Press Releases

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) today announced its acquisition of Healthy Communities Institute (HCI), a Berkeley, Calif.-based company with a leading cloud platform that puts socioeconomic and community health information at the fingertips of hospitals, public health agencies and community coalitions. 

Alpha II, LLC, a leading developer of software platforms, software as a service and publications that support the healthcare revenue cycle, announced today that it has been qualified by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Registry for the 2015 PQRS program year. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 14 — Creating rapid, secure access to imaging data by on-site and off-site users is a major goal of informatics professionals attending the SIIM (Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine) conference held this year from May 28-30.

San Diego, Calif., May 12, 2015 – San Diego resident Sue Diaz wishes the electronic exchange of information vital to a patient’s care had been in place several months ago. She tells the story of rushing a friend suddenly stricken by an apparent seizure to a nearby hospital. When they arrived, the woman was semi-conscious, partially paralyzed and unable to speak. Her husband had gone fishing that morning and couldn’t be reached.

FORT COLLINS, Colo., May 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As mobile device usage has exploded over the last 5 years, it has enabled the development of a highly disruptive approach to delivering goods and services to people. 

NORWALK, Conn., April 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthPrize Technologies, LLC and MeadWestvaco (NYSE: MWV) today announced a strategic collaboration to integrate their proven adherence solutions to provide an end-to-end program to pharmaceutical companies, pharmacy chains, and the patients they serve. 

HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems, services, and connectivity solutions, today announced the launch of NextGen® Care, a new population health and care management solution designed to streamline the care team’s workflow, more effectively manage patient populations, drive better outcomes and decrease cost of care delivery mandated by evolving value-based payment models. 

(New York, NY – April 27, 2015) The Mount Sinai Health System and software company par8o are creating a seamless referral process for the Health System’s care providers. 

ANDOVER, Mass., April 22, 2015 – (ANIA booth #401/403)—CapsuleTech today announced the release of its Early Warning Scoring System (EWSS) for its SmartLinx Chart Xpress® electronic charting solution, utilizing real-time vital sign data to provide clinical decision support at the bedside. Automated, simple-to-use and customizable, the new EWSS option for Chart Xpress analyzes patient data and identifies patterns consistent with patient deterioration that often occur hours in advance of a critical event. 

PLANO, Texas – April 21, 2015 – ZeOmega Inc., a market leader in population health and care coordination solutions, today released its annual clinical content update which enables its clients to access the latest best practices in evidence-based medicine and care management.

Nashville, Tennessee—April 16, 2015 — HealthTrustSM announces today the launch of a new suite of services and partnership with InVivoLink, Inc. to expand their medical device sourcing capabilities.

HOUSTON, TX - April 7, 2015 ---VisionSR, a medical software company, announced that it has licensed an advanced multimedia structured reporting technology from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designed to advance the practice of diagnostic radiology.

LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DPS Health, a leader in digital behavior change interventions for emergent-risk populations, announced today the launch of its health self-management solution.

Carrollton, Georgia — April 9, 2015 — To enable its provider customers to better engage with patients while meeting the higher threshold for meaningful use Stage 2, Greenway Health™ has announced the general availability of Greenway Patient™, an all-new, intuitive and mobile-friendly cloud service for users of Greenway’s electronic health record platforms. 

Andover, MA – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the latest addition to its portfolio of advanced patient monitoring solutions. The Philips CareEvent mobile application turns a smartphone into a valuable clinical tool to meet the workflow demands for nurses and caregivers who are constantly on the go within the hospital.  

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner Corp., Geisinger Health System and xG Health Solutions have collaborated to enable the use of emerging SMART(R) on FHIR(R) industry standards to facilitate use of software applications across compliant "open platform" electronic health record (EHR) systems, such as Cerner Millennium(R). 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and SAN DIEGO, April 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq:CERN) and Qualcomm Life, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM), today announced an agreement to extend Cerner's industry leading medical device connectivity capabilities beyond the hospital to the home.

Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), the leading provider of real-time, intelligent communication solutions for mission-critical healthcare environments, today announced the Vocera app for Apple Watch.

Veratad Technologies, LLC, a world class provider of global age and identity verification solutions, announced today that it will be showcasing its suite of patient identity verification solutions at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago (booth #7437), April 12-16, 2015.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, announced it will bring its patient app, HealtheLife(SM), to Apple Watch. 

PLANO, Texas – April 8, 2015 – ZeOmega Inc., a market leader in population health solutions, today launched Jiva Integrated Medication Management, which gives providers and health plans the embedded intelligence and workflow needed to integrate medication management into the overall care management process.