ACO News

  1. National Football League Selects eClinicalWorks 11/19/2012

    eClinicalWorks, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, recently announced that the National Football League (NFL) is moving from paper medical records to electronic and will utilize the company’s comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) solution for this endeavor.

  2. CIOs And Radiologists Speak Out: Speech Recognition A 'Must-Have' 11/19/2012

    Nuance Communications, Inc. recently announced growing momentum for its voice-enabled radiology solution, Powerscribe 360 | Reporting. Decreasing reimbursement and the shift toward accountable care are changing the role of radiology.

  3. Orlando Health Selects Phytel's Atmosphere Platform For Population Health Management 11/13/2012

    Phytel, the leader in automated, provider-led population health improvement, announced recently that Orlando Health, one of Florida's most comprehensive private, not-for-profit healthcare networks, has selected Phytel's Atmosphere suite of Web-based population health management tools as a critical component of its strategy to build new healthcare delivery models.

  4. Steward Health Care System Implements Craneware Solutions To Automate Chargemaster And Audit Processes Across Ten Hospitals 11/13/2012

    Craneware, Inc., the market leader in automated revenue integrity solutions, recently announced that Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward), New England's largest community-based accountable care organization (ACO) serving more than one million patients annually, has expanded its use of Craneware's Chargemaster Corporate Toolkit and InSight Audit across four additional hospitals in an effort to achieve enterprise-wide revenue integrity and manage audit requests.

  5. McKesson Announces Intent To Acquire Emendo Ltd., A Leader In Patient Demand Forecasting Tools 11/6/2012

    Recently McKesson announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Emendo Ltd., whose CapPlan Predictive Capacity Planning solution equips healthcare providers to optimize operational performance by intelligently forecasting patient demand.

  6. Legacy Health Selects Explorys As Its Healthcare Big Data Platform For Value-Based Care Initiatives 11/5/2012

    Explorys, the leader in cloud-based big data solutions for healthcare, announced recently that Legacy Health, one of Oregon’s premier multi-hospital health systems, has selected the Explorys Platform and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) applications to power the healthcare system’s enterprise and community-wide value-based care initiatives, including its flagship patient centered medical home (PCMH`) program.

  7. TIBCO Software And Siemens Healthcare Expand Strategic Alliance 11/1/2012

    TIBCO Software announced the expansion of a long-standing strategic alliance with Siemens Healthcare to address emerging opportunities in the healthcare market.

  8. St. Luke's Health System To Coordinate Care With Philips' New Virtual Intensive Care Program 10/29/2012

    St. Luke’s Health System will implement the Philips eICU Program to enhance the local care being provided by critical access hospitals affiliated with the St. Luke’s Health System.

  9. Cigna (CI) And Aetna (AET) Create, Acquire And Develop Businesses To Meet Growing Health Care Needs 10/26/2012

    Cigna (CI) and Aetna (AET) are developing their health care IT capabilities by acquiring businesses, and also creating and integrating solutions across the board, while also changing delivery toward a more consumer-centric model that enhances results while lowering costs.

  10. GetWellNetwork Growth Surges As Patient Engagement Takes Its Place As A Strategic Pillar Of Accountable Care 10/23/2012

    GetWellNetwork, Inc., the leading provider of interactive patient care (IPC) solutions, announced recently that the company has seen 125% growth through September 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 and is on pace for another record year.