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Desktop virtualization is changing the way care providers work at North Bend Medical Center (NBMC) in Southern Oregon. Doug McCleod, CTO and Joshua Rabe, Systems Architect at NBMC recently discussed the impact of desktop virtualization on IT efficiency, provider productivity, and patient care. They are successfully completing their Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) project on time and on budget.
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Last week at the HIMSS15 Conference in Chicago, Surescripts sponsored a panel discussion titled Advancing Care with Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS). The group discussed the relatively slow adoption of EPCS among care providers, despite the fact that electronic prescribing of non-controlled substances has been swiftly embraced by prescribers and pharmacists. According to Santosh Kalkar, today in the U.S. about five percent of providers and 71 percent of pharmacies are enabled with EPCS.
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Biometric Patient Identification System Improves Patient Engagement and Safety, Reduces Enrollment Time, Eliminates Duplicate Medical Records, and Prevents Identity Theft and Insurance Fraud
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For providers considering how to assemble a viable accountable care organization, experts say the key is to first have a strong care coordination system in place. Without cohesion and collaboration among clinicians, an ACO has no chance of getting off the ground, says John Shankman, senior vice president of clinical innovation for New York-based AMC Health.
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Imprivata, the healthcare IT security company, is going full-force into the patient identification market with its announcement today of its purchase of HT Systems, a provider of vein-scan biometric technology. Executives at Imprivata and HT Systems gave Fortune an exclusive preview of the deal this week, and said they would provide more details at Imprivata’s quarterly earnings call May 4.
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Lexington health care technology company said Thursday that it has acquired a small firm that makes a product with big potential: a palm-scanning patient identification system.
Imprivata Inc. said it will pay $19 million, plus up to $7 million in additional payments over the next two years, for HT Systems of Tampa . HT Systems sells a system that helps hospitals and medical offices identify patients and access their records by scanning a patient’s palm.
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Imprivata, a Lexington, Mass.-based health IT security vendor, has acquired HT Systems, a Tampa, Fla.-based provider of palm-vein based biometric patient identification systems for approximately $19.1 million in cash at closing.
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Marking its entry into the patient identification market, health IT security company Imprivata has acquired Tampa, Fla.-based HT Systems, which develops technology for palm-vein-based biometric patient ID.
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Imprivata (NYSE: IMPR) is paying $19.1 million upfront to purchase HT Systems, a Tampa, FL-based maker of a device that can scan the veins in a person’s palms, which helps hospitals and clinics retrieve a patient’s medical records after identifying him or her. Imprivata will pay as much as $6.9 million in the future if the device retains a certain level of clients and hits sales goals.