The QuadraMed Corporation of Reston, Va., has launched the Quantum Coding Simulator, an ICD-10-compliant encoder training tool designed to help coders and students gain proficiency in using ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code sets ahead of the mandated Oct. 1, 2013 implementation date.

Geonetric, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based developer of online solutions for healthcare providers, has developed a new Web site for St. Vincent’s HealthCare in Jacksonville, Fla. The company has also released an enhanced version of its Patient Portal software.

REACH Call, Inc., an Augusta, Ga.-based provider of Web-based solutions for the remote treatment of medical conditions such as stroke, has announced that the St. Joseph’s/Chandler health system in Savannah, Ga., has used the REACH telestroke and telehealth service to remotely evaluate, diagnose and treat 23 stoke patients in three months since installation.

American Well, based in Boston, has announced that the TriWest Healthcare Alliance will deliver behavioral health services to military service members and families living in Hawaii through the American Well Online Care platform.

Wolters Kluwer Health, an Orlando-based provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has unveiled enhancements to its Facts & Comparisons Online for Health Systems Web-based drug information reference. In addition, the company has unveiled ProVation Care Plans, a software solution designed to equip nurses, pharmacists, therapists and other caregivers with interdisciplinary plans of care backed by supporting evidence, disease and symptom information.

GE Healthcare, based in Barrington, Ill., has announced that the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health System in New Orleans will deploy the company’s integrated radiology information system (RIS), diagnostic reporting system and picture archiving and communications system (PACS) across its 10-site system.

Sentillion, based in Andover, Mass., has announced that the Summa Health System in northeast Ohio has gone live with Sentillion’s single sign-on (SSO) and context management solutions and is rolling out the company’s Vergence solution to more than 4,000 caregivers.

Merge Healthcare, a Milwaukee-based provider of medical imaging solutions, has announced a new contract with the Center for Diagnostic Imaging, a Minneapolis-based national network of 51 imaging centers, to use Merge Mammo 7.2, the newest version of the company’s breast imaging workstation software. In addition, the company has announced the completion of a project with Minneapolis-based HealthPartners to integrate the Merge PACS with an EHR solution from Epic Systems. Also, the company has announced that it will make its suite of internal technologies available to the general software development market.

Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions of Chicago has selected Milwaukee-based Merge Healthcare’s Cedara WebAccess software application to “image enhance” the company’s electronic health record (EHR) solutions.

Gold Standard/Elsevier, a Tampa, Fla.-based publisher of medication management solutions, has launched three MedCounselor consumer drug information modules for pharmacists and health information Web sites. The modules are Drug Information, Drug Interactions and Drug IDentifier.

Entra Health Systems of San Diego has released an enhanced version of its MyGlucoHealth Mobile Application, designed to permit blood glucose testing results stored on the MyGlucoHealth meter to be wirelessly transmitted using Bluetooth technology to the Web for posting.

InfoLogix, Inc., a Hatboro, Pa.-based provider of enterprise mobility solutions for healthcare and commercial industries, has introduced the InfoLogix M24 mobile clinical assistant, a mobile computing solution designed to enable medical professionals to access critical patient information at the point of care.

Picis, Inc., a Wakefield, Mass.-based developer of IT solutions for the acute care areas of hospitals, has announced that its ED PulseCheck emergency department information system now supports the First DataBank National Drug Data File.

Lexmark International, Inc. of Lexington, Ky., has added monochrome laser printing devices and radio frequency identification ultra-high frequency technology to its RFID solution.

Zepherella, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., has begun piloting an iPhone-compatible application to supplement its “No Surprise” healthcare pricing solution for physicians.

Versus Technology, based in Traverse City, Mich., has designed an automated hand hygiene compliance (HHC) system using the company’s infrared-radio frequency (IR-RF) technology for the University of Miami UM-JMH Center for Patient Safety’s new HHC pilot project. The Dynamic Computer Corporation, a healthcare RTLS systems integrator based in Farmington Hills, Mich., assisted in the project.

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