Shmerling adds to HealthStream stake
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 8:32 am
Nashville entrepreneur and HealthStream director Mike Shmerling this week boosted his stake in the online health educaton provider by almost 10 percent. Shmering now owns almost 0.6 percent of all HealthStream shares (Ticker: HSTM), which have risen more than 90 percent this year.
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Sy.Med gets Windows 7 friendly
Posted on November 2, 2009 at 11:11 amSy.Med Development has released a new version of its physician credentialing software, Sy.Med OneApp, that’s compatible with Microsoft’s newly-released Windows 7. The company works with more than 750 clients and 165,000 health care providers in 49 states.
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HIMSS absorbs Nashville medical biz
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 8:04 am
The Chicago-based Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, a nonprofit membership group, has acquired Nashville’s Medical Banking Project. Read about how the project will bring together health care IT and banking here.
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nTelagent announces product’s new engine
Posted on October 27, 2009 at 10:45 amRevenue cycle management company nTelagent announced the new Registration Interface Engine behind its Retail Application for Healthcare. The company said the engine lets hospitals implement nTelagent’s point-of-service collection system in a few days.
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AmeriChoice and Meharry partner for telehealth
Posted on at 7:51 amMembers of AmeriChoice by UnitedHealthcare of Tennessee who live in rural or underserved areas will have access to the physicians of Meharry Medical Group via a telehealth network announced Monday. The agreement with Meharry Medical College is an expansion of AmeriChoice’s telehealth program with Community Health Network.
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Passport Health adds eCashiering
Posted on October 15, 2009 at 7:19 amPassport Health Communications has enhanced its payment processing services with an eCashering solution that adds electronic check payment processing, payment plans and Internet and phone payments to Passport’s services for front-end patient payment collection.
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HMS prepping new EMR product
Posted on October 14, 2009 at 9:37 am
Nashville-based clinical software shop Healthcare Management Systems says it will soon roll out an electronic medical record aimed specifically at outpatient facilities and doctor practices.
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Health IT venture in THA alliance
Posted on October 7, 2009 at 10:38 amCredenceHealthcare has partnered with the consulting arm of the Tennessee Hospital Association. The Brentwood-based company will market its Web-based clinical software to facilities around the state.
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Insurance software venture in consulting alliance
Posted on October 5, 2009 at 12:31 pmBrentwood-based Specific Software Solutions has hooked up with a Florida-based workers’ compensation insurance consulting firm to gain access to new agents for its modeling software.
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Medical transcription venture adds sales exec
Posted on October 1, 2009 at 10:40 am
SPi Healthcare, the medical transcription division of a Phillipines telecommunications company, has hired a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center manager to expand its East Coast presence.
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BlueCross unit inks software deal
Posted on September 29, 2009 at 7:59 amVolunteer State Health Plan, which covers some 500,000 lives around the state, has signed a contract to use a Cincinnati company’s care-management software for its long-term care programs.
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PureSafety inks Oregon deal
Posted on September 25, 2009 at 11:57 amNashville-based PureSafety, which develops risk management software, has signed an agreement to provide its OHM medical management system to Salem Hospital, a large nonprofit hospital south of Portland.
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Two local health care players on IT best-of list
Posted on September 15, 2009 at 10:59 am
Healthways has been ranked 35th on the annual InformationWeek 500 list of top information technology organizations. The only other locally headquartered ranked in the top list’s top half is HCA. First Horizon, the Memphis-based parent of First Tennessee Bank, also ranks in the top 50.
SEE ALSO: Healthways’ release on the topic
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Analyst: HealthStream should think about selling division
Posted on September 11, 2009 at 6:58 amVenture Nashville recently caught up with Noble Financial analyst Vince Colicchio to get his thoughts on HealthStream. Collichio rates the thinly traded stock (Ticker: HSTM) a ‘buy,’ but nevertheless says he would like Bobby Frist’s company a lot better as a pure education play.
“Just because I think the research business will see relatively good growth doesn’t mean that selling the business isn’t a good strategy.”
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The latest hurdle to health IT investments
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 7:18 amParts of the Recovery Act has been touted by many — including local player Healthcare Management Systems — as a nice kick in pants for spending on electronic health records and other health IT projects. But the attorneys at Baker Donelson say providers may want to wait for a little while before committing serious cash. The criteria, you see, are still a little fuzzy.
Obviously, this is wreaking havoc in a number of ways - it is nearly impossible to know for certain if existing technology will qualify, or to make plans for investing in new information systems that can be paid for from incentive payments.
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