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Initiate Systems Introduces Initiate Payer Data Management

Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions that enable the exchange of health information, has introduced Initiate® Payer Data Management. This solution helps healthcare payers reduce costs by improving administrative efficiencies through streamlined claims processing. It also enables more informed decision-making by increasing the transparency of provider and member data.

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CDW Healthcare's IT Checkup Self-Assessment Tool Enables Direct Comparison Against a National Sample of Healthcare IT Professionals

CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation and a leading provider of technology products and services to healthcare organizations, has announced the release of the IT Checkup Self-Assessment Tool, a Web-based program which enables hospital IT managers to evaluate their clinical application and IT infrastructure investment and receive an instant score indicating how their healthcare organization compares to averages from across the U.S. The tool is based upon the results of the CDW Healthcare IT Checkup, a national survey of healthcare IT professionals, which CDW Healthcare reported in March.
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Tangent Announces Medix 10T MCA Tablet for Medical Market

Tangent Inc., www.tangent.com, a leading provider of healthcare technology has announced the Medix 10T, a state-of-the-art 10.4 tablet that weighs only 3.3 lbs., is built on the highly-acclaimed Intel Health Architecture, includes enhanced touch screen functionally, contributing greater workflow efficiencies in EMR and other point-of-care applications.
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Initiate Systems, Axolotl Corp. Create Partnership for Health Information Exchange Solutions

Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions for the exchange of health information, has announced a new partnership with Axolotl Corp., a premier provider of Health Information Exchange (HIE) solutions and services. Following successful product integration in Axolot's engineering labs, the two healthcare technology industry leaders will deliver solutions that enable interoperability between healthcare information systems in hospitals, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs), Regional Healthcare Information Organizations (RHIOs) and statewide healthcare exchanges.
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CDW Healthcare’s IT Checkup Self-Assessment Tool Enables Direct Comparison

CDW Healthcare, part of the public sector subsidiary of CDW Corporation and a leading provider of technology products and services to healthcare organizations, has announced the release of the IT Checkup Self-Assessment Tool, a Web-based program which enables hospital IT managers to evaluate their clinical application and IT infrastructure investment and receive an instant score indicating how their healthcare organization compares to averages from across the U.S. The tool is based upon the results of the CDW Healthcare IT Checkup, a national survey of healthcare IT professionals, which CDW Healthcare reported in March.
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State of Washington Hospital to Use Centricity for EMR, HIE, Patient Portal and Financial Management

GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology (HIT), has announced a multi-million dollar agreement with Harrison Medical Center (Bremerton, WA) for a broad portfolio of healthcare IT solutions. The announcement marks a significant expansion of GE's footprint in the health information exchange (HIE) market with a comprehensive deal that also includes the company's full-featured electronic medical record (EMR), patient communication services, ePrescribing, quality outcomes measurement, and revenue cycle management tools. With Centricity HIE Services pulling the digital care community together, this implementation will serve to extend Harrison's EMR to community providers, bolster the patient care continuum and help Harrison's providers improve the quality of their care. 

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Bill Conroy of Initiate Systems Honored with ITA CityLIGHTS Award

Bill Conroy, chief executive officer and president of Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in data management solutions that enable information sharing and improve data quality, was honored with the CEO of the Year Award by the Illinois Technology Association (ITA). The awards, which honor outstanding information technology companies, executives and advocates in Illinois, were presented to the winners at the association’s 10th annual CityLIGHTS Gala on April 23 at Union Station.
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CDW Server Virtualization Assessments Provide Tailored Analysis of Benefits

CDW Corporation, a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, has announced an assessment services offering that enables qualifying medium and large organizations to consider the potential benefits of server virtualization at no cost and with minimal effort required from the participant. The core of the offerings – developed and refined by CDW’s virtualization assessment team working with a number of customers during 2008 and early 2009 – include a Self-Guided Assessment (SGA) and a Server Virtualization Assessment (SVA).
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Initiate Systems Wins Two MDM Products of the Year Honors from SearchDataManagement.com

Initiate Systems, Inc., a leader in master data management (MDM) solutions that enable information sharing and improve data quality, announced today that two of the company=92s solutions have been named MDM Products of the Year by SearchDataManagement.com's 2008 Products of the Year program. Initiate=AE Interoperable Health won the Gold Award in the MDM category, and Initiate Master Data Service=AE Platform v8.5 won the Bronze Award in the same category.
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GE Healthcare to Include Urgent Public Health Alerts in Electronic Medical Records

GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, has announced a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Public Health Informatics. The project will demonstrate the capability of a public health agency to utilize electronic medical record (EMR) systems to provide clinicians with timely, patient-specific information at the point of care.
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