) March 25, 2009 -- Kelly, Sloan, and Associates, LLC announces the launch of DOC Simple EMR. DOC Simple EMR is a full featured web-based Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management system designed for small to medium sized medical practices.

) September 9, 2009 -- HIT Systems announced today that they are now fully dedicated to Healthcare IT and have partnered with Aprima Medical Software to offer state of the art EHR and practice management software.

HIT Systems' transition has taken place so they can focus the entirety of their company's resources on providing quality solutions aimed strictly at the healthcare industry and its needs. This new commitment allows HIT Systems to better service their clients by offering solutions that cater specifically to the needs of the healthcare industry.

) October 8, 2009 -- MResult Healthcare and PatientOS announced today a new cost-effective solution for implementing Electronic Medical Records. Based on the open source healthcare information system PatientOS EMR and MResult Healthcare's Design, Build Validate methodology, this approach will allow healthcare institutions to implement tailored Electronic Medical Record systems for a fraction of the cost of traditional EMR systems.

) October 21, 2009 -- Aprima Medical Software (originally iMedica), a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) systems for medical practices, today announced its compatibility with Microsoft Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit PCs), due out for release on October 22nd. Aprima 2009 is fully compliant and tested with Microsoft's latest Windows release.

) October 13, 2009 -- Aprima Medical Software (originally iMedica), a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) systems for medical practices, today announced a reseller agreement with Medical Reimbursement Management (MRM), a locally owned and operated medical billing company in Johnson City, Tennessee. The agreement will bring Aprima's award-winning EHR/PM software and MRM's medical billing expertise to physician practices in East Tennessee, Western North Carolina, and Southwest Virginia.

) July 17, 2009 -- Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and Planet DDS, Inc., both located in Irvine, Calif., announced today that the companies have aligned to deliver hosted, web-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) practice management and clinical software solutions to the dental industry.

This SaaS dental practice management software application, developed by Planet DDS and available for over two years to dental practices on a monthly subscription basis, provides automation of all billing and clinical aspects of dental practices. The companies are collaborating on marketing and development efforts with each focusing on separate market segments.

) October 6, 2008 -- Cielo MedSolutions, a provider of healthcare software and web applications, today announced a Preferred Business Affiliate agreement with TransforMED LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). Through this relationship, Cielo MedSolutions' customers will have access to TransforMED's practice transformation services. In addition, TransforMED will encourage medical practices implementing a Patient-Centered Medical Home to use Cielo Clinic's integrated patient registry, clinical decision support and population management tools.

) April 5, 2009 -- Nuvon, Inc. (http://www.nuvon.com), a provider of medical device connectivity solutions, will demonstrate its Nuvon VEGA platform at HIMSS09 April 4th - 8th in Chicago. Nuvon will be in the MEDHOST booth # 4617 demonstrating a vitals interface into the MEDHOST emergency department information system (EDIS).

) December 3, 2008 -- Logicalis, an international provider of high-performance technology, has announced a strategic relationship with Compressus, a medical software company, to provide the expertise and technology necessary to support the rapid and successful deployment of Compressus' award winning imaging management and routing software. In today's healthcare environment increasing patient safety, efficiently engaging specialists and reducing enterprise costs is not a choice but a requirement.

) October 7, 2009 -- Aprima Medical Software (originally iMedica), a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) systems for medical practices, today announced a strategic partnership with Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO®), a developer of medical vocabulary and corresponding software applications. Aprima will offer its physician practice customers code and terminology mappings, expanded search capabilities and IMO's vocabulary products, including IMO® Problem IT™ and IMO® Procedure IT™.

Cyglera Health Systems Inc.,(www.cyglera.com) a Canadian healthcare technology Corporation, and US-based WiFi specialists, WiSpots Inc.,(www.wispots.com) are excited to announce their new joint venture to provide patient-centric technology solutions for the medical waiting room environment with a focus on improving patient satisfaction, education, practice efficiency and practice revenues. (PRWeb Dec 18, 2008)

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) December 4, 2008 -- ITelagen, Inc., innovative provider of one-stop, flat-fee healthcare information technology and support, today announced that New York City's Manhattan's Physician Group (MPG), the largest private multi-specialty, multi-practice medical group in Manhattan, has completed its implementation of an integrated Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Through the leadership efforts of the JHD Group and the MPG staff, ITelagen was instrumental to the success of this project.

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) October 12, 2009 -- ITelagen, Inc., innovative provider of one-stop, flat-fee healthcare information technology and support, announced it is bringing proven "insiders' expertise" to its electronic medical records (EMR) clients through the hiring of new Chief Healthcare Officer Joel Taylor. Taylor joins ITelagen in delivering its combination of EMR, hosting and billing services to practices and medical groups of all scopes and sizes, with affordable flat-percentage-based pricing.

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) December 8, 2008 -- Information Access Systems, Inc, a leading Systems Integrator specializing in Enterprise Content Management solutions, announced today that Vince Hanson has joined the company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Hanson has more than 12 years of information technology experience, primarily in the software solutions industry. He brings a broad range of sales, project management, and product marketing expertise to Information Access Systems.

) December 10, 2008 -- Broadlane announced today that Jordan Health Systems in Plymouth, Massachusetts has selected Broadlane as the exclusive provider of a broad range of supply chain services to help manage its approximate $35 million in annual spend.

Jordan Health Systems will access Broadlane's unparalleled national GPO portfolio of consumable supplies, equipment, pharmaceuticals and purchased services. Additionally, Jordan Health Systems will utilize OnRamp™ (Broadlane's client portal) and BroadLink® (Broadlane's e-commerce exchange), to streamline purchasing processes.

) October 13, 2008 -- After a completing an extended process of evaluation and comparison, People 2.0 has selected BlueSky Medical Staffing Software to manage business in its new healthcare staffing division. Carla Fleming, Division V.P., said the choice was largely based on the fact that BlueSky offers a product better designed to support the unique requirements of medical staffing.

) April 30, 2009 -- iMedica Corporation, a leading developer of healthcare software solutions for medical practices, today announced a sales and marketing partnership with Doctors' Administrative Solutions (DAS), a Tampa, Florida-based company and 2009 Tampa Bay CEO Magazine "Tampa Bay 100, Most Influential Businesses in Tampa" honoree, wherein DAS will offer iMedica's Patient Relationship Manager™ (PRM 2009) and new

) December 11, 2008 -- ITelagen, innovative provider of one-stop, flat-fee healthcare information technology (IT) and support, today announced it has aligned itself with industry leader Allscripts to provide small to mid-sized physician practices with a complete healthcare IT solution - including a dedicated IT support staff. As the healthcare industry's One Stop Shop for EMRÔ (electronic medical records), ITelagen offers practices full turnkey implementation and support of Allscripts' MyWayä platform, giving smaller medical practices access to the same type of technology tools and efficiency enjoyed by much larger organizations.

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) November 6, 2008 -- After a thorough search and business proposal process, 360 Healthcare Staffing (formerly Aedon Staffing) has selected BlueSky Medical Staffing Software (MSS) to assist in the management of its healthcare professional staffing business. BlueSky MSS is a division of Amistaff Healthcare Technology.

) May 21, 2009 -- MxSecure, Inc., the nation's leading provider of transcription services to group practices, multi-specialty clinics and community health centers, announced today it will incorporate M*Modal's Conversational Documentation Services (CDS) and speech recognition technology into its client offerings.

) July 1, 2009 -- Carefx announced today Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center, a nationally recognized non-profit provider of integrated health services, has chosen the Fusionfx Solution Suite to deliver interoperability between its multiple information systems. The Fusionfx Solution Suite synchronizes patient data across existing systems, departments and facilities and provides Virginia Mason staff and clinicians with an easier, more efficient way to schedule patients across the medical center.

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) December 15, 2008 -- Market research firm KLAS today released its annual rankings of the best-performing healthcare software and services vendors. Top-ranked companies in more than two dozen categories -- covering electronic medical records, cardiology systems, application hosting and many others -- have earned the 2008 Best in KLAS distinction, signifying their leadership in meeting customer expectations.

Based on evaluations submitted by thousands of healthcare providers throughout the United States and Canada, KLAS rankings measure a vendor's performance in areas like product quality, implementation, and service and support. A Best in KLAS award is reserved for the top-rated companies in a select group of the largest and most impactful market segments.

) March 24, 2009 -- iMedica Corporation, a leading developer of healthcare software solutions for physician practices, today announced a technology partnership with Imagetek, a national leader in enterprise content management and business process automation, to strengthen the capture of paper-based documents and ease the transition to the paperless physician practice.

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) September 16, 2009 -- Digital Healthcare, the Cambridge England and Wake Forest, NC based company that is recognized as the leading provider of care management systems for diabetes, celebrated their 10 year anniversary this month.

From its beginning as an image management and storage solutions provider for the UK Ophthalmology sector, the company has extended its product range and expanded into international territories. Digital Healthcare is now a leading software provider to the National Health Service in the UK, a major service supplier to US physicians and has solutions in use within some of the Worlds' leading Eye Institutions.

) November 11, 2008 -- eBillingHub, the world leader in simplifying electronic billing for law firms, today announced a partnership with Select* Associates an Applications Software and Professional Services Company specializing in the technology and information processing needs of law firms. Under terms of the agreement, Select* Associates (S*A) will provide eBillingHub service implementations and best practices for legal electronic billing projects for eBillingHub clients. Additionally, Select* Associates and eBillingHub will integrate to popular third party legal time and billing systems, expanding eBillingHub's platform choices for customers, as well as integrate to offerings in the Select* Associates Star* product line.

) July 23, 2009 -- With almost 20 billion dollars recently earmarked to encourage the adoption of the Electronic Health Record (EHR), The Health Story Project defined "meaningful use of the Certified (EHR)" in its testimony to the National Committee on Vital Health and Statistics' (NCVHS) public hearing in May. The key message; for the creation and exchange of standards-based clinical documentation "meaningful use" must encompass dictation and the detailed narrative. The outcome of this hearing will be submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

) November 12, 2008 -- Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organizations, today announced the general availability release of version 7.5 of Helper, the leading practice management software for individual and small group private practice psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, therapists and social workers.

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) August 4, 2009 -- The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) today announced that ASG Software Solutions' product ASG-MedAppz iSuite, version 4 is a CCHIT Certified® 08 Ambulatory EHR and meets the Certification Commission's electronic health record (EHR) criteria for office-based use. Ambulatory EHRs are designed for physician offices and clinics where most Americans get their healthcare. The Commission - a private, nonprofit organization - is the Recognized Certification Body in the United States for certifying health information technology products.

) September 23, 2008 -- Broadlane is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Sherry to chief operating officer. He replaces David Ricker who became president and chief executive officer last month.

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"Tom has been an integral part of the Broadlane organization since its inception," said David Ricker, president and chief executive officer, Broadlane. "Most recently, he's done an exceptional job leading our highly involved, hands-on client service - one of Broadlane's core business functions. As COO, Tom's experience and abilities will allow for continual improvement of our operational excellence and performance-driven metrics."

) June 10, 2009 -- iMedica Corporation, a leading developer of healthcare software solutions for physician practices, announced today that after more than two years of research and consideration, the Physicians' Organization of the University Medical Center at Princeton has chosen iMedica's electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) solutions to recommend to its 500-plus member physicians.

) January 16, 2009 -- According to data from the HIMSS Analytics Database, 85 percent of hospitals in the contracting phase of an IT acquisition have signed with a CCHIT Certified vendor since November 2007, when CCHIT released its first acute care or inpatient certified products.

) October 22, 2008 -- Logicalis, an international provider of high-performance technology, has announced a strategic partnership with BridgeHead Software, an Enterprise Data Management (EDM) specialist, to provide the expertise and technology necessary to support today's critical healthcare information technology (IT) environments. IT professionals at healthcare organizations worldwide must maintain a high level of data availability to assure patient care, while dealing with exponential growth of electronic patient medical records and high-resolution medical imaging.

) February 27, 2009 -- iSirona®, an innovative provider of data automation solutions for healthcare providers, today announced that it has signed an agreement with NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products. Under the agreement, iSirona will develop the iSirona Gateway for the NxStage System One™ renal dialysis system.

) September 18, 2008 -- The Health Management Academy announced the results of an extensive research study profiling successful supply chain management practices in large health systems.    This study, sponsored by Broadlane, is one of the first to independently tie supply chain attributes and management practices to actual financial metrics from the largest healthcare institutions in the country. With healthcare costs skyrocketing, these benchmarking and best practices data form a guide for senior executive teams to achieve supply chain management success.

) April 3, 2009 -- Meta Healthcare IT Solutions (http://www.metapharmacy.com), a supplier of comprehensive medication safety information systems for the healthcare industry, today announced its challenge to all healthcare IT vendors to reduce the costs of the systems they offer. The company's management believes this move will have two immediate effects: first, it will more than likely facilitate the adoption of IT systems by healthcare providers, and second, it will help cash-strapped hospitals lower their operating costs.

) October 23, 2008 -- Broadlane is pleased to announce that Anna Maria Medvid has joined its sales team as vice president of strategic sales leading the East region.

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Medvid comes from Premier, Inc. where she was responsible for working directly with healthcare executives at key accounts to recruit hospitals into the Premier Group Purchasing Organization (GPO).

"We are pleased to welcome Anna Maria to Broadlane," said Julie Plaga, senior vice president, sales, Broadlane. "Her experience of working with healthcare executives will be instrumental as we continue to aggressively pursue new client relationships."

) April 3, 2009 -- Legacy Data Access (LDA), an innovator in data storage and Web-based solutions, today announced the release of LegacyAuditAssist, a major new component to its LegacySuite of data retention and access products.

) October 29, 2008 -- "Rising costs of doing business is making it difficult to maintain a productive, efficient business. As a practice owner, I spend a large part of my day fighting insurance companies and underpayments. With the higher cost of doing business and spending more time fighting to get paid, I have less time to treat patients and manage my practice." says Elizabeth Finch, Physical Therapist and Co-Owner of G&E Therapies, who is tired of experiencing underpaid or delayed claims and losing valuable time and efficiency in the clinic. "Continuous corporate consolidation has given the payers the resources and the opportunities to "stack the cards" against the providers.

) December 22, 2008 -- The National Association for the Support of Long Term Care (NASL) has elected Eric Christ to the organization's board of directors. Christ is the president of Patient Placement Systems, part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies located in Alpharetta, Ga. NASL is a trade association of ancillary providers of products and services to the post-acute industry.