Vendor Notebook - Noteworthy Medical Systems gets investment from CompuGROUP
Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc., a Cleveland-based provider of connected healthcare technology solutions for the ambulatory healthcare sector, has received a "substantial equity investment" from CompuGROUP Holding AG, a Koblenz, Germany-based provider of e-health services in Europe. The announcement comes in conjunction with Noteworthy's merger with ChartConnect, Inc., a Yakima, Wash.-based provider of turnkey health information exchange and Web-based electronic health record applications.
Capsule, an Andover, Mass.-based provider of medical device connectivity, has announced a partnership with Philips Healthcare to expand its reach into Europe. Capsule's DataCaptor 5.0 device connectivity solution will be integrated with the Philips IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio Critical Care (ICIP-CC) patient data management system.
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions of Chicago has announced that Edge Health Solutions, Inc., of Richmond, B.C., Canada, has signed a definitive, multi-million-dollar agreement to resell the Allscripts Electronic Health Record as "EdgeEHR Powered by Allscripts" to 1,000 physicians and dentists now using practice management software on the Mac OS X platform. In addition, the company has announced that Pee Dee Cardiology Associates has selected Allscripts Professional Electronic Health Record and Practice Management for its 16 clinicians in the Pee Dee River region of South Carolina.
Perceptive Software of Shawnee, Kan., has announced that Satilla Regional Medical Center in Georgia will deploy the company's ImageNow enterprise document management software in its accounts payable department.
InnerSpace, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based provider of storage and inventory management solutions, has announced that its Space TRAX and SpaceTRAX plus RFID are now available to more than 2,300 customers in the Amerinet group purchasing organization.
Primetime Medical Software, Inc., of Columbia, S.C., has announced that MDVIP, a national network of physicians specializing in personalized preventive medicine, has selected the company's Instant Medical History medical knowledge base and questionnaire platform.
Epocrates has announced that, through its partnership with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the retailer's list of up to 350 prescriptions on its $4 generic drug program will now be accessible to physicians using an Epocrates clinical decision support product online or via a mobile device.
Amcom Software, based in Minneapolis, has made available an enhanced version of its Commtech Messenger wireless messaging system. Key features include connectivity with Vocera, SpectraLink, KIRK and Cisco and real-time messaging abilities.
Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., of Bellevue, Wash., has announced that the University of Illinois Medical Center has implemented Simplifi 797, the company's Web-based application that's designed to automate, integrate and streamline the quality activities and documentation required to meet USP Chapter 797.
Matrox Graphics, Inc. of Montreal has announced that FIMI Medical Display Solutions, an Italian-based subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics, has chosen and will be shipping Matrox Xenia Series display controller boards for use with the MML2032 and MML2152 grayscale medical LCD displays.
VisionsWork, LLC, a Clermont, Fla.-based provider of physician relationship management and electronic referral services, has announced its formal launch and the availability of its Preferr product, a software collaboration platform designed to improve organizational efficiencies related to the referral process and managing physician relationships.