eClinicalWorks has announced that California Forensic Medical Group, which provides healthcare to correctional facilities in 25 counties in the state, has selected its electronic medical records system, enabling CFMG to streamline operations and improve the quality of care provided through reporting capabilities and the ability to share data across the counties. This will help in the continuity of care for inmates. The system will also enable providers to utilize chronic and preventative care measures, including those that are unique to this setting such as suicide watch alerts and detox monitoring. eClinicalWorks will also provide CFMG with intake process flows and a behavioral health module.
Carestream Health has sold medical imaging and image information management systems to medical facilities dedicated to serving the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Citizen Potawatomi Nation, both of Oklahoma. The digital solutions are expected to improve staff productivity and efficiency, while enhancing patient care at both community healthcare facilities. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Service in Shawnee, Okla., purchased CARESTREAM PACS and a CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution System. With this purchase, the organization has moved from a film and paper-based workflow to an all-digital environment. The CARESTREAM PACS interfaces with the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s HIS/RIS System.
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a subsidiary of Quality Systems, has announced that it will deploy NextGen EHR, NextGen Practice Management and electronic dental records from Quality Systems with Aunt Martha's Youth Service Center, a not-for-profit agency providing healthcare and social services for families in underserved communities across Illinois. Through its 17 health centers, Aunt Martha’s provides a full range of primary medical, dental and behavioral health services to more than 80,000 individual clients each year. The integrated NextGen platform will be implemented across this entire enterprise, with the goal of creating a healthcare record for all patients.
Vidyo, Inc., a Hackensack, N.J.-based healthcare IT company, has unveiled VidyoHealth, described as a scalable video conferencing suite that leverages the Internet and other general-purpose IP networks for a broad range of healthcare uses, including home healthcare, speech therapy, specialist consultations and telepsychiatry. VidyoHealth’s components include the VidyoDesktop software client for Macs, Windows or Linux; a VidyoClick touch-screen solution for home-based services; the VidyoPortal appliance for Web-based management services; a VidyoRouter for call processing and routing; VidyoRoom systems with optional mobile medical carts; and the VidyoGateway, an optional connectivity device to link the system to legacy H.323 or SIP end points.
