Wells Fargo, based in Emeryville, Calif., has unveiled the Wells Fargo Practice Finance brand. Previously known as Matsco, which was acquired three years ago by Wells Fargo as part of the Greater Bay Bancorp acquisition, the newly named company offers financing and support for healthcare professionals looking to start, grow or purchase a private practice.
BankUnited, based in Miami Lakes, Fla., has acquired a small business-lending platform from the Butler Capital Corporation and a municipal leasing business from the Koch Financial Corporation. These businesses will serve as the foundation for the bank to provide lease financing services to small businesses, municipalities and government entities on a national basis.
Just Associates, Inc., a Centennial, Colo.-based consulting firm specializing in patient data integrity solutions for the health information management, health informatics and health information technology markets, has unveiled IDMaster, a new software solution designed to optimize workflow when reviewing and validating potential duplicate patient records.
Brainware, Inc., an Ashburn, Va.-based provider of intelligent data capture and enterprise search solutions, has announced that the Cook Children’s Health Care System in Fort Worth, Texas, has installed the company’s Brainware Distiller solution for the processing of invoices.
CSC, based in Falls Church, Va., has launched the Premium Billing 360 solution, designed to help health plans meet complex billing demands of product innovations and healthcare reform while also management revenue.
Versus Technology, based in Traverse City, Mich., has announced that Pacific Medical Center has deployed the Versus Advantages Real-Time Locating System at Canyon Park Clinic in Bothell, Wash.
Allscripts, based in Chicago, has announced that the Allscripts Professional EHR electronic health record solution, version 9.2, has been certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology as 2011/2012-compliant and a Complete EHR. In addition, the company has announced that the St. Charles Health System in Bend, Ore., which operates four hospitals, has selected the Allscripts EHR and Practice Management solutions.
Wolters Kluwer Health, based in Philadelphia, has announced that Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Brunswick, N.J., has selected the company’s ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding at its Ambulatory Surgical Pavilion.
Wellsoft, of Somerset, N.J., has announced that the company’s EDIS version 11 emergency department information system has been certified 2011/2012-compliant as an EHR module by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology.
Language Line Services of Monterey, Calif., has announced a partnership with the Adventist Health System to offer the system’s 43 hospitals and numerous clinics access to the company’s suite of interpreting and translation services. The company has also announced plans to expand its sales and marketing division by as much as 20 percent to capitalize on anticipated new growth in the interpretation market.
Henry Schein Medical Systems, of Boardman, Ohio, has announced an expansion of the company’s MicroMD EMR solutions for use in a wide array of specialized clinical settings such as dermatology, OB/GYN, neurology and nephrology.
The Midmark Corporation of Versailles, Ohio, has announced a partnership with Birmingham, Ala.-based SuccessEHS to integrate the Midmark IQspiro digital spirometer with the SuccessEHS Practice Management and EHR solution.
RemitDATA, Inc., a Dallas-based provider of reimbursement and use data and analysis solutions for the outpatient healthcare market, has launched WebScan PRO, a document imaging application programming interface designed to improve the processing of EOBs.
Medinformatix, a Los Angeles-based provider of healthcare software solutions, has announced a partnership with PhoneTree, a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based developer of automated telecommunication tools, to integrate Medinformatix’s Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management platforms with PhoneTree Patient Messaging.
Health Care Systems, Inc., based in Montgomery, Ala., has announced that version 4 of the HCS eMR has been certified as 2011/2012-compliant as an EMR Module by the Certification Commission for Health Information technology.
Cardinal Health, headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, has announced plans to integrate its pharmaceutical distribution services with other technology products in a hospital pharmacy, including carousels, robots, inventory management systems and repackaging equipment. Cardinal Health’s CardinalASSIST service currently enables automated medication ordering and streamlines replenishment of Pyxis MedStation systems from CareFusion.
Zotec Partners, an Indianapolis-based provider of medical billing, practice management and radiology information systems software and services, has signed three-year billing services contracts with the West Coast Radiology Center of Santa Ana/Tustin, Calif., and the Santa Ana Tustin Radiology Medical Group, which provides radiology reads for Western Medical Center- Santa Ana in Santa Ana, Calif.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., based in Ramsey, N.J., has announced a partnership with Florida Heart and Vascular Associates of Tampa, Fla., to consolidate its digital imaging fleet with the Konica Minolta bizhub C451 and bizhub C353 MFPs and integrate electronic document management solutions across the medical practice.
HID Global, of Irvine, Calif., has announced that parent company ASSA ABLOY has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ActivIdentity, a California-based developer of strong authentication and credential management services.
BeyondTrust, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based provider of privilege delegation and authorization management solutions, has launched version 4.9 of its PowerBroker Desktops solution, featuring integration with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
Chamberlin Edmonds and Associates, an Atlanta-based provider of patient eligibility and enrollment services to hospitals, has expanded its long-time relationship with the University HealthSystem Consortium, offering self-pay patient services for the entire 107-medical center system.
Craneware, Inc., an Atlanta-based developer of automated revenue cycle management solutions, has released version 3 of its Pharmacy ChargeLink solution, with new functions designed to improve visibility into drug spending, preferences, pricing and coding.
Health Access Solutions, based in Foster City, Calif., has announced that the Individual Practice Association Medical Group of Santa Clara County in California has gone live with version 5.0 of the company’s Access Express solution, which provides a technology platform designed to integrate care management with Excellicare software.
The Nuance Corporation of Burlington, Mass., has announced a strategic technology collaboration with IBM, in which the two companies will work to develop clinical language understanding (CLU) solutions designed to enable healthcare providers to understand and use clinical information in dictated patient reports.
Merge Healthcare, a Milwaukee-based developer of diagnostic workflow solutions, has been selected to provide perioperative solutions to St. Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey. St. Barnabas will deploy the Merge Anesthesia Information Management System with medication management and patient portal modules. The company has also announced new contracts for its etrials myEDC solution and released a new version of its etrials Enterprise EDC solution.
Proventix Systems, Inc., of Chicago has announced a partnership with the University of Chicago Medical Center in an initiative to improve hand-hygiene quality and compliance monitoring. The pilot will focus on the use of Proventix’s nGage system in one clinical unit at the medical center.
Reliability Center, a Hopewell, Va.-based provider of enterprise risk management solutions, training and consulting services for healthcare providers, has launched PROACTOnDemand, an SaaS-based root cause analysis version of its applications.
WellDoc, a Baltimore-based developer of mobile technology solutions designed to help people with chronic diseases manage their health at home, has announced a strategic alliance with AT&T to market and sell its mHealth solution, including the WellDoc DiabetesManager System.
VHA, Inc., based in Irving, Texas, has announced that the NorthShore University HealthSystem, headquartered in Evanston, Ill., has selected the company’s PriceLYNX price benchmarking service.
New Century Hospice, a Dallas-based provider of hospice care to patients in nine centers in Texas, has closed on $20 million in Series A financing, led by Scale Venture Partners and Petra Capital Partners. New Century will use the funds to continue expansion of stand-alone hospice care centers in Texas and neighboring states.
API Healthcare, a Hartford, Wis.-based provider of workforce management solutions, has recently signed contracts with more than 30 healthcare clients, including Meadville Medical Center in Meadville, Pa., Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, Port Huron Hospital in Port Huron, Mich., the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System in Salinas, Calif., Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Prolink OneSource Staffing Solutions of Moreno Valley, Calif., The Fortus Group of Utica, N.Y., Cariant Health Partners of Omaha, Neb., Knowledge Services of Indianapolis, the Edward Health Services Corp. of Naperville, Ill., Rice Memorial Hospital in Wilmar, Minn., The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago and Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tenn.
Wells Fargo, based in Emeryville, Calif., has announced the unveiling of the Wells Fargo Practice Finance brand, previously known as Matsco. The service is designed to help provide financing and support for healthcare professionals seeking to launch, grow or acquire a private practice.
Geonetric, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based developer of online resources for healthcare providers, has announced that the Altru Health System of Grand Forks, N.D., has selected the company to develop a new Web presence for the health system.
The Hartford, a Hartford, Conn.-based insurance and health management company, has announced the addition of several healthcare-specific coverage options to its Property Choice policy, designed for mid-sized businesses. They include coverage for patient or resident emergency evacuation with the facility is threatened by a covered cause of loss; coverage for clean-up or a contaminated building or equipment in the event of a disease outbreak; decontamination expense coverage; reimbursement for drugs, medical devices and supplies that are condemned or required to be withheld from the market by governmental authority; and coverage for loss or damage of perishable stock due to a loss of power.
The University HealthSystem Consortium, based in Oak Brook, Ill., has announced that Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health has selected UHC and its supply contracting company, Novation, to provide supply chain services to its multi-hospital network.
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