LOWELL, Mass., Dec 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — DiagnosisOne, the clinical decision support and analytics company, today announced a strategic agreement with Allscripts, the leading global provider of Electronic Health Record (EHR) and other technologies essential to creating a Connected Community of Health(TM), to integrate its industry leading smartPath healthcare informatics platform with the
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Office equipment and software maker Xerox Corp. announced that its ACS subsidiary bought The Breakaway Group, a cloud-computing company, to expand its electronic medical records business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Breakaway Group, based in Denver, owns a training simulation program called PromisePoint that helps medical workers learn to use electronic records.
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Mirth Corporation, a global leader in commercial open source healthcare information technology, announced that the Crescent City Beacon Community (CBCC), one of 17 federally funded Beacon Communities nationwide, will utilize their full suite of interoperability and care management solutions to achieve its innovative vision for connected care across the greater New Orleans area. The Beacon
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Orion Health, the leader in health information exchange (HIE) and healthcare integration solutions, today announced that St. Vincent’s HealthCare, a faith-based, not-for-profit health system in Jacksonville, Fla., has selected Orion Health HIE to connect disparate software systems and enable enterprise-wide sharing of clinical data as well as communications with community physicians. St. Vincent’s HealthCare will
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The Adirondack Region Medical Home Pilot Program recently had 29 of 31 primary care practices recognized as Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Homes from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) – the highest level achievable. With the implementation support services and expertise of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), the healthcare providers of the Adirondack
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Single Touch Systems Inc. announced an agreement with NextGen Management LLC that will allow doctors in NextGen’s network to deliver wellness-focused mobile communications and branded content to their patients. Utilizing Single Touch’s proprietary messaging platform, NextGen’s newest offering will be marketed to health care professionals under the brand name, “Doctor’s Communication Services” (DCS). This service
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Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center (BMHMC), located in East Patchogue, NY, has successfully completed integration of Micromedex® CareNotes into the hospital’s Siemens Soarian Clinicals(TM) platform in order to improve workflow efficiency and patient education standardization. The Micromedex integrated CareNotes solution provides BMHMC’s clinicians with unlimited access to patient specific education handouts, including Pre-Care, Inpatient and
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GetWellNetwork, Inc., provider of the industry’s leading interactive patient care (IPC) solution, announced today that the Birmingham VA Medical Center in Alabama has implemented GetWellNetwork throughout its acute tertiary care facility. The solution provides access to health education programs as well as information on hospital services, medication information and entertainment options including access to the
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A new online guide is available from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help hospitals and other health care organizations anticipate, avoid and address problems that can occur when adopting and using electronic health records. The free tool, called the “Unintended Consequences Guide,” was created to provide practical troubleshooting knowledge and resources.
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Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. a leading provider of electronic medical records systems to rural and community hospitals, today announced that, with the availability of the Version 18 Software Enhancement release, the CPSI System has migrated to a new operating platform. In conjunction with the release of this new technology, the Company also unveiled a
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