Panasonic Computer Solutions Company recently introduced three new business-rugged notebook computers designed to meet the demands of mobile executives, walking workers and road warriors: the ultraportable W7, the tablet alternative T7, and the thin-and-light Y7.

Global Care Quest Inc.’s ICIS delivers multiple data types from multiple information systems of clinically relevant data in real time.

ICIS Dashboard and ICIS Mobile pull critical patient data such as lab results, vitals, X-rays, CT scans and demographics in real-time from diverse hospital systems. Information is delivered to physicians and other members of the medical team via desktop PCs, laptops and smartphones.

Philips announced that its speech recognition engine, SpeechMagic will be integrated into 3M Health Information Systems’ document creation suite of products, reportedly providing 3M’s customers with leading-edge documentation solutions and allowing Philips to further accelerate its growth in healthcare speech recognition.

The MediREC is an automated medication reconciliation product for hospitals that enables healthcare facilities to document and reconcile medications taken by patients at home, prior to prescribing additional drug therapies within the hospital environment.

DataBay Resources, a provider of healthcare market assessment software, announced the release of NavigateMD, an Internet-based system for healthcare strategic planners, marketers and physician recruiters designed to determine the physician supply and community demand of a service area.

Kryptiq, a provider of healthcare connectivity solutions, recently released CareManager 3.3, a disease management solution providing physicians with information to care for patients with chronic disease.

By utilizing data stored in the electronic health record (EHR), CareManager reportedly allows timely interventions based on comprehensive clinical information. The 3.3 release includes new filtering capabilities to sort patient panels, enabling new levels of patient tracking and identification.

STERIS Corp. and Questra Corp. recently announced the launch of the ProConnect Response Center.

The center features remote equipment monitoring, priority technical support, and an array of on-line service tools designed to improve productivity and operational efficiencies for healthcare and life science customers by leveraging an integrated systems approach to equipment management. STERIS Corp. has teamed with Questra Corp. to provide the infrastructure necessary to continuously monitor and evaluate equipment securely over the Internet.

Omnicell Inc. recently introduced its WorkflowRx 5.0 central pharmacy automation solution that automates ordering, receiving, stocking, dispensing and unit-dose packaging of medications, and provides central pharmacy operations with greater patient safety.

December 2007

Concuity released its ClearContracts 7.2, which reportedly has increased calculation engine modeling capabilities and better system usability.

Health organizations are constantly occupied with managing underpayments and denials due to payer noncompliance and are always looking for better ways to monitor contract compliance.

With ClearContracts, finance administrators and contractors can reportedly identify and correct systemic issues that cause revenue leakage and develop long-term strategies for combating payer noncompliance.

December 2007

The Infor-Med Corp. Praxis Electronic Medical Records Version 4 features the new Praxis EMR Knowledge Exchanger, which allows physicians to tap into the knowledge of other clinicians.

December 2007

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