The CBORD Group, an Ithaca, N.Y.-based provider of food and nutrition management and cashless card systems to healthcare facilities, has announced a multi-year, sole-source agreement with Consorta, Inc, a healthcare resource management and group purchasing organization. Consorta members, who comprise 530 acute-care facilities, 250 extended-care facilities and 2,500 other sites of care across the country, will receive discounted prices on CBORD software solutions.
Purkinje, a St. Louis-based provider of clinical and billing software and services, has announced it will be working with the American Academy of Periodontology to promote its medication dispensing program to AAP members.
Shiftwise, a Portland, Ore.-based provider of online healthcare staffing management services, has announced that the Detroit based Oakwood Healthcare System is using the Shiftwise service to manage its internal supplemental contingency pool and external staffing agencies.
The Kryptiq Corporation, a Portland, Ore.-based provider of workflow and connectivity solutions, has announced that Regence, the largest not-for-profit health insurance carrier in the Pacific Northwest and mountain state regions, has selected Kryptiq's Choreo Contract Manager as part of the organization's plan to align provider information strategy with IT strategy to improve overall quality of patient care and cost savings.
Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, Inc. has announced that the Ohio Gastroenterology Group, Inc. has gone live on athenahealth's on-demand practice management service to improve the workflow and financial performance of their three locations throughout Columbus, Ohio. Ohio Gastroenterology recently switched from a legacy software-based practice management system and will use athenahealth's athenaCollector SM billing and practice management system.
Neurostar Solutions of Atlanta has announced that MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, a group purchasing and supply chain management organization, has selected the company as a contracted vendor to provide its Virtual Radiology Network to MedAssets' 27,000 acute care hospital and alternate care healthcare provider customers.
Ingenix, of Eden Prairie, Minn., has announced that its subsidiary ENS has received full accreditation from The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). Ingenix has also announced that it will offer a free evaluation license for its MM APS-DRGs (Medicare Modified All-Payer Severity-Adjusted Diagnosis Related Groups) severity-adjusted reimbursement solution to hospitals, managed-care plans and hospital associations.
Legacy Consulting Services of Plano, Texas has announced the addition of AdminisTEP's new "Smart" capabilities, which help health plans reduce claims rejections, automatically route claims to the appropriate people for resolution and track claims from submission through payment.
Productivity Press of New York has launched a new division, Healthcare Performance Press, offering resources to help improve the overall financial health, performance and quality of healthcare organizations in lean healthcare, quality management, financial management, information management and patient safety and quality.
Avega Health Systems of Atlanta, a subsidiary of MedAssets, Inc., has released Alliance Decision Support 4, designed to help providers accelerate decision-making enterprise-wide for business process improvement and margin enhancement.
Emageon, Inc. of Birmingham, Ala. has reported a record $33.5 million in revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006, a 36 percent increase over fourth quarter 2005 revenue ($24.5 million). For the year, the company reported $123.5 million in revenue, a 65 percent increase over 2005's revenue amount of $75.1 million.
Henry Schein, Inc. of Melville, N.Y. has reported $1.5 billion in net sales for the fourth quarter of 2006, an 11.6 percent increase over sales for the fourth quarter of 2005. Fourth quarter diluted EPS from continuing operations increased 25 percent to 70 cents per share.
The Eclipsys Corporation of Boca Raton, Fla. has reported fourth-quarter 2006 revenues of $115.9 million, a $10.8 million increase over the fourth quarter of 2005. The results included a restructuring charge of about $6.1 million, consisting of about $2.5 million resulting from excess office space consolidations and about $3.6 million in severance costs related to the termination in employment of certain management personnel. The office closures and employment terminations are expected to help the company to finance planned increases in software research and development and client service investment, including expansion of operations in India.
Sentillion, Inc. of Andover, Mass. and CTG HealthCare Solutions, Inc. of Cincinnati have announced a partnership that combines Sentillion's role-based provisioning technology with CTG's consulting services to create a comprehensive Identity Management offering for healthcare organizations.