Press Releases

December 16, 2013 -- In 2012, LifeWings, a patient safety consulting firm, began an extensive program with Easter Maine Medical Center (EMMC). LifeWings Safety Coach, Alan Price, a U.S. Air Force Command pilot and retired Lt. Colonel, worked with EMMC and says, " I am passionate about the processes we developed in the airline industry, and now have adapted to the healthcare environment. The process is not complicated but it is not easy. Commitment is the key word, and if one is committed, amazing things are possible for both the patient, and staff."

Washington DC – Vital Connect and Aventyn Inc. announced a collaboration today to commercialize the combination of the Vitalbeat mobile remote monitoring platform and Vital Connect HealthPatch MD biosensor for hospitals and other healthcare providers. Vitalbeat is designed to help clinicians better manage chronic disease patient populations, including congestive heart failure (CHF) patients, and prevent avoidable readmissions.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Truven Health Analytics™ today announced the availability of its MarketScan® Oncology Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Database for oncology focused research studies. The database provides a comprehensive view of clinical data from electronic medical records (EMR) for cancer patients.

HUDSON, Ohio--Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that its Lexicomp Integrated Patient Education solution has been integrated into EmmiEngage, a patient engagement platform offered by Emmi™ Solutions. This integration will help foster patient’s understanding of their medical care by allowing clinicians to direct patients to information on topics such as medications, conditions and procedures from beyond the point of care.

CareFusion (NYSE:CFN), a leading global medical technology company, today announced multiple new technologies across its device and software platforms to help improve the safety, efficiency and cost of intravenous (IV) medications to enhance enterprise-wide medication management.

The need for evaluation and measurement regarding the effectiveness and impact of quality improvement work on a wide range of US health care issues was center stage today at the 19th Annual Scientific Symposium on Improving the Quality and Value of Health Care, attended by more than 300 health care professionals. Hosted by IHI as part of the 25th annual National Forum, presentations and research posters described results and learning from quality initiatives across a wide range of topics – including new approaches for disclosing adverse events to patients, the value of shared medical appointments, a statewide initiative to bring down the number of elective births before 39 weeks, the growing role of patient family advisors, and much more.

Omnicell, Inc. (OMCL), today announced that Billings Clinic is the first hospital to integrate Omnicell and Cerner remote cabinet functionality. The interoperability between the Omnicell automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) and Cerner Millennium(®) EHR, via the CareAware iBus(®), has resulted in new efficiencies in the medication administration workflow. This collaboration has enabled nurses to issue, view availability and waste medications in a single view, saving nursing time and leading to increased patient safety.

Cincinnati, OH, December 03, 2013-- On the eve of its 100-year anniversary, Dolbey and Company, Inc., which began in 1914 as a partner and dealer for Thomas A. Edison’s dictation machine company, announces the issuance of a United States patent for “Systems and Methods for Providing an Electronic Dictation Interface.”

MINNEAPOLIS--VitalHealth Software, a leading global provider of web-based solutions for health management established by Mayo Clinic and the Noaber Foundation, today announces the availability of VitalHealth QuestLink, a cloud-based software solution to stimulate patient engagement through the use of online questionnaires.

Washington, D.C., December 05, 2013 -- The fifth annual mHealth Summit presented in Washington, DC by HIMSS Media brings together leaders in health IT and health systems industry to share innovations and address some of the most challenging issues facing technology adoption in healthcare. Kate Berry, CEO of National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC), Gary Ozanich, PhD, Senior Research Associate, Center for Applied Informatics at Northern Kentucky University (NKU), Rose Maljanian, Founder and CEO of HealthCAWS and Leslie Kelly Hall, Senior Vice President, Policy at Healthwise will be presenting a panel discussion on consumer engagement at the Summit on December 9, 2013 at 5:00 pm ET.

Breakthrough software innovation delivers improved clinical capabilities, personalization, lower costs and operational results

Inovalon, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, today announced that Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. has entered into a multi-year engagement that enables Inovalon's advanced healthcare data analytics for payers and providers to leverage Greenway's PrimeSUITE electronic health record (EHR) platform, further enabling improvements in clinical and quality outcomes, and financial performance.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cfh6lx/telemedicine_and) has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Telemedicine and M-Health Convergence: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019"to their offering.

SSM Health Care–St. Louis and Healthcare Clinic at select Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG) will launch a collaboration in January 2014 that will improve access to care and increase care coordination for patients.

Healthcare organizations have large amounts of data but often do not have the tools to bring the data together for useful business information and planning. Healthcare analytics is the systematic use of data and related business insights developed through applied analytical disciplines such as, statistical, contextual, quantitative, predictive, cognitive, other including emerging model to drive fact-based decision making for planning, management, measurement and learning. Analytics may be descriptive, predictive or prescriptive.

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.

The United States may be losing ground as the leader in biomedical research and within the next five years will be second to China in the funds it spends for R&D, according to Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D, director of the National Institutes of Health.

At a recent event sponsored by the White House, the National Science Foundation and the Networking and Information Technology R&D program, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) was recognized for its collaborative efforts to enable real-time personalized medicine through innovation with Stanford University and the National Center for Tumor Diseases Germany. The Washington, DC-based event, Data to Knowledge to Action, featured public and private organizations that enhance scientific discovery and biomedical research and derive greater value for consumers by innovating Big Data tools and technologies.

Best Practice Partners (BPP), a leader in health IT optimization, is pleased to announce a new division which will focus on assisting payers and providers optimize their existing Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and assist in standing up new ACOs. The division will operate as a federated partnership, drawing on the complimentary skills and expertise of individuals and organizations representing Best Practices for each of the strategic components which go into building a successful ACO.

Advances in speech recognition have helped streamline transcription and recording of patient encounters. Most developments have been in back-end speech recognition, or systems that generate text from dictations that transcriptionists and editors correct and process. But there has been recent growth in front-end speech recognition, which involves systems that require providers to edit the transcribed text immediately after dictating.

As health IT leaders make their way to New York for the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) Digital Health Conference, certain trends are emerging that will define healthcare in 2014. Practice Fusion, the nation's largest healthcare platform, looks at these key trends from 2013 and predicts what they might mean looking forward. With the ongoing Meaningful Use incentive push for health technology and the recent difficulty of many vendors to deliver on new and upcoming requirements, it's looking to be a big year for upheaval in the health IT sector.