LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 4, 2013--ZirMed®, a leading health information connectivity and management solutions company, today announced a partnership with EHR Integration Services, an innovative group of consultants that help transform complex data integration issues into clinical and operational workflow improvements, to provide Allscripts™ and GE Healthcare™ customers with seamless integration into ZirMed's revenue cycle management, clinical communications and analytics solutions.

The Southeast Michigan Beacon Community (SEMBC) announced that it is gaining some traction in achieving its target measures.As part of its clinical transformation efforts, the Beacon community—which encompasses 46 SEMBC-affiliated private practice and federally qualified health center sites—said it has met six of seven target measures in the care of patients with type 2 diabetes.

Atlanta, Georgia, August 28, 2013 -- Wellcentive, a provider of innovative population health management and data analytics solutions, has expanded its industry reach by partnering with Visualutions, a nationwide provider of managed healthcare IT and data liquidity services. Visualutions will resell Wellcentive’s Advance™ to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which are grant-supported, community-based organizations that provide comprehensive primary and preventive care to persons regardless of their ability to pay.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is proposing a pilot study that leverages an emergency department (ED) discharge tool to reduce unnecessary visits, cut healthcare costs and streamline the quality of care delivered to ED patients, according to an Aug. 27 Federal Register notice.

The University of Florida College of Pharmacy is working on a new scoring system that would help hospitals determine the best pharmacist staffing to prevent adverse events and improve patient safety, according to a press release.

Allscripts announced the launch of Population Health Analytics, a population health management tool that builds analytics into a clinician’s workflow to improve chronic disease management and reduce readmissions, according to an Aug. 19 announcement.

Apollo Beach, FL, August 19, 2013-- Today, LaunchMed, LLC announced the launch of their end-to-end CMS data handling service, a value added service that is part of the LaunchStar™ ACO Solution, designed for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s “Improving Quality Through Clinician Use of Health IT” initiative demonstrated health IT’s positive impact on the delivery of evidence-based care, according to a report that highlighted key findings from 24 projects awarded in 2007.