Equinox lands mobile provider contract
Posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Cellular One has signed a deal to use two services marketed by Madison-based telecommunications software firm Equinox Information Systems. Cellular One runs a switched GSM network across four states.
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Microsoft CEO to visit Nashville
Posted on November 12, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be visiting Nashville in January to speak at the Nashville Technology Council’s annual membership breakfast. Tech Council President J. Tod Fetherling said Ballmer will talk about development, what’s going on at Microsoft and why Nashville’s tech community is important. The event is slated for Jan. 20.
PureSafety ready to buy
Posted on November 10, 2009 at 2:18 pmWorkforce software provider PureSafety is now working with Avondale Partners in its search for acquisition targets. The Franklin-based company, which employs 100 people locally and moved to Cool Springs earlier this year, made its most recent buy in December 2008, when it acquired Unique Software Solutions.
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Local health IT players collaborating
Posted on at 1:25 pmHealthStream and onFocus Healthcare have teamed up to jointly offer their services, which combine their learning and performance improvement software offerings. Or, in jargonese:
Using the Improvement Center, hospital leaders charged with improving outcomes can easily collaborate with their employees in real-time to effectively manage progress toward achieving their goals to improve HCAHPS scores, employee engagement, physician satisfaction, and a variety of other business and clinical outcomes.
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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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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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PureSafety and the Next Generation
Posted on October 22, 2009 at 7:47 amFrom BusinessWire:
PureSafety, a leading provider of training, safety, occupational health and medical management software and information solutions, today announced the release of the industry’s first Learning and Safety Management System (LSMS).
The Enterprise LSMS incorporates the best features of PureSafety’s legacy LMS, but is designed to integrate critical and closely related areas including training, safety and compliance. Designed using the latest web-based technology, a highly intuitive user interface and an innovative platform will allow PureSafety to quickly and cost-effectively add more tools and features to meet client needs.
“Our constant communication with customers made it clear that today’s workplace safety and training management operational challenges demanded more than a standard LMS provides,” said PureSafety EVP and General Manager, Workforce Safety and Training Solutions, Mike Kroll. “So we didn’t just update our LMS — we created a new type of product designed to meet those challenges and needs.”
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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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Making the robots see
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 11:45 am
Promising local software developer Universal Robotics has teamed with Ohio-based Motoman to merge advanced 3D vision systems and industrial robots.
And now for the product description:
The Spatial Vision system is easy to set up. It enables automatic self-calibration with full color and high definition images with millimeter accuracy within a robot’s work envelope at a fraction of the cost of current systems.
The Spatial Vision system can automatically identify any dynamic point in 3D space and calculate the distance to this point using inexpensive web cams. It delivers accurate, full-frame color results at 960 by 720 pixels four to five times per second.
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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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Robotics software firm hires marketer
Posted on September 28, 2009 at 7:58 amUniversal Robotics, which is making waves with smart software targeting the logistics sector, has hired a veteran of Hewlett-Packard and Agilent to lead its marketing efforts.
“Hob brings a rare mix of marketing savvy and technical know-how to Universal,” said David Peters, co-founder and CEO of Universal Robotics. “His experience as both a marketer and engineer, combined with his great passion for technology, makes him the ideal person to successfully take Universal’s products from our lab to the marketplace.”
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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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America’s most promising company is in Brentwood
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 8:27 am
A Brentwood-based trio of veteran engineers and business development execs top Forbes‘ list of America’s Most Promising Companies. Pictured above are Robert Tryon, left, Loren Nasser and Animesh Dey, who founded Vextec nine years ago and have in recent years begun building a strong base of commercial customers for their modeling software business.
Their aim: to hasten the design of everything from engine parts to medical devices–all while slashing research-and-development expenses and even opening doors for new competitors.
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