK, and had a margin of error of 4.4%, with larger margins for sub-groups. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 24, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Congress International National Health Service United Kingdom UTICA Source Type: news
Mounting Popularity of Wireless and Handheld Devices to Support Uptake of e-Prescription Systems across Europe, Says Frost & Sullivan
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Trends indicate a growing acceptance of the concept of e-prescription across Europe. Healthcare in Europe is becoming increasingly digitised as the healthcare delivery system undergoes tremendous change. However, electronic technology that is transforming various areas of business is yet to be fully explored in the area of medication prescription with challenges related to the poor basic level of automation and technical barriers to the ease of use first needing to be overcome. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 23, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: e-Prescription Systems Europe Frost & Sullivan International London Source Type: news
Bolzano, Italy and IBM and TIS Innovation Park to Develop a Smarter City
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The city of Bolzano and TIS Innovation Park have entered into a strategic initiative with IBM with the aim of creating a smart city.
Bolzano, capital of South Tyrol in northern Italy, is the fourth Italian city to choose IBM to identify and design a new model for a sustainable city through a range of digital solutions. During the next few months a pilot project will be implemented for remote health monitoring of the elderly. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 23, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Bolzano IBM International Italy TIS Innovation Park Source Type: news
Inverness Medical Innovations to Acquire Free & Clear, Inc.
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Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., a company focused in enabling individuals to take charge of their health at home through the merger of rapid diagnostics and health management, has stated that it has agreed to acquire Free & Clear, Inc. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Free & Clear Inc. Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. Waltham Vendors Source Type: news
Voice, Medical Records iPhone Apps Launched for Physicians
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Webahn, Inc. announces the launch of two new iPhone Apps for physicians. Capzule for its online Electronic Medical Records service Capzule.com and Accent, a voice recording application, for its online transcription service OvernightScribe.com. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Detroit iPhone Webahn Inc. Vendors Source Type: news
HealthPort’s RACPro Achieves Certification Status from Executive Health Resources
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HealthPort, a top-25 company in the healthcare information technology industry, today announced that its Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) software solution, HealthPort RACPro, has achieved PLATINUM level integration certification status, the highest level of integration certification, from Executive Health Resources (EHR), the leading provider of medical necessity compliance and denials management solutions. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Alpharetta Executive Health Resources Vendors Source Type: news
Dataspace and Central Michigan University Introduce Patient Volume Forecaster
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Dataspace, an Ann Arbor-based business intelligence software and consulting firm and Business Insight, a part of the Central Michigan University Research Corporation, announce the introduction of Patient Volume Forecaster, a service that helps health care leaders predict and respond to expected demand for services. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: ANN ARBOR business intelligence Central Michigan University Central Michigan University Research Corporation MOUNT PLEASANT Vendors Source Type: news
FDA Activates VPCI Electronic Registration Account
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now requires that establishment registration and drug listing information be filed in electronic format. The new requirement involves a 14-step account set-up process, followed by a specially formatted internet submission. VPCI (Vectech Pharmaceutical Consultants International) has received account activation from the Electronic Submission Gateway and is compliant with the registration requirements to file on behalf of its clients. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Kyle Hardy Tags: Industry News Kyle Hardy Miami U.S. Food and Drug Administration Vendors Source Type: news
The Medical College of Wisconsin Adopts Quantros Event Manager and Claims Manager for Comprehensive Malpractice Litigation Management
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The Medical College of Wisconsin (Medical College), a private medical school with more than 1,100 physicians, in Milwaukee, WI, has selected the Quantros Safety and Risk Management (SRM) solution to track, manage and report adverse and near-miss events, as well as to manage the entire claims process. The Quantros Event Manager (EM) and Claims Manager (CM) modules, part of the SRM solution, were chosen from among seven different vendors. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee SAN Jose Hospitals & IDNs Vendors Source Type: news
Recondo Technology Receives Certification From CAQH/Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange
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Recondo Technology, a leading provider of revenue cycle solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that Recondo has received a CAQH Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange Phase I Vendor Product Certification Seal. The CORE Seal was awarded after Recondo SurePayHealth successfully completed certification testing - a process ensuring that healthcare organizations can electronically exchange or access patient insurance information according to the CORE Phase I rules. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Greenwood Village Industry News Recondo Technology revenue cycle solutions Vendors Source Type: news
Critical Signal Technologies Acquires Link to Life to Grow Depth and Expertise in TeleHealth, Personal Emergency Response and Medical Monitoring Systems
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Critical Signal Technologies, Inc., has acquired the stock and assets of GTL, Inc., dba as "Link to Life" along with Link Technologies, Inc., and will integrate its product and service offerings into CST to provide cost-effective personal emergency response, TeleHealth and medical monitoring systems, improving the independence and quality of life for older adults, the disabled and people managing health conditions. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Critical Signal Technologies Inc. GTL Inc. Jeffrey Prough Link Technologies Inc. Massachusetts Personal Emergency Response Systems Vendors Source Type: news
Align Technology Introduces Innovative New Features for Invisalign Products
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Align Technology, Inc. today introduced new and enhanced product features designed to provide improved results for everyday clinical demands, including extrusion and rotation of teeth, root movements, and interproximal reduction (IPR). The new features will help deliver the great outcomes doctors expect from Invisalign treatment. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Align Technology Inc. Santa Clara Vendors Source Type: news
gloStream's gloEMR Version 5.0 Receives 08 CCHIT Certification
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The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology today announced that gloStream's product gloEMR version 5.0 is a CCHIT Certified 08 Ambulatory EHR additionally certified for Cardiovascular Medicine and Child Health and meets the Certification Commission's electronic health record (EHR) criteria for office-based use. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: gloStream Industry News Source Type: news
HIPAA.com Launches HIPAA TV
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As the old expression goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words." This month HIPAA.com launches its sister site, HIPAA TV, to give its visitors an additional perspective on what to do and how to go about it. HIPAA TV expands the HIPAA.com knowledge-base with video clips of public announcements, speeches, demonstrations, case studies, and satire as they relate to HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and other legislative and regulatory healthcare initiatives to aid health systems and providers in benefiting from the new Health Information Technology stimulus dollars. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)
Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases - September 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Authors: Industry News Release Tags: Atlanta Industry News information technology Source Type: news
