) September 17, 2008 -- The New Jersey and Delaware Valley Chapters of the national Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have joined forces to bring regional health information technology professionals together for a two day regional conference entitled The Healthcare Technology Evolution: Smarter Solutions for Better Patient Care on September 18-19, 2008 at Caesars Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.

) January 30, 2009 -- With e-prescribing recognized as a vital component to improving the delivery of healthcare, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) launched the HIMSS E-Prescribing wiki. The work of the HIMSS e-Prescribing Task Force, the wiki's development was led by volunteer Chairperson Patricia Hale, MD, PhD, FACP Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College and Deputy Director of the Office of Health Information Technology Transformation, New York State Department of Health.

) March 1, 2009 -- Unitiv, a professional provider of business IT solutions, recently announced that they will be exhibiting at the annual HIMSS tradeshow. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare.

The show will be held in Chicago, IL at McCormick Place, April 4-8, 2009.

Unitiv, a gold level HIMSS Corporate member, will be featuring their most cost-effective solutions including Multi-Vendor Support (MVS) and Network Performance Improvement. Their booth will also feature prominent experts for each of these categories, including:

) May 12, 2009 -- New policies, people and programs highlight the administration’s current emphasis on healthcare transformation and the focus of the upcoming 2009 Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition. With the theme of Healthcare Transformation through Government Health IT, this conference, now presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, returns to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on June 4-5 in Washington, DC.

Intellicus showcased its product suite with enhanced feature and also launched a "Free Edition" reporting product in response to the current trend in the market at HIMSS 09

) 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.

) February 17, 2009 -- Living in the "Technology Age" benefits not only daily lives, but also, provides a significantly positive impact on healthcare in the United States. The electronic health record (EHR) offers the ability to track, monitor, trend and improve patient outcomes, as the following examples illustrate.

HIMSS Davies Awards

) January 26, 2009 -- With the economic stimulus package under consideration, healthcare IT was one of five domestic priorities identified in Tuesday's inaugural address, with President Obama noting that he is ready to "wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost."

) October 10, 2008 -- Honoring excellence in the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) announces the recipients of the 2008 Davies Awards in the Organizational, Ambulatory and Community Health Organization categories. The 2008 Davies Public Health Award recipients, announced Aug. 27, were Cherokee (NC) Indian Hospital Authority and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services in Trenton.

) June 2, 2009 -- With more than $19 billion available for US hospitals and ambulatory clinics to implement the electronic medical record, HIMSS Analytics cuts through the information clutter to clarify which technology applications are expected to receive more funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act with its Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market - 4th Edition. Captured from the HIMSS Analytics Database™, this data covers more than 5,100 hospitals and 32,000 medical facilities in the United States.

) April 8, 2009 -- International Biometric Group (IBG) is pleased to announce its upcoming webcast Biometrics and e-Prescribing. IBG consultant Ashraf El-Arini will discuss the role of biometrics in e-prescriptions, as well as the existing and potential roles of biometric security in the health care industry.

The health care industry is transitioning from hard token and paper-based authentication systems to electronic systems due to a documented increase in fraud relating to prescription claims. Once implemented, the recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will allocate $20 billion to fraud prevention, registry interoperability and computerized health records.

) March 30, 2009 -- iMedica Corporation, a leading developer of healthcare software solutions for physician practices, today announced the availability of its Patient Relationship Manager™ (PRM) 2009. PRM 2009 is the latest version of iMedica's award-winning Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) solution.

) April 3, 2009 -- TeleHealth Services, the nation’s leading provider of healthcare-grade televisions and on-demand patient and staff interactive education solutions, today announced they will be introducing the new version of their TIGR® system at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference in Chicago.

) April 1, 2009 -- iNTERFACEWARE is pleased to announce that its Iguana HL7 Interface Engine is to provide HL7 interoperability for the DoD's IHE demonstration of MiCare at the HIMSS Convention in Chicago next week.

Hl7 Interface Engine

) 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).

) April 3, 2009 -- iMedica Corporation, a leading developer of healthcare software solutions for physician practices, announced today the launch of Transition™, a new electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) system designed to eliminate long-standing implementation and cost barriers raised by physicians, as well as speed the adoption of EHRs within small- to medium-sized physician practices.

) 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.

Helper 7.5

) 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.

) January 28, 2009 -- Purkinje, a leading software and service partner to physicians, announced today that, for a limited time, it will offer free training and implementation services to all new customers, in an effort to accelerate Electronic Medical Records adoption and in support of the current administration's healthcare transformation initiatives. Practices that choose the Purkinje EMR during the month of February 2009 will receive free training and implementation services.

) 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.

) March 4, 2010 -- According to SDI’s Mobile & Social Media Study: Physicians’ Views of Emerging Technology, approximately 30% of physicians access medical information using a handheld device or smartphone. The most popular handheld device or smartphone is the Apple iPhone, with 31% of respondents owning one.

Not surprisingly, 95% of physicians who use handheld devices/smartphones download applications to access medical information. The most popular application reported is Epocrates, followed by Medscape and Skyscape.

) April 6, 2009 -- Orion Health, Inc., a market leader in providing clinical workflow and integration technology for eHealth, today announces that hospitals are using Concerto Whiteboard to improve the level of patient care and streamline workflow for more efficient management in emergency room and wards. The company makes this announcement from the 2009 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition at McCormick Place in Chicago, where they are exhibiting at booth number 2468.

Concerto Whiteboard

) March 31, 2009 -- Corepoint Health is launching a new product suite - Corepoint Decisions. Corepoint Health's latest product suite offers an innovative approach to leveraging the data flow between various healthcare applications into accessible, meaningful operational insights for healthcare decision-makers, which include: department leaders, operational executives, administrators, and other key operational analysts and managers.

Corepoint Decisions

) June 17, 2009 -- IVANS, Inc. has been regularly engaging its healthcare provider customers in discussions about healthcare reform, the importance of Medicare to their business and the steps providers should take in implementing technology to address short and long-term healthcare objectives.

IVANS Inc.

) January 15, 2009 -- IVANS, the leading provider of corporate connectivity solutions and services, notes that thousands of healthcare providers are choosing high-speed Internet technology over dial-up to access Medicare as they migrate to new Medicare Administrative Contractors. Since the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, the IVANS healthcare team has helped tens of thousands of providers with Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) consolidations and Enterprise Data Center (EDC) migrations, observing firsthand how these initiatives are impacting the healthcare community.

) May 28, 2009 -- Carefx Corporation, whose Fusionfx solution suite aggregates patient information across existing systems and offers clinicians single, clinically relevant views of patient information, today released the second in a series of white papers documenting the increasing involvement of healthcare chief information officers (CIOs) and chief medical information officers (CMIOs) in operations and physician engagement and decisions to initiate, postpone or cut IT projects.

) May 15, 2009 -- Agilex Technologies, Inc., an enterprise application, solutions and IT advisory firm, serving the government, healthcare and commercial sectors, today announced additional sales leadership hires as part of the company's substantial growth and continued expansion. To support the company's efforts on behalf of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Agilex recently appointed Mary L. Walker as Director of Special Programs and Ken Dougherty as Director of Public Health Solutions.

) July 22, 2009 -- To inspire a new generation of students to think about the benefits of healthcare software, Claricode is starting the Claricode Medical Software Essay Scholarship program which will award a total of $5000 in scholarships this year.    Five industry experts have generously donated their time to review the essay finalists:

Claricode

September 2, 2008 --
Saint John, N.B. – July 29, 2008 – When the Canadian government set up the not-for-profit Canada Health Infoway to lead the development of electronic health records across the country, the provinces jumped at the chance to get involved.
The idea was to support a safer, more efficient healthcare system, one that would reduce wait times, increase patient participation in health care, better manage chronic diseases, and improve access to care in remote and rural communities. The not-for-profit, federally funded organization jointly invests with every province and territory to accelerate the development and adoption of electronic health record projects in Canada .

) 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

) November 6, 2008 -- The Web Marketing Association announced that EUSA Pharma (USA), Inc.'s ("EUSA Pharma") new Quadramet Web site (www.quadrametinfo.com) was selected for Outstanding Achievement for Web site Development. Strategic Domain, the creators and e-Marketing advertising agency for EUSA Pharma was recognized for this achievement. Of the twenty-nine awards in the Pharmaceutical Category, the Quadramet Web site was the highest ranking site for any oncology-related product.

) September 24, 2009 -- Starting today, consumers can simply tweet healthcare questions such as "what is diabetes" to @askch and it will return a short description and a link to more information. Or tweet "cost of celebrex near 37209" and you get "average price of $163 in 37209" in return.

) October 9, 2008 -- Custom Learning Systems (CLS), the leading provider of on-site training, coaching, and service education in the Healthcare industry will introduce a robust HCAHPS management technology that will revolutionize how hospitals anticipate and manage the factors that impact their HCAHPS scores at the Healthcare Service Excellence Conference, November 5-7, 2008, Louisville, KY.

) 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.

) 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 1, 2008 -- Broadlane is pleased to recognize the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM) National Healthcare Resource and Materials Management Week October 5-11. This week is dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating resource and materials management professionals for their outstanding contributions to healthcare and the overall success of the healthcare supply chain.

) September 13, 2009 -- Healthcare Market Resources' Data Supports Recent Medicare Home Health Reform for Substantial Savings

Healthcare Market Resources, a leading provider of customized local market research for home health agencies and hospices, has conducted a state by state analysis of the Medicare Home Health Outlier payments.

Its research reveals that Washington's recent health care reform of a 2.5% cap on the outlier payments will in fact produce meaningful health care savings without negatively affecting patient access.

) November 9, 2008 -- Resilient Trust Networks announced today the addition of two executives to the Resilient management team; Dr. Eric Haseltine as Chief Scientist, and Dr. Grant Bagley as Chief Medical and Policy Officer.

) March 31, 2009 -- Applied Technology Holdings, Inc. (ATH) revealed it's plans today to develop a BodySensor™ and BodyBalance™ system from its new Digital Data Collection technology platform, for which the company has filed multiple patent applications. Based on a study from the New England Journal of Medicine, only 9 percent of the nation's hospitals have electronic health records, on a survey of nearly 3,000 hospitals. The study, financed by the federal government and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is the most definitive measure to date of the use of computerized patient records by hospitals. The government-backed study found use of electronic health records to be far less prevalent than some earlier, less rigorous surveys had found.

) November 4, 2008 -- Lifeclinic International, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of automated blood pressure monitors and health testing stations, is this year's Gold Sponsor of the Harvard Business School Health Conference. The Conference will be held at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, November 6 - 8, 2008.

Lifeclinic President Philander Claxton says, "We're once again honored to be the Conference's lead sponsor. The Conference brings together some of the world's top leaders from every sector of the healthcare industry to promote in-depth discussion and the exchange of ideas regarding today's top healthcare issues."