| Nightingale expands services to U.S. care provider
MARKHAM, Ont. Nightingale Informatix Corp., a Canadian and U.S.-based developer of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Practice Management solutions, announced a $1.6 million contract to provide its enterprise EMR application to the Center for Disability Services (CFDS), based in Albany, New York.
CFDS is an existing customer, utilizing Nightingales Entity Practice Management solution, and will acquire Nightingales EMR solution in order to better track clinical information on patients and improve operational efficiency.
Under the terms of the agreement, Nightingale will license its CCHIT-certified EMR solution to CFDS in return for approximately $1.6 million in license, implementation and training fees over the term of the agreement. Implementation will begin in January 2007 and is expected to be rolled out to 220 healthcare practitioners in phases throughout 2007 and into 2008.
HiveLive Abuzz with Enterprise Social Networking
HiveLive vaulted from stealth mode Nov. 5 to introduce LiveConnect Community Platform, a social software platform designed to help businesses build communities. An SAAS (software as a service) offering, LiveConnect lets companies set up social networks that connect customers, partners and employees through blogs, wikis and YouTube videos, as well as custom-built applications such as competitive company profiles and brainstorming sessions. "We see community as whats next in CRM [customer relationship management]," HiveLive CEO and co-founder John Kembel told eWEEK, noting that communities help companies recruit, motivate and care for customers. Typically, building communities for CRM involves tying wikis, blogs, forums, profiles and other socially oriented tools together.
Wasatch Pediatrics Inc. Selects Greenway Medical Technologies ...
CARROLLTON, Ga., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. announced today that Wasatch Pediatrics Inc., one of Utah's largest pediatric care providers with eight ambulatory clinics and 46 physicians in Davis, Salt Lake, Summit and Wasatch Counties, Utah has selected and gone live on PrimeSuite(R), Greenway's flagship integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution. With this partnership, Greenway(R) will implement PrimeSuite and Greenway's Physician Infrastructure throughout the eight Wasatch practices to streamline their clinical, financial and administrative processes. In closing this deal, Wasatch becomes one of Greenway's largest pediatric customers-to-date and comes on the heels of Greenway's most successful fiscal year since the company's inception in 1998.
Caremark Pharmacy Services Receives New URAC Pharmacy Benefit ...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) announced today that its pharmacy benefit management division, Caremark Pharmacy Services, has received accreditation from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the health care industry. Caremark Pharmacy Services received accreditation in two new categories: Pharmacy Benefit Management and Drug Therapy Management. These are the first voluntary accreditations developed for the industry. "Our new URAC accreditations demonstrate Caremark's continued commitment to not only meeting our industry's standards, but also to exceeding them," said Howard McLure, President, Caremark Pharmacy Services. "We are pleased that our dedication to patient care, customer service and overall quality has been recognized by URAC, and we look forward to identifying new ways to further our standards of excellence as we move ahead." "By applying for and receiving Pharmacy Benefit Management and Drug Therapy Management Accreditation, Caremark has demonstrated a commitment to quality health care," said Alan P.
Neil Aiming For Fan-tastic Bond
After a management career that has taken him to Panama and Switzerland, the 39-year-old has been appointed to review the club's operational and commercial activities, including all customer-facing aspects. "One of my first observations was that the club needs to get back alongside our supporters and bring MFC and the fans closer together again," says Neil, who has previously worked with chemical companies such as ICI and more recently Syngenta. "We are reviewing each aspect of our business and are looking closely at the relationship we have with our supporters.
"The passion of our fans is one of our main assets both on and off the field and there appears to be a number of areas where fans seem dissatisfied with their experiences with the club. "We will not achieve all of our objectives overnight, but we recognise the need to establish a more customer-focused 'can do' culture within the club to improve the supporter experience." Along with Gareth Southgate and Communications Manager Dave Allan, Neil recently met members of the supporters group, The Twe12th Man, to discuss how the club can work more closely with fans.
Mid-Atlantic Physician Consultancy Selects Intergy by Sage Physician ...
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. has announced that D'Souza & Associates - a billing and collection service for more than 50 ambulatory practices throughout the Mid-Atlantic region - has selected Intergy by Sage for its customers' physician practice management system. The company had previously used another Sage Software product, The Medical Manager by Sage, since 1989. The choice to migrate, according to top officials, was not taken lightly. "We searched for more than a year," said D'Souza & Associates CEO Mabel D'Souza. "This was a major change, so we compared several products. Finally, we narrowed our search field to three, and ultimately Intergy by Sage was the better physician practice management system." D'Souza & Associates provides billing solutions and hosted practice management software for more than 150 physicians across the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.
WellPoint Announces Realignment of Core Businesses; Names New ...
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Angela Braly, president and CEO of WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) , today announced organizational changes that will strengthen the company's ability to focus on and serve its customers. WellPoint is the country's largest health benefits company with nearly 35 million members. Effective October 15, 2007, the company will be organized around two new strategic business units - a Commercial Business Unit and a Consumer Business Unit. In addition, a new Comprehensive Health Solutions Business Unit will bring together the company's resources focused on optimizing the quality of health care and the cost of care management. "This simplified, customer-focused structure builds on the strength of our commercial and consumer businesses, and will create additional opportunities for cross-selling medical and specialty products," said Braly.
Commence CRM 20th Anniversary Celebration Includes Discounted User ...
Twenty years later the company has emerged as one of the leading providers of desktop automation tools and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. Commence products are sold and supported in twenty-two countries worldwide.
According the Commence President, Larry Caretsky, �We are proud of our accomplishments and the value we continue to provide to our customers. Today, several thousand businesses rely on our products and services to capture, manage and share vital customer information in order to make informed decisions about their business. Many of our customers have been loyal users of our products for more than a decade and dozens of business owners have called me personally to say that Commence has played a significant role in the growth and success of their businesses.
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