YARDLEY, Pa.-- Krames StayWell, the nation’s largest provider of patient and consumer education and population health management solutions, today announced that its Integrated Patient Education Solution has joined the Greenway Medical Technologies online Marketplace as a certified API solution for users of Greenway’s PrimeSUITE platform.

Allscripts revealed the top five winners of its Open App Challenge which challenged developers to "Start a Revolution."

The calls for interoperability standards increased in volume in the past weeks, even as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT presented their strategy for “aggressive, accelerated” health information exchange.

Intermountain Healthcare is collaborating with several IT companies to bring transformational technologies to the patient bedside quickly and more efficiently.

Burlington, MA, August 20, 2013 -- Qstream, provider of an acclaimed mobile platform widely used for professional healthcare education, today announced that several major medical centers and healthcare leaders have purchased Qstream’s solution for use in the ongoing education of physicians and clinicians on a range of topics, including patient safety, infection control, emergency medicine, palliative care and advanced life support.

South San Francisco, August 20, 2013 – First Databank (FDB), the leading provider of clinical drug knowledge that helps improve medication-related decisions and patient outcomes, today announced that an affiliate of FDB has acquired Design Clinicals, Inc., a healthcare information technology company dedicated to providing clinician-friendly solutions for improving medication reconciliation and the delivery of patient care. Design Clinicals, based in Seattle, Washington, began operations in 2005, is led by founder and CEO Dewey Howell, MD, PhD, a practicing family physician turned healthcare information technology software developer.

Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) incentives drove the widespread use and adoption of e-prescribing, according to speakers at the National eHealth Collaborative on Aug. 16.

PITTSBURGH -- The Center for Connected Medicine, a collaborative executive briefing center showcasing the transformation of health care, today welcomed KARL STORZ as its newest strategic partner. Specializing in state-of-the-art technologies for minimally invasive surgery as well as EHR-compatible operating room integration and information management solutions, KARL STORZ becomes the 14th partner of the Center for Connected Medicine.