GNS Healthcare today announced that U.S. Patent 8,571,803, entitled "Systems and Methods for Modeling and Analyzing Networks," has been issued, relating to significant innovations in automated causal data analytics.  The patent covers key methods underlying REFS(TM), a computational platform that automatically builds predictive and explanatory models from big data.

ECRI Institute, a nonprofit that researches the best approaches to patient care, announces a new agreement with Data Leverage Group, which specializes in value analysis workflow solutions for hospitals and health systems.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 4, 2013--ZirMed®, a leading health information connectivity and management solutions company, today announced a partnership with EHR Integration Services, an innovative group of consultants that help transform complex data integration issues into clinical and operational workflow improvements, to provide Allscripts™ and GE Healthcare™ customers with seamless integration into ZirMed's revenue cycle management, clinical communications and analytics solutions.

Atlanta, Georgia, August 28, 2013 -- Wellcentive, a provider of innovative population health management and data analytics solutions, has expanded its industry reach by partnering with Visualutions, a nationwide provider of managed healthcare IT and data liquidity services. Visualutions will resell Wellcentive’s Advance™ to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which are grant-supported, community-based organizations that provide comprehensive primary and preventive care to persons regardless of their ability to pay.

Apollo Beach, FL, August 19, 2013-- Today, LaunchMed, LLC announced the launch of their end-to-end CMS data handling service, a value added service that is part of the LaunchStar™ ACO Solution, designed for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

Weymouth, MA, July 10, 2013 -- Beacon Partners, a leading healthcare management consulting firm, and Information Builders, a leader in business intelligence (BI) and analytics, information integrity, and integration solutions, today announced the formation of a strategic business partnership. Information Builders provides healthcare organizations with a complete BI and analytics solution – and has now added Beacon Partners as an integral component in this effort. Beacon Partners will help its customers leverage Information Builders software to meet the integration, intelligence, and data integrity challenges of electronic medical records (EMR), clinical transformation, and consumer engagement.

Nashville, TN and Boca Raton, FL, July 09, 2013 -- Shareable Ink®, an enterprise cloud computing company that transforms point-of-care clinical documentation to structured data and analytics, and Resolute Anesthesia and Pain Solutions, LLC (“Resolute”), a leading provider group of anesthesia services in the states of Florida, Illinois and Missouri, today announced the nationwide expansion of Shareable Ink’s Anesthesia Cloud for iPad. Resolute’s initial deployment of Shareable Ink’s innovative iPad solution at its Boca Raton Outpatient Surgery and Laser Center demonstrated reduction in unnecessary staff time, improved capture of new quality reporting metrics required by CMS, and better physician and patient satisfaction. As a result, Resolute will standardize use on Shareable Ink’s iPad solution at all facilities.

BOSTON, June 24, 2013 -- Today at the Drug Information Association's 2013 Annual Meeting, Deloitte and Intermountain Healthcare announce the launch of OutcomesMiner, an analytics tool designed to give researchers, pharmaceutical and medical device companies the data-driven insight needed to conduct comparative effectiveness research and bring new therapies to market more rapidly.