Press Releases

January 05, 2015 -- The global medical document management systems market is estimated to be worth around $220 million in 2014 and grow at a CAGR of 13%-14% during the forecast period of 2014 to 2019. This report studies the medical document management systems market over the forecast period of 2014-2019.

Newark, New Jersey, December 23, 2014 -- As part of an ongoing commitment to improve its members’ health care experience through innovation and technology, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has created Horizon CareOnline, a telehealth benefit that offers access to a board certified, licensed doctor online 24 hours a day, seven days a week – and no appointments needed.

DANBURY, Conn.--New approaches for determining how much drugs should cost, and for setting the price for innovative treatments, were highlighted in a keynote presentation by Murray Aitken, IMS Health senior vice president and executive director of the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, at the Forbes Healthcare Summit held earlier this month in New York City.

BALTIMORE , Dec. 18, 2014 -- Total Child Health, the creator of CHADIS, has joined the Allscripts Developer Program and is now offering a certified solution for Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR that utilizes Allscripts Open APIs.

CARROLLTON, Ga.--Greenway Health™ has released its new version 3.1 of PrimeMOBILE™, the company’s Windows, Android and iOS solution for accessing electronic health information from the Greenway PrimeSUITE® electronic health record (EHR) platform.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Stanson Health, a population health clinical decision support (CDS) and analytics company, announced today that it has licensed health content from Consumer Reports for distribution within Stanson's next-generation CDS solution.

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--Capella Healthcare is on its way to creating easy-to-access longitudinal patient records. By acquiring and aggregating clinical information from across the various settings of care that serve patients, Capella Healthcare is empowering clinicians and patients by providing the right information at the right time. 

Woodbridge, NJ, December 18, 2014 -iPatientCare, Inc., a pioneer in mHealth, cloud-based ambulatory EHR and integrated practice management solutions announces the strategic partnership with Connected Technology Solutions (CTS) to enrich better usability of iPatientCare Patient Check-in Kiosk.

McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) today announced that John Hammergren, chairman and chief executive officer, will present at the 33rd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco at 10:00 a.m. PT on Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Audio webcasts will be available live and archived on the company’s Investor Relations website at http://investor.mckesson.com. A complete listing of upcoming events for the investment community is available on the company’s Investor Relations website.

Greenway Health™ announced today its corporate sponsorship of PGA TOUR professional Blayne Barber, one of golf’s rising stars. Beginning with the Sony Open Jan. 15-18 at the Waialae Golf Course in Honolulu, the Greenway Health logo will be featured on shirts worn by Barber at each event in which he plays.     

AUSTIN, Texas and TOPEKA, Kan., Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- e-MDs, a leading provider of electronic health records (EHRs) and practice management (PM) solutions and Kansas Health Information Network Inc. (KHIN), a health information exchange organization (HIO), today announced that e-MDs' electronic health records (EHR) technology is the first to exchange provider data directly with  the newly-created Kansas infectious disease registry.

Jackson Preparatory School with begin offering telehealth urgent care to its employees on January 1, 2015 as part of a pilot program with University of Mississippi Medical Center's Center for Telehealth.

McKesson will implement NIMIS within an additional seven hospitals, helping to transform radiology services across Ireland

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that it has been rated #1 for regulatory reporting in the industry report, “Quality Management 2014: The Race Gets Closer,i” issued by KLAS Enterprises.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that it has been rated #1 for regulatory reporting in the industry report, “Quality Management 2014: The Race Gets Closer,i” issued by KLAS Enterprises.

RESTON, Va. — December 16, 2014 —   The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) in partnership with the Sullivan Institute for Healthcare Innovation, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), assembled more than 40 representatives from major health plans, providers, health IT vendors, healthcare organizations and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in an effort to develop an effective and consistent industry blueprint for a virtual clipboard mobile application.

JDRF and the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto announced publication of interoperability standards for diabetes devices. The work is the result of  JDRF Canadian Clinical Trial Network (JDRF CCTN) funding to Dr. Joseph Cafazzo at UHN to pilot the development of standard communication protocols that define how diabetes devices, such as insulin pumps, blood glucose meters, and continuous glucose monitors, communicate with one another and with other devices.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.--Top on the list of New Year’s resolutions for many hospitals, medical groups and physicians today is the goal of improving the “patient experience.” To help providers better meet this new standard for healthcare, Astute Doctor, a national company providing an innovative approach to physician education through web-based, patient-centric CME courses, has developed a list of five tips to help organizations meet patient experience goals.

Omaha, Nebraska, December 08, 2014 -- Prairie Ventures, a private investment firm with investments in healthcare technology and services, today announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of its telehealth company, HealthInterlink, LLC, by Welch Allyn, Inc.

Boston, MA – December 9, 2014 – Orion Health, a leading population health management company, today announced that Greenville Health System (GHS), one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare organizations in the Southeast, has selected its Healthier Populations Solutions, a comprehensive set of interoperability and care coordination tools that support healthcare organizations’ population health initiatives. 

NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2014-- The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today announced that it is testing and plans to deploy electronic medical records in the fight against Ebola.

DEERFIELD, Ill. & SUNRISE, Fla.--Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG), the nation’s largest drugstore chain, and MDLIVE, the nation’s leading provider of telehealth services, today introduced a new telehealth offering that will give Walgreens website users 24/7 access to U.S. board-certified doctors through its mobile application