Picis, Inc. of Wakefield, Mass., has been selected by the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement the Picis Preop Manager, Anesthesia Manager and PACU Manager software suites at the New York/New Jersey Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN 3), which comprises five medical centers.

The Axolotl Corporation of San Jose, Calif., has been selected by the Capital Area Regional Health Information of Lansing, Mich. to deploy Elysium Exchange for its RHIO, which covers Clinton, Eaton and Ingham counties in Michigan.

The Eclipsys Corporation of Atlanta has announced that Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway in Rahway, N.J., has activated the Sunrise Acute Care electronic medical solution, the third hospital in the Robert Wood Johnson Health System to adopt Eclipsys clinical solutions. In addition, the company has launched the Strategic Product Budgeting module for its Sunrise EPSi business decision support and performance management system. Also, the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass., has signed an agreement to implement a wide range of Sunrise Enterprise clinical solutions to create an enterprise-wide electronic medical record.

McKesson Provider Solutions, based in San Francisco, is acquiring Montreal-based LMS Medical Systems intellectual property for obstetrics (OB) surveillance and archival capabilities, currently marketed as Horizon Perinatal Care. The company has also announced that TELCOR, Inc., a Lincoln, Neb.-based provider of outreach information systems like the TELCOR Billing Information System, will partner with McKesson's Revenue Management Solutions group to help clinical and molecular laboratories access billing and practice management solutions. In addition, the company has announced that the Suburban Hospital Healthcare System of Bethesda, Md., has implemented McKesson's Horizon Clinicals clinical and revenue management solution suite.

Cardinal Health, based in Dublin, Ohio, has filed a Form 10 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the planned spinoff of its CareFusion business. In addition, the company has announced that its Clinical and Medical Products businesses – which will form the core of the new CareFusion spinoff – will reduce its global workforce by some 1,300 jobs over the next six months, with 800 coming through layoffs and another 500 through unfilled vacant positions and normal attrition.

GE Healthcare has unveiled a series of Digital Day One offerings, based on GE's Centricity Enterprise portfolio, designed to assist hospitals in accelerating the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs). In addition, the company has announced a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Informatics to develop a program to provide EMRs with health alerts, notifications and advisories issued by the CDC.

Sprint and GE Healthcare have announced that Methodist Healthcare in San Antonio, Texas, has signed a substantial multi-million-dollar contract for a complete wireless infrastructure.

The NCR Corporation of Dayton, Ohio, has signed a reseller agreement with Greatwater Software to provide physician practices with NCR's patient registration kiosk hardware and software. In addition, the company has announced that the NCR MediKiosk solution has been installed at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London.

Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions of Chicago has unveiled the Allscripts Patient Kiosk, integrated with Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric authentication. In addition, the company has introduced Allscripts Remote, a new iPhone application that provides physicians with instant access to the Allscripts EHR. Also, the company has unveiled Allscripts Prenatal, a stand-alone and EHR-integrated software-as-a-service solution focused on prenatal care.

Keane, Inc., of San Francisco, has launched Keane Optimum, a software suite that combines the compny's Patcom RCM product and iMed clinical application.

Capsule, based in Andover, Mass., has launched the Capsule Neuron, an intelligent touchscreen platform for managing medical device connectivity at the patient's bedside.

TelaDoc Medical Services of Dallas has announced that Pittsburgh-based Employee Benefit Data Services will offer physician telephone medical consultations through the company's portal.

AirStrip Technologies of San Antonio, Texas, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to release the AirStrip OB application for use on the iPhone. AirStrip OB allows obstetricians to use their iPhones to remotely access virtual real-time and historical waveform data for both the mother and baby.

TeleTracking Technologies, Inc. and Hill-Rom have announced a strategic agreement to integrate Hill-Rom's NaviCare Nurse Call nurse communication system with TeleTracking's Capacity Management Suite powered by TeleTrackingXT patient flow technology solution.

MedRed, LLC, based in Chicago, has launched EFR MedCom, an emergency first responder command and communications platform that allows emergency responders to communicate and collaborate more quickly and efficiently, including downloading vital information on-site.

Logical Images, Inc. of Rochester, N.Y., has announced the availability of VisualDx 6.06, its flagship visual diagnostic decision support system, which features a new pressure ulcer staging educational module.

Optum Health, based in Golden Valley, Minn., has unveiled eSync, a technology platform designed to help organizations improve their healthcare programs while reducing related costs.

Softek Solutions of Prairie Village, Kan., has announced that the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago has implemented Illuminate, the company's data-mining solution for the Philips iSite PACS.

Optical Image Technology of State College, Pa., has released version 10 of its DocFinity document management, imaging and business process management software.

Nuance Communications of Burlington, Mass., recently previewed version 8 of its Enterprise Workstation solution, to be added as a documentation workflow add-on for the Dictaphone Enterprise Speech System. The company has also launched a Dragon Medical EHR Certification Program to facilitate collaboration between Nuance and EHR vendors.

Initiate Systems, Inc. of Chicago has launched Initiate Interoperable Health, a new solution designed to help healthcare organizations reduce medical errors by improving access to patient information at all points of care, increasing operational efficiency by recognizing patients across all points of registration and lowering costs by reducing resources required for data quality and management.

InnerWireless, Inc., a Richardson, Texas-based provider of in-building converged wireless solutions, has broadened its product portfolio to include ADC's InterReach Fusion line.

Merge Healthcare, based in Milwaukee, has announced that nSpire Health, a Longmont, Colo.-based medical device manufacturer, has chosen MergeCOM-3 HL7 technology to enable connectivity for its line of respiratory diagnostic devices.

Medical Present Value, Inc., of Austin, Texas, has announced five new contracts for its MPV Contract Management solution, which enables practices to audit reimbursement and payer performance based on individual client terms, the latest payment rules and payer adjudication logic. The contracts are with Utica Park Clinic in Tulsa, Okla., Pediatric Associates of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., the Austin Radiological Association of Austin, Texas, The Doctors Clinic in Bremerton, Wash., and RADIA Medical Imaging of Seattle.

The iMedica Corporation of Dallas has announced the availability of Patient Relationship Manager 2009, the latest version of the company's electronic health record and practice management solution.

Emtec, Inc., a Marlton, N.J.-based provider of information technology systems and services, is partnering with the Denver-based ThinIdentity Corporation to provide ThinIdentity's virtual desktop solution to healthcare providers through thin client terminals called Sun Rays.

Optimum Lightpath, a Jericho, N.Y.-based provider of Ethernet-based communication solutions, has announced that the Family Service League, a social service organization serving Long Island, N.Y., will use the company's solutions to improve communications between its Huntington, N.Y. headquarters and four regional family centers across Long Island.