Verizon Wireless has announced an initiative with Foxboro, Mass.-based BL Healthcare and a number of customers and third-party providers to jointly trial next-generation solutions for the delivery of remote healthcare applications and services to patients. The initiative will provide a unique approach for addressing issues associated with access to quality healthcare and rising healthcare costs, with solutions leveraging the next-generation BL Healthcare remote health management platform and the secure, reliable network of Verizon Wireless, along with an extensive list of third-party providers to deliver “best of breed” applications and healthcare-related services to patients remotely. It will also offer an alternative approach for healthcare application developers and other healthcare service providers to generate incremental revenue by marketing innovative new applications and services that leverage their expertise and protocols.
Optimum Lightpath, the Jericho, N.Y.-based maker of Ethernet-based communication products, has announced that, through its exclusive relationship with Bethesda-based GetWellNetwork, it will supply Interactive Patient Care (IPC) to The Children’s Hospital At Montefiore (CHAM), which will implement Interactive Patient Care in all 130 beds throughout the hospital at no cost to patients.
Meru Networks, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based enterprise networking company, announced that St. Joseph Health System of Bryan, Texas has deployed Meru Networks wireless LAN (WLAN) solutions for implementing a Healthcare Information System (HCIS), including Meditech bedside patient registration, medication administration carts (BMV), voice applications for nurse call systems and asset tracking throughout its network of hospitals and healthcare clinics. With Meru’s high performance, high throughput and predictable wireless infrastructure, St. Joseph is able to improve the efficiency and reliability of its medical services with the convenience of mobility.
lifeIMAGE, of Newton, Mass., a provider of medical image e-sharing platforms, has announced an agreement to deploy its diagnostic image sharing technology at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. Yale-New Haven will use the platform to collect and share critical diagnostic imaging information in its new Smilow Cancer Hospital and within the trauma unit during emergency transfers from remote locations.
CareFusion, the San Diego-based medical device company, announced the launch of EnView, an innovative device used to hold and maneuver an endoscope allowing surgeons a clear and stable view of the anatomy during laparoscopic surgery. The device accommodates 5mm and 10mm endoscopes and integrates with a hospital’s existing visualization equipment.
AssistMed, of Beverly Hills, and HealthPac Computer Systems, of Savannah, announced the integration of AssistMed's Duet data capture technology with HealthPac's HPlus Pro patient accounting and control system to enhance professional healthcare services. The integration supports the use of a digital pen and custom forms service offered by AssistMed with automated delivery of all necessary data for charge capture and billing.
Philips has signed a five-year iSite PACS renewal deal with Valley Radiologists, one of the largest radiology practices in the greater Phoenix area, providing services at its 11 locations and to two partner hospitals. Clinicians at Valley Radiologists are also using Philips clinical applications for iSite PACS: Pulmonary Embolism, Vessel Explorer and CT Colonography.
Carestream Health, of Rochester, N.Y., reported strong customer demand for its wireless, cassette-size CARESTREAM DRX-1 System, along with its CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution suite throughout Canada. These products can help streamline overall imaging workflow, while simultaneously improving productivity and enhancing patient care. Radiology Consultants Associated (RCA) of Calgary, Alberta, implemented CARESTREAM DRX-1 and CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution Systems. This private radiologist group operates 12 independent diagnostic imaging centers.
Perceptive Informatics, a Waltham, Mass.-based e-clinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation, has announced that it has expanded its medical imaging capabilities with an enhanced reporting solution. Perceptive is among the first to offer a reporting solution that incorporates the industry-standard performance metrics for imaging core labs, as defined by the Metrics Champion Consortium (MCC), allowing trial sponsors to track progress against MCC criteria.
Allscripts, of Chicago, and Pittsburgh-based dbMotion, a provider of health interoperability solutions, have been selected by Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) and Jefferson University Physicians (JUP) to provide an integrated and interoperable Electronic Health Record (EHR) and population management solution for JUP’s physicians, who currently use the Allscripts EHR. The new solution will create a single, unified patient record for all TJU caregivers, broadening and strengthening their practice of the Patient Centered Medical Home.
Enterprise Software Development, based in Toledo, recently announced their name change to Enterprise Software Deployment, (ESD) along with a revised logo design. In celebration of their 20 years in business, the name change better reflects ESD’s evolved breadth of Electronic Heath Records implementation services.
Merge Healthcare, of Milwaukee, has announced announced that it was selected by Complete Women’s Imaging, P.C., of Oceanside, N.Y. a designated Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Commission on Breast Imaging, to provide a complete diagnostic imaging workflow and physician reporting solution.
SRS, the Montvale, N.J.-based maker of high-performance hybrid EMRs, has announced that Desert Orthopedics, which provides first-class orthopaedic care to the communities of central Oregon, has selected the SRS hybrid EMR for its 16 providers.
Sage North America, of Irvine, Calif., has announced that Danville Polyclinic, Ltd., the largest comprehensive multi-specialty clinic in Danville, Ill., has chosen Sage Intergy EHR for its electronic documentation needs across 40 providers. Danville Polyclinic, which services as many as 1,000 patient encounters a day, was looking to employ an electronic health record (EHR) solution that would improve coding accuracy and reportability as well as streamline workflow processes, ultimately enabling the clinic to enhance the quality of care for its patients. Implementation of Sage Intergy EHR throughout the practice will be complete in May 2010.
Guard RFID Solutions, of Vancouver, has announced the release of its new real-time locating system (RTLS) middleware engine – Argus 2.0. The updated Argus platform adds features designed to unlock additional functionality and increases end-user control for industrial, enterprise and healthcare applications. Standards-based Argus 2.0 is a highly configurable, easily-integrated platform supporting complete business solutions based on GuardRFID’s breakthrough active RFID tag technology.
