Press Releases

SUNNYVALE, CA., October 28, 2014 – Health GorillaTM, Inc., the first online healthcare marketplace to connect doctors and clinicians with over 9,000+ diagnostic labs and 35,000+ radiology centers, has announced today the release of Health Gorilla Marketplace 2.0.

PHILADELPHIA & SAN ANTONIO--Futura Mobility, a mobile technology strategy and solutions company serving enterprise and healthcare industries, announces its participation in the College of Healthcare and Information Management Executives (CHIME) Best Practices Institute (BPI) Showcase.

BOSTON--Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) and Specialists On Call ("SOC"), the nation's largest provider of specialist physician services to hospitals via telemedical technologies, are partnering to provide a new neurology support option to community hospitals in Massachusetts. The collaboration will bring together Tufts MC’s neurology specialists and SOC's established telepractices and capability to deliver highly efficient, quality telemedical services. The new program will be called Tufts Medical Center TeleNeurology.

BOSTON, Oct. 22, 2014 -- Entrada and MedAptus® today announced a formal partnership to integrate Entrada's technology and services within the MedAptus Pro Charge Capture solution.

IRVINE, Calif.--Kareo, the leading provider of cloud-based medical office software for small medical practices, today announced that it has received $15 million in mezzanine debt from Escalate Capital Partners, an institutionally backed mezzanine fund that invests in high growth companies in the technology, healthcare and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industries. In 2014, Kareo has secured a total of $47 million in funding, reinforcing the company’s unprecedented growth and further enhancing Kareo’s role as the independent physician’s trusted partner.

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 21, 2014-- BlueStep/BridgeGate Health, a provider of clinical and interoperable technology for healthcare, announced today it is rebranding to VorroHealth. Vorro is an Italian word that loosely translates to wish, willingness or intention. 

WALTHAM, Mass. & SAN ANTONIO--Mobile Heartbeat, a leading provider of smartphone clinical communications, today announced a technology partnership with AirStrip®, the leading provider of mHealth solutions that drive clinical transformation through mobility and interoperability.

BURLINGTON, Mass.--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced it has partnered with eClinicalWorks to use Nuance cloud-based medical speech recognition technology with eClinicalTouch for the iPad and eClinicalMobile for iPhone and Android, enabling clinicians working in outpatient settings to enter patient notes into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) using tablets and smartphones through a fully connected and consistent experience.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--PointClickCare, the leading cloud-based software platform for the senior care market, announced today that enrollment is now available for its secure Integrated Direct Messaging tool. 

Livonia, Mich., and Waltham, Mass., October 16, 2014 – CHE Trinity Health, one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems, and Quantia, Inc. (Quantia), a pioneer in physician engagement and alignment, today announced a partnership that will help physicians across CHE Trinity Health’s 20-state network share knowledge, advice and clinical expertise quickly and conveniently.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2014--GCI Health, a leading healthcare-focused global public relations agency, today announced the rollout of Patients at the Center, an initiative aimed at uncovering the most innovative, effective ways of putting patients at the forefront of communication strategies within the healthcare industry.

SEATTLE--ActX today announced it has joined the Greenway Health online Marketplace of value-added partners for users of Greenway’s integrated electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solutions.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9, 2014--Practice Fusion, the nation's largest cloud-based electronic health records (EHR) platform, today announced strategic partnerships with three of Puerto Rico's premier health service companies, ASSERTUS Inc., Atlantic Pathology and HRP Labs.  The partnerships are part of Practice Fusion's effort to support the region's doctors and their ability to participate in the healthcare ecosystem.

Boston, MA, October 15, 2014 -- NoteSwift Inc. announced today the availability of NoteSwift™ for Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR. NoteSwift is the bridge between the EHR and Dragon Medical and interprets speech either as commands that a clinician can use to navigate the TouchWorks Note module, or as content to be inserted into the patient note.

HERNDON, Va.--Exostar, an innovative information technology company offering cloud-based solutions that enable secure, cost-effective business-to-business collaboration, today announced a $5.0 million investment to enable them to accelerate the growth and expansion of their healthcare and life science business.

CHICAGO, Oct. 9, 2014-- Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) has announced the market launch and general availability of Allscripts FollowMyHealth™ Achieve, a consumer-friendly, patient engagement innovation intended to mobilize and empower patients as active partners in the management of their care.

October 11, 2014 -- The Asian Electronic Medical Record (EMR) market report defines and segments the concerned market in Asian with analysis and forecast of revenue. The electronic medical record market in the Asian region is estimated to grow to $2,328.0 million by 2018, at a CAGR of 9.4% from 2013 to 2018.

CHICAGO, Oct. 8, 2014-- Today, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and AVIA announced HX360™, a new co-developed initiative. HX360 was created to improve the way that health care is delivered by both inspiring and facilitating the adoption and use of next generation (non-EHR Platform) technologies by provider organizations, in areas where health system executives are passionate to combine the right mix of resources, processes and technologies.

ARLINGTON, Va.--Surescripts, the nation’s largest health information network, and Epic, the leading developer of software for mid-size and large medical groups, hospitals and integrated healthcare organizations, are working together to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the prescribing process by offering Surescripts’ CompletEPA® for medication prior authorization to Epic electronic health records (EHR) users.

San Francisco, California, September 30, 2014 -- The global market for home healthcare is expected to reach USD 355.3 billion by 2020, growing at an estimated CAGR of 7.8% from 2014 to 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc.

Oct. 7, 2014- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, was ranked by KLAS Research as having the best overall performance among order set solutions in its report, “CDS Order Sets and Care Plans 2014: Choosing the Best Option.” This marks the third time ProVation Order Sets has achieved top ranking in the annual report on the clinical decision support solutions market.