NoMoreClipboard announced a collaborative agreement with iMPak Health to develop IT solutions that combine electronic home healthcare journals and health screening devices with clinical portals and personal health records. These tools will securely and wirelessly transmit health information from a patient’s home to their care providers. The iMPak Health journals and screening devices capture electronic data in a simple-to-use form factor designed to overcome intimidation barriers for technology-averse populations. These devices are ideal for the millions of elderly patients who are uncomfortable with computers, officials say, or for consumers who cannot afford expensive technology.
DiagnosisOne announced that gloStream has selected DiagnosisOne to provide clinical decision support (CDS) for its electronic medical record (EMR) solutions. Through this relationship, gloStream will seamlessly integrate DiagnosisOne’s smartConsult CDS solution into its CCHIT-certified gloEMR offering to deliver real-time, patient-specific alerts at the point of care. The combined offering will address increasing market demand for CDS from gloStream’s expanding customer base of Independent Practice Associations (IPAs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs), enabling these organizations to increase care quality, efficiency and accountability.
McKesson launched three new solutions designed to help hospitals and health systems achieve better financial performance and operational efficiency as well as improved patient care. McKesson Ambulatory Pharmacy Solutions is a portfolio of purchasing, inventory, retail, reimbursement and consulting services designed to help hospitals capture new revenue, improve workflow efficiency and extend the continuum of care for improved clinical outcomes. ExpressRx Track is an automated, high-speed conveyor-based solution for pharmacies dispensing up to 3,000 prescriptions per shift. AcuDose-Rx is an automated medication dispensing cabinet - operating on the latest version of the Connect-Rx software platform, the cabinet provides pharmacists even greater control over cabinet inventory management to ensure that the medications nurses need are always available.
Orion Health announced that Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has selected the Company’s HIE solution for easy and secure access and exchange of comprehensive patient data between care providers in three full-service hospitals, nine health centers and more than 40 primary and specialty clinics in the state. LVHN, an integrated delivery network (IDN), will leverage Orion Health HIE, which includes its Clinical Portal, Rhapsody Integration Engine and Clinical Data Repository.
Elsevier/MC Strategies announced its collaboration with the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) to review and amend the nutrition-related skills in Mosby's Nursing Skills. Mosby's Nursing Skills is a comprehensive, combined reference product and competency management systems. Designed for healthcare nursing professionals, Mosby's Nursing Skills gives nurses the opportunity to meet the nursing-education and training needs through utilization of more than 1,000 skills, available 24/7. Mosby's Nursing Skills is part of Elsevier's Mosby's Nursing Suite, an online solution that provides training, education, skills reference and support at the point of care.
MedAssets announced that Texas Purchasing Coalition (TPC), a member-owned supply chain management partnership, recently marked $54 million in sustainable supply spend cost reductions – surpassing its scheduled savings projection by three months. This milestone was achieved in just 18 months as TPC engaged MedAssets for innovative supply chain and clinical resource management solutions to lower the total cost of care delivery for its 11 health system members, representing 27 hospitals. The sustainable savings demonstrate the company’s unique cost management and clinical engagement service model, which transforms the hospital’s underlying cost structure.
Pentaho Corporation announced that it has partnered with Intelligent InSites, a provider of enterprise real-time location systems (RTLS) software helping hospitals improve patient satisfaction and operational performance. Intelligent InSites has incorporated Pentaho Business Analytics into their platform in order to automate RTLS data analysis and provide enhanced business intelligence tools for healthcare providers. The Intelligent InSites platform offers an enterprise asset management solution, enabling hospitals to analyze data from RTLS and radio-frequency identity (RFID) tags on medical equipment.
UpToDate, a Wolters Kluwer Health company, released a downloadable local version of its iPhone App, UpToDate MobileComplete. The fastest mobile version of UpToDate, MobileComplete provides clinicians with access to evidence-based, practical recommendations — even offline, where there is no network connection (Wi-Fi connection required for initial download and new version updates).
McKesson was awarded a DIN PACS III (Digital Imaging Network/Picture Archiving and Communications System) contract from the U.S. government, allowing the company to sell PACS and related sub-systems to all branches of the U.S. armed forces and civilian defense department agency facilities. The deal is valued at a potential $30 million through the contract term, which initially runs for two years with an additional two years of options.
ICA announced that Meridian Health has upgraded to CareAlign 3.0 to take advantage of a set of more robust features and to enable the flow of continuity of care documents (CCD) both in and out of the health information exchange (HIE). This new release offers numerous benefits and strengths designed to deliver a smoother exchange of clinical information between clinicians, patients and hospitals in this multi-county regional HIE that serves over 250,000 people in Monmouth and Ocean counties, and includes 12,000 staff, 2,100 physicians, six hospitals with over 1,700 beds, five post-acute care facilities, 12 ambulatory care facilities, 18 physician practices, six occupational health centers, nine rehabilitation facilities and seven behavioral health facilities.
PathForward Oncology, a joint venture between CareCore National and D3 Oncology Solutions, an affiliate of UPMC Cancer Centers, released Version 2.0 of its Web-based tablet application that integrates the latest internet technology innovations with the most current medical oncology research. Used as a guide for physicians treating cancer, the app shows the single best course of therapy for their patients, as determined first by evidence-based medicine followed by evaluation of toxicities and cost.
Allscripts announced that Tidewell Hospice, one of the largest not-for-profit hospices in the U.S., selected the Allscripts Homecare and EPSi financial management solutions to help care for more than 8,000 patients and families annually. The solutions will automate key clinical and financial functions and improve connectivity with physicians, hospitals and other providers across the community.
NextGen announced an agreement with AthletiCo Physical and Occupational Therapy for the deployment of NextGen Ambulatory EHR and NextGen Practice Management across more than 50 physical and occupational therapy facilities throughout Illinois; Milwaukee, Wis. and Northwest Indiana. The agreement with NextGen Healthcare will provide AthletiCo with the tools required to meet its specialty-specific focus while also offering improved access to patient data and appointment scheduling, improved flexibility to handle high patient volumes, streamlined workflow and more comprehensive claims management capabilities.
