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Ingenix CareTracker EMR

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:10:00 GMT

It is more difficult than ever to manage clinical workflow in today's busy physician practice. Ingenix now offers web-based, fully integrated electronic medical record solution (EMR) that supports both the clinical and the administrative sides of the business.

Wellsoft EDIS

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:19:00 GMT

A user-friendly interface and intuitive navigation means you're up and running fast, and 20 years of experience in Emergency Medicine means Wellsoft EDIS has all the features you need.

Healthcare Data Management Solutions

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:09:00 GMT

For the past several years, A2iA, Artificial Intelligence and Image Analysis, has been focusing its attention on delivering a product for lifting and indexing data from medical records, billing claims, and administrative paperwork such as admittance / discharge forms. By A2iA

MedQuist Transcription Outsourcing Services

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:14:00 GMT

These days, the transcription process represents one of the most frustrating and time-consuming issues for any healthcare organization. Recruiting, training and retaining qualified transcriptionists directly impacts your reimbursement cycle. In addition, personnel costs and document demands are constantly increasing - leaving you with a need for a better transcription solution.

OnBase Document Management For Healthcare

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:06:00 GMT

Physicians with all of a patient's information at their fingertips. Fluid financial processes that bring in critical cash flow in a tight credit market. Patients who receive prompt, quality care and a satisfying experience. Sound too good to be true? It's not. It's a reality for more than 700 healthcare organizations, and it's time to make it a reality for you.

OnBase ECM E-Forms

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:18:47 GMT

OnBase Electronic Forms (E-Forms) provide users the ability to submit electronic HTML forms directly to OnBase. E-Forms add significant functionality and time savings in everyday work.

Health Information Exchange: It's About Time

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:51:00 GMT

As patients, we all desire that our physicians have a complete profile of our health when they are making decisions about our care. No one needs redundant tests, unnecessary drugs, or physicians to base decisions about our treatment on incomplete information.

Datamax-O'Neil SafeD-Band™ Wristbands

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:42:00 GMT

Whether you're in the health care field or you work in the theme park, water park, or entertainment industries, Datamax-O'Neil's SafeD-BandTM direct-thermal wristbands are the perfect solution for your patientidentification or patron-management needs.

Rivet Logic Enterprise Content Management

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:58:00 GMT

Rivet Logic addresses many of today's workplace challenges with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Solutions that enable organizations to transform traditional content repositories and static intranets into dynamic, collaborative work environments through an array of open source functionality.

RFID Access Control Solution: Asset Tracking

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:50:00 GMT

The Access Control Solution will enable you to have an automated solution of verifying employees entering and exiting your facility, along with a full suite of reporting fucntionality. This solution includes a Motorola DC600 portal, a Zebra color card printer, and the software that enables card validation. The bundle also includes 100 serialzed UHF RFID cards.

Greenway Medical Technologies

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:15:35 GMT

Greenway Medical Technologies provides innovative electronic health record (EHR), practice management and ambulatory healthcare business solutions and services to more than 23,000 healthcare providers nationwide, optimizing practices in 30 specialties and subspecialties by enhancing the delivery of patient care through advanced health IT software and on-demand services that can be meaningfully used allowing physician practices to function at their highest level of efficiency.

Epson GT-S80

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:22:00 GMT

With its innovative new features, speed and reliability and advanced scanning technology, the Epson GT-S80 sheet-fed scanner is ideal for commercial lockbox applications.

Verizon MiFi 4510L 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:07:00 GMT

The MiFi 4510L allows businesses and consumers to create a personal Wi-Fi cloud capable of sharing the high-speed Internet connectivity of the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE and 3G Mobile Broadband with up to five Wi-Fi-enabled devices simultaneously.

DB Technology eForms Solutions

Fri, 13 May 2011 04:06:00 GMT

Pre-printed forms from external vendors can be expensive, difficult to manage, and almost impossible to replace when updates are required.

CAST (Clinical Adoption Support Technology) From Stinger Medical

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:43:00 GMT

CAST is a mobile fleet surveillance technology designed specifically for IT.

ST7 Wall Mount

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:55:00 GMT

Designed by clinicians through real world trials in hospitals around the country, the ST7 Wall Mount is the newest solution in the InfoLogix Healthcare Mobility Solution Suite.

Can Telehealth's Benefits Outweigh Its Challenges?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:59:00 GMT

A study performed by Intel in 2010 stated that clinical decision makers felt that the adoption of technology in general, and telehealth specifically, could cut costs and provide better patient outcomes. By Vicki Amendola, Editor, Healthcare Technology Online

Mine Big Data To Advance Clinical Decision Support

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:52:00 GMT

Although much effort focuses on the improvement of clinical workflows, an opportunity exists to transform healthcare delivery by implementing evidence-based clinical decision support at the point of care. By Barry Chaiken, MD, FHIMSS; CMO, DocsNetwork

Top 10 Health IT Trends For 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:49:00 GMT

Once considered a laggard, the healthcare industry is now one of the biggest hotbeds for technology adoption and innovation. By Ken Congdon, editor in chief, Healthcare Technology Online

E-Prescribing: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:43:00 GMT

The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) promotes e-prescribing (eRx) as "a prescriber's ability to electronically send an accurate, errorfree and understandable prescription directly to a pharmacy from the point-of-care." By Shahid N. Shah, The Healthcare IT Guy

The Mobile Health Revolution

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:37:00 GMT

It's hard to ignore the impact mobile technology is making. Not just in healthcare, but in every facet of life. Our expanding ability to "do it now" is becoming the norm. By Vicki Amendola, Editor, Healthcare Technology Online

Uncovering The True Health IT Trends

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:31:00 GMT

Well, 2012 is upon us, and you've likely already been bombarded with numerous articles, reports, and studies claiming to highlight the top health IT trends for the year. By Ken Congdon, editor in chief, Healthcare Technology Online

Mobile Solutions Drive Workflow Efficiences And New Care Models

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:27:00 GMT

The healthcare sector, with over 36 million mobile workers worldwide, has all the characteristics of a market that will benefit greatly from mobile computing and communications solutions. By David Krebs, Practice Director, VDC Research

Healthcare Needs A New Breed Of Information Professional

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:17:00 GMT

The convergence of technologies - both inside and outside the firewall - and mobile platforms are combining to change the way we think about enterprise information. By John Mancini, President, AIIM

ECM's Role In Achieving One Patient, One Record

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:07:00 GMT

While the benefits associated with pure paper reduction are important, the end result of a successful ECM implementation goes far beyond this, allowing healthcare organizations to accomplish larger, system-wide initiatives and complete their vision of attaining one patient, one record. By Meghan Demorse, author/professor

The Year EHRs Became 'Real'

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:56:00 GMT

It came out of the blue. It slipped in the back door when no one was looking. There was no time for the nobles and princes in the marble halls of Washington to make a deal or slip in a poison pill. By Jim Tate, President, EMR Advocate

ICD-10 & HIPAA 5010: A One-Two Punch

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:14:00 GMT

While presented in our list of the Top 10 Health IT Trends For 2012 as separate entries, one really can't talk about either ICD-10 or HIPAA 5010 without referencing the other. By Ken Congdon, editor in chief, Healthcare Technology Online

Moving Data: Navigating HIE With Patients In Mind

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:07:00 GMT

The explosion of communication technology is creating high demands to move health data down the information highway safely and without loss of integrity. By Rita Scichilone, MHSA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P and Harry Rhodes, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPHIMS, FAHIMA

Is Protecting PHI A Pipe Dream?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:07:00 GMT

When I was approached to share my thoughts on the subject of PHI (protected health information) security, I first thought of the story about a young man who asked his Chinese great-grandfather what he thought about the French Revolution. By Mark Kadrich, Author, Endpoint Security

Anthelio And Healthland Partner To Implement Electronic Health Records For Rural Community And Critical Access Hospitals

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Anthelio, the leading independent provider of comprehensive healthcare information technology services and business process solutions for hospitals and other healthcare providers, and Healthland, America's market leader of healthcare information technology solutions for rural community and critical access hospitals, recently announced a new partner relationship.

mHealth Users Of Remote Health Monitoring To Reach 3 Million By 2016: Smartphones Play Leading Role

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:13:00 GMT

A burgeoning market for healthcare peripherals and increasing smartphone processing power will result in the number of patients monitored by mobile networks to rise to 3 million by 2016, finds Juniper Research's latest report on the mHealth sector.

NorthCrest Medical Center Selects Allscripts Sunrise Electronic Health Record

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:58:00 GMT

NorthCrest Medical Center will deploy Allscripts Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) acute care Electronic Health Record (EHR) to support its mission of becoming one of the nation's best hospitals.

Denmark Selects InterSystems HealthShare For Countrywide Health Information Exchange

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:16:00 GMT

InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, recently announced that InterSystems HealthShare has been chosen to support health information exchange (HIE) throughout Denmark.

HC 100™ Patient I.D. Solution Datasheet

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:04:00 GMT

Developed specifically to meet the unique needs of healthcare providers, Zebra's reliable HC100 Patient I.D. Solution makes wristband printing easier and more cost-effective than laser solutions.

Mobile Carts Vs. Wall Stations In Your Healthcare Environment

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:43:00 GMT

This article discusses the five advantages of utilizing mobile carts with a small footprint versus installing wall arms or wall stations in fixed station applications. By Gary Brayton, National Sales Manager, JACO, Inc.

Patient Wristbanding: The Advantages Of Thermal Over Laser Solutions

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:55:00 GMT

Bar coded wristbands provide a convenient way to comply with The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal to "improve the accuracy of patient identification" and provide a foundation for other patient safety applications, such as bedside medication administration or specimen collection.

Key Considerations For Bar Coded Infant Wristbands

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:46:00 GMT

Bar code wristbands are not just for adults-infants need them too. Imagine a mother's shock to find out that a maternity nurse gave her newborn to another mother for the infant's first feeding.

Awarepoint Reports Record Sales And Installations For Its Market-Leading Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Solutions

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:46:00 GMT

Cementing its position as the leading provider of workflow optimization and location software for hospitals and medical office buildings, Awarepoint Corporation announced recently that it signed a record 191 contracts with new and existing clients in 2011 for its aware360°Suite of RTLS-enabled healthcare solutions.

42 Hospitals Attest To Stage 1 Meaningful Use With T-System

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:26:00 GMT

Forty-two hospitals have successfully attested to Stage 1 Meaningful Use using T-System's certified emergency department information system (EDIS), The T SystemEV, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

QLn 320™ Mobile Label Printer Brochure

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:12:00 GMT

Zebra's QL™ family of direct thermal mobile printers has built a highly satisfied following through its proven drop-resistant durability; user-friendly, productivity-boosting features; and easy integration.

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust Implements AeroScout Asset Tracking & Management Solution

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:16:00 GMT

Cisco Live Conference - AeroScout�, the leading provider of Enterprise Visibility for the healthcare industry, and University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust recently announced the successful implementation of AeroScout's Asset Tracking & Management solution.

Find Patient Safety In Numbers With Bedside Medication Administration Solutions

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:57:00 GMT

A New Jersey medical center reduces adverse drug events with an Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) implemented through leadership and staff collaboration. By Joan Harvey, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN

Merge Healthcare Drives Meaningful Use Adoption Among Radiologists

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:31:00 GMT

Merge Healthcare (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, today announced the addition of ten radiology practices that have selected Merge RIS to achieve Meaningful Use (MU).

Intermec, Inc.

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:25:39 GMT

Healthcare providers are squeezed by Medicare and insurance companies to hold down costs, while consumers and doctors want more services and flexibility. Considering the liabilities that healthcare providers have to guard against, the necessity for extreme accuracy and efficiency is clear.

Write-On Wristbands

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:10:00 GMT

Short term hospital applications such as ER, same-day surgery and outpatient require patient identification that is accurate, reliable, economical and efficient for busy, fast paced environments.

Patient Safety Applications Of Bar Code And RFID Technologies

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:03:00 GMT

The recent focus on patient safety in U.S. hospitals has yielded a flood of new technologies and tools aimed specifically at improving the quality of patient care at the bedside. This has been accomplished by integrating the physical process of care delivery with medication information and software applications that provide clinical decision support, and quality and safety checks. By Zebra Technologies

Helius Digital Signage

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:32:00 GMT

Hospitals, clinics, and health care facilities use Helius digital signage networks to inform, entertain, and educate viewers with compelling screen displays that include video, news, weather, and other information.

NetApp FAS6000 Series

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:12:00 GMT

Take control of your fast-growing data and maximize your shrinking budgets with a best-in-class, affordable, and easy-to-use FAS2000 storage system from NetApp. Whether you are responsible for a remote or branch office, a department, or a midsized enterprise, you are challenged more than ever before by shrinking budgets, overextended staff, and the need to do more with less.

AccuRoute Enterprise Document Capture And Routing Solution

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:32:00 GMT

AccuRoute is Omtool's award-winning document handling platform that captures, converts and distributes paper and electronic documents. AccuRoute is the document routing hub that captures and transforms both paper and electronic-based documents and routes the information within and outside an organization.

MedDispense Automated Dispensing Cabinets

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:22:00 GMT

Metro's MedDispense Series offers a variety of automated dispensing solutions to meet the specific needs - and budgets - of diverse healthcare facilities.

Metro Healthcare, technology, storage & transport solutions for healthcare facilities

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:57:41 GMT

Metro, a world leader in providing technology, storage and transport solutions for healthcare facilities, offers products for every department, including fixed point of care, mobile telehealth, automated dispensing, clinical documentation and specialized procedures.

Allscripts EHR

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:06:00 GMT

Allscripts award-winning Electronic Health Record solutions are fast becoming an indispensable part of the way physicians practice medicine. Now more than ever, physician practices are choosing our award-winning Electronic Health Record solutions.

KeyScan KS810-P Imaging Keyboard

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:42:00 GMT

KeyScan KS810-P Imaging Keyboard by KeyScan.

St. Mark's Medical Center Turns To McKesson To Streamline Medical Imaging, Reduce Costs

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:17:00 GMT

St. Mark's Medical Center recently announced that McKesson's market-leading Horizon Medical Imaging picture archiving communications system (PACS) will replace its aging legacy medical imaging solution.

ICW Selected To Implement New Enterprise Master Patient Index For Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Kansas City

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:35:00 GMT

InterComponentWare, Inc., (ICW), a leading international provider of healthcare information technology, was selected by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) to implement a new enterprise master patient index (MPI) that will enable Blue KC to meet new demands for comprehensive, aggregated patient data in the health information exchange (HIE) environment.

SimView - An Innovative Debriefing System For Healthcare Simulation Education - Launched By HealthStream And Laerdal Medical

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:20:00 GMT

Through their collaborative arrangement, SimVentures, HealthStream, Inc., a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry,and Laerdal Medical ("Laerdal"), a global leader in the provision of educational solutions for healthcare providers and educators, recently announced the launch of SimView.

iSirona Appoints Chief Nursing Officer In Support Of Continued Growth

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:01:00 GMT

iSirona, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, recently announced that Mary Carr, RN, BSN, CPN, has been promoted to the position of Chief Nursing Officer. She will lead and strengthen the company's deep understanding of the complexities and demands of clinical workflow in today's healthcare facilities.

Merge Healthcare Expands Meaningful Use Reach In Orthopaedics

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:44:00 GMT

Merge Healthcare (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, announced today the addition of six orthopaedic practices to its growing list of clients utilizing Merge OrthoEMR to meet Meaningful Use standards.

HealthStream And Laerdal Medical Launch SimManager, A Comprehensive, Easy-To-Use Application For Managing Healthcare Simulation Education Programs

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:44:00 GMT

Through their collaborative arrangement, SimVentures, HealthStream, Inc., a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry, and Laerdal Medical ("Laerdal"), a global leader in the provision of educational solutions for healthcare providers and educators, recently announced the launch of SimManager, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application that is used for managing simulation-based training.

AcademyHealth And Health 2.0 Announce The Winner Of The Relevant Evidence To Advance Care And Health (REACH) Challenge

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:24:00 GMT

AcademyHealth recently announced that an experimental application to track patients' care experiences in real time is the winner of the Relevant Evidence to Advance Care and Health (REACH) Developer Challenge.

Florida Blood Services Replaces Three Disparate Storage Platforms With Nimble Storage Arrays For Primary Storage, Backup And Replication

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:06:00 GMT

Nimble Storage, the provider of flash-enabled, no-compromise storage solutions, recently announced that Florida Blood Services, a nonprofit provider of blood for critical care, has driven down the cost and complexity of data storage by replacing three disparate storage systems with the Nimble CS240 converged storage array.

CynergisTek Announces Surveyor For Business Associates IT Security Solution Series

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:35:00 GMT

CynergisTek, an authority in security solutions and services for healthcare organizations, announced recently the availability of Surveyor for Business Associates, a program designed for "those people or entities that perform certain functions or activities involving the use or disclosure of protected health information (PHI) on behalf of, or by providing services to, a covered entity" as outlined in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

Medicity Receives 3rd U.S. Patent For Health Information Exchange Technology

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:14:00 GMT

Medicity announced recently that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a patent for technology that enables secure and effective identification and exchange of electronic patient health records among authorized care providers.

Annual IHE Connectathon Tests Validate OptumInsight Technologies' Ability To Enable A More Connected Health

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:42:00 GMT

OptumInsight's health information exchange and computer-assisted coding solutions have achieved the highest industry standards for enabling health system interoperability at the annual Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North American Connectathon.

EXTENSION, INC. Hires Chief Nursing Officer

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:12:00 GMT

EXTENSION, INC. announced recently that the company has hired Tom Berger, RN, BSN, MS as its new Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to help connect the needs of its growing customer base with the capabilities of its award-winning clinical alerting and messaging solutions.

Henry Schein MicroMD

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:44:41 GMT

The Henry Schein MicroMD brand of practice solutions encompasses simple yet powerful electronic medical records and practice management software that help facilitate the delivery of superior patient care; automate incentive and quality reporting activities; and streamline operations for today's busy providers.