McKesson Successfully Deploys PACS Software at Good Samaritan Hospital
June 30, 2009
San Francisco, California-based McKesson Corporation has completed the installation of its Horizon Medical Imaging™ picture archiving and communications system (PACS) at Kearney, Nebraska’s Good Samaritan Hospital, a 287-bed regional referral center. In addition, McKesson’s cardiovascular information also went live at the hospital. Read more
Medicity and Eclipsys Join Forces to Develop Health Information Exchange Platform
June 26, 2009
Atlanta, GA-based Eclipsys Corporation has partnered with Salt Lake City, Utah-based Medicity Inc. to provide its clients with health information exchange (HIE) capabilities, by leveraging Medicity’s Care Collaboration Platform. The vendor-neutral HIE, HealthXchange™, will facilitate the access, exchange and sharing of clinical patient data across disparate heterogeneous systems in ambulatory, acute care, and community environments. Read more
Allscripts Secures EHR Deal with leading Community Hospital
June 21, 2009
Southwestern Pennsylvania-based Heritage Valley Health System has entered into an agreement with Allscripts to deploy its Enterprise™ Electronic Health Record (EHR) for 150 physicians. The implementation is part of Heritage’s efforts to enhance patient care and reduce costs through improved access to vital information at the point-of-care. Read more
Infosys Unveils iTransform™ Product Suite for HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 Transitions
June 19, 2009
Bangalore, India-based Infosys Technologies Limited has released its iTransform™ Product Suite, one of the first end-to-end solutions, designed to simplify and quicken HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 coding transitions. Read more
dbMotion to Leverage SNOMED CT Capabilities for Advanced Interoperability Solutions
June 14, 2009
Israel-based dbMotion, a health interoperability and intelligence solutions provider, and SNOMED Terminology Solutions™ (STS), a customized, best-practice terminology implementation and education services vendor, have entered into a strategic alliance to develop a semantic interoperability solution that would allow for the seamless exchange of health data between different systems. The solution will be developed on Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT®), a clinical terminology, to help enable semantic health information exchange (HIE) ontology for the clinical vocabularies required for the semantic interoperability. STS is a division of the College of American Pathologists (CAP). Read more
Orion Health’s Rhapsody™ Solutions Aid Health Agencies in Managing Disease Outbreaks
June 11, 2009
With health surveillance being the cornerstone of decision making for public health, Orion Health Inc. has developed the Rhapsody™ Public Health Integrator (PHI) platform to enable public health authorities to electronically report health information. The platform will help automate reporting by allowing the collection and consolidation of data from the regional laboratories, hospitals, and clinics. PHI was introduced at the 2009 conference of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), a professional alliance of over 1,050 public health epidemiologists. Read more
Sweden Jumps on National EHR Bandwagon
June 6, 2009
Sweden has completed the first stage of the Swedish National Patient Summary project (NPÖ) following the successful deployment of the Swedish national health record. The NPÖ project has leveraged InterSystems Corporation’s InterSystems HealthShare™, a health information exchange software platform, for the creation of Sweden’s first national electronic health record (EHR). The project is managed by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) through the Swedish healthcare advisory organization, Sjukvårdsrådgivinge SVR AB. Read more
athenahealth Contracts with MedNet to Deliver Technology Support for more than 4,000 Maine Physicians
June 5, 2009
Medical Network, Inc. (MedNet), a physician owned managed healthcare organization, has contracted with athenahealth Inc., to leverage the vendor’s athenaClinicalsSM and athenaCollectorSM, for its provider member organizations. Read more
HealthLINC to Deploy Axolotl’s e-Prescribing Solution with Support of Federal Funds
June 3, 2009
Building on its mission of delivering enhanced healthcare, patient safety and care access, HealthLINC, a health information exchange (HIE), roped in Axolotl for its e-Prescribing technology, to connect physician practices and pharmacies across the Greater Bloomington area. The current initiative, supported by the Bloomington Hospital Foundation and Indiana Congressman Baron Hill, was financed through federal funds. Read more
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