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Together Mercy and Trapollo will place 1,000 monitoring kits into the homes of 12,000 plus high-risk patients over three years as part of a continuum of care focused on education and wellness STERLING, Va., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to reduce hospital readmissions, Chesterfield, Mo., based Mercy has contracted Trapollo LLC., to provide a complete managed service offering designed specifically for remote health monitoring programs. Throughout the duration of the...

Benefits include customised care in home-settings and reduced public healthcare expenditure LONDON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies help patients retain their independence and avert further health complications. These technologies can also be a vital tool for governments to curb spiralling healthcare expenditures. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.healthcare.frost.com), European Market for Remote Patient Monitoring...

UCHEALTH will incorporate MEDSEEK predictive analytics and hospital website solutions. Birmingham, AL (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 MEDSEEK, the only provider of a comprehensive patient influence platform for the healthcare industry, announces today that they will be working closely with University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) to advance patient engagement initiatives. The organization will be implementing both the MEDSEEK Predict healthcare customer relationship management system and MEDSEEK...

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Change Healthcare(® )clients nationwide can now offer their members and employees cost transparency tools and health benefits education in multiple languages. The leader in consumer engagement and cost transparency recently launched a Spanish-language version of its flagship platform, Transparency Messenger(TM), and will leverage the functionality of its enhanced platform to expand into other languages as the market demands, says...

Comprehensive approach goes beyond EHRs to facilitate integrated behavioral and primary care Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) April 10, 2013 Netsmart, the leading provider of clinical solutions for health and human services organizations nationwide, today announced the launch of Netsmart CareFabric™, a framework of clinical and business solutions that supports integrated, coordinated delivery of health services across the spectrum of care. The announcement was made at the 2013 National Council for...

Public Voting for Patient Portal Designs Begins Online April 13th NEW YORK, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) announced today that starting April 13(th), New Yorkers across the state are invited and encouraged to start voting for their favorite Patient Portal designs online at: www.patientportalfornewyorkers.org. Once built, the portal will be a website where New Yorkers can securely access their healthcare records from their healthcare...

ATLANTA, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: STRM), a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise content management, business analytics, computer assisted coding (CAC), and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) solutions for healthcare providers, today announced that it will release its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 financial results for the period ended January 31, 2013 on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 prior to the opening of the market. The...

Former Denver Health CEO Brings Extensive Background in Providing Strategic Direction for Improved Healthcare Delivery PITTSBURGH, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpler Consulting, L.P., a leading global management consulting firm, today announced the appointment of Patricia A. Gabow, M.D. to senior advisor. In this new role, the former Denver Health CEO will provide critical insight into the healthcare delivery system and strategic guidance to Simpler and its clients using the...

Global data mining competition aims to save U.S. health care system tens of billions annually MARINA DEL REY, Calif., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Heritage Provider Network (HPN) today announced the end of submissions in its two-year, $3 million Heritage Health Prize competition, the largest predictive modeling competition of its kind. The winner of the competition will be announced by HPN at the Health Datapalooza Forum in Washington, DC in June 2013. (www.heritagehealthprize.com)...

Free CEU nursing course tackles next frontier in medicine SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the White House, the U.S. spends $2.2 trillion each year in health care, and Americans spend more on health care than on food or housing. An upward trend in health care cost is projected over the period of 2015-2021 at an average rate of 6.2 percent annually, reflecting the net result of the aging of the population, several provisions of the Affordable Care Act,...