GenerationOne, based in Miami, has reported positive results from a mobilized diabetes care management pilot program conducted by the ECHO Healthcare Education Foundation for a member employers of the Employers Coalition for Healthcare Options using the GenerationOne Mobile Health Solution. Based on the results, the foundation is expanding the mobile care management solution to three additional member employers.
Emdeon, a Nashville-based provider of revenue and payment cycle solutions, has announced an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of The Sentinel Group, a developer of data analytics solutions and technology targeting healthcare fraud and abuse, from Optimal Business Services, Inc.
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) has launched SyncHRO, a self-service solution that bundles together all human resources services into an integrated portal for HR professional and company employees.
Creative Healthcare Systems (CHS), based in Springfield, Mo., has announced that Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler, Mo., has selected the company's MedGenix financial and patient management system to provide patient access, revenue cycle management and financial accounting services.
Lifespan, based in Palm Desert, Calif., is marketing the Medical ScreenPhone, an Internet access telephony product designed as a medical verification, authorizing and billing solution as well as a home care communications tool.
General Electric has announced that it will commit $6 billion over the next six years on healthcare innovation that will include IT initiatives as part of its "healthymagination" program. The initiative includes $3 billion in research and development to launch at least 100 innovations that lower cost, increase access and improve quality, $2 billion to finance IT and access in rural and underserved areas, and $1 billion for partnerships, content and services.
Sedona Learning Services, an Indianapolis-based company focused on IT training, has announced that it is expanding its services to the healthcare industry to include strategic planning, project management, instructional design and curriculum development, instructional delivery, physician education and e-learning.
API Healthcare, a Hartford, Wis.-based provider of human capital management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that the Fremont-Rideout Health Group of Yuba City, Calif., the Bermuda Hospitals Board and Nyack Hospital in Nyack, N.Y., have signed contracts for the company's software and services.
Homeland HealthCare, a Richardson, Texas-based provider of limited-benefit health insurance coverage, is partnering with Hammerman & Gainer, a Lutcher, La.-based third-party administrator, to provide healthcare providers with point-of-sale visibility into insurance reimbursement and patient self-pay responsibilities. The new program, sold under the name Homeland SureCare and powered by technology from Norwalk, Conn.-based TransEngen, Inc., will offer providers a Web-based portal that allows for real-time eligibility and claims verification.
Entra Health Systems of San Diego has launched MyGlucoStore.com, an online diabetic products store that is available to residents of the United States, Europe and the Caribbean.
AMICAS, Inc., a Boston-based developer of image and information management solutions, has announced a new contract with TRACT Radiology, LLC of Tulsa, Okla., to implement AMICAS Financials to streamline billing operations.
Chamberlin Edmonds and Associates, an Atlanta-based provider of patient eligibility services to hospitals, has announced that Citrus Valley Medical Center in Covina, Calif., has contracted with the company to help obtain reimbursement for under- and uninsured patients.
Internet Payment Exchange (IPayX), a Toledo, Ohio-based provider of electronic billing and payment technology and customer service solutions, has announced that Alpena Regional Medical Center in Alpena, Mich., has selected the second generation of the company's eCareview Healthcare Billing Portal.
Vantage ID Applications, a Chula Vista, Calif.-based barcode and AIDC solutions provider, has signed an agreement with Zebra Technologies to become a Zebra Card Associate Business Development Partner.
U.S. Bank, based in Minneapolis, has announced its support for Project SwipeIT, an initiative through the Medical Group Management Association that seeks to deploy by 2010 standardized, machine-readable patient identification cards that are compliant with the guidelines developed by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI).