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April 27, 2015 -- MEDIA ADVISORY: Zynx Health, Meritage Medical Network and Meritage Accountable Care Organization will co-present “Using a Mobile Tool to Create a Virtual Caregiver Huddle” (Session 401) at the 17th Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Congress on April 29 – May 1 in Austin, Texas.
April 23, 2015 -- As clinicians increasingly expand their use of text messaging to communicate within and across care settings, concerns about upholding compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other government rules are also increasing. Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement and mobile care coordination solutions, is addressing these issues with the release of an enhanced secure messaging application within the ZynxCarebook™ mobile coordination platform.
April 23, 2015 -- athenahealth, Epic and Medfusion are the most effective vendors at helping their customers drive patient portal adoption, with all three vendors having over half of their customers report that at least 20% of patients have accessed the portal-a number well beyond the meaningful use bar of 5%. These findings and more are included in the recent KLAS report entitled "Patient Portals 2015: Adoption beyond Meaningful Use."
April 9, 2015 — Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the preliminary findings of its joint study with Huntsville Hospital in Alabama to reduce the morbidity and mortality of sepsis will be presented during HIMSS15 in Chicago. The presentation, “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Combating Sepsis,” will take place on April 14 from 4-5 p.m. in room W192.
April 15, 2015 -- While there is ample clinical evidence detailing the different forms of therapies used against cancer, relatively little attention is given to helping patients cope with the disease’s devastating ancillary effects – and the treatments for it. Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement and mobile care coordination solutions, announced today it is filling that void with the release of a new cancer content module rounding out its Best in KLAS–rated ZynxCare® solution.
April 15 2015 - While there is ample clinical evidence detailing the different forms of therapies used against cancer, relatively little attention is given to helping patients cope with the disease's devastating ancillary effects - and the treatments for it. Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement and mobile care coordination solutions, announced today it is filling that void with the release of a new cancer content module rounding out its Best in KLAS-rated ZynxCare® solution.
April 14, 2015 - Grant Campbell, MSN, RN, Senior Director of Nursing Strategy and Informatics at Zynx Health™ and an expert in the use of evidence-based best practices to standardize care coordination, will present "Don't Drop the Baton! Improving Care Transitions with Evidence-Based Content and Mobile Technology" at the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) 2015 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
April 7, 2015 - Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK), a global technology leader, today introduced the company's new corporate brand and logo. The rebranding reflects both the evolution of the company as well as its vision for the future.
April 08, 2015 - Lexmark will debut its new healthcare banner, Lexmark Healthcare, at the 2015 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, April 12-16. Lexmark Healthcare encompasses the leading healthcare software brands Lexmark has acquired, including Perceptive Software, Acuo, PACSGEAR, GNAX and Claron Technology.
March 06, 2015 - Jvion, the Atlanta-based leader in clinical predictive algorithms, announced the release of a Clostridium Difficile (C Diff) predictive use case for inpatient and outpatient providers. The C Diff use case is the latest in a broad compliment of predictive capabilities that span hospital acquired infections, chronic conditions, and individual illnesses. Using the firm’s RevEgis patient phenotype platform, the C Diff solution flags at risk individuals to help support clinician decision-making and reduce the likelihood of the deadly infection. These predictions can be produced in both inpatient and outpatient settings and can be integrated directly into existing electronic health record management systems.
April 9, 2015 - The Huntzinger Management Group, a leader in healthcare advisory and managed services consulting and staffing solutions, recently announced a number of successes achieved in 2014, marked by strong, unprecedented growth in revenue and EBITDA, with quarter over quarter growth throughout the year.
February 27, 2015 - Jvion announced today that leading healthcare venture firm, Martin Ventures, is collaborating with the Atlanta-based software company through a strategic partnership that will accelerate the adoption of Jvion’s advanced predictive capabilities suite within the provider market. Jvion is a predictive analytics company that identifies and prevents financial and clinical losses within hospitals. Capitalizing on the growing need for predictions that help prevent patient deterioration and suffering, the support of Martin Ventures will drive further market share and expansion of what is already an award-winning, leading predictive solution suite.
April 8, 2015 - As uncertainty increases in the healthcare industry, many provider organizations find themselves seeking solutions that provide real value and ultimately result in improved outcomes. For those attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS15) April 12-16 in Chicago, CTG Health Solutions (CTGHS) will offer conversations with health information technology thought leaders on key industry issues from the company's inviting 'oasis' booth space 1580. As in years past, CTGHS' booth will offer comfortable seating and refreshments as a place of respite from the hectic pace of HIMSS.
April 8, 2015 - Vital Images, Inc., (Vital), is pleased to announce the release of VioSuite Image Management and Vitality Solutions Business Intelligence. Joining the company’s flagship products, VitreaAdvanced® and VitreaView®, these new product families give healthcare administrators a robust set of tools to improve system-wide image access and image data analytics. Vital will introduce the VioSuite and Vitality Solutions portfolios at HIMSS15 (Toshiba booth #6439) in Chicago, April 13-15, 2015.
April 7, 2015 - Spectralink Corporation (“Spectralink”), a global leader in wireless solutions for the workplace, announced today PIVOT:S, the latest product in the WorkSmart family of solutions that advances innovation in enterprise mobile communication.
April 7, 2015 - A mobile care coordination platform for managing patient transitions that includes secure messaging, an evidence-based clinical content analysis tool, and interdisciplinary plans of care that offer comprehensive guidance for cancer patients are Zynx Health's™ newest solutions underlining its booth's theme "Delivering Vital Care Guidance Across the Patient Care Journey" at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS15) April 12-16 in Chicago.
Healthcare IT consulting firm ESD celebrated its 25th year in business on Wednesday, marking a milestone in the company’s history. Since its inception, ESD has deployed over 1,600 clinical IT experts to assist over 90 U.S. hospitals with healthcare technology transitions.
March 26, 2015 - Jvion, the Atlanta-based leader in clinical predictive algorithms, and Mayo Clinic are collaborating to stop patient suffering and unanticipated deterioration using the Jvion’s award winning predictive solution suite. As part of this collaboration, the two organizations will jointly publish their findings in the forthcoming study “Derivation and Validation of Acute Physiologic Deterioration Model using Electronically Available Data.”
March 24, 2015 - In early March 2015, Jvion launched an initiative aimed at understanding the proliferation of advanced predictive modeling solutions within hospitals. For this study, advanced predictive modeling was defined as the application of machine learning algorithms to find patterns within data to predict patient-level risk. These kinds of solutions are gaining traction and market eminence as providers search for analytic capabilities that will help them prevent patient illness, avoid penalties, and reduce the cost of care.
March 31, 2015 – The Children’s Hospital Association (CHA), the voice of children’s hospitals nationwide, has selected Health Catalyst’s Late-Binding™ Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) to enhance comparative analytics for its 220 member hospitals, supporting their efforts to improve care and reduce costs for pediatric patients.
