Press Releases

Waycross, GA, July 30, 2014 -- Global Partnership for TeleHealth (GPT) in partnership with Jackson Healthcare Foundation traveled to Honduras to implement telemedicine at three Predisan Good Samaritan Clinics in Honduras.

Foster City, CA, July 28, 2014 -- HealthCrowd, a disruptor and industry leading innovator in healthcare mobile messaging, announced today key findings obtained from an industry-first pilot program with Healthfirst.

READING, Mass., July 16, 2014--Health eVillages, a program founded by Donato Tramuto and Physicians Interactive in partnership with the not-for-profit Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights (RFK Center), has appointed five new members to its Advisory Board.

WATERTOWN, Mass. and MELVILLE, N.Y., July 28, 2014--athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health record (EHR), practice management, and care coordination, and Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health, and medical practitioners, today announced an expansion of their strategic agreement announced on May 21, 2014.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) announced today a three-year Endorsement Agreement of PatientNOW, Inc., an electronic medical record, practice management and patient engagement system to be available to ASPS Member Surgeons. The agreement, which brings together the world’s largest specialty society of plastic surgeons with a comprehensive practice management software system for plastic surgery and aesthetic medical practices, will leverage both organizations’ respective strengths to develop and deliver the latest technological advances in electronic health records to plastic surgery practices.

NEW YORK (July 24, 2014) — Dr. Henry H. Ting, a nationally recognized leader and innovator in health care quality, has been appointed senior vice president and chief quality officer at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, effective July 21, 2014. In his new role, he will oversee the hospital's clinical quality and patient safety initiatives. 

Washington, DC, July 23, 2014 -- The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is seeking presenters for ATA 2015, ATA’s twentieth annual meeting and tradeshow focused exclusively on telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth. The meeting, expected to attract over 5,000 attendees and more than 250 cutting-edge healthcare technology vendors, will take place May 3-5, 2015, in Los Angeles.

Topeka, KS, July 23, 2014 -- Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN), a health information exchange organization (HIO) reaching three million Kansans and ICA, a healthcare information technology company that helps healthcare providers impact the way care teams connect and healthcare is delivered has connected 81 healthcare organization together in Kansas to share critical health and behavioral health information. This achievement expands the ability to collect and securely share patient health information across a varied network of participants with disparate electronic health record systems.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates--MBM Health & Medical and GlobalMed® have signed a mutually exclusive alliance to provide connected health solutions in the Middle East. MBM Health & Medical is one of the group of companies of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum which is dedicated to providing patients throughout the region access to the world’s best hospitals and healthcare in order to reduce costs and improve outcomes.

LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2014--Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions, has announced the general availability of Knowledge Analyzer™, a scalable solution that helps organizations quickly realize the full value of electronic health record (EHR) systems.

Valdosta, GA, and Atlanta, GA, July 22, 2014 -- Azalea Health (http://www.AzaleaHealth.com), a provider of cloud-based healthcare solutions and services, announced today an agreement to merge with simplifyMD, a complete electronic health records (EHR) provider. The merger positions the two privately held companies to become a leading provider of a fully integrated, cloud-based healthcare management and medical billing solution.

Mountain View, Calif., July 21, 2014 – drchrono, the creator of a free Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform on the iPad, iPhone and cloud, and breakthrough virtual visit tool AppVisit®, have announced a brand new product integration.

Orangeville, ON, July 21, 2014 -- CareWorx announced today that Linked Senior has requested it’s first large order of interactive touch screen devices for use with it’s cloud based dementia and therapy engagement software for the senior housing market.

July 17, 2014- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today the release of ProVation® Order Sets Essentials, a package of 65 order set templates that address the needs of small and critical access hospitals (CAHs).

ATLANTA--HomecareCRM, the industry leader in customer growth solutions for post-acute care, and Sta-Home, Mississippi’s largest home health provider, have announced an agreement to deploy the HomecareCRM solution across its home health and hospice sales teams.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--AOD Software, delivering the industry’s leading integrated software solution to senior care providers, today announced its acquisition of Stratis Business Systems, Inc., a leader in home health and home care cloud-based software, increasing clinical and financial efficiencies across the entire spectrum of care.

WOONSOCKET, R.I., July 16, 2014-- CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) announced today it has entered into new clinical affiliations with four major health care providers to enhance access to high-quality, affordable health care services for patients.

Garden City, NY, July 15, 2014 -- Meta® Healthcare IT Solutions, a leading clinical software provider, announced today that it has achieved Modular Inpatient Stage 2 EHR ONC-ACB 2014 Certification for MetaCare Enterprise™ EHR on July 1, 2014.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 16, 2014--The Fogarty Institute for Innovation, a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit that mentors, trains and inspires the next generation of medical innovators, in partnership with the PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc. and CHI-California Healthcare Institute, has announced this year's recipients of the Tracy T. Lefteroff Fund Awards, recognizing promising entrepreneurs, innovators, students and programs in the life sciences field.

ROCHESTER, MN (July 15th, 2014) - Ambient Clinical Analytics, Inc., the provider of powerful bedside real-time critical decision support tools for ICU, Operating Room and Emergency Departments, was precisely chosen by the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management to be the focus of their case study in the annual Business School Alliance for Health Management competition. The Carlson School earned first place by showcasing the technology from AmbientClinical Analytics.

PHILADELPHIA, July 15, 2014-- Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the launch of the Elsevier Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Reference App for Apple and Android phones and tablets. The free mobile app was created using ICD-10 coding requirements and developed specifically for physicians and clinical documentation specialists to help improve clinical documentation within the healthcare record. Using Elsevier original content, the Elsevier CDI Reference app is now available for free download via iTunes and Google Play.