Allscripts, of Chicago, has announced that McLaren Medical Group of Flint, Mich. has selected its electronic health record (EHR) for its 150 physicians. McLaren Health Care Corporation, which owns McLaren Medical Group, has been ranked in the top 25 integrated health care systems in the United States for the last 10 years by Managed Healthcare Executive magazine.

EXTENSION, INC., the Fort Wayne, In.-based software maker, and AeroScout, of Redwood City, Calif., have announced that they have collaborated to develop integrated solutions that combine EXTENSION's VoIP alerting with AeroScout's Healthcare RTLS (Real-Time Location System). Together, the two companies can provide a more enriched, clinically-relevant tracking and alerting solution integrated with the Cisco Unified Communications platform so that healthcare organizations can improve clinical and operational workflows.

Progress Software Corporation, an enterprise software provider based in Bedford, Mass., has announced that STEMSOFT Software Inc. has embedded its DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET Entity Framework provider for the Oracle database in its cell-therapy manufacturing software. With full-feature Entity Framework support and 100 percent managed code architecture, DataDirect Connect boosts application performance and deliver a flexible, secure connection to Oracle, DB2, Sybase, and Microsoft SQL Server.

Wellsoft Corporation of ‪Somerset, NJ‬ has announced that Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania is successfully using Dragon Medical software from New York-based Nuance Communications, Inc. to navigate and dictate within Wellsoft EDIS, which provides complete information management for the Emergency Department (ED) with the most comprehensive range of features and functionality for improving workflow and increasing patient satisfaction.

Carefx Corporation of Scottsdale, AZ, has introduced Fusionfx, an interoperable clinical workflow solution that will power health information exchange for more than 3,200 physicians, residents and fellows across the 10 rural and metropolitan hospitals in the Louisiana State University health system.

CGI Group, Inc., of Montreal, a provider of information technology and business process services has signed a multi-year, $2.2 million contract with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. There, CGI will implement its Sovera enterprise content management and workflow automation solution while providing ongoing software maintenance and support services to the system’s users.

Summit Healthcare of Braintree, Mass., a healthcare system integration and task automation and organization company, has announced a new partnership with the Valley Hospital, a 450-bed, full-service facility in New Jersey running the MEDITECH platform. The hospital will implement Summit's Scripting Toolkit, which can be leveraged across the hospital enterprise to assist with eliminating time-consuming and manual tasks that plague many departments.

Medicity, of Salt Lake City, has announced that Northern Michigan Regional Hospital has selected the company to electronically exchange health information among its hospitals and physicians across the 22 counties it serves. The health system, which was named to the 2009/2010 Most Wired list by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, cites health information exchange (HIE) as a vital initiative toward realizing its strategic plan for patient-centered care and meeting meaningful use requirements.

SRS, the Montvale, NJ-based maker of electronic medical records (EMRs), has announced that Island Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine of Long Island, NY, has selected the SRS hybrid EMR for use by their specialists.

Viztek, the Garner, NC-based radiology company, has announced that Kennedy White Orthopaedic Center of Sarasota, Fla. has chosen the company to equip its new facility with a complete digital radiology solution. The 11-physician practice, which was previously an analog facility, installed two of Viztek's U-Arm DR systems, along with its Opal-ORTHO PACS. With approximately 100 patients per day, Viztek’s DR has virtually eliminated all patient waiting time, significantly improving facility workflow.

Phytel, the Dallas, Texas-based automated physician-led health improvement company, announced that it has appointed Dr. Richard Hodach as its Chief Medical Officer. A pioneer in web-based disease management, Hodach will be responsible for expanding the company's focus on helping physicians improve patient outcomes through the use of evidence-based population health management techniques.
 
Elsevier, the Amsterdam-based content provider of science and health information, has announced the availability of the InteractElsevier Series. Powered by CyberAnatomy, an Iowa-based company that creates interactive learning systems for students, the 3-D interactive anatomy series applies advanced gaming technology to reviewing, learning and teaching anatomy. InteractElsevier has two levels of offerings – Web interactive (online) and virtual reality (stereoscopic).

Informatics Corporation of America, the Nashville-based developer of workflow software, announced that its CareAlign Solution has been chosen for use by WellStar Health System in Marietta, Ga. WellStar includes five hospitals, five urgent care centers, and the largest non-academic integrated health system in the state of Georgia with more than 400 employed providers.

Evolute Consolidated Holdings, of Kirkland, Wash., has acquired Denver-based MidTech Partners, in a move designed to further expand Evolute’s offerings for integration and compliance management, care team collaboration and business process automation, and web and mobile training solutions.

AeroScout, the Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of Unified Asset Visibility, has announced that it's extended the capabilities of its Patient Flow solution with the addition of new products and application enhancements designed to meet healthcare organizations’ increased focus on improving patient care and throughput, staff productivity and resource utilization. This includes the introduction of the industry’s first Wi-Fi RFID Tag with embedded ultrasound technology, provided by Sonitor Technologies, in a small form-factor that is ideal for tracking patients and staff with room-level.

PatientKeeper, Inc. of Newton, Mass., the provider of physician information technology, is working with NextGate, of Arcadia, Calif., to help healthcare organizations combine data from disparate systems to create a unified and complete record for each patient in their care. Under the new partnership, PatientKeeper will extend its core competency in connecting disparate systems by offering NextGate’s Enterprise Master Patient Index solution as an option for its customers. NextGate’s MatchMetrix Suite for EMPI will connect with the PatientKeeper Platform™ to provide a single view of patient information to enhance PatientKeeper’s Health Information Exchange (HIE) capabilities.

Diebold, of North Canton, Ohio, has announced its acquisition of Aurillion, of ‪Mississauga, ON‬, a patient self-service and healthcare workflow management company. The acquisition expands Diebold’s healthcare products and services to include scalable patient self-service solutions that drive efficiencies in patient service, staff workflow and revenue cycle management.