Avantas, a leading provider of strategic labor management technology, services and strategies for the healthcare industry, today announced that it has implemented the full suite of customer service support applications from PhaseWare, Inc. as part of its ongoing efforts to set the standard for the best customer service support in the industry. All Avantas clients using Smart Square®, the industry’s only complete, end-to-end labor management solution developed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals, will now be supported by the PhaseWare Tracker™ Solution Suite, a customer service and support software application that provides greater transparency into the customer service process with centralized customer support information and live ticket tracking.

Leading Labor Management Company Continues to Raise the Bar for Customer Support by Implementing Best in Class Customer Service Software that Enables Greater Transparency, Enhanced Operational Efficiencies, and Streamlined Communication

OMAHA, Neb. – May, 2012 – Avantas, a leading provider of strategic labor management technology, services and strategies for the healthcare industry, today announced that it has implemented the full suite of customer service support applications from PhaseWare, Inc. as part of its ongoing efforts to set the standard for the best customer service support in the industry.  All Avantas clients using Smart Square®, the industry’s only complete, end-to-end labor management solution developed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals, will now be supported by the PhaseWare Tracker™ Solution Suite, a customer service and support software application that provides greater transparency into the customer service process with centralized customer support information and live ticket tracking.

“At Avantas, we are not only committed to providing our clients with the industry’s most robust labor management software, but we have also built a strong reputation for  supporting our solutions with the most comprehensive and collaborative technology available as evidenced by this partnership with PhaseWare. By embedding PhaseWare’s application suite into our software, we are ensuring that our customers will receive reliable, complete, and timely customer service support 24/7/365,” said Jackie Larson, Vice President of Client Services, Avantas. “With our flexible SaaS-based software, we are able to integrate PhaseWare’s best practices into Smart Square, ensuring that our entire client base immediately benefits from PhaseWare’s transparency and efficiency.”

Avantas implemented the entire PhaseWare Tracker Solution Suite which includes: ticket tracking and management capabilities to enable complete transparency into the incident resolution status; workflow automation to enable greater efficiency and communications between departments; reporting functionality to track customer service issues, progress and resolution; and automated alerts that escalate incidents according to predetermined and customizable business rules. The application suite also enables Smart Square users to standardize and monitor communications between departments.

“Avantas has done a great job of integrating the PhaseWare application suite into its business process.  We are excited to have Avantas as part of the PhaseWare family and look forward to a long-term relationship,” said Hoyt Mann, President, PhaseWare, Inc.

About PhaseWare, Inc.

PhaseWare, Inc. is headquartered in McKinney, TX. The company provides customer service and support software solutions optimized for the small to enterprise business. PhaseWare Tracker and Self Service Center provides incident management process automation, incident tracking, and resolution of trouble tickets from origin to close, plus self-service and live chat customer service and support options.

About Avantas

Avantas is an Omaha, Neb.-based company devoted to serving the healthcare industry.  Its proprietary scheduling and productivity solution, Smart Square®, is the only comprehensive labor management platform developed by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals. Additionally, its consultation services provide its clients tailored best practice labor management strategies designed to drive substantial and sustaining cost and quality improvements across the enterprise. For more information, please visit the Avantas website at www.Avantas.biz.

ProVation® Order Sets solution will deliver clinical decision support to MEDITECH users

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 16, 2012 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has signed an agreement with MEDITECH to offer integration between MEDITECH version 5.64 (Client/Server and MAGIC) and ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support. This integration enables hospitals to author order sets via the ProVation software, then make finished order sets available to physicians in MEDITECH’s Physician Care Manager application through an automated process.

ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, is an easily customizable order set authoring and management solution that provides flexible integration into clinical processes to streamline the delivery of standardized care for improved patient safety, outcomes, clinician performance and regulatory compliance. ProVation Order Sets is built upon ProVation Medical’s award-winning, clinician-designed technology platform. A key benefit is continuous updating of clinical content and medical evidence, including direct links to UpToDate, the resource of choice for more than 600,000 users worldwide.

MEDITECH provides integrated EHR solutions to meet the information needs of healthcare organizations around the world. A global leader in the electronic healthcare records industry, MEDITECH understands the complexities of healthcare organizations and develops the informatics tools needed to deliver patient care safely and efficiently. From large integrated delivery networks to community hospitals, MEDITECH EHR solutions support the entire continuum of healthcare, including physician practices, clinics, hospitals, home health agencies, long-term care and behavioral health facilities.

“The greatest benefits of the integration with our MEDITECH and ProVation Order Set systems are the direct linking to evidence from UpToDate and the timely updates to links and evidence,” said Pam Wetzel, M.D., CMIO, SwedishAmerican Hospital. “The overall effect is increased usability of both systems, and the assurance that our orders can be maintained based on a trusted and relevant source of evidence.”

MEDITECH and Wolters Kluwer Health completed integration work through a collaborative effort that utilized MEDITECH’s interface specifications.  Integration capability has been client tested, with users successfully exporting order sets from ProVation into MEDITECH Client/Server and MAGIC version 5.64.

“MEDITECH is a recognized leader in CPOE, and an integral part of the health IT plans of our many joint hospital clients,” said Mike Haldane, Vice President and General Manager, Clinical Documentation, Wolters Kluwer Health Clinical Solutions.  “We are very pleased to have completed this integration with MEDITECH’s Physician Care Manager.”

About ProVation Medical

ProVation^® Medical provides procedure documentation and clinical decision support solutions for hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. ProVation MD, ProVation MultiCaregiver and ProVation EHR software reduce transcription, paper storage and image printing costs and deliver a high Return on Investment (ROI). ProVation^® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, put evidence-based healthcare into practice by establishing and maintaining standards of care.

ProVation^® Medical is part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry. Wolters Kluwer Health is part of Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company with 2011 annual revenues of €3.4 billion ($4.7 billion).

About MEDITECH

MEDITECH has been the leader in the EHR industry since 1969. MEDITECH’s applications unify clinical, administrative, and financial information across the healthcare continuum, including acute care, long-term care, home health care, and physician practices. Today, more than 2,300 institutions worldwide use MEDITECH’s information systems. For additional information on MEDITECH products and services, visit www.meditech.com.

VitalHealth Software, a leading global provider of web-based solutions for health management established by Mayo Clinic and the Noaber Foundation, today announced that Blair Butterfield has joined the company as President of its North American division. Butterfield joins VitalHealth at a time of rapidly increasing demand for the company’s platform and application solutions.

Next-Generation eHealth solutions provider announces Blair Butterfield as President to lead US growth and expansion

Milwaukee, WI —May 15, 2012—VitalHealth Software, a leading global provider of web-based solutions for health management established by Mayo Clinic and the Noaber Foundation, today announced that Blair Butterfield has joined the company as President of its North American division. With over 20 years of management experience in new market and business development, strategic marketing, product strategy and government initiatives related to healthcare information technology, Mr. Butterfield will expand the company infrastructure and lead all operations in the US and Canada.  Butterfield joins VitalHealth at a time of rapidly increasing demand for the company’s platform and application solutions.

“As a result of ongoing healthcare reforms and government initiatives related to healthcare IT, VitalHealth is experiencing unprecedented growth and demand for our high-quality health management solutions in the U.S.,” said VitalHealth CEO, Laurens Van Der Tang. “As we continue to advance our business and solidify our position in the marketplace, we need proven healthcare IT executives to lead the organization. Blair was selected to run our North American business because of his extensive global industry experience and because he understands how to manage growth and implement effective business strategies. We firmly believe that he will be a fundamental asset in our efforts to meet the increased demand for our eHealth solutions.”

Prior to joining VitalHealth, Butterfield held various senior management positions at GE Healthcare IT. In his most recent role, Butterfield was vice president of eHealth International Development, where he led multiple teams on high-profile multi-million dollar initiatives in the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, China and the Asia Pacific. While at GE he also served two terms on the Board of Directors and Leadership Council of the eHealth Initiative, a Washington, DC based non-profit organization that plays a key role in national health IT advocacy and policy development. Other positions held at GE include: general manager of eHealth Global Marketing, vice president of Connectivity Solutions and general manager of Government Initiatives. He also established and managed an advisory board of ehealth leaders to guide business and product strategy at GE.

Prior to working at GE, Butterfield held senior positions at IDX Systems Corporation, including responsibility for developing government initiatives as well as commercial roles in the Imaging Solutions division. Earlier in his career, he served on the leadership team at Vital Images, Inc and as President of a boutique health IT consulting firm. Butterfield is a frequent invited speaker at global and national health IT events where he shares his expertise in ehealth, health information exchange (HIE), interoperable EHRs, personal health records, 3-D imaging, and image-guided surgery.

About VitalHealth Software

VitalHealth Software delivers web-based software solutions for health management.  The model-driven software platform is used by a growing network of partners.  VitalHealth Software has offices in the U.S., Netherlands and India.  For more information, please visit www.vitalhealthsoftware.com.

LA JOLLA, CA – Perminova, developer of web-based information systems for cardiology centers, has launched a strategic alliance with LifeWatch, the leading wireless cardiac monitoring service provider in the United States, to expand interoperability between medical monitoring devices and information technology in cardiac electrophysiology.

Under the arrangement, Perminova EP, the information system designed for electrophysiology, will integrate reports from LifeWatch’s cardiac monitoring and telemetry products directly into Perminova’s cloud-based system. This will provide physicians, nurses, technologists and other staff with a single source for patient information. Future development will also allow clinicians to order LifeWatch cardiac monitoring studies directly from Perminova systems.

The integration process begins with data uploading from a patient prescribed with one of LifeWatch’s suite of advanced ambulatory cardiac telemetry and standard cardiac event monitors to the LifeWatch data center. The LifeWatch data center then pushes the data to Perminova’s database to be matched with patients’ individual files. From there, the data is used by EP lab clinicians and becomes part of the health system’s electronic medical record. This entire process is electronic, greatly reducing the risk of human error.

“The strategic relationship between Perminova and LifeWatch creates important benefits for patients and healthcare systems,” said Craig K. Collins, President and CEO of Perminova. “On a daily basis, it will streamline workflow and improve patient safety in cardiac procedures. In a larger sense, medical device integration between Perminova and LifeWatch creates true interoperability, one of the primary objectives in the advancement of health information technology today.”

Said Dr. Yacov Geva, Chairman and CEO of LifeWatch AG: “Integration between medical devices and information systems is a critical next step in utilizing technology to improve patient health and safety. Medical device integration may also help relieve doctors, nurses and technologists of the burden of creating hard copy documentation, allowing them to spend more time on direct patient care.”

Perminova develops web-based cardiac information systems that manage scheduling, workflow, documentation and billing processes before, during and after cardiac procedures. Perminova’s system architecture also supports integration of medical devices and customization of robust data for research. Perminova’s web-based products are pioneering healthcare’s move from outdated client-server technology to modern-and-secure cloud computing.

LifeWatch is the nation’s leading ambulatory health monitoring services company, offering a comprehensive platform of innovative patient technologies and services that help physicians detect and analyze symptoms before they become major health problems. LifeWatch enables physicians to establish stronger connections with at-risk patients and provide better guidance to patients.

About Perminova

La Jolla, Calif.-based Perminova develops and markets web-based, cloud-based software for the nation’s leading cardiology centers. The company is pioneering healthcare’s move from outdated client-server technology to modern-and-secure cloud computing. Perminova products are electronic surgical records systems for cardiology, and they’re more robust, flexible and cost-effective than anything currently on the market. Its products improve charge-capture and efficiency, while automatically producing case reports and billing reports. Perminova seamlessly integrates with existing electronic medical records systems and deploys and upgrades easily via the web. Perminova’s architecture allows integration of medical devices and customization of robust data for medical research and clinical trials. Currently, Perminova EP is used at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and the UC San Diego Health System.

About LifeWatch AG

LifeWatch AG, headquartered in Neuhausen am Rheinfall and listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (LIFE), Switzerland, is the leading healthcare technology and solution company, specializing in advanced telehealth systems and wireless remote patient monitoring services. LifeWatch services cater to individuals, ranging from high-risk and chronically ill patients, to consumers of health and wellness products. LifeWatch has subsidiaries in the United States, the Netherlands, Japan, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Israel. LifeWatch AG is the parent company of LifeWatch Services Inc., a leading US-based cardiac monitoring service provider, and manufacturer of telecardiology products. LifeWatch is also introducing a new program for Home Sleep Testing of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) patients under the brand name NiteWatch.

Utilizes iConnect(R) Solution to Expand Archive Capacity; Ensure Full Business Continuity

CHICAGO, May 9, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, today announced that Lutheran HealthCare, Brooklyn’s premier health care network, has selected its iConnect® portfolio to create an enterprise-wide imaging platform across its hospital system.

“In the U.S. alone, more than 480 million radiology exams are performed a year,” said Jeff Surges, CEO of Merge Healthcare. “Hand-in-hand with this is an increase in the cost of image storage and maintenance. These factors, as well as the need to expand archive capacity have led many organizations to adopt a long-term enterprise-wide imaging strategy.”

In the next few years, most networks that conduct more than 150,000 imaging studies annually will deploy enterprise-wide VNAs, and the number of organizations with this volume of studies will only increase as industry consolidation continues. The growth of VNA installations is driven by the benefits they deliver, which include improved efficiency through reductions in complexity, improved access to images through better data sharing and interoperability, support for Meaningful Use and accountable care strategies and streamlined costs.

“Our goal was to expand our archive capacity, and by doing so we were able to build a fully redundant infrastructure that insulates us from upgrade downtime,” said Steve Art, CIO, Lutheran HealthCare.

Merge’s iConnect suite is the industry’s only comprehensive solution for collecting, archiving, viewing, sharing and exchanging any type of image, anywhere, any time. It includes iConnect Access*, a zero-download DICOM image and XDS server; iConnect Share, an Internet-based gateway for image sharing between enterprises; and iConnect VNA, a vendor neutral archive to create an enterprise imaging strategy. It works with existing applications, leveraging widely-used web and healthcare technology standards, to provide a vendor neutral interoperable environment.

The addition of the Merge iConnect suite will complement the existing portfolio at Lutheran HealthCare which includes Merge PACS, a real-time picture archiving communication system that provides storage and access to images from any enterprise web-based location.

*iConnect Access is not FDA-cleared for diagnostic use on mobile devices.

About Merge Healthcare

Merge Healthcare is a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, with a client base consisting of more than 1,500 hospitals and 6,000 clinics across the country. Merge solutions facilitate the sharing of images to create a more effective and efficient electronic healthcare experience for patients and physicians. Merge provides enterprise imaging solutions for radiology, cardiology, orthopaedics and eye care; a suite of products for clinical trials; software for financial and pre-surgical management, and applications that fuel the largest modality vendors in the world. Merge’s products have been used by healthcare providers, vendors and researchers worldwide to improve patient care for more than 20 years. Additional information can be found at www.merge.com.

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About Lutheran HealthCare

As Brooklyn’s premier health care network, Lutheran HealthCare (LHC) is a comprehensive medical and social support system committed to providing services for the whole person — physically, emotionally and spiritually. The LHC system of community health providers includes Lutheran Medical Center, the Lutheran Family Health Centers, Lutheran Augustana Center for Extended Care and Rehabilitation, Community Care Organization, Inc, senior housing programs and more. Learn about LHC and its 129-year-old commitment to serving Brooklyn neighborhoods by visiting www.lutheranhealthcare.org. Click here for nine ways to connect with Lutheran on social media.

Collection of Key Partners Pushes Project Near Goal; Financing Preparation Begins

DALLAS – May 4, 2012 – Market Center Management Company, the management company of leading trade centers and trade events around the world, announced today a collection of new leases as well as other significant steps toward launching the Nashville Medical Trade Center in downtown Nashville.

Over the last several months, Market Center Management Company has secured commitments from many companies across healthcare including information technology, surgical technology, furniture and services. A partial list of new commitments includes:

·         Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) will showcase interoperability technology that enables health information exchange and will be located in the HIT neighborhood.

·         The SSI Group (SSI) will be located in the HIT neighborhood and will promote claims management technology.

·         Humanscale will join the furniture neighborhood and offer ergonomic work tools that support healthcare-specific technology.

·         ergoCentric will present their specialized line of medical grade seating, healtHcentric, in the furniture neighborhood.

·         V Alexander will demonstrate their unique capabilities in supply chain management including transportation, customs, compliance, documentation, and security on the services floor.

·         Remind America, a leading HIPAA-compliant physician reminder service, will join the services floor and will showcase the company’s customized services that meet the needs of any practice.

Separate announcements were also made for each company including additional information.

“We began this project in the midst of uncertainty about the economy and questions about the viability of a global marketplace for healthcare. But companies have had the time to recognize the cost benefits and business opportunities of a center of innovation attracting visitors from around the world,” said Bill Winsor, president and CEO of Market Center Management Company. “As the economy continues to warm up we will add a significant number of new companies and organizations as well as announce companies with existing leases.”

With these agreements the project enters a new phase as it nears important leasing milestones. Therefore, Market Center Management Company has engaged Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain (LBMC), a Nashville-based accounting and financial services company, to advance final plans for the financing package and structure while the company continues to finalize agreements and develops additional services and plans for healthcare trade events.

“LBMC is pleased to be working on this exciting opportunity to bring global healthcare innovation to downtown Nashville,” said Jeff Drummonds, Partner, Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain Family of Companies. “LBMC will be providing a wide range of consulting services including assistance with advancing final financing and investment structure. We look forward to this new phase of the project.”

“As we move forward on several fronts, this new stage of the project will place an even greater emphasis on innovation and the leading edge of patient care that will draw the industry to Nashville,” said Cindy Morris, chief operating officer of Market Center Management Company. “At the same time, we continue work with the first major exhibitor in the trade center, the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), to advance our shared vision of a year-round marketplace of ideas, education and innovation. HIMSS has served as a catalyst for attracting a number of important companies to the project,” said Morris.

“HIMSS will serve as the hub of Information Technology on the top floor of the trade center where we will host technical demonstrations, conferences, workshops, and customer demos,” said Sandra L. Vance, director of global interoperability showcases for HIMSS. “In addition, HIMSS expects to host more than 100 companies inside an interactive exhibit exploring clinical information systems and infrastructure that provides optimum interoperability.”

The Nashville Medical Trade Center is a comprehensive healthcare marketplace that unifies for the first time permanent showrooms, temporary exhibition space, and education and training facilities. The result is a global marketplace for healthcare products, solutions, and services.

About Market Center Management Company

Market Center Management Company (MCMC) is an international wholesale trade center and tradeshow management company based in Dallas, Texas. MCMC and its owner, Crow Holdings, own or manage trade centers and tradeshows on three continents – Asia (ShanghaiMart), Europe (Brussels International Trade Mart), and North America (Dallas Market Center), totaling more than 11 million square feet, more than any other single international company. Within the MCMC trade centers and tradeshows, customers from around the globe source products directly from manufacturers including home furnishings, gifts, decorative accessories and lighting to textiles, fashion accessories, and apparel. The dozens of trade events each year hosted by MCMC are attended by hundreds of thousands of customers from all 50 states and more than 78 countries. MCMC’s website is available at www.marketcentermanagement.com.

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and HIMSS have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see them collaborating on a project to introduce HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM)SM to the UK. The announcement was made today by Matthew Swindells, Chair of BCS Health, during the opening plenary at HC2012, the annual health informatics conference run by the Institute.

Matthew Swindells, Chair of BCS Health explains: “We’re delighted to be working with HIMSS Analytics Europe on this project. We believe information and technology are crucial to the challenge of transforming our healthcare service. The HIMSS Analytics EMRAM model will enable hospitals to measure their progress in the implementation of health IT and benchmark themselves against the rest of the NHS and internationally. This is particularly important as the NHS moves from the top down direction of NHS Connecting for Health to local decision making.  As the Chartered Institute for IT, we believe that through the expertise of our members and partnerships such as this one, we can help support and enable the NHS to deal with the challenges and changes that it is experiencing as it embraces information technology.”

BCS will work with HIMSS Analytics Europe and a number of leading organisations to test the EMRAM model for suitability in the UK and assist with any modifications that are required. A number of hospitals, covering the acute and mental health sectors are being recruited to assist. BCS Health and HIMSS Analytics Europe are establishing a steering committee to ensure the smooth running of the project. It consists of key health informatics and healthcare professionals including: Luke Readman, CIO at Wirral University Teaching Hospital FT, Peter Dyke from the Department of Health, Jon Lindberg from Intellect, Professor Iain Carpenter from the Royal College of Physicians and Kathy Mason.

Mr Readman said, “I am pleased to support BCS and HIMSS Analytics in their efforts to bring EMRAM into the UK.  As the CIO for a hospital that has made great efforts to digitise healthcare over many years, I look forward to the opportunity to measure our progress against an external benchmark and am confident that this will inspire us to try even harder to be one of the best in Europe.”

H. Stephen Lieber, President and CEO, HIMSS adds: “The EMR Adoption Model and its underlying database provide healthcare organisations, governments, and other decision makers with critical information about the adoption and use of information technology. Globally, we find a significant correlation between stages of IT adoption and improvement in patient care metrics; through this project we will bring new knowledge to the table in support of continuous patient care improvement in the UK.”

Currently, HIMSS Analytics collects data from hospitals and other healthcare delivery organisations 25 countries worldwide. EMRAM is an eight stage model (Stages 0 to 7) which classifies an institution’s level of IT adoption. Thus far, 68 Stage 7 hospitals have been identified globally. A Stage 7 is a full digitised, virtually paperless environment with a broad range of interoperability and data exchange capabilities with other organisations.

About BCS

Our mission as BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is to enable the information society.  We promote wider social and economic progress through the advancement of information technology science and practice.  We bring together industry, academics, practitioners and government to share knowledge, promote new thinking, inform the design of new curricula, shape public policy and inform the public.

Our vision is to be a world-class organisation for IT. Our 70,000 strong membership includes practitioners, businesses, academics and students in the UK and internationally. We deliver a range of professional development tools for practitioners and employees.  A leading IT qualification body, we offer a range of widely recognised qualifications.

About HIMSS

HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded 51 years ago, HIMSS and its related organizations are headquartered in Chicago, USA with additional offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. HIMSS represents more than 44,000 individual members, of which more than two thirds work in healthcare provider, governmental and not-for-profit organizations. HIMSS also includes over 570 corporate members and more than 170 not-for-profit organizations that share our mission of transforming healthcare through the effective use of information technology and management systems. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare practices and public policy through its content expertise, professional development, research initiatives, and media vehicles designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to improving the quality, safety, access, and cost-effectiveness of patient care.

About HIMSS Analytics

HIMSS Analytics is a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).  The company collects and analyzes healthcare information related to IT processes and environments, products, IS department composition and costs, IS department management metrics, healthcare trends and purchase-related decisions.  HIMSS Analytics delivers high quality products, services and analytical expertise to healthcare delivery organizations, healthcare IT companies, state governments, financial companies, pharmaceutical companies, and consulting firms.

System Optimization Will Enhance Care and Streamline Workflow

Andover, Mass., and Hackensack, N.J. – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG,  AEX: PHI) and Vidyo are collaborating to offer health system providers an approach for extending telehealth solutions across the enterprise to improve patient care and clinician workflow while also reducing costs. Enterprise-wide deployment of these next-generation telehealth services will require scalable and flexible advanced video technology to adapt to the full range of clinical workstations and mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops.

Philips enterprise telehealth solutions will incorporate remote physiologic monitoring, advanced clinical decision support, and Vidyo’s Adaptive Video Layering Technology™, into a powerful clinical platform for communications and collaboration. This interoperable platform, based on the proven eICU® program, will aggregate clinical informatics solutions designed to improve the quality of patient care, and key performance indicators such as patient mortality, length of stay, hospital-acquired infections, and hospital readmissions across health system enterprises.

“We are excited to collaborate with Vidyo to leverage its cutting-edge telepresence technologies to enhance the flexibility and scalability of our telehealth solutions,” said Mike Mancuso, senior vice president & general manager, Enterprise Patient Informatics Solutions and Patient Monitoring Systems, for Philips Healthcare. “Philips is committed to working with industry leaders to better address healthcare needs by expanding telehealth services beyond the ICU, as well as externally to remote clinics, physician offices, and into the home.”

Vidyo’s unique Adaptive Video Layering Technology dynamically optimizes the video for each endpoint.  By continuously monitoring the performance of the underlying network and capabilities of endpoint devices, video streams are adapted in real-time to optimize communications.   The Vidyo Application Programming Interface (API) supports greater customization and integration of telehealth solutions into clinical work flows.  Additionally, solutions can be deployed on both private and public networks, using standard off-the-shelf hardware — allowing for simple, cost-effective implementation and maintenance.

“The collaboration between Philips and Vidyo is not only a boon to our respective companies, but to the telehealth industry, in general,” said Dr. Amnon Gavish, Vidyo’s Senior VP of Vertical Solutions. “Telehealth has now come of age, driven by global demand and, in the U.S., empowered by new laws and legislation like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). There is an ever-increasing need for easier access to affordable, high-quality telehealth which the Philips-Vidyo platform will uniquely satisfy. Healthcare providers and patients alike will benefit from this solution’s extremely natural interaction experience, enabled by the very low latency of Vidyo’s technology. This high-quality experience enhances the remote physician – patient interaction, promoting a higher level of patient trust.”

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions, based on fundamental customer insights and the brand promise of “sense and simplicity.” Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 122,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 22.6 billion in 2011, the company is a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.

About Vidyo, Inc.

Vidyo, Inc., pioneered Personal Telepresence enabling natural, HD multi-point videoconferences on tablets and smart phones, PCs and Macs, room systems, gateways that interoperate with H.323 and SIP endpoints, telepresence solutions and affordable cloud-based broadcast solutions.  Vidyo for Healthcare™ eliminates the access, performance and cost issues of traditional systems that require expensive MCU equipment and dedicated QoS.  With its amazing quality, unmatched accessibility and market-shifting cost-efficiency, Vidyo for Healthcare (see video) provides hospitals, specialized medical centers and physician clinics with low latency telepresence-quality video conferencing from any mobile, desktop or room-based endpoint over the Internet, WiFi and 4G networks.  Vidyo delivers end-to-end encryption, provides HIPAA-compliant security, and easily integrates into existing healthcare environments with support for a variety of medical devices and interoperability with existing conferencing infrastructure. Learn more at www.vidyo.com, on the Blog or follow @vidyo on Twitter.

The VIDYO logo is a registered trademark of Vidyo, Inc.  VIDYO and the trademarks of the VIDYO family of products are trademarks of Vidyo, Inc.  eICU is a registered trademark  of Philips.  All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

Moonblink, a value-added distributor of wireless and video surveillance solutions, announced today their use of Xirrus’ high-performance wireless Arrays in Angleton Danbury Medical Center in Texas.

Angleton will utilize the Xirrus wireless Arrays for 100 percent wireless coverage throughout the medical center – providing wireless access capable of supporting thousands of users at a time.

High Density of Users Utilizing Both Voice and Data Are No Match for Xirrus’ High-Performance Wireless Arrays

Silicon Valley, April 11, 2012 – Moonblink Communications, a value-added distributor delivering wireless and video surveillance solutions, today announced it worked with PC Care, a value added reseller (VAR) that delivers integrated IT solutions, to provide 100 percent wireless coverage for the Angleton Danbury Medical Center in Texas.

Moonblink and PC Care utilized solutions from Xirrus, a leading provider of high-performance wireless networks, including Xirrus’ XR-4000 Wireless Arrays and the Xirrus Management System (XMS). As a result, Moonblink and PC Care have delivered a wireless network capable of supporting thousands of users running both voice and data applications simultaneously.

“Hospitals are intense environments when it comes to wireless because of the extremely high saturation of devices. Not only computers and tablets, but also VOIP devices for instant communications,” said Daniel Redmond, VP of Sales & Marketing of Moonblink Communications. “When PC Care came to us and said Angleton Danbury Medical Center needed a wireless solution that could support voice badges, wheeled computers, laptops, tablets and more while also providing reliable access for both hospital staff and guests, we knew that Xirrus was the perfect solution.”

After a previous wireless network failed to perform and negatively affected productivity at the hospital, the Angleton Danbury Medical Center contacted PC Care for a solution. The hospital has thousands of employees using a combination of Vocera voice badges for communications, rolling computer stations, as well as laptops and tablets for electronic medical record viewing, creation and updating. And while they needed both voice and data to work at all times for all employees, they needed to prioritize voice traffic.

“The situation with our previous wireless network had become unbearable, and our employees were giving up on using wireless altogether,” said Owen Huett, Director of Information Services at Angleton Danbury Medical Center.

PC Care contacted Moonblink, who they have a long history of working with for their customers’ wireless needs. Due to the extremely high density of users and applications, Moonblink recommended the Xirrus XR-4000 Arrays, each of which have 8 modular access points (operating at either 2.4GHz or 5GHz) and can support up to 1920 users with up to 3.6Gbps. Xirrus did an exhaustive site survey, and determined that they could provide more than enough coverage for the entire 100,000 square foot facility (covering two buildings, each with two floors) with just 25 XR-4000 Wireless Arrays.

“Not only has every hospital employee regained faith in the wireless network, but they now see it as a critical enabler of their productivity,” said Huett. “The combination of Moonblink’s wireless expertise, PC Care’s experience in designing and deploying these networks, and Xirrus’ wireless array and management solutions has transformed the way our staff operates. And even though we have many intensive voice and data apps running concurrently, we still have plenty of bandwidth leftover to provide a reliable wireless network for our guests.”

The Xirrus Management System (XMS) was also deployed, giving the hospital’s IT staff a simple way to monitor and manage the network. Xirrus’ XMS also made it easy to configure multiple SSIDs and VLANs, which they have used to provide three separate access levels: one for internal workers’ data applications, one for internal workers’ Vocera voice traffic, and one for hospital guests.

About Xirrus

Xirrus is the leading provider of high-performance wireless networks. Their array-based solutions perform under the most demanding circumstances—always. With wired-like reliability and superior security allow Xirrus customers to confidently take their business-critical applications and operations mobile. Their solutions are unique in the industry, transforming enterprises and organizations around the world. At a time when everyone expects to connect wirelessly everywhere and business is increasingly done in the cloud, Xirrus wireless solutions are providing a vital strategic business and IT infrastructure advantage in thousands of deployments worldwide. Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA, Xirrus is a privately held enterprise designing and manufacturing its products and solutions in the USA.

About Moonblink Communications

Moonblink Communications is a value-added distributor (VAD) with a targeted focus on wireless and video surveillance systems. It is our mission to provide VARs and Integrators the solutions they need to successfully deploy the best wireless systems available for their customers while providing the greatest value. With a targeted wireless technology portfolio from the industry’s leading manufacturers, we provide a complete spectrum of wireless and video surveillance solutions including WiFi, WiMAX, wireless Voice over WiFi, wireless surveillance camera systems, Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS), license-free and licensed broadband wireless solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.moonblinkwifi.com or http://cloud.moonblink.com/

Phoenix, AZ, March 29, 2012 – – ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced it has entered a strategic partnership with MediQuant, Inc., the leader in advanced data life cycle management solutions for healthcare organizations, to provide HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application hosting and secure data storage for the MediQuant DataArk®, Interoperable Active Archiving; FirstComply™, Outpatient Medicare Compliance; and AccuRules™ Medical Necessity Rules Set software solutions.  

“We are excited to partner with MediQuant to offer customers a cloud computing solution that meets both their technical and HIPAA compliance requirements,” said David Bean, executive vice president for ClearDATA Networks, Inc.  “With our combined expertise and resources, we are able to deliver the industry’s most secure and cost effective cloud computing and data storage solution for data life cycle management.”

“The MediQuant and ClearDATA partnership provides a seamless technology solution for our customers,” said Tony Paparella, president of MediQuant. “DataArk on its own can save a customer up to eighty percent in legacy system costs. With ClearDATA hosting solutions, the value proposition can be even stronger.”

About MediQuant

MediQuant develops advanced data life cycle management solutions that reduce time, cut costs and increase revenue for a wide range of healthcare providers including large tertiary care facilities, community hospitals, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDN) and academic centers, among others. Extensive healthcare software development, past revenue cycle management, clinical services and data management expertise enables MediQuant to craft unique solutions to common problems encountered by chief financial and information officers, patient accounting and human resource directors as well as physician practice managers and clinicians. For more information, visit: www.mediquant.com.

About ClearDATA Networks

ClearDATA is the market leader for cloud computing and information security services for healthcare providers, software vendors and VARs.  ClearDATA’s services enable providers to fully automate and securely manage healthcare medical records, applications, IT infrastructure and digital storage. The company provides HITECH HIPAA-compliant cloud and hosting infrastructure and managed services, offsite backup and disaster recovery, medical image archiving, information security and world-class support. The company offers HIPAA Security Risk and Remediation services through its U.S. Healthcare Compliance division to the healthcare industry in order to ensure that they meet the rigorous standards of security required for protected health information to demonstrate Meaningful Use. For more information, call 602-635-4000, email: sales@cleardata.net or visit: www.cleardata.net.