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HCL introduces ACE SmartCare Clinical Decision Support solution at HiMSS Conference

HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), a leading global IT services provider, today launched ACTIVE CARE EXCELLENCE (ACE) SmartCare Clinical Decision Support solution at the HiMSS Conference in Orlando.

21 Feb 2011

Passport introduces eCare NEXT intelligent revenue cycle platform

Passport Health Communications Inc., the Patient Access Experts, has introduced eCare® NEXT, an intelligent revenue cycle platform that automates the typically inefficient and often incomplete patient and payer data verification workflow within hospitals. The software can be implemented at any point in the access management workflow (e.g., scheduling, pre-registration or admission).

21 Feb 2011

Sarasota Memorial selects Meru for pervasive wireless coverage to healthcare industry

Meru Networks, Inc., the leader in virtualized 802.11n enterprise wireless networking, today announced that Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, the second-largest acute care public medical center in Florida, selected Meru for pervasive wireless coverage throughout their 806-bed facility.

21 Feb 2011

NextGen Healthcare unveils new innovations to enhance providers' performance at HIMSS conference

At the 2011 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, today unveiled several new innovations to help providers advance collaborative care and clinical integration across the continuum.

21 Feb 2011

Elsevier acquires Shanghai Datong Medical Information Technology

Elsevier, the leading global publisher of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, announced today the acquisition of Shanghai Datong Medical Information Technology Co., Ltd., a leading drug decision support provider in China.

21 Feb 2011

Logicworks, Orion partner to provide highest standard of security for organizations using HIE SaaS model

Orion Health, Inc., global leaders in Health Information Exchange solutions, announces today its partnership with Logicworks, a leading provider of high availability and private cloud hosting solutions, to provide the highest standard of security for organizations using the Orion Health Health Information Exchange SaaS model.

21 Feb 2011

ESMO creates new Community Oncology Working Group to ensure best standards of care

Receiving a cancer diagnosis is a devastating experience. Still under the shock of the bad news, patients must make many choices including who to turn to for advice and treatment, with the possibility to choose among a comprehensive cancer center, a university hospital or a community oncology hospital.

21 Feb 2011

Merge Healthcare's iConnect image interoperability platform to be showcased at HIMSS meeting

Merge Healthcare Incorporated, a global corporation dedicated to health IT interoperability solutions, will have a multi-faceted presence at the upcoming Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society meeting in Orlando February 20-24, 2011.

21 Feb 2011

Meda signs agreement to acquire Antula

Meda has signed an agreement to acquire Antula with well-known brands such as SB12, Anti, Zyx, Becur, Ac3, Lactal Balans, Eeze, Nalox, and Inside.

21 Feb 2011

Stanley Healthcare, InfoLogix provide hospitals with new ways to improve patient care, financial outcomes

For the first time, Stanley Black & Decker, which continues to grow its Stanley Healthcare Solutions platform, is showcasing its combined strengths with its recently integrated, wholly owned subsidiary InfoLogix, Inc. at the HIMSS11 Annual Conference and Exhibition.

21 Feb 2011

New study urges healthcare organizations to engage with emerging care delivery models

Released today at the 2011 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, a new study from HIMSS Analyticstm, sponsored by NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. stresses the urgency for healthcare organizations to engage with emerging care delivery models, starting with an interoperability strategy.

21 Feb 2011

HealthPort announces participation in test phase of CMS esMD gateway services

HealthPort, an industry authority in the HIPAA-compliant transfer of protected health information and audit management technology, today announced its involvement as the largest health information handler approved to participate in the test phase of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' electronic submission of medical documentation gateway services for information exchange from healthcare providers.

21 Feb 2011

HP announces new telehealth solutions to improve quality, efficiency of healthcare

HP today announced new product solutions and applications that help advance telehealth adoption and accessibility for healthcare organizations and patients nationwide, promoting improved quality and efficiency of healthcare.

21 Feb 2011

dbMotion announces contract awards with numerous healthcare organizations

dbMotion, an innovative provider of connected healthcare solutions, announced contract awards with numerous healthcare organizations including Orlando Health; University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio; Sharp Healthcare and Huntington Memorial Hospital in 2010, underscoring the company's accelerated growth among providers seeking to achieve genuinely connected healthcare.

21 Feb 2011

New blood pressure measurement device may enable doctors to treat patients more effectively

In a major scientific breakthrough, a new blood pressure measurement device is set to revolutionise the way patients' blood pressure is measured.

20 Feb 2011

Largest Medicare fraud case nets 114 offenders

In one of the largest healthcare fraud cases, the U.S. government last Thursday charged 114 doctors, nurses and other defendants with Medicare crime schemes that exceeded $225 million in false billings.

20 Feb 2011

Breast cancer cases on the rise in Japan

The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer per year in the seven major markets is forecast to increase by 13% over the next decade, finds independent healthcare analyst, Datamonitor.* However, in Japan, breast cancer incidence rates will rise by approximately 24% to 2019 to reach 56,400 cases, compared to 45,600 cases in 2010.

20 Feb 2011

Life Technologies announces winners of European Ion Torrent PGM Sequencer Grants Program

Life Technologies Corporation, today announced Dr. Angel Carracedo and Dr. Mark Pallen as the winners of the European Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM™) Sequencer Grants Program.

19 Feb 2011

Desert Physicians Association and Integra Physicians Network enter new marketing agreement

SilverTree Health, the premier provider of physician billing and practice management resources, is pleased to announce a new marketing agreement between Desert Physicians Association (DPA) and its affiliate, Integra Physicians Network (IPN). This new partnership leverages the strengths of both organizations: SilverTree's high-tech nature and profitability and DPA's membership base.

19 Feb 2011

Imprivata to showcase new product innovations at HIMSS11

Imprivata, the #1 independent single sign-on and access management provider for healthcare and other regulated industries, will be showcasing the Company's #1 KLAS-rated products and featuring live customer presentations at HIMSS11, being held February 20-24 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

19 Feb 2011

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

HCL introduces ACE SmartCare Clinical Decision Support solution at HiMSS Conference

Passport introduces eCare NEXT intelligent revenue cycle platform

Sarasota Memorial selects Meru for pervasive wireless coverage to healthcare industry

NextGen Healthcare unveils new innovations to enhance providers' performance at HIMSS conference

Elsevier acquires Shanghai Datong Medical Information Technology

Logicworks, Orion partner to provide highest standard of security for organizations using HIE SaaS model

ESMO creates new Community Oncology Working Group to ensure best standards of care

Merge Healthcare's iConnect image interoperability platform to be showcased at HIMSS meeting

Meda signs agreement to acquire Antula

Stanley Healthcare, InfoLogix provide hospitals with new ways to improve patient care, financial outcomes

New study urges healthcare organizations to engage with emerging care delivery models

HealthPort announces participation in test phase of CMS esMD gateway services

HP announces new telehealth solutions to improve quality, efficiency of healthcare

dbMotion announces contract awards with numerous healthcare organizations

New blood pressure measurement device may enable doctors to treat patients more effectively

Largest Medicare fraud case nets 114 offenders

Breast cancer cases on the rise in Japan

Life Technologies announces winners of European Ion Torrent PGM Sequencer Grants Program

Desert Physicians Association and Integra Physicians Network enter new marketing agreement

Imprivata to showcase new product innovations at HIMSS11

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