Press Releases

TAMPA, Fla. – July 26, 2010 – HealthPlan Services (HPS), a leading provider of outsourcing solutions to insurers in the individual, small business, association and union trust markets, announced today that it has entered an agreement to provide comprehensive business process services to Freelancers Union, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to meeting the needs of America’s independent workforce though advocacy, information and service.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 12—A new solution from Kodak and MedCo Data will help physician groups and other ambulatory practices automate conversion of paper-based patient charts to digital files for secure storage and seamless export into electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR) systems. Unveiled in late June at the TechData Technology Solutions Tour, the Patient Chart Scanning Solution uses KODAK Capture Pro Software and KODAK Scanners to capture data from patient charts and transfer it automatically into the HIPAA-compliant MedCo Data Vault, where it can be stored and retrieved as needed.

TAMPA, Fla. – July 7, 2010 – HealthPlan Holdings, Inc. (HealthPlan), a leading provider of outsourcing solutions to insurers in the individual, small business and union trust markets, announced today that it has acquired GEMGroup. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, GEMGroup specializes in accounting, pension and 401(k) administration software and services to self-funded and Taft-Hartley employee benefit plans for unionized workers.

MIAMI – (July 6, 2010) – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine a $1.5 million grant to advance preclinical trials testing the prophylactic and therapeutic efficacy of Heat Biologics’ anti-viral vaccine to treat HIV. The grant enables Heat to expand what is already the largest preclinical trial of its kind ever funded by the NIH.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – June 23, 2010– Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Saint Francis Health System has selected its ProVation® MD software for comprehensive cardiology procedure documentation and coding at Saint Francis Hospital.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN –June 14, 2010 – Physician adoption and leveraging healthcare IT (HIT) to comply with changing regulatory and accreditation mandates were among the top priorities identified by the clinicians and healthcare executives who gathered in Chicago for the Wolters Kluwer Health Client Advisory Board.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN –June 9, 2010 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that Sibley Memorial Hospital has selected ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, as its electronic order set solution. The hospital will implement the latest version of the software, which includes the unique One Click Updates tool, enabling easy and automatic updating to keep order sets current with the latest medical evidence.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – June 8, 2010– Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the Endoscopy Center of North Baltimore has selected its ProVation® MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding, and its ProVation® EHR electronic health record and patient charting solution.

Waltham, Mass. (June 8, 2010) — UpToDate, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announced today that it has been selected by IASIS Healthcare® LLC (“IASIS”) to provide clinical decision support in IASIS’ 16 US hospitals. Wolters Kluwer Health is a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health and pharmacy.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. – June 2, 2010 – Beth Just, CEO and President, Just Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in data integrity and data quality solutions for the Health Information Exchange, Health Information Management (HIM), Health Informatics and Health Information Technology markets, has been appointed to The College of St. Scholastica Board of Trustees.