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C3 announces alliance with HIMSS to provide access to health information technology

CollaborativeCARE Conference, the first healthcare conference designed to foster regional coordinated care by educating specialists, primary care physicians and patients, today announced an alliance with HIMSS that will provide customized access to health information technology at the inaugural C3 event in Long Beach, Calif., scheduled for Nov. 15-20, 2011.

22 Feb 2011

Cedars-Sinai selects Encore for multi-million dollar EMR project

Encore Health Resources, a leader in advanced information-technology services for the global healthcare industry, announced today that it has been selected by Cedars-Sinai Health System to partner in the organization-wide implementation of the health system's multi-million dollar electronic medical record project.

22 Feb 2011

First robotically-assisted liver resection performed at Jefferson University Hospital

Cataldo Doria, M.D., Ph.D., Nicoletti Family Professor of Transplant Surgery at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University; director of the Division of Transplantation; and co-director of the liver tumor program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is the first surgeon at Jefferson to perform a robotically-assisted liver resection. He is only one of a handful of surgeons across the country certified to do so.

22 Feb 2011

BAHA fitting linked with greater benefit and higher quality of life in children with hearing loss

Bone-anchored hearing aids appear helpful in improving hearing and quality of life in children with hearing loss in one or both ears, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

22 Feb 2011

VitalHealth announces latest version of EHR solution for small practices

VitalHealth Software, a leading provider of web-based software solutions for health management, today announced the beta testing availability of VitalHealth EHR for Practices version 1.8, the latest version of its electronic health record solution for small practices.

21 Feb 2011

Panasonic to offer new high definition patient room display for hospitals

Panasonic Solutions Company, provider of collaboration, information-sharing and decision-support solutions for healthcare, government and commercial enterprises, today announced it will offer a new high definition, 32", hospital-grade, patient room display later this year.

From PHC Europe B.V. 21 Feb 2011

Motorola announces new advanced data capture solution for healthcare

Motorola Solutions, Inc. today announced its newest advanced data capture solution for healthcare - the DS4208-HC corded imager.

21 Feb 2011

CIGNA, Healthy Kids Challenge launch new online initiative to help reverse obesity trend

CIGNA and Healthy Kids Challenge, working together since 2004 to fight obesity, today announced the launch of their latest initiative - an online CIGNA Mix Six for Healthy Balance Toolkit offering real-life ways for individuals, families and employers to incorporate better health into their daily routines.

21 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare, CDC collaborate to explore efficacy of actionable health alerts

After a full year of feasibility studies, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is taking a significant step toward providing public health information at the point-of-care. CDC is collaborating with GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, to explore the efficacy of actionable health alerts, delivered instantly to a physician's electronic medical record.

21 Feb 2011

GE Healthcare announces two new EMR solutions certified for meaningful use at HIMSS meeting

At the annual meeting of the Health Information Management and Systems Society in Orlando this week, GE Healthcare announced two new Electronic Medical Record solutions that have been certified for meaningful use.

21 Feb 2011

Investigational heart valve implanted in patient through small puncture hole in leg

Physicians at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Houston implanted a new investigational heart valve in a patient through a small puncture hole in the leg.

21 Feb 2011

Seattle Children's Hospital implements Gemalto's Protiva security solutions

The Seattle Children's Hospital and Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that Seattle Children's Hospital has implemented Gemalto's Protiva security solutions, including the Strong Authentication Server, two factor authentication devices and technical support services, to securely access its servers, networks and VPNs.

21 Feb 2011

Highmark to deploy PatientPoint self-service check-in technology to Western Pennsylvania providers

PatientPoint™, a provider of self-service and revenue cycle management applications, today announced a partnership with Highmark Inc., an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association based in Pittsburgh. Through its partnership, Highmark will deploy PatientPoint self-service check-in technology to select providers in its Western Pennsylvania market.

21 Feb 2011

ImplementHIT to roll out OptimizeHIT physician EHR elearning solutions at HIMSS11

ImplementHIT will roll out OptimizeHIT, physician electronic health record (EHR) elearning solutions, at HIMSS 2011 in Orlando, FL, February 20-24 in booth 3385. This new patent-pending solution will deliver bold new functionality scaled to small physician practices with 20 doctors or fewer, empowering them to achieve meaningful use of qualified EHRs.

21 Feb 2011

Hitachi expands Medical Imaging VNAs to include entire healthcare facility

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., today introduced a new solution for healthcare providers to improve clinical decision making and resulting patient care. Hitachi Clinical Repository (HCR) is an information management solution that transforms raw medical data and images into meaningful information, independent of the source applications.

21 Feb 2011

GNAX demonstrates new Free Health Information Exchange at HIMSS11

Global Net Access (GNAX), a leading healthcare technology infrastructure service provider unveils a new Free Health Information Exchange (HIE) today at the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition. The GNAX HIE facilitates the direct electronic exchange of patient information between healthcare providers.

21 Feb 2011

CentraCare completes rollout of InterSystems Ensemble integration, development platform

InterSystems Corporation, the global leader in software for connected health care, today announced that CentraCare Health System has completed an organization-wide rollout of the InterSystems Ensemble® integration and development platform. The announcement was made at the HIMSS11 conference. InterSystems specializes in advanced integration, database, and business intelligence technologies for breakthrough applications.

21 Feb 2011

SAP launches Collaborative E-Care Management application

To address the current reactive approaches to treating chronic and post-acute care conditions, SAP AG is launching a new solution. The SAP® Collaborative E-Care Management application connects patients, care providers and their families through medical monitoring software and mobile devices to better manage their health with individualized treatment plans and educational content.

21 Feb 2011

Sorin Group achieves 100,000 Mitroflow Aortic Pericardial Heart Valve implantation milestone

Sorin Group, a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced a major milestone today: more than 100,000 Mitroflow Aortic Pericardial Heart Valves have now been implanted worldwide.

21 Feb 2011

UMass Memorial Health Care selects MedCPU's Meaningful Use Advisor clinical decision support tool

MedCPU Inc., provider of real-time clinical decision support solutions, has been chosen by UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts to deliver its Meaningful Use AdvisorTM tool to assure compliance of UMass' physicians and hospitals with the Meaningful Use requirements and qualification for the attendant economic incentives.

21 Feb 2011

Device / Technology News

C3 announces alliance with HIMSS to provide access to health information technology

Cedars-Sinai selects Encore for multi-million dollar EMR project

First robotically-assisted liver resection performed at Jefferson University Hospital

BAHA fitting linked with greater benefit and higher quality of life in children with hearing loss

VitalHealth announces latest version of EHR solution for small practices

Panasonic to offer new high definition patient room display for hospitals

Motorola announces new advanced data capture solution for healthcare

CIGNA, Healthy Kids Challenge launch new online initiative to help reverse obesity trend

GE Healthcare, CDC collaborate to explore efficacy of actionable health alerts

GE Healthcare announces two new EMR solutions certified for meaningful use at HIMSS meeting

Investigational heart valve implanted in patient through small puncture hole in leg

Seattle Children's Hospital implements Gemalto's Protiva security solutions

Highmark to deploy PatientPoint self-service check-in technology to Western Pennsylvania providers

ImplementHIT to roll out OptimizeHIT physician EHR elearning solutions at HIMSS11

Hitachi expands Medical Imaging VNAs to include entire healthcare facility

GNAX demonstrates new Free Health Information Exchange at HIMSS11

CentraCare completes rollout of InterSystems Ensemble integration, development platform

SAP launches Collaborative E-Care Management application

Sorin Group achieves 100,000 Mitroflow Aortic Pericardial Heart Valve implantation milestone

UMass Memorial Health Care selects MedCPU's Meaningful Use Advisor clinical decision support tool

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