Boston, MA, April 3, 2013 -- Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL), today released an enhanced version of its comprehensive IMPACT® clinical trial management system (CTMS). Notable features include improved data entry as well as site management and monitoring capabilities. The system is designed for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies of all sizes, and has more than 26,000 users in studies of up to tens of thousands of subjects and millions of visits.

A new Medicare Chronic Conditions Dashboard is designed to further the Affordable Care Act’s goals for health promotion and the prevention and management of multiple chronic conditions, according to Marilyn Tavenner, acting director of the Department of Health & Human Services. The dashboard offers researchers, physicians, public health professionals and policymakers an easy-to-use tool to get current data on where multiple chronic conditions occur, which services they require, and how much Medicare spends helping beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted a 2014 Meaningful Use Eligible Hospital Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) update.

Legislation introduced March 27 by North Carolina state senators Bob Rucho and Harry Brown seeks a number of measures to improve transparency in healthcare costs provided by hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities.

April 2, 2013 -- Healthbox, a leading business accelerator that supports early-stage health care companies, kicked off its second program today in Kendall Square. After completing the inaugural Boston program in November 2012, Healthbox and anchor partner Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA), quickly launched a second program dedicated to supporting innovative start-up companies to respond to continued industry demand for creative solutions to pervasive healthcare challenges.

PointRight Inc., the leader in data-driven analytics for health care and insurance, announces the combined launch of its new iPad App, which now enables providers to have mobile and flexible access to all of PointRight's data analytics services and reports via their iPad. The iPad app is available for free download via the Apple® iTunes® Store.

Rep. Diana Black (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation on March 21 to amend the HITECH Act to decrease regulatory burden for certain providers struggling to meet Meaningful Use requirements.

There is a new kid in town and his name is population health. While accountable care organizations (ACOs) are the risk-sharing, value-based reimbursement model that people are talking about, it will be population health management which helps fuel the innovative care models of the future and allow organizations to be successful as reimbursement evolves.