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Integrated technology, data and expert advisory services enable hospitals to excel in new care delivery models. Irving, Texas (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 VHA Inc., the national health care network, and Phytel, the leader in automated, provider-led population health improvement, announced a new offering to empower health systems to effect change and successfully pursue population health management with a strategic blend of advisory services and technology to accelerate the transition to...

- VA Medical Centers in Midwest States to benefit from revolutionary technology - LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sysmex America, Inc., a global leader in medical diagnostic testing equipment and information systems technology, today announces it has been awarded a five-year Cost Per Reportable Result (CPRR) Agreement with VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23), a Veteran Integrated Service Network. Under this hematology standardization agreement effective...

Awards honor hospitals for significant improvement in core processes, cost management IRVING, Texas, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VHA Inc., the national health care network, has awarded 11 hospitals and health systems its 2013 VHA Leadership Award for Supply Chain Management Excellence. Announced at VHA's Navigating to Excellence Forum in Las Vegas, awards in two categories honor improvements in supply process efficiency and cost reduction that uphold established clinical standards...

New component makes it easier for hospitals to engage physicians on variations in utilization, cost and quality of care IRVING, Texas, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VHA Inc., the national health care network, has added physician dashboards to enhance VHA IMPERATIV(TM) Advantage, its comprehensive performance improvement solution. The new dashboards and advisory services help health care organizations accelerate physician engagement and make it is easier for hospital executives to...

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even with health insurance, ready access to preventive, specialty and behavioral health care and comprehensive electronic medical records, nearly 8 percent of patients in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) visit the emergency department two or more times per year, according to a study published online Tuesday in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("What Drives Frequent Emergency Department Use in an Integrated Health System:...

Expert advisors help health systems understand costs associated with clinical variation IRVING, Texas, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VHA Inc., the national health care network, announced a pilot project with 10 hospitals and health systems in its Upper Midwest region to help analyze how variations in clinical practice and supply usage affect patient outcomes and the total cost of care. Participating organizations will use VHA IMPERATIV(TM) Advantage to explore detailed cost and...

FARGO, N.D., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelligent InSites, Inc., the leading provider of real-time operational intelligence for healthcare in the government and commercial sectors, has been selected to provide the enterprise-wide software solution for the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) $543 million Real Time Location System (RTLS) contract, as a subcontractor to the prime contractor, HP Enterprise Services. The five-year contract will provide 152 medical centers in the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SBG Technology Solutions Inc., one of the fastest growing and leading information technology service providers in the United States, was recently awarded a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) contract to develop a web based enterprise risk registry system to aid the VA in the identification and mitigation of risk. The system will be designed, developed and implemented by SBG and support the risk management needs of the Veterans Health...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees lauds the efforts of the Save the VA Committee in its fight to stave off the closure of the VA medical center in Hot Springs, S.D. The committee, a community-based group, organized more than a year ago to develop counterproposals to the Department of Veterans Affairs plan to close the facility. The committee's work with congressional leaders resulted in a meeting on Capitol Hill with VA...

Collaborative effort aims to improve care at lower costs for approximately 157,000 patients in up to 15 health systems and provider organizations nationwide Leawood, KS (PRWEB) January 04, 2013 About 157,000 Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in up to 15 health systems and provider organizations across the nation will begin participating in a Patient-Centered Medical Neighborhood (PCMN) demonstration project as part of a collaboration among TransforMED, Phytel and VHA Inc. Funded by a...