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Optimizing Sepsis Treatment: A National Leader’s Perspective

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, September 25, 2014.

Sometimes referred to as blood poisoning, sepsis is the body’s often-deadly response to infection. As many as 1.6 million Americans are affected by sepsis, and more than 258,000 of them die from it, every year. Yet sepsis remains not only misunderstood by the public—a recent study by Harris Poll on behalf of the Sepsis Alliance in June 2014 found that only 44 percent of Americans had even heard of sepsis—it also remains challenging for physicians and other clinicians to work with. There are a variety of reasons that sepsis remains such a huge, unmanaged problem, in hospitals and emergency departments. But there are those who are working to change the situation. And there are things that IT professionals, especially clinical informaticists, can do, to turn things around.

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Healthcare DIY: Empowering Consumers to Optimize their Healthcare through Health Information

Posted in Client News Coverage on Monday, September 08, 2014.

There’s no doubt that consumers of a certain age take comfort in going to the doctor, agreeing with their diagnosis, and following his or her treatment plan to the letter without doubts or hesitation. But this paternalistic approach to healthcare is starting to erode as younger generations of patients are beginning to handle the provision of care as they do any other major purchase.

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HID Global and Chapman University Collaborate to Develop A Technology Incubation Environment for Students

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, August 28, 2014.

AUSTIN, Texas, and ORANGE, CA, August 28, 2014 HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, and Chapman University today announced a collaboration that gives Chapman University MBA students access to HID Trusted Tag Services™.  The program is aimed at challenging the students to identify key market opportunities and develop an action plan to expand the influence of its HID Trusted Tag Services™, beyond the company’s proven Electronic Visitor Verification (EVV) and Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) use cases, within the Internet of Things (IoT) space.

Healthsense Appoints Peter H. Soderberg Chairman of the Board

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, August 27, 2014.

Minneapolis, Minn. – Aug. 27, 2014 – Healthsense, Inc., announced today the appointment of Peter H. Soderberg, Managing Partner of Worthy Venture Resources, LLC, as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Soderberg replaces Kenneth Burdick, President and COO of WellCare Health Plans (NYSE MKT: WCG), who served as Healthsense Board Chair since 2012.

Healthsense Closes $10 Million Financing with Boston-Based Mansa Capital

Posted in Press Releases on Tuesday, August 19, 2014.

Boston, Mass. & Minneapolis, Minn. – Aug. 19, 2014 Healthsense,® Inc., the fastest growing provider of technology-enabled care solutions for the senior care continuum, announced today that it has closed on $10 million in financing led by Mansa Capital, a Boston-based  private equity firm focused on the $2.8 trillion U.S. healthcare market. Previous investors Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Radius Ventures LLC also participated in the round.

HID Trusted Tag Services Enable iZipline's “Internet of Things” Platform to Deliver Secure Mobile Consumer Engagement

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, August 13, 2014.

AUSTIN, Texas, August 13, 2014 – HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced that iZipline™ will integrate HID Trusted Tag Services™ into its cloud-based software platform that enables mobile consumer engagement via Near Field Communications (NFC) technology. Initially, trusted tags will be used for authentication of PackageTagz™, iZipline’s patent-pending technology for pouch packaging that provides instant engagement between brands and consumers’ mobile devices for product recall, track and trace, brand protection, mobile marketing and related analytics.

Expert Column: Paperless Medication Education

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, August 13, 2014.

A number of regulations currently govern retail pharmacy operations to ensure that each facility meets the minimum requirements for safe practice. Included in these are guidelines mandating that patients be provided with information on their prescription medications.

What is not mandated, however, is the format of that information. This gap has led to a common misperception that is negatively impacting pharmacy budgets and patient health literacy: That medication education leaflets must be provided in paper form.

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A number of regulations currently govern retail pharmacy operations to ensure that each facility meets the minimum requirements for safe practice. Included in these are guidelines mandating that patients be provided with information on their prescription medications. - See more at: http://www.progressivegrocer.com/viewpoints-blogs/guest-viewpoints/expert-column-paperless-medication-education?cc=10#sthash.FJW1i5St.dpuf
A number of regulations currently govern retail pharmacy operations to ensure that each facility meets the minimum requirements for safe practice. Included in these are guidelines mandating that patients be provided with information on their prescription medications. - See more at: http://www.progressivegrocer.com/viewpoints-blogs/guest-viewpoints/expert-column-paperless-medication-education?cc=10#sthash.FJW1i5St.dpuf
A number of regulations currently govern retail pharmacy operations to ensure that each facility meets the minimum requirements for safe practice. Included in these are guidelines mandating that patients be provided with information on their prescription medications. - See more at: http://www.progressivegrocer.com/viewpoints-blogs/guest-viewpoints/expert-column-paperless-medication-education?cc=10#sthash.FJW1i5St.dpuf
A number of regulations currently govern retail pharmacy operations to ensure that each facility meets the minimum requirements for safe practice. Included in these are guidelines mandating that patients be provided with information on their prescription medications. - See more at: http://www.progressivegrocer.com/viewpoints-blogs/guest-viewpoints/expert-column-paperless-medication-education?cc=10#sthash.FJW1i5St.dpuf

New Health Language Solution Enables Accurate and Efficient Capture of Diagnosis Codes throughout the Continuum of Care

Posted in Press Releases on Friday, August 08, 2014.

DENVER – Aug. 8, 2014 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it will demonstrate its new Provider Search Assistant in booth #607 during the Siemens Innovations ’14 for Healthcare IT meeting taking place in Tampa, FL, August 10-13, 2014.

Amphion Named Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity Employer of the Year

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, August 06, 2014.

MADISON, Wis. – (Aug. 6, 2014)Amphion Medical Solutions, a leading provider of advanced transcription and coding solutions and services, announced today it received its second “Employer of the Year” Award from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI). The award is presented to a Corporate or Individual Professional member who employs healthcare documentation specialists for outstanding commitment to the professional development of its workforce.

HealthPlan Services Named a Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite by American Heart Association

Posted in Press Releases on Monday, August 04, 2014.

TAMPA, Fla. – Aug, 4, 2014 – HealthPlan ServicesSM (HPS) announced today that the American Heart Association (AHA) has named it a Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite, joining an elite group of companies recognized for their focus on providing employees with a healthy workplace. As a Gold level award recipient, HPS was also recognized for the important steps it has taken to create a culture of wellness.

The Burgeoning Role Of HIM In Population Health Management

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.

Effective population health management begins at the point of care, where strong governance processes must be established to guide how data is collected, structured, accessed, maintained, and analyzed. Many healthcare organizations continue to struggle with creation of these policies, hampered by the sheer volume of data and the pace at which change is taking place. By Subbu Ravi, COO, Amphion Medical Solutions

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UpToDate Adds Palliative Care as a Specialty

Posted in Press Releases on Thursday, July 24, 2014.

July 24, 2014 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has added Palliative Care to UpToDate®, its evidence-based clinical decision support resource, marking the 22nd medical specialty available to UpToDate subscribers. The newly launched specialty covers a range of topics focused on improving symptoms and providing the best possible quality of life for patients facing serious illness.

Enterprise Terminology Management

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, July 17, 2014.

Terminology is core to everything in healthcare - from diagnoses to procedures to outcomes, healthcare IT systems represent clinical concepts in coded terminologies or free text. The lack of a common clinical vocabulary across disparate systems is currently a primary roadblock to the national efforts to increase interoperability, transparency and collaboration within our healthcare system.

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Clinical Informatics: Data in Action

Posted in Client News Coverage on Thursday, July 17, 2014.

If there is one emerging pattern within the clinical informatics field, it is the quest to make data "actionable" for users. With all the technology infrastructure development over the past decade to facilitate electronic health record installation in healthcare facilities, providers are finding that the data generated often can't be used in a timely and constructive manner.

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Tapestry Senior Housing Management Selects Healthsense as Remote Monitoring Technology Partner

Posted in Press Releases on Wednesday, July 09, 2014.

Mendota Heights, Minn. – July 9, 2014 – Healthsense,® Inc., the fastest growing provider of technology-enabled care solutions for the senior care continuum, announced today that Tapestry Senior Housing Management, LLC will deploy its Healthsense eNeighbor® remote monitoring platform within the organization’s senior living communities in Florida and Arizona.