The Contracts Update Department features announcements of recent contracts that health care information technology companies have signed with provider and payer organizations. Please send contract announcement news releases via e-mail to Senior Editor Beckie Kelly at rebecca.kelly-schuerenberg
Abbott Laboratories
Web-based data management system
Premier Inc., San Diego
Agfa
Picture archiving and communication system and computed radiography system
Adventist Health System, Winter Park, Fla.
Amicas Inc.
Picture archiving and communications system
The University of Chicago Hospitals
Bsquare
I.T. services
University of Washington Medicine, Seattle
Concuity Inc.
Revenue cycle management system
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
Datawatch Corp.
Enterprise reporting system
Good Shepherd Health System, Longview, Texas
Eastman Kodak Co.
Picture archiving and communication system
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Md.
Eclipsys Corp.
Clinical information system
Calgary Health Region, Alberta, Canada
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Electronic Data Systems
I.T. management and operations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Inc., Boston
Ensure Technologies
Security software
Community Health Partners, Lorain, Ohio
Sumner Regional Medical Center, Gallatin, Tenn.
Gold Standard Multimedia
PDA-based drug information software
Florida's Agency for Health Care
Administration, Jacksonville
ibex Healthdata Systems
Emergency department information system
Mount Clemens (Mich.) General Hospital
Info-X
Claims management system
Physician Practice Services, Northvale, N.J.
InstantDX LLC
Electronic prescription software
Lifespan, Providence, R.I.
Interactive Payer Network
Electronic data interchange connectivity and clearinghouse services
Compensation Programs of Ohio, Austintown
Enterprise Group Planning Inc., Cleveland
Kryptiq Corp.
Secure messaging application
Austin (Texas) Diagnostic Clinic
LanVision Systems Inc.
Web-based electronic medical records system
Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center, Richmond, Ky.
MC Strategies
Web-based management training services
MedAssets HSCA, St. Louis
Med3000 and Misys Healthcare Systems
Practice management, electronic medical records and data warehouse applications
Miller Orthopaedic Clinic, Charlotte, N.C.
Med-Data Management Inc.
Charge management and reporting system
Catholic Health Initiatives, Denver
Mediware Information Systems Inc.
Computerized physician order entry system
Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Ky.
MercuryMD
Mobile software
Carolinas HealthCare System, Research
Triangle Park, N.C.
Misys Healthcare Systems
Integrated practice management and electronic medical records systems
Advanced Women's Health Center, Spring Hill, Fla.
DeFuentes & Real, M.D., PA, Kissimmee, Fla.
Issaquah (Wash.) Medical Group
Low Country Health Care System, Fairfax, S.C.
Rivers Edge Family Medicine, Charlottesville, Va.
Marcos J. Valdez M.D., PA, McAllen, Texas
Wythe Medical Associates, Wytheville, Va.
Radiology and mammography information systems
Barton HealthCare System, South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Netsmart Technologies Inc.
Practice management and electronic medical records software
The Nevada Division of Children and Family Services, Las Vegas
Opus Healthcare Solutions Inc.
Web-based clinical documentation system
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas
Pegasystems Inc.
Customer service software
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Providence
Plexis Healthcare Systems Inc.
Claims processing software
Arrowhead Administrators, San Bernadino, Calif.
Precyse Solutions
Web-based medical transcription services
Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, Del.
Premier Healthcare Informatics
Clinical benchmarking system
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit
ProxyMed Inc.
HIPAA-compliant transaction services
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Wellesley, Mass.
Redwood Software Inc.
Automated reports management software
Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Va.
RelayHealth Corp.
Web-based physician-patient communications service
Newton-Wellesley Primary Care, Newton, Mass.
Quality Care Solutions Inc.
Managed care application
Molina Healthcare Inc., Long Beach, Calif.
Sentillion Inc.
Single-sign-on application
Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati
Valley Medical Center, Renton, Wash.
Siemens Medical Solutions
Medical imaging technologies and information systems
The University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor
Picture archiving and communication system and network storage technology
Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Kingston, Pa.
Symantec Corp.
Intrusion protection, firewall and anti-virus technologies
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia
Tumbleweed
E-mail firewall and encryption application
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Durham
Ultra-Scan Corp.
Biometrics technology
Catholic Health System, Buffalo, N.Y.
Verilet Inc.
Web portal technology
Scott & White Health Plan, Temple, Texas
Visicu Inc.
Electronic intensive care unit technology
Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Kaleida Health, Buffalo, N.Y.
Websense Inc.
Security software
Sharp HealthCare, San Diego
Zix Corp.
Secure e-mail services
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
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