Press Releases

Jacksonville, FL — February 29, 2016, ASPYRA, LLC (ASPYRA), a market leader in Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), released news today of implementation of the company’s CyberLAB LIS at Riordan Clinic, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), nutrition-based health facility in Wichita, Kansas.  

At HIMSS16, the companies will preview Appropriate Use Criteria embedded in PatientKeeper CPOE.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide as well as the top five largest private healthcare systems in the country have agreed to implement three core commitments.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) and Allianz Worldwide Partners entered a partnership focusing on connected health solutions and services in Germany. The personal health programs* are designed for and tailored to motivate people to make healthy choices in their lifestyle, as active health management is necessary to stem the rising tide of chronic diseases. The health programs leverage Philips’ deep healthcare and consumer expertise are offered across employers as an instrument for occupational health, insurers and consumers.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety, a multi-stakeholder collaborative convened by ECRI Institute, announces the release of Safe Practice Recommendations for the use of copy and paste, at HIMSS16 in Las Vegas. This is the Partnership's first release in a series of evidence-based recommendations designed to improve health IT safety.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, will showcase its cloud-based decision support platform for the improved diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in Booth #5537 at the HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition. POC Advisor™, which reduced sepsis mortality by 53 percent at Huntsville Hospital, integrates and functions seamlessly with the clinical workflow, leveraging electronic alerts and patient-specific, evidence-based treatment advice to drive down sepsis rates.

New Platform Will Enable Telehealth Services, Allow Physicians and Patients to Access Medical Images and Reports.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Kansas Hospital, a nationally recognized academic medical center, has extended its collaboration with Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to leverage Cerner’s HealtheIntent℠ population health management platform to coordinate and manage care in rural Kansas communities.

Falls Church, VA – Feb. 16, 2016 – Apollo PACS, the pioneer in enterprise imaging and clinical multimedia management solutions has announced it has changed its name to Apollo Enterprise Imaging Corp, to better convey its expertise. 

BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mach7 Technologies, award-winning provider of medical image management solutions, will showcase Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform 11.7.1 during the annual Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. Released this month, 11.7.1 further extends Mach7’s vision to power healthcare enterprises with consolidated, central access to a complete, unified patient healthcare record while providing the foundation for a best-of-breed clinical ecosystem.

SALT LAKE CITY—February 23, 2016—Utah-based healthcare technology company, Novarad, will exhibit its latest advancements in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) at the Healthcare Information and Management System (HIMSS) conference and exhibition, along with California-based technology company, Sphere 3D, Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY). 

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optum360 won the 2015/2016 Category Leader award for Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC) from KLAS, a leading global health care research organization. This is the second consecutive year Optum360 has taken the top honor for computer-assisted coding technology.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that Rabin Pant, director of clinical informatics with Methodist Health System, will present a session at HIMSS16 highlighting the critical role of effective point of care clinical content management during a public health crisis. The session titled “The Value of Standardized Care in a Public Health Crisis” will demonstrate how ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support enabled the organization to lay a foundation of highly-reliable, evidence-based clinical care during the health system’s response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Dallas.

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Feb. 22, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable devices used primarily in cardiology, radiology and endoscopy, today announced fourth quarter revenues of $138.4 million ($141.0 million in constant currency), an increase of 4.2% over reported revenues and 6.2% on a comparable, constant currency basis over $132.8 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.  Fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings were $10.8 million, or $0.24 per share, down 4.4% compared to $11.3 million, or $0.26 per share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2014.  As reported, net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2015 was $6.4 million or $0.14 per diluted share. 

Partnership Enables the CRISP HIE Community Access to Medical Images.

Healthcare IT Consulting Group Enters Global Partnership with HIMSS to Deliver EMRAM Education to European, Middle Eastern, Asian, Australian and North American Healthcare Systems.

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zotec Partners (Zotec), the industry leader in radiology revenue cycle and practice management services, announces a continued revenue cycle management agreement with Toledo Radiological Associates (TRA), an Ohio-based radiology group with 34 highly specialized board-certified radiologists. In the extended four-year arrangement, TRA will continue to use Zotec’s revenue cycle management (RCM) services and analytical tools to monitor data and ignite practice growth to the year 2020.

Kalamazoo, Michigan - February 16, 2016 - Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) announced today a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of Physio-Control International, Inc. ("Physio-Control") in an all cash transaction for $1.28 billion.  Physio-Control, which is a portfolio company of Bain Capital Private Equity, develops, manufactures and markets monitors/defibrillators, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and CPR-assist devices along with data management and support services.

Company Demonstrates Integration of Images Captured by Mobile Devices; Capabilities of Vendor-Neutral Physician Viewer and Patient Portal Modules.

FairWarning Managed Privacy Services Grows 97% Year-Over-Year; PHI Privacy and Security Critical to Patient Health Outcomes.

Plan brings together solutions that uniquely enable payers and providers to automate and scale complex bundled payment models.