Portland, OR (PRWEB) December 7, 2009
AllMed Healthcare Management, a leading independent review organization (IRO), has released a new version of PeerPoint
AllMed"s PeerPoint Medical Review Software Gets Better, Faster, With Version 2.0
Portland, OR (PRWEB) December 7, 2009
AllMed Healthcare Management, a leading independent review organization (IRO), has released a new version of PeerPoint
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 01, 2012
ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the fastest-growing provider of cloud computing services for the healthcare industry, has partnered with Comport Consulting Corp., a leading provider of data management and infrastructure solutions for healthcare providers, to deliver Medical Image Storage and Archiving solutions utilizing ClearDATAs healthcare cloud platform.
Because of the increasing amounts of data created by medical imaging, hospital CIOs face significant challenges managing their PACs and clinical data storage infrastructure with predictable cost efficiency. ClearDATA Medical Image Storage and Archive provides an economical, vendor neutral alternative to perpetually purchasing local hard drives by providing the right amount of storage at any given time. The hospital only pays for what they use. said Brian Mitchell, VP Sales of ClearDATA. The ClearDATA cloud network is 100% HIPAA compliant and manages data security at NIST standards, giving the client complete confidence that their data is in a facility that minimizes the risk of breach.
ClearDATA provides a highly secure, HIPAA Compliant cloud computing and storage platform designed exclusively for the healthcare industry. ClearDATAs Medical Image Storage and Archiving solution is vendor neutral and works with the same technology that Comport uses to deliver Acuo Technologies
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) September 18, 2012
ADLINK Technology, Inc., a leading provider of embedded products, presents its latest COM Express
Carlsbad, Calif. (PRWEB) September 18, 2012
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity, today announced that all versions of its configurable ac-dc power supplies featuring medical safety approvals are now compliant with the third edition of the ANSI/AAMI ES60601-1:2005 / IEC 60601-1 medical safety standard. This allows designers of equipment for medical applications to continue to specify and build-in these highly flexible power supplies, secure in the knowledge that they are taking an uncompromised, future-proof route.
All Emerson Network Power configurable ac-dc power supplies that complied with the second edition of the standard now also fully comply with the requirements of the third edition, and include at least two means of patient protection (MOPP). The improvements cover factors such as increased creepage distances and clearance on mains connectors, better insulation of isolation transformer windings and reduced capacitance between input and outputs.
Emerson Network Power produces a diverse range of medically-approved configurable ac-dc power supplies, with power outputs as high as 4,920 watts. The range includes the popular iVS,
(PRWEB) September 19, 2012
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will utilize Renovo Softwares advanced video conference scheduling platform, Video Scheduler, to schedule, automate and manage their interactive video conferencing network. UAMSs video conferencing networkused for distance learning, telehealth, and collaborative purposesincludes some 1,000 endpoints, fourteen Cisco HD multipoint control units, and a Cisco telepresence content server cluster.
Renovos Video Scheduler will empower UAMS with a unique set of tools to advance the scheduling and management of their video conferencing network. UAMS will make extensive use of Video Schedulers advanced user and user group privilege management and endpoint approval capabilities. In addition to advanced privilege and scheduling tools, UAMS will use Video Scheduler to send automated notices, configure MCU load balancing, monitor and maintain live network usage, create reports, and more.
Video Scheduler will help to improve the efficiency of UAMSs video conferencing network by allowing users to schedule multiple instances of a reservation at irregular date and time intervals, schedule regularly recurring reservations, and even copy old or existing reservations. The scheduling process is streamlined further by providing administrators with the capability to set up custom time blocks and durations for recurring conferences. This powerful platform offers a remarkable amount of control, allowing users to edit individual instances within multiple and recurring reservations, or even add custom additional information fields to any reservation.
UAMS will also be deploying Renovos unique event offering module. Using event offering, UAMS can create and market events, classes, seminars, etc. to anyone across the network. Users within their network can then search, discuss, suggest, or sign up for the events. Events UAMS offers through Video Scheduler will be fully compatible with built in features such as the message board (listserv), email notifications, and RSS feeds.
About Renovo
Renovo Software is a leading developer of software solutions for the video communications industry. Renovo designs, develops and supports software solutions that schedule, automate and manage complex video conferencing networks. Renovos Video Scheduler is deployed in some of the worlds largest video conferencing networks, yet scales down to meet the needs of almost any network. Applications include video visitation, courtroom arraignment, distance learning, telemedicine and business videoconferencing.
Portland, OR (PRWEB) June 22, 2012
Among health insurance entities, including health plans, medical management companies and third-party administrators (TPAs), a continuing objective is to reduce costs, improve quality, and meet rigorous accreditation and regulatory compliance standards. This challenge is especially true when it comes to reviewing the medical necessity of service requests, including pre-authorizations as well as member and provider appeals.
AllMed Healthcare Managements recent webinar on physician review business process outsourcing (BPO) provided an excellent example of how payer organizations are increasingly turning to specialty BPO organizations like IROs and delegating medical decision making functions that used to be done by internal medical staff. In presenting this example of BPO innovation, AllMed cited several important reasons why health plans are moving in this direction. In particular, physician review business process outsourcing allows health plans to reduce costs, scale their resources up and down with variable volumes, and allocate their medical directors to higher value-added tasks.
Health plan medical directors are often called upon to review pre-authorization and appeals requests, which reduces the time they can devote to the oversight of quality, compliance and clinical operations functions, said Andrew G. Rowe, CEO of AllMed. Given the compensation levels of these professionals, it makes more sense to outsource routine medical review tasks and redeploy medical directors where their higher-level expertise is of most value to the organization.
Given this shift in thinking about how best to utilize internal medical staff, leading IROs have evolved and can now function as full service business process outsourcing partners for a health plan as it relates to medical decision making. High-performance IROs have developed an integrated portfolio of services that are delivered through web-based technology platforms. The IRO can now reduce and/or balance workloads inside the health plan, lowering costs and improving productivity in ways not possible before, Rowe added.
One such plan that recognizes this is Cambia Health Solutions, which operates BlueCross and/or BlueShield health plans in four western states, serving nearly 2.5 million members. The Regence affiliated companies have fully integrated their IRO (AllMed) into their clinical decision-making operations as a BPO partner. It relies on the company for outsourcing of all physician review functions, including first-level pre-authorizations and specialty-matched appeals.
An outsourcing partner like AllMed is a really good fit for us, said Csaba Mera, MD, Executive Medical Director of Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon. It has a large panel of physicians available for specialty-matched case reviews through a secure web portal, which improves our turnaround time on pre-authorizations and appeals. This gives our medical directors more freedom to focus on higher-level tasks such as medical policy development, provider services support and implementation of required regulatory programs.
But choosing the right IRO partner requires solid due-diligence, Mera would say, confirming that the partner needs to bring together all the cross-functional disciplines and expertise in physician recruiting, credentialing, training, quality assurance and compliance. Further, the full-service IRO should offer a solution that is highly optimized and integrated into the health plans clinical decision-making workflows. In the end, such a solution must be faster, better, and cheaper than what a health plan can develop and maintain on its own, he added.
Rowe outlined the technology capabilities and platform a payer should look for in looking for an IRO to partner with. These include:
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) July 30, 2012
ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced a partnership agreement with LeTigre Solutions, Inc. (LSI Healthcare), a fast growing Healthcare Solution Provider based in Houston, TX.
Under the partnership, LSI Healthcare will market and offer ClearDATAs complete portfolio of HIPAA-compliant cloud hosting solutions and information security services to its new and existing customers. ClearDATA focuses exclusively on the healthcare industry and provides cloud hosting of applications and data, offsite backup & restore, disaster recovery, medical image archiving, Security Risk Analysis, and other services designed to help providers reduce IT equipment and support costs, increase productivity and security, and achieve Meaningful Use.
LSI Healthcare is well recognized in the healthcare industry for its vast technical expertise and commitment to exemplary service and support, stated David Bean, executive vice president of sales and marketing, ClearDATA Networks, Inc. We are extremely enthusiastic about our partnership and look forward to working together to help healthcare organizations achieve their technology and business objectives for increased efficiency, cost reduction, and security compliance.
Our customers come to us demanding solutions that address multiple business needs, including exploding storage growth, medical-image management complexity, and increasing datacenter costs. Our search for a partner to help us deliver sound and reliable solutions that resolve our customers needs lead us to ClearDATA Networks, Inc., said Derek Flint, CEO of LeTigre Solutions, Inc. (LSI Healthcare). Their proprietary network/security technology, fully HIPAA-compliant product portfolio, and one hundred percent commitment to customer satisfaction makes them the clear choice as our Healthcare Cloud Services partner.
ClearDATA is serving the $ 35 billion Healthcare IT Market, which is growing at an estimated 20% annually. This industry includes thousands of healthcare providers who must migrate to electronic records and maintain vast amounts of data, which currently exist on paper charts, film or tape. These healthcare providers need storage and processing solutions that can be securely accessed and analyzed anywhere, and at any time. ClearDATAs fully HIPAA-compliant solutions meet this need by providing its customers with measurable cost savings as well as increased efficiency and security that is auditable.
About LSI Healthcare
LSI Healthcare is a consulting and services firm focused on helping healthcare organizations address business, clinical and regulatory issues through the effective use of technology. Their purpose is to help healthcare organizations effectively navigate the challenging Health IT environment by balancing cost, regulatory, performance, management and workflow requirements. Its team of professionals has over a century of healthcare, technology, and support experience providing solutions that address healthcare organizations business needs. LSI Healthcare is committed to ensuring that their clients technology infrastructure will support their clinical operations and business growth in the most cost-effective manner possible.
For more information about LSI Healthcare call (281) 733-2622, email healthcare(at)lsi-corp(dot)com or visit http://www.lsi-corp.com.
About ClearDATA Networks
ClearDATA is the market leader for cloud computing and information security services for healthcare providers, software vendors and VARs. ClearDATAs 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(at)cleardata(dot)net or visit: http://www.cleardata.net.
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Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) October 15, 2012
ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced that Asterino & Associates, Inc (A&A),a leading provider of medical billing and practice management services located in Scottsdale, AZ, has moved its on-premise data center including; medical billing software, MS Office Suite, SQL Server, and MS Exchange servers to the ClearDATA Healthcare Cloud Platform. After careful analysis, A&A determined that moving its software applications to the cloud would provide greater data security, increase redundancy and streamline operations by allowing its staff to focus on delivering excellence within its medical billing and collections business and state of the art security and efficiency capability.
A&A provides medical billing and collection services to physicians and healthcare systems across the United States. By hosting its applications and servers with ClearDATA, A&A is able to provide a high performance, reliable, billing services to clients regardless of their location. Cloud hosting also enables them to cost effectively scale its business by adding virtual servers and storage as needed, instead of having to purchase and maintain additional capacity
Moving our applications and infrastructure to the ClearDATA cloud allows us to focus more on our core competency rather than maintaining our datacenter, said Christopher J. Asterino, Chairman & CEO of Asterino & Associates. It is important to achieve Best Practice in all aspects of our business. This relationship achieves our objective with regards to data security, redundancy and business continuity. With leadership provided by our Advisory Board, we thoroughly researched our clients data needs and went with ClearDATA because of its exclusive healthcare focus and HIPAA expertise.
About Asterino & Associates, Inc
Since 1987 Asterino and Associates, Inc. has been providing medical billing and medical practice management services to both hospital-based and community-based physician groups across the United States. Asterino and Associates, Inc.’s dedicated team of over 75 healthcare professionals are devoted to assisting medical practices meet their business objectives with revenue cycle management inclusive of medical coding, billing and collections and practice management consulting services. For more information, visit: [http://www.asterinoandassociates.com/index.html.
About ClearDATA Networks, Inc.
ClearDATA Networks, Inc. is the market leader for cloud computing and information security services for healthcare providers, software vendors and VARs, and 100% dedicated to the healthcare field. ClearDATAs 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 cloud services, offsite backup and disaster recovery, medical image archiving, healthcare information security and world-class support. The company also offers HIPAA Security Risk and Remediation services to hospitals and providers in order to ensure that they meet the rigorous standards of HIPAA security required for protected health information to demonstrate Meaningful Use and to ensure a highly secure environment prior to enabling a HealthDATA Cloud platform installation. For more information, call 602-635-4000, email: sales(at)cleardata(dot)net or visit: [http://www.cleardata.net.
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Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) October 23, 2012
ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced the availability of a new cloud-based vendor neutral archiving (VNA) solution with Acuo Technologies
Phoenix, Arizona (PRWEB) November 13, 2012
ClearDATA Networks, Inc., the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and service provider, today announced that MU Medical Management, an Arizona-based, practice management and medical billing services provider, is hosting its Vitera Intergy EHR/Practice Management software on ClearDATAs HIPAA-compliant HealthDATA Cloud Platform. MU Medical utilizes the billing function within Intergy to provide billing services to doctors and facilities across the United States. Hosting with ClearDATA eliminated MUs need for new servers and increased its productivity by not having to manage its systems, applications, security, and compliance.
By moving its Vitera Intergy EHR to the HealthDATA Cloud, MU can effectively provide a high performance, reliable, billing services to clients regardless of their location. The Cloud infrastructure also allows MU Medical to cost effectively grow its business by adding virtual servers and storage as needed, instead of having to purchase additional computers.
Hosting our EHR with ClearDATA allows us to expand our services to healthcare organizations nationwide with minimal expense, said Chris Meola, Director of Operations for MU Medical Management. Weve been hosting with ClearDATA for nearly eighteen months and enjoy great peace of mind from the reliability, security, HIPAA compliance, and backup protection their HealthDATA cloud platform provides us. Their support staff is excellent.
Denver, CO (PRWEB) November 26, 2012
The Colorado Telehealth Network (CTN) developed a program that will enable hospitals, imaging centers, clinics and other health care providers in Colorado to safely store and share medical images through a private cloud hosted and managed by GNAX Health on CTN. CTN and GNAX Health are working with the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) and Quality Health Network (QHN)the two Colorado Health Information Exchangesto image-enable their physician portals so that images and diagnostic reports will be available through the HIEs. GNAX Health will also allow CTN to offer disaster recovery and business continuity solutions. In addition, electronic medical records (EMRs) can be integrated with the infrastructure to provide physicians a single interface for viewing all medical images, which is a requirement for Stage 2 Meaningful Use.
Nine CHA member hospitals worked with CTN over the past eight months to develop the imaging program with input from hospitals across Colorado. After a thorough RFI process and evaluation of five solutions, CTN selected a solution provided by GNAX Health through a strategic alliance with Acuo Technologies and Client Outlook. The unique requirements of the CTN program required a specific set of capabilities that is best addressed through this strategic alliance. Several use casessuch as the ability to search, retrieve and exchange medical image studies federated across CTN and view images quickly from the cloudled to this best-of-breed approach.
This pioneering agreement between CTN, GNAX, Acuo Technologies and Client Outlook further solidifies our network as a national leader in health information technology and connectivity, comments Ed Bostick, CTN Executive Director. We are confident this new image-storing service has the functionality and advantages our clients deserve, and promises to significantly enhance patient care coordination and quality across Colorado.
The solution combines Acuo’s Universal Clinical Platform (UCP) with Client Outlook’s eUnity clinical image visualization, sharing and collaboration toolset, hosted within GNAX’s health care-focused cloud infrastructure and tier-4 data centersall supported by a cohesive customer support program. This collective solution provides necessary components critical to building a statewide vendor neutral archive and, subsequently, a highly secure disaster recovery and business continuity solution for medical imaging without the infrastructure and costs associated with a traditional model.
GNAX Health is also providing a web-based image exchange service for CTN, called SDEX (Secure DICOM Exchange) that is integrated into the foundation of Acuo’s UCP and utilizes the Client Outlook viewer. It meets the challenge of complicated workflows by integrating with the provider’s employee and patient identification systems to securely access and simplify patient searches. Studies can be retrieved from any of the connected PACS, local edge devices or from the cloud archive, making the location of the image transparent to the end user in addition to reducing the total amount of storage required (because images do not have to be copied in all locations to be accessible).
This is a great example of a successful public-private partnership. This collaboration led to a unique strategic alliance that produces a solution unlike any others in the market, said Jeff Hinkle, chief executive officer for GNAX Health. “This offering tightly integrates world-class clinical content viewing, abstraction and life-cycle management applications, data migration, cloud-computing and customer support services into a single bundle, greatly simplifying the process of administering enterprise medical image access, exchange and management while reducing IT costs.”
“This consortium brings an innovative solution based on IHE standards to CTN,” noted Jeff Timbrook, chief executive officer for Acuo Technologies. “We’ve worked closely with GNAX and Client Outlook to develop an implementation approach that will save CTN significant time and effort.
The benefits of the program to Colorado health care providers and patients are numerous. Patients of participating providers should no longer be required to transport their own imaging studies via CD or film. Consequently, such patients should no longer undergo duplicate studies, reducing unnecessary radiation exposure.
CTN leverages the reciprocal collaborative nature of the solution to make it affordable for all providers in Colorado. The services are available to all CTN members through flexible deployment models that fit each providers needs. The program is financially sustained through a subscription model based on the number of studies ingested and the amount of cloud storage required. Because the program is scaled across the entire state of Colorado, it provides cost savings for both large and small providers. The small hospitals receive an enterprise vendor-neutral archive and exchange solution at a fraction of the cost while gaining access to specialists at larger institutions for their patients. Large providers also benefit from the collaboration with critical access facilities because they can service patients they may not otherwise be able to as easily.
Two hospitals are expected to begin implementation this year, with several additional hospitals slated for 2013.
CTN, along with GNAX Health, Acuo Technologies and Client Outlook will summarize the journey to this strategic alliance-based solution during a presentation at RSNA 2012 in Chicago. RSNA attendees can see the presentation on Monday, November 26th at 10:30 a.m. in the South Hall Exhibitor Showcase Theatre, booth 4064. Learn more about the session here: http://go.gnaxhealth.com/RSNA2012-CTN-session.html. RSNA attendees may also schedule an appointment to speak with GNAX Health and CTN executives to learn more about the Colorado program here: http://go.gnaxhealth.com/RSNA-CTN-GNAX_appointment.html.
About the Colorado Telehealth Network
The Colorado Telehealth Network (CTN) is a statewide broadband network formed in 2008 as a result of two Federal Communications Commission (FCC) grant awards to the Colorado Hospital Association and the Colorado Behavioral Health Council. In partnership with the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization and the Quality Health Network, CTN works to improve patient care and safety by providing the core network infrastructure that enables rural health care organizations to increase their use of health information technology; and encourages affiliated health care organizations to collaborate and integrate in ways not possible without a high-capacity, connected network. In January 2012, CTN met its goal of connecting more than 200 hospitals, clinics and behavioral health care centers statewide. For more information, visit http://www.cotelehealth.com.
About GNAX Health
GNAX Health is a leading health care technology infrastructure and application delivery service provider offering hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, labs and many other health care organizations mission-critical datacenter colocation, managed application delivery, backup & disaster recovery, medical image vendor neutral archive (VNA) and enterprise level cloud computing services. GNAX’s 70,000 square-foot mission-critical datacenter in Atlanta is SSAE 16 Type II compliant with Tier-4 power and serves as its home base with an additional strategic facility located in Dallas, Texas. Learn more by visiting RSNA booth 439 or go to http://www.gnaxhealth.com.
About Acuo Technologies
Acuo Technologies, with headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, was founded in 2000 with the objective of developing the first enterprise-wide collaborative Universal Clinical Platform (UCP) solution for medical image content, both DICOM and Non-DICOM. Today, Acuo supports implementations of UCP around the world, including locatio
Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) December 12, 2012
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity, today announced two new triple-output open-frame ac-dc power supplies, the NPT43-M and the NPT44-M. Extending Emersons successful NPT40-M series, these new models are suitable for a wide range of IT equipment, medical, light industrial, instrumentation and process systems, as well as low-power dental and laboratory equipment.
NPT40-M series power supplies are rated for 45 watts power output with convection cooling and up to 55 watts with forced air cooling. The NPT43-M offers 5, 15 and -15Vdc regulated outputs while the NPT44-M offers 5, 12 and 24 Vdc regulated outputs.
The expanded NPT40-M series carries a comprehensive set of worldwide IT equipment (ITE) and non-patient contact and non-patient critical medical safety approvals. These power supplies can accommodate operating temperatures from minus 20 to 50 degrees Celsius at full power and as high as 80 degrees Celsius with de-rating. They feature an industry standard 2 x 4 inch (51 x 102 mm) footprint, and a height of less than 1 inch (25 mm), making them ideal for 1U high portable and rack-mounting equipment.
Emerson Network Powers NPT40-M series has a wide-range universal input capable of accommodating any ac voltage in the range 90 to 264 Vac. It can also operate from any dc input in the range 127 to 300 Vdc, enabling it to be used virtually anywhere in the world. The NPT42-M power supply requires less than 74 W of input power, and inrush current is less than 50 A peak at 230 Vac input.
Emerson Network Powers NPT40-M series power supplies fully comply with the international EN 61000-3-2 standard for harmonic emissions. They feature built-in EMI filters (CISPR 22 Class B) and meet rigorous international EMC standards, including FCC Class B, EN 55022 class B and VDE 0878PT3 Class B for conducted noise. Key safety design aspects include fuses in both the line and neutral connections, and a safety-ground leakage current which does not exceed 275