BRANFORD, Conn. and SANTA FE, N.M., April 9, 2013 -- Core Informatics, a leading provider of data management solutions to the life sciences, molecular diagnostics, and energy industries, and OpenEye Scientific Software, a leading developer of innovative molecular modeling and cheminformatics solutions for molecular discovery, announce a new partnership and the integration of OpenEye cheminformatics software into Core Informatics' web-based Laboratory Information Management System (Core LIMS) and Electronic Lab Notebook (Core ELN).

ENGLEWOOD, Colo; April 08, 2013 – Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), one of the nation’s largest non-profit health providers and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have teamed on a nine-month initiative that will apply analytics to identify at-risk factors among patient populations.

A viewpoint published by the Journal of the American Medical Association covers the opportunities and barriers of big data in healthcare.

“Doctors are not excited about EMRs but they are enthusiastic about speech recognition,” said Adem Arslani, BSN, RN, MS, director of information systems and clinical informatics at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Chicago. Success requires a large investment in training, knowledge and information constantly, he said. “You can’t do it without the right resources. You can tell a lot about an organization by their training.”

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (April 3, 2013) – Today marks the 40th anniversary that organizations united to adopt a universal way to conduct business using GS1 Standards. Beginning with a U.P.C. (Universal Product Code) barcode, the GS1 System of Standards has set the foundation for a technological revolution that has changed the way companies, from manufacturers to retailers, conduct business around the world. Now, more than five billion GS1 barcodes are scanned every day.

Boston, MA, April 3, 2013 -- Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL), today released an enhanced version of its comprehensive IMPACT® clinical trial management system (CTMS). Notable features include improved data entry as well as site management and monitoring capabilities. The system is designed for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies of all sizes, and has more than 26,000 users in studies of up to tens of thousands of subjects and millions of visits.

A new Medicare Chronic Conditions Dashboard is designed to further the Affordable Care Act’s goals for health promotion and the prevention and management of multiple chronic conditions, according to Marilyn Tavenner, acting director of the Department of Health & Human Services. The dashboard offers researchers, physicians, public health professionals and policymakers an easy-to-use tool to get current data on where multiple chronic conditions occur, which services they require, and how much Medicare spends helping beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted a 2014 Meaningful Use Eligible Hospital Clinical Quality Measure (CQM) update.