ALERT: Microsoft Secures First International HealthVault Contract with Bumrungrad Hospital
October 29, 2009
Microsoft Corporation has announced an agreement with Bangkok, Thailand-based Bumrungrad International hospital, to enable the latter to empower their patients with access to vital medical data through Microsoft’s online personal health application platform, HealthVault. HealthVault will be available to over 1 million Bumrungrad patients from early 2010, and the organization has started phased delivery of the service. Read more
ALERT: Mobile Aspects Secures 3-year Inventory Management Deal
October 27, 2009
Mobile Aspects, Inc., a provider of clinical resource management solutions, has entered into an agreement with Novation, the healthcare contracting services organization for University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), VHA Inc., and Provista. Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Mobile Aspects will deploy its radio frequency identification (RFID)-based inventory management solutions across UHC, VHA, and Provista member organizations. Read more
Cerner and CDW Collaborate to Increase Physician Implementation of EHR
October 19, 2009
In a first-of-its-kind move, Cerner Corporation will be delivering its entire suite of ambulatory software for physician practices through a national channel partner, following the signing of a collaborative agreement with CDW Healthcare. Under the terms of the agreement, CDW will start marketing Cerner’s physician practice solutions from November 1st, 2009. Read more
Surescripts Plans on Adopting NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 Standard in Support of Meaningful EHR Use
October 16, 2009
Alexandria, VA-based Surescripts™, the national e-prescription network, has announced its intent to adopt the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) SCRIPT version 10.6 standard, in its attempt to drive the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). Surescripts will now certify software and solutions provided by vendors, based on the NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 standard. Read more
Healthcare Management Systems to Unveil Ambulatory EMR
October 15, 2009
Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. (HMS®), a Nashville-based provider of integrated financial and clinical hospital information systems (HIS), and services, has announced its intent to launch a new proprietary unified ambulatory electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) solution, HMS Ambulatory EMR. Slated to be launched in October 2009, the solution will be available for customer assessment during the last week of the month, backed by a complete implementation process and its recently introduced HMS Learning InstituteSM to facilitate the training process. Read more
Allscripts Chosen to Support Iowa Health System’s Statewide ePrescription Initiative
October 14, 2009
Allscripts and Iowa Health System, a community-based healthcare organization, have joined hands to begin an ePresciption initiative, ePrescribe Iowa, which will enable the health system’s physicians to transform from paper-based to electronic prescription. The agreement, which is a part of an effort to reduce medical errors for enhanced patient safety, will see Allscripts deliver its Web-based ePrescription solution for free, along with personalized outreach and training for the physicians. Read more
Perot Systems Teams-up with Medical Associations to Provide Health IT Services to New Regional Extension Centers
October 8, 2009
In an effort to increase adoption and support meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), Perot Systems Corporation, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), representing medical group practices, and the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), representing medical groups and organized care systems, have formed an alliance. Through this agreement, the alliance intends on offering the Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers (Extension Centers) with services for EHR implementation and training. Read more
Axolotl Secures Deal with New York RHIO
October 7, 2009
In an effort to improve practice efficiencies, patient safety, and quality of care, the Bronx Regional Health Information Organization (BronxRHIO) has roped in San Jose, CA-based Axolotl Corporation for its Elysium® Exchange of suite of solutions to enable facilities to access and exchange medical data. Read more
Cisco Enters into Second Phase of Argentinean Telemedicine Program
October 6, 2009
California-based Cisco Systems Inc. has implemented the second stage of a multiphase telemedicine pilot project, an initiative of the Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan Pediatric Hospital designed to enable the remote delivery of healthcare services across several Argentine provinces. Powered by the Cisco® collaborative technologies, like Cisco Unified Communications and Cisco TelePresence™, the project is also supported by Telefónica, an integrated telecommunications vendor, and Castro Rendón Hospital. Read more
athenahealth to Buy Business Intelligence Vendor
October 5, 2009
In a move to reinforce its solution portfolio with business intelligence (BI) expertise, athenahealth, Inc., has decided to acquire Anodyne Health Partners, Inc., which specializes in healthcare Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) BI solutions. Read more
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