Merge Healthcare expands meaningful use leadership in radiology for 2014: Merge Healthcare Incorporated MRGE, a leading provider of innovative enterprise imaging, interoperability and clinical systems that seek to advance healthcare, today announced that its radiology solutions have been certified for Meaningful Use (MU), broadening its commitment to radiology customers who participate in the program as well as lead their healthcare environments toward overall imaging interoperability. Merge PACS, iConnect Access and Merge RIS are all now Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB) certified under the 2014 criteria.
Accreon & LCN Services partner on integration services: Accreon, Inc, a leading healthcare technology services company, and LCN Services, which specializes in infrastructure products and services, have joined forces to deliver superior technical integration services to hospitals and healthcare providers. The partnership combines strengths of each company, Accreon’s Integration and Interface practice and LCN’s long history with Healthcare Integration around the SeeBeyond/Sun now Oracle products, to better assist those integration engine customers.
ZirMed to feature full schedule of events and announcements at HIMSS14: ZirMed, a leading health information connectivity and management solutions company, today announced its robust lineup for the upcoming Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2014 Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS14): ZirMed will launch a new product and showcase several product enhancements, as well as host a breakfast briefing focused on ICD-10 and have a client present an educational session at the conference.
PatientPoint 360° activates physician-patient partnership through EHR-enabled, mobile-ready patient portal: PatientPoint today announced the launch of PatientPoint 360°, a robust mobile-ready patient portal featuring advanced health management tools that provide patients with on-demand access to their physicians and health information. PatientPoint 360° complements the award-winning PatientPoint Care Coordination Platform and patient education programs to offer providers the most comprehensive suite of patient engagement solutions.
National Rural ACO selects Lightbeam Health to deliver end-to-end population health platform: Lightbeam Health Solutions is excited to announce it has contracted with National Rural ACO to deliver the Lightbeam Health population health platform to its growing network of accountable care organizations. National Rural ACO is a network of rural-based healthcare organizations that benefit collectively from shared care coordination and healthcare technology.
AMD Global Telemedicine and US Telehealth partner to deliver telemedicine services for Louisiana Department of Corrections: AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. (AMD), the world’s leading supplier of clinical Telemedicine Encounter Management Solutions (TEMS), announces a partnership with US Telehealth to deliver telemedicine services for the Louisiana Department of Corrections. The partnership between AMD Global Telemedicine and US Telehealth supports the 600% increase in the number of inmates that need healthcare services in northern Louisiana’s state and parish prison facilities.
CodeSmart to exhibit and announce new revolutionary software at HIMSS 2014 Annual Conference: CodeSmart Holdings, Inc., with its subsidiary, The CODESMARTTM Group, Inc. (collectively, “CodeSmart”), a premier ICD-10 education and solutions group that offers CODESMARTTM UNIVERSITY, its on-line education solution and customizable training solutions, will be featured and exhibited at the HIMSS 2014 Annual Conference from February 24th – 27th in Orlando, Florida. Visit CodeSmart in booth #3789 where they will show you how to prepare your organization for ICD-10 and beyond with their ICD-10 online education for clinicians, existing coders, and new coders.
Scribes STAT rebrands as Essia Health, appoints new president and CEO: Scribes STAT, Inc., today announced that the company has been rebranded as Essia Health and Matthew J. Kirchner has been appointed president and chief executive officer. The changes position the company for its next phase of rapid growth in the electronic medical record (EMR) optimization space. Based in Portland, Ore., Scribes STAT was founded in 2011 by Kathleen M. Myers, M.D., an emergency room physician who realized at-the-elbow support could dramatically transform the adoption of EMR technologies to improve physician productivity as well as patient satisfaction.
ChartMaxx from Quest Diagnostics achieves meaningful use 2014 certification from ICSA Labs: ChartMaxx, the enterprise content management (ECM) solution from Quest Diagnostics, has achieved 2014 Edition Modular EHR* ONC Health IT Certification which supports both Stages 1 and 2 of the Meaningful Use (MU) program. With the certification, health system providers who use the product may qualify for government financial incentives awarded to physicians and hospitals that demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records (EHR) and other healthcare information technologies to improve clinical care.
RadConnect, a medical image sharing platform, to exhibit at HIMSS Conference: RadConnect will exhibit in booth #7374 at the 2014 Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference, which will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando February 23-27. RadConnect is a free online solution for sharing medical images with patients, referring physicians and other facilities. It’s always free to create a RadConnect account and share images. Exams will be stored for 60 days. There is no limit to the number of exams that can be uploaded or the number of times they can be shared. Source
