Versus Technology, Inc. of St. Charles, Ill, which makes real-time location systems for patient tracking and bed management, announced that it has effectively deployed its Enterprise VISion system for the St. Louis VA Medical Center to help manage patient flow, room status and interaction with patients in real-time.

CareTech Solutions, an IT and Web products and services company based in Troy, Michigan, has provided a comprehensive healthcare help desk solution to Mercy Memorial Hospital System of Monroe, Michigan The company also implemented a custom Service Request Catalog designed to control, coordinate and automate all service requests at Mercy.

Stonebranch, the Atlanta-based provider of Managed File Transfer and secure business communications, has announced the launch of Scribbos:Intellicrypt, a secure ad hoc file transfer solution that encrypts desktop data with support for dynamic key exchange and management for strong cryptography; the program uses RealMe, a security infrastructure software suite from GlobalCrypto.

Microsoft and Siemens AG have announced the signing of a licensing agreement to introduce Microsoft HealthVault in Germany. HealthVault, a personal health application platform, enables individuals to store their health information, including immunizations, disease history and prescriptions in an online account.

Quantros, a provider of safety and quality software and professional services for the healthcare industry, that’s based in San Francisco, has announced that Banner Health has adopted the Quantros RRM solution to manage its clinical improvement and regulatory reporting efforts. Banner Health is one of the country's largest non-profit hospital systems; Quantros RRM is an electronic self-reporting system designed to streamline and simplify reporting to a number of state and national quality organizations.

Mercadien Technologies, the Princeton, NJ risk management, information governance and managed IT support company, announced the general availability of its MCare solution, a web-based service that monitors the health status of business-critical devices and applications, remotely diagnosing problems before they occur.

Watertown, Mass-based athenahealth, the provider of  Web-based business services to physician practices,  announced that Day Kimball Healthcare has selected its electronic health record (EHR) service athenaClinicals as part of a new clinical connectivity platform designed to improve care and outcomes for patients across its healthcare system.

Verisys Corporation, the Alexandria, Virginia-based data acquisition company and developer of FACIS (Fraud and Abuse Control Information Systems), has acquired Northfield, Minn.-based ID Insight’s AddressWatch, a trusted data source of U.S. and Canadian addresses and delivery points that pose a high fraud risk.

HealthWare Systems, the Elgin, Ill-based provider of software to improve workflow processes within the revenue cycle, announced the release of ActiveKIOSK, its self check-in kiosk for use by hospitals and healthcare providers.

Carestream Health, a Rochester dental and medical imaging systems maker, announced that Long Beach Medical Center in New York has ordered CARESTREAM PACS, CARESTREAM eHealth Managed Services and a DIRECTVIEW CR 975 System from Carestream Health, Inc.

Omnicell, Inc. which is based in Mountain View, California and provides system solutions to acute healthcare facilities, announced that FirstHealth of the Carolinas has selected its OmniRx automated medication dispensing cabinets and OptiFlex supply systems to streamline the management of medications and healthcare supplies throughout its facilities.

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc., the Cincinnati-based provider of hospital document workflow solutions, announced the general availability of its new accessANYware 5.0 Enterprise Document Workflow Software Suite.