Sabtu, 15 Januari 2011

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CareTech Solutions is SLVRMC's IT Partner
A five-year, comprehensive information technology outsourcing contract has been signed by CareTech Solutions with San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center.

Creator of the SMART Surgery Technique, which stands for "Samadi Modified Advanced Robotic Technique," Dr. David B. Samadi is combining his open radical prostatectomy and laparoscopy skills along with his oncologic expertise, and adds in his unique robotic surgical experience, to perform an extremely invasive surgery for prostate cancer patients. Dr. Samadi, a uro-pathologist expert in prostate cancer treatment, performs this distinctive prostate surgery himself, from beginning to end, one operating room at a time.

A new solution from IBM and Complex Medical Information Systems or C-MIS has been adopted by multiple hospitals throughout Russia. Switching from paper-based medical systems, the new solution will provide fast electronic medical record exchange for the hospitals.

athenahealth has entered into a strategic alliance with SynerMed to jointly offer athenahealth's EHR service, athenaClinicals, to SynerMed's physician network. athenaClinicals is a low-up-front-investment, high-return, Web-based EHR designed to address the limitations of traditional EHRs. It helps clinicians to optimize revenue potential across the patient encounter with an innovative five-stage patient workflow

Merge Healthcare, a health IT solutions provider, has revealed that the Radiology Associates of Sacramento (RAS) has expanded the Merge solution suite to include Merge iConnect.

Pulse Systems, Inc. , a vendor of electronic healthcare records (EHS) and practice management solutions, and Virginia Health Information Technology (VHIT), the official Regional Extension Center (REC) for the State of Virginia appointed by the Office of National Coordinator (ONC) have signed a definitive agreement to provide Virginia physicians with complete EHR technology.

Butler Health System (BHS) is delivering faster and more personalized care to its patients by implementing Real-Time Locating and Sensing (RTLS) technologies.

TMC, a global, integrated media company helping clients in print, in person and online, announced winners of the First Annual TMCnet Smart Health Excellence Award. TMCnet is the World's leading communications and technology website.

Real-time clinical workflow communication solutions will be now offered by the EXTENSION Mobile app for EXTENSION HealthAlert for Nurses and HealthAlert for Physicians. According to the announcement made by EXTENSION INC., the EXTENSION Mobile app has been approved and is now available on the Apple AppStore.

According to a recent press release, Nomadix, Inc. has settled the patent infringement cases brought by the company against LodgeNet Interactive Corp. and its affiliates before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and by LodgeNet Interactive Corp. against Nomadix before the U.S. District Court of South Dakota.

The Premier healthcare alliance has joined hands with IBM to combine health information from across hospitals and other healthcare sites. This move is expected to help more than 2,400 hospitals and thousands of other healthcare sites.

According to a new white paper published by Healthrageous, Inc., which is a personalized connected health technology company, applying dynamic personalization technology improves the engagement of individuals in health behaviors, which in turn helps to prevent and manage dangerous and costly chronic illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension and heart disease.

A free, mobile version of the M-3 Checklist has been released by the leading website for mental health screening, Mymoodmonitor.com, thus providing a scientifically validated screen for mood and anxiety disorders. Available in Apple App store, the mobile version called depressioncheck is adapted from its existing mymoodmonitor website and offers a simple, easy-to-use checklist that takes approximately three minutes to complete.

Prime Clinical Systems is ready to deploy its innovative patients chart manager software meant to help medical group practices after receiving the government's requisite stamp of approval.

Vocera Communications, Inc., has acquired Wallace Wireless, Inc., a developer of software solutions that deliver pages, text messages, and alerts directly to smartphones in a secure and traceable way, over both WiFi and cellular data networks.

NIKE, Inc. and TomTom have come together to introduce the new Nike+Sportwatch GPS powered by Tomtom. The running watch was recently unveiled in the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show.

Cellular South will help wireless users stay on track for 2011. The U.S. based wireless carrier has identified the best apps to help consumers keep their New Year's resolutions.

Under the health information exchange, information technology is used to support the electronic transfer of clinical information across health care organizations. OnePartner, LLC choses MobileMD, Inc. for the Health Information Exchange (HIE) component of innovative, cost effective and rapidly deployed Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution.

The journal Value in Health from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research also known as ISPOR will be now published by Elsevier. An announcement in this regard has been made by the top global publisher of scientific, technical and medical information, Elsevier.

Continua Health Alliance and other member companies such as Texas Instruments, Andago, Trac and Intel will demonstrate the best of their health connected solutions at the Consumer Electronic Show to be held from Jan. 6-9.