(Omaha, NE) Ensocare, a leading provider of technology-enabled care coordination solutions, announced today that it has partnered with OpenPlacement to provide hospital patients nationwide the ability to use consumer tablet technology at their bedside to connect with post-acute care providers prior to being discharged.

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ (PRWEB) MARCH 31, 2016 - HCS announced today their client’s full preparedness for quality reporting under the LTCH CARE Data Set Version 3.00, a new set of required measures for LTCH (Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals) effective April 1, 2016.

WINCHESTER, Va. – Datalux Corporation introduces two new 24-inch medical all-in-one computers - the Datalux IPIX LT24 and the Datalux Alpha AC24.

Siemens Healthcare has launched a range of new MR applications to help hospitals reduce the time needed for MR imaging within neurology. It is estimated that 20 to 25 per cent of all MR examinations are neurological, with the number expected to grow in 20161. The applications have therefore been designed to help organisations increase patient throughput in order to maintain an efficient workflow. 

PHOENIX and SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash., March 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Next IT Healthcare, the leader in patient engagement, has chosen ClearDATA as its partner in safeguarding digital healthcare solutions, one of the fastest-growing niches in the healthcare industry. ClearDATA will host Next IT Healthcare's Alme® virtual health coach platform in a HIPAA-compliant cloud environment with unlimited scalability and security that exceeds HIPAA compliance mandates. The partnership is aimed directly at healthcare organizations seeking to engage patients online without compromising their security and privacy.

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare announced today the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has selected the company’s Centricity Practice Solution as the official electronic medical record (EMR) to be used by the medical teams of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. This marks the first time that all athletes and spectators at the Olympic Games will have their health interactions managed by an electronic medical record. The announcement was made at the 2016 Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare today announced two large systems integrators (SIs) and seven leading-edge independent software vendors (ISVs) are planning to move their innovative digital solutions to the new GE Health Cloud. Designed exclusively for the healthcare industry and resting on the shoulders of GE’s industrial-strength Predix™ platform, the GE Health Cloud will ultimately connect more than 2 million imaging machines worldwide, including 500,000 GE Healthcare devices.

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today the release of UpToDate® MobileComplete™ for mobile enterprise users. With this new capability, users can download comprehensive clinical content from UpToDate to their mobile device for offline access. 

SAN FRANCISCO & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK), a leading international healthcare services and information technology company, and Katz Group, one of Canada’s largest privately-owned enterprises, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Rexall Health from Katz Group for $3 billion CAD ($2.2 billion USD*, or approximately $1.9 billion USD* net of the present value of incremental cash tax benefits). 

Jacksonville, FL — February 29, 2016, ASPYRA, LLC (ASPYRA), a market leader in Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), released news today of implementation of the company’s CyberLAB LIS at Riordan Clinic, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), nutrition-based health facility in Wichita, Kansas.  

At HIMSS16, the companies will preview Appropriate Use Criteria embedded in PatientKeeper CPOE.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide as well as the top five largest private healthcare systems in the country have agreed to implement three core commitments.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety, a multi-stakeholder collaborative convened by ECRI Institute, announces the release of Safe Practice Recommendations for the use of copy and paste, at HIMSS16 in Las Vegas. This is the Partnership's first release in a series of evidence-based recommendations designed to improve health IT safety.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, will showcase its cloud-based decision support platform for the improved diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in Booth #5537 at the HIMSS16 Conference & Exhibition. POC Advisor™, which reduced sepsis mortality by 53 percent at Huntsville Hospital, integrates and functions seamlessly with the clinical workflow, leveraging electronic alerts and patient-specific, evidence-based treatment advice to drive down sepsis rates.

New Platform Will Enable Telehealth Services, Allow Physicians and Patients to Access Medical Images and Reports.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The University of Kansas Hospital, a nationally recognized academic medical center, has extended its collaboration with Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to leverage Cerner’s HealtheIntent℠ population health management platform to coordinate and manage care in rural Kansas communities.

Falls Church, VA – Feb. 16, 2016 – Apollo PACS, the pioneer in enterprise imaging and clinical multimedia management solutions has announced it has changed its name to Apollo Enterprise Imaging Corp, to better convey its expertise. 

BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mach7 Technologies, award-winning provider of medical image management solutions, will showcase Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform 11.7.1 during the annual Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas. Released this month, 11.7.1 further extends Mach7’s vision to power healthcare enterprises with consolidated, central access to a complete, unified patient healthcare record while providing the foundation for a best-of-breed clinical ecosystem.

SALT LAKE CITY—February 23, 2016—Utah-based healthcare technology company, Novarad, will exhibit its latest advancements in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) at the Healthcare Information and Management System (HIMSS) conference and exhibition, along with California-based technology company, Sphere 3D, Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY). 

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optum360 won the 2015/2016 Category Leader award for Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC) from KLAS, a leading global health care research organization. This is the second consecutive year Optum360 has taken the top honor for computer-assisted coding technology.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that Rabin Pant, director of clinical informatics with Methodist Health System, will present a session at HIMSS16 highlighting the critical role of effective point of care clinical content management during a public health crisis. The session titled “The Value of Standardized Care in a Public Health Crisis” will demonstrate how ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support enabled the organization to lay a foundation of highly-reliable, evidence-based clinical care during the health system’s response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Dallas.