Press Releases

Framingham, MA – September 16, 2014– IDC Health Insights today announced the launch of the Healthcare IT Services Strategies advisory service, designed to address the critical challenges faced by business executives and technology leaders.   The new service will help both buyers and suppliers of IT services save time, reduce cost and mitigate risk related to management of their increasingly complex and important relationships.

Clearwater, FL, September 10, 2014 -- CHOICE (Coalition of Hospices Organized to Investigate Comparative Effectiveness), a quality improvement benchmarking network, will soon have the largest patient-level, multi-hospice dataset to date.

DALLAS and WAYZATA, Minn., September 8, 2014 – Sandlot Solutions, Inc., a leading electronic health record (EHR) interoperability, big data analytics and population health management platform provider today announced it now has $23.3 million in fresh capital to use to serve existing clients, complete near-term contracts and harvest a robust pipeline of potential new business.

PHILADELPHIA, September 9, 2014--"Leveraging Evidence Across the Care Continuum" co-chaired by David Bates, MD, MSc, and Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD. The third annual Healthcare Leadership Forum, hosted by Clinical Innovation + Technology magazine and sponsored by Elsevier Clinical Solutions has expanded its mission this year to include multidisciplinary evidence-based practice and cooperative care. This meeting brings together physicians, nurses, IT and healthcare executives and leaders to share best practices for driving knowledge to the point of care, on Sept. 29-30 at the Waldorf Astoria Chicago.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--Integration with primary care, the emergence of health homes, Meaningful Use, and recovery-based care are among key topics in the ongoing transformation of behavioral health care. However, in the first annual Health and Human Services Influencing Factors Survey, providers demonstrated that while they are embracing rapid change, they are also concerned with long-term sustainability.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2014-- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Health Information Exchange (HIE) Market by Setup Types (Public & Private), Vendors (Web Portal & Platform), Implementation Models (Centralized, Federated, & Hybrid), Application (Interfacing, Secure Messaging) - Global Trends & Forecast to 2018

GREENVILLE, S.C., Sept. 10, 2014--ChartSpan has developed the world's first, patient based, interoperable, consumer technology automating the conversion of ALL paper healthcare records into electronic healthcare records. Available today in the Apple App Store. ChartSpan is a free, secure, iOS app that allows you to request, organize, and send your family's health records (medical, dental, vision, immunizations, prescriptions) from a smartphone. The Android version will be released next month.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2014-- Two of the most significant challenges in managing a successful clinical trial are recruiting the right test subjects and retaining them for the length of a trial. Time requirements, distance from the study site, number of site visits expected, and transportation concerns make it difficult to recruit patients for trials and contribute to high dropout rates, causing long delays and increasing the risk of trial failure.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8, 2014-- Based on its recent analysis of the population health management industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes eClinicalWorks with the 2014 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership. eClinicalWorks has reinforced its prominence in the ambulatory healthcare IT solutions market by developing the Care Coordination Medical Record® (CCMR®), a Web-based, dynamic and highly cross-functional platform for population health management and coordinated care.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--PracticeMax, a national provider of medical practice management and technology services, today announced it has acquired Optimum Medical Management (OptiMED) of Lincoln, NE, continuing its expansion of operations in the Midwest.

Cranbury, NJ, August 28, 2014 -- The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and BluePrint Healthcare IT announced the expansion of MARC’s Health Information Exchange Initiative by adding a second group of six safety net organizations in Kansas and Missouri. Working with three hospitals and three Health Information Organizations, the initial group of ten safety net organizations achieved the first goal of digital care coordination, replacing the exchange of paper forms and faxes with secure electronic DIRECT Messaging.

ROCKVILLE, Md.--DrFirst, a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions, announced today that providers using the company’s EPCS GoldSM 2.0 controlled substance e-prescribing technology have issued more than 663,000 controlled substance prescriptions to date, and the company expects to surpass the 700,000 mark in mid-September.

Ann Arbor, MI September 04, 2014 -- Isabel Healthcare will exhibit at the Greenway Users Conference- Engage 2014, Booth 414, on September 4-7, 2014 in Dallas, Texas.

WASHINGTON, DC, September 5, 2014—The Data Quality Campaign joins a growing global effort among government, corporate, non-profit, and academic sectors to promote online safety awareness.

BOSTON--Best Doctors, Inc., the global health company that brings together the best minds in medicine to help people get the right diagnosis and treatment plan, today announced that it has acquired Rise Health, a leading population health management company.

Philadelphia, PA, September 04, 2014 -- Exciting new technological advances are helping those in the pharmaceutical industry make better strategic decisions for growth and clinical resource requirements.

Redwood City, CA, September 03, 2014 -- Breakthrough Behavioral, the nation’s leader in online mental health care with more than five million members, today released a white paper announcing positive outcomes for online video counseling services.

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 3, 2014-- Lightbeam Health Solutions, LLC 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.

WOONSOCKET, R.I., September 3, 2014 — CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) announced today that it is changing its corporate name to CVS Health to reflect its broader health care commitment and its expertise in driving the innovations needed to shape the future of health.

ARLINGTON, Va.--The Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance (OSEHRA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in electronic health record software, is hosting its 3rd Annual Open Source EHR Summit next week.

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has agreed exclusively to market and help further develop Tonic Health's simple, fun and intuitive patient data collection platform.