Verisk Health, based in Waltham, Mass., has announced that its Sightlines Performance Measurement solution, designed to enable managed care organizations to review results quickly and easily for Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measurement and reporting solutions, has been fully certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
Management Health Solutions, a Fairfield, Conn.-based provider of supply chain optimization solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems, has launched Point-of-Use Bill-Only item software. The new application, designed as an add-on to the company’s Point-of-Use clinical module, helps healthcare providers manage bill-only items, vendor-managed inventory and samples in such areas as orthopedic implants, spinal instrumentation and specialty cardiology.
Benefitfocus, based in Charleston, S.C., has announced that CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which serves more than 3.4 million customers in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, is expanding its use of the Benefitfocus Platform to offer Benefitfocus eBilling to its direct-to-consumer market.
Navvis & Company, a St. Louis-based national management consulting company specializing in healthcare strategy and execution, has acquired the Morgan Executive Development Institute, a Ponte Vedra, Fla.-based executive coaching and leadership development organization.
HP has been awarded a $30 million, 52-month services agreement from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to create a statewide Medicaid health information exchange.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has announced that, after pulling out of Chicago for its 2012 convention, it plans to return to Chicago for its annual conference in 2015 and 2019. HIMSS, which attracts more than 30,000 to its convention, made the decision after city and state officials made improvements to McCormick Place.
Wolters Kluwer Health, based in Philadelphia, has announced that Lancaster Hospital in Lancaster, Pa., has selected ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as its electronic order set solution.
Accenture, based in Reston, Va., and Ashland, Ore.-based Plexis Healthcare Systems have launched a joint solution, Accenture’s Public Health Platform, designed to optimize the efficiency, cost and reliability of Medicaid Management Information Systems.
MED3000, based in Pittsburgh, has announced that its InteGreat Electronic Health Record, version 6.4, has been certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology as a complete EHR that meets Stage 1 meaningful use measures required for incentives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Henry Schein MicroMD, a Boardman, Ohio-based provider of practice management and electronic medical records systems, has announced that version 7.5 of the company’s EMR system has been certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology as a modular EHR that meets Stage 1 meaningful use measures required for incentives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
DST HealthCare of Kansas City, Mo., the holding company for DST Health Solutions and Argus Health Systems, has unveiled the Medical Drug Management Service, a customizable, rules-based solution designed to clinically edit and price medical drug claims.
The Huron Consulting Group, based in Chicago, has released “Leading the Healthcare Enterprise Through Unprecedented Change: Insights from the Wellspring+Stockamp, Huron Healthcare CEO Forum.”
Physicians Practice, a Baltimore-based healthcare journal, is joining forces with the Wisconsin-based Marshfield Clinic to offer essential practice management tools to doctors in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Through the partnership, the Marshfield Clinic will mail the monthly journal to about 2,200 local healthcare providers in Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and make available digital resources that include practice management e-newsletters and access to PhysiciansPractice.com.
Picis, based in Wakefield, Mass., has announced that it has achieved federal meaningful use certification for its emergency department information system and perioperative and critical care products as electronic health record products, enabling hospitals using the company’s technology to qualify for government incentive funding under the American Recovery and reinvestment Act.
Press Ganey, a provider of satisfaction surveys and quality improvement services for the healthcare industry, has launched a new B2B e-commerce site, powered by Big Machines, to provide doctors, hospitals and healthcare clinics with the ability to purchase satisfaction surveys and related services.
Novation, an Irving, Texas-based healthcare supply contracting company serving members of VHA, the University HealthSystem Consortium and Provista, has awarded agreements in computed tomography equipment and accessories to Philips Medical Systems of Andover, Mass., Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, Pa., GE Healthcare of Milwaukee and Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, Calif.
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