Misys Open Source Solutions (“MOSS”), a division of Misys plc, the world’s first fully open source, standards based health information exchange solutions provider, has succeeded in passing the stringent IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) testing protocols at the Chicago Connectathon. This extends MOSS success in passing all the IHE tests for the last 4 years. [...]
Misys Open Source Solutions Demonstrates Leadership at IHE North America Connectathon 2012 for the Fourth Year
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kern Medical Center Awarded Federal Funds for Meaningful Use of OpenVista EHR
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Medsphere Systems Corporation and Kern Medical Center have announced that Kern has met the requirements for Stage One Meaningful Use with Medsphere’s OpenVista system, the enabling electronic health record (EHR), and has received more than $5 million in initial reimbursement from the federal government. Affiliated with both the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA [...]
University Behavioral Healthcare Announces Go-live of the DSS Mental Health EHR System
November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
DSS, Inc., the leading provider of software development and support of VistA, today announced that its vxVistA and vxMental Health Suite (MHS) have gone into production at University Behavioral Healthcare (UBHC), a division of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), with more than 800 users at 13 locations. UBHC is one [...]
PHYAURA Releases Open Source EHR Download and Provides an Online Community for Healthcare Providers
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PHYAURA, LLC has announced the launch of the community edition of PHYAURA EHR, a free and open source EHR product. The community edition allows all healthcare practitioners in the United States to document clinical notes, schedule office visits, and bill for medical services, all without any vendor lock in. PHYAURA has also established a new [...]
VA Launches Open Source Custodian with new Website
August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the completion of an important milestone on its joint path with the Department of Defense to create a single electronic health record system for service members and Veterans. OSEHRA (pronounced “oh- sarah”), the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent, has begun operations and will serve as the central [...]
Acquisition Alert: Phyaura, LLC – An Open Source HIT Firm Acquires EHR Live
May 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Phyaura, LLC, a healthcare technology firm, has acquired EHR Live, LLC, a West Palm Beach company that shares PHYAURA’s focus on developing ‘open source’ Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions in full compliance with government regulations. “With this acquisition, PHYAURA increases its user base and provides current EHR Live clients access to our complete ‘meaningful use’ [...]
Medsphere’s OpenVista Solution Earns Complete Electronic Health Record Certification
May 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open-source healthcare enterprise solutions, today announced complete electronic health record (EHR) certification in inpatient settings for the company’s OpenVista electronic health record. Certification by InfoGard confirms that Medsphere customers using OpenVista are enabled to meet “meaningful use” standards and maximize federal assistance. “The significance for Medsphere customers of [...]
VA Begins Process to Create Open Source Electronic Health Record
April 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today released a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) aimed at forming an Open Source community around its ground-breaking VistA (Veterans Integrated System Technology Architecture) electronic health record (EHR) system. When award is made under a planned RFP for a custodial agent, VA will commit to deploy the Open Source [...]
Richard B. Toren Joins Medsphere Systems Board of Directors
March 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of open-source healthcare enterprise solutions, today announced the addition of Richard B. “Rick” Toren to the company’s board of directors. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, Rick has consistently met health and healthcare challenges with a blend of technological creativity and sound business acumen. Rick’s experience and [...]
Harris Corporation Awarded Contract to Provide Engineering and Enterprise Support to Veteran Affairs’s VistA Imaging System
March 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to continue providing advanced software engineering and enterprise support to the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Imaging System. This multi-year contract was originally awarded to Harris in August 2008. The VistA [...]
