Interoperability is a major part of the HITECH Act, the healthcare IT portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed in February of 2009. And according to Dale Wiggins, chief technology officer of Philips Healthcare Patient Care and Clinical Informatics, it all starts with modalities.
Sentillion has unveiled Tap2, a patent-pending, advanced authentication capability designed to give healthcare providers instant access to their primary clinical application with the tap of a passive proximity badge.
Royal Philips Electronics and Vidyo are collaborating to offer health system providers an approach for extending telehealth solutions across the enterprise to improve patient care and clinician workflow while also reducing costs. Enterprise-wide deployment of these next-generation telehealth services will require scalable and flexible advanced video technology to adapt to the full range of clinical workstations and mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Royal Philips Electronics is teaming up with Integrated Oncology Network (ION), a development, practice management and advisory firm committed to patient care and quality in oncology. The move aims to expand Philips' services to address broader issues in cancer service management.
The IntelliVue MX40 is designed to help clinicians monitor ambulatory patients in the hospital setting, and to keep track of vital signs during patient transports.
Royal Philips Electronics has announced a new service that provides Web-based remote monitoring follow-up services for patients with pacemakers. The new service, which was made available to cardiology practices in beta in August, is the first large-scale service of its kind in the United States.
Heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in the hospital and felt their quality of life had significantly improved over 12 months evaluation period, according to a new study.
Royal Philips Electronics has announced a partnership with Project HOPE, the international health education and humanitarian assistance organization, to implement telemonitoring devices in select homes in rural areas of New Mexico.
ERT, a global provider of technology and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries,will acquire the research services division of CareFusion Corporation (CRS), for $81 million in cash.
Royal Philips Electronics (PHG, AEX: PHI) announced today its launch of the Philips InnerCool RTx Endovascular System for cooling and warming, which provides advanced whole body temperature modulation therapy in a closed-loop system from the inside out.
Capsule has announced the release of its low acuity application, a key component of their Enterprise Device Connectivity Solution, enabled by the Capsule Neuron platform.
Standard Register is partnering with the Digicon Corporation to enable Digicon to market Standard Register's SMARTworks Clinical Enterprise and related solutions and services for enhancing patient safety, improving efficiency and reducing costs.
Microsoft is enhancing the speed and security of its healthcare platform with the acquisition of Sentillion, Inc., an Andover, Mass.-based provider of context management and single sign-on technologies for healthcare providers.
Visage Imaging, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd., will be introducing Visage 7, the company's new generation diagnostic imaging IT solution, at the Annual Conference of the Radiologic Society of North America (RSNA), November 29 to December 4, 2009 in Chicago, IL.
Vocollect, Inc. and Boston Software Systems have announced a partnership to use Boston WorkStation automation technology to enable Vocollect's AccuNurse voice-assisted care to integrate with MEDITECH and other healthcare platforms.
eClinicalWorks has announced that Correctional Medical Services, Inc., a provider of health services for prisons and jails throughout the country, will implement the company's electronic medical records solution in affiliated correctional facilities.
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.
QuadraMed has announced that the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., will use the company's AcuityPlus productivity, benchmarking and outcomes system to optimize its nursing resources.
