Ozark, Missouri (PRWEB) October 23, 2013-- Spectrum Health, a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan, and HealthMEDX, the leading provider of electronic medical record for LTPAC, have implemented standards-based interoperability to successfully automate the exchange of patient information between Spectrum Health’s inpatient settings and their post-acute care facilities.

QlikTech, (NASDAQ: QLIK), a leader in user-driven Business Intelligence (BI), today announced an electronic medical records (EMR) technology agreement with Epic.

Encore Health Resources, one of the most successful consulting firms in the health-information technology (HIT) industry, announced today that KLAS Research has ranked Encore as the top-rated vendor in its new Go-Live Support 2013: Call in the Cavalry1report. The report explores the performance, offerings, and organizational impacts of go-live support vendors. KLAS evaluated seven HIT services vendors that are recognized in the industry for their go-live services and then formally ranked five of them. Encore earned the highest marks of all firms in the study, scoring 91.8 – a full 2.5 points higher than the nearest competitor.

MEGAS LLC, a Tallahassee-based software firm, announced today it has achieved full accreditation with the Healthcare Network Accreditation Program (HNAP) for Electronic Health Networks (EHN), from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). EHNAC's HNAP accreditation recognizes excellence in health data processing and transactions, and ensures compliance with industry-established standards and HIPAA regulations.

AUXILIO, Inc. (OTCBB: AUXO), the nation’s pioneer and leading Managed Print Services (MPS) company for health care, announced the release of a case study summarizing the integral role its MPS strategies and solutions played in the successful implementation of Barnabas Health’s massive, system-wide Clinical Technology Transformation Project.

VisionWeb, the leading provider of technology solutions in the eyecare industry, announced that Uprise, its cloud-based practice management and EHR solution,has received Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification as a Complete EHR for the ambulatory setting by Drummond Group, an Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB). Eyecare providers using Uprise are qualified to receive federal stimulus monies upon demonstrating meaningful use of the technology.

Aprima Medical Software and Technology Solutions Provider, Inc. (TSPi), today announced a partnership to provide physician practices an option to use TSPi's MicroCloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution to host their Aprima EHR (electronic health record) system.

Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute/University of Missouri-Kansas City researchers have been selected to receive two prestigious, highly competitive research awards from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The studies are part of a portfolio of projects designed to help patients make better-informed decisions about their care. The combined awards total $3,562,032.

ProVation® Clinic Note Content and Clinical Decision Support will be Embedded into Cerner Millennium® to Improve Patient Care, Streamline Physician Documentation, and Drive the Capture of Structured data

Carson Health, a recognized leader of information technology in a rural hospital setting, has connected with the Great Lakes Health Information Exchange (GLHIE) enabling providers and their healthcare team to share medical information both within and outside the Carson City community.

With healthcare providers under continuing pressure to provide better care at lower costs, remote cardiac monitoring devices are becoming popular and valuable patient care tools, fueling U.S. market growth expected to top more than 25 percent between 2011 and 2016.[1]  The devices enable cardiologists to monitor patients for extended periods of time outside the costly hospital environment, improving their ability to identify problems and provide early intervention that can support better outcomes and reduce the need for expensive future care.

eClinicalHealth Limited, a company dedicated to the provision of innovative clinical trial solutions, has launched Clinpal - a new patient-centric platform designed to engage patients digitally in clinical research more efficiently.

The integration team at Scribe Healthcare Technologies, Inc. (http://www.scribe.com) has successfully completed hundreds of integrations, working with the full gamut of Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record (EMR/EHR) systems, but none to date have offered the uniqueness of a recent project.

'Healthcare IT Outsourcing Market - By Application [Provider (EHR, RCM, LIMS) Payer (CRM, Claims Management, Fraud Detection, Billing) Life Science (ERP, CTMS, CDMS) Operational (SCM, BPM) & Infrastructure (IMS, Cloud Computing)] & Industry - Global Forecast To 2018'

Medical Informatics, Inc., a corporation committed to patient-centered technological innovations, has launched a web-based public education campaign to educate patients regarding the role of unique patient identifiers in identifying patient health records from different sources.  The grassroots effort's vision of "One Patient | One Number | One Card" aims to unify health records from different providers, irrespective of whether they are paper-based or electronic, and give access to those records to the patients themselves.

With a shared vision to improve quality and make healthcare costs sustainable, Intermountain Healthcare and Cerner Corporation are announcing a multi-year strategic partnership. Drawing on Intermountain’s pioneering leadership in quality improvement and data analytics and Cerner’s expertise in information technologies, the multi-year partnership will implement the Cerner electronic medical record and revenue cycle solutions across all of Intermountain’s hospitals and clinics.

Shared decision making refers to a set of principles that can be employed by patients and their physicians to explicitly incorporate patient preferences and values into clinical decision making.  Past research shows that patients, who have an enhanced knowledge of their medical conditions and treatment alternatives, demonstrate a reduced anxiety when it comes to medical decision making.

Healthcare Synergy Inc. has signed an agreement with Great Lakes Health Information Exchange (GLHIE) forging the first partnership of a home health electronic medical record (EMR) vendor with the Michigan based health information exchange.

Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: GWAY) today announced a definitive agreement which will result in the combination of the businesses of Greenway and Vitera Healthcare Solutions, LLC. The transaction will create a leader in healthcare information technology and services, offering a comprehensive set of solutions to improve clinical and financial outcomes in healthcare enterprises, ambulatory practices, public health, retail and other clinics nationwide. Following the closing of the transaction, the Vitera and Greenway businesses will serve nearly 13,000 medical organizations and 100,000 providers.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2013 -- Hello Health® and CollaborateMD have announced the integration of Hello Health's no-cost electronic health record (EHR) and patient portal with CollaborateMD's affordable medical billing and practice management system. The partnership marries Hello Health's one-of-a-kind business model with CollaborateMD's robust claim management functionality, for an easy-to-use, complete solution that is free and well-suited for small- to medium-sized independent medical practices.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (September 17, 2013) – Focused on the value of mobile health for improving patient care and outcomes, mHIMSS, the mobile health initiative of HIMSS, will announce its new mValue Case Study Submission program at the mHIMSS Reception held on Sept. 17 during National Health IT Week in Washington, D.C.