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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Sometimes it seems easier to heal a sick patient than it does to manage all the medical devices at his or her bedside.

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.