InstallFree, Inc., developer of platform application virtualization solutions for enterprise desktop environments, today announced the completion of the InstallFree Bridge rollout at Pentucket Medical Associates, a leading multi-specialty medical group practice, with over 400 medical professionals and staff serving patients in five outpatient facilities in Massachusetts. The Pentucket system delivers GE Healthcare’s Centricity® EMR as [...]
Ambient ID Releases LabTrack Diagnostic Specimen Tracking Solution
June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ambient ID, Inc. today unveiled the company’s LabTrack™ solution — a comprehensive business information management system proven in diagnostic laboratories and hospitals throughout North America to significantly improve operational efficiency and reduce test costs. Ambient ID’s LabTrack diagnostic sample tracking and management solution utilizes advanced automatic identification (RFID) technology and comprehensive data gathering methods to [...]
TransEngen Partners with Origin Healthcare to Offer Integrated Payment Processing
June 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
TransEnge, a rapidly growing innovator in transaction processing technology for healthcare, announces a partnership with Origin Healthcare Solutions’ (OHS) Connecticut operating center, formerly SSIMED. Leveraging the TransEngen payment processing technology platform, the two organizations are partnering, to help providers collect patient payments more efficiently to reduce billing and collection efforts, improve cash flow and reduce [...]
Interactive Online Patient Registration System Announced by PBHS
June 29, 2009 By 8 Comments
TruformAssist, a SAAS based interactive, online patient registration system designed to facilitate the collection of patient demographic and health history information over the Internet is at last introdced by PBHS, Inc. TruformAssist, created for the dental and healthcare communities, enables patients to pre-register online within a secured, HIPAA compliant environment. Patients are presented with an [...]
iMedicor Adds Pre-populated CV’s to its HIPAA Compliant Portal Through Partnership with Vitals
June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Medico announced today that it has entered into an agreement with VitalsSM, the leader in extensive, searchable physician databases. This partnership gives iMedicor the ability to access Vitals’ database of more than 700,000 practicing physicians in the United States to streamline physicians’ registration on the iMedicor portal. “One of the most precious commodities in a [...]
Physicians express concerns regarding penalties for not using EMR
June 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In a move that can’t be a surprise to anyone following the progress of the stimulus package the AMA has formally come out against the planned penalties that are included in the package. With much of the focus being placed on incentives physicians have to move forward with a meaningful EMR implementation I don’t believe [...]
Much too confusing – Just tell me which EMR I Should Buy
June 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Dozens, perhaps hundreds of vendors and products to choose from. Hardware, pricing and implementation questions. Do I use notebooks, tablets or desktops in exam rooms. What do I do with my room full of paper charts. These are the questions thousands of Doctors are asking themselves when considering an EMR implementation. Rosemarie Nelson, a [...]
Transcript of the HIT Policy Meeting on June 16, 2009
June 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The official transcript HIT Policy Committee Meeting that took place on June 16, 2009 is available here.
Opus Clinical Suite Achieves 08 CCHIT Certification as Inpatient EHR
June 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc. announced today that OpusClinicalSuite(R) Version 2.3 has met the criteria set by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) for receiving 08 Inpatient EHR certification. The certification is designated by CCHIT as pre-market conditional pending verified installation of the CCHIT Certified(R) version in an acute care hospital. CCHIT Certified product [...]
Diagnostic Center of Medicine Selects Allscripts EMR
June 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Allscripts announced today that Diagnostic Center of Medicine (DCOM), one of the oldest and largest primary care physician groups in Southern Nevada, has selected Allscripts Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management for its physicians in three locations. DCOM, which has been a Misys client for several years, is upgrading their current practice management solution [...]
