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30 Healthcare IT News May 2008 ■ www.HealthcareITNews.com NEWSBRIEFS MEdco acquIRES GERMaN phaRMacy SERvIcE Medco Health Solutions, Inc., a Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based provider of pharmacy benefit management services, is expending its interests overseas with the acquisition of a majority interest Europa Apotheek Venlo, a Germany-based provider of clinical healthcare and mail-order pharmacy services. Medco officials say the acquisition is consistent with the company’s automated central-fill-in services. Nurse recognition gets an online boost GetWellNetwork teams up with DAISY Foundation to help nomination process. By ErIC WICkluNd, Managing Editor BETHESDA, MD – The comment card is getting an electronic update, thanks to GetWellNetwork, Inc. and the DAISY Foundation. GetWellNetwork, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of interactive patient care solutions, is teaming up with the charitable foundation to provide an online resource for voting for the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Currently awarded at more than 200 hospi- pIcIS addS BI SERvIcES to pERIopERatIvE daShBoaRd Picis, Inc. of Wakefield, Mass. has added business intelligence services to its product with the release of the Picis Perioperative Dashboard, a business activity monitoring solution designed to allow a hospital’s OR to better manage operations and finances. The real-time dashboard provides a snapshot of the surgical department, including case delays, cancellations, quality improvement compliance, patient throughput, documentation status and billing readiness, among other key indicators. The product is available to hospitals using the Picis Total Perioperative Automation Solution – OR Manager, SmarTrack, Preop Manager, Anesthesia Manager and PACU Manager. tals nationwide, the award honors a nurse at each hospital each month “for the compassionate care he/she provides and the profound difference he/she makes in the lives of patients and their families.” More than 2,000 nurses have been recognized with the award since its inception. Through the collaboration, hospital patients and their families can vote for nurses at the patient’s bedside television screen, part of GetWellNetwork’s IPC system. Votes and comments can be entered through a wireless keyboard, touchscreen or handheld device. “GetWellNetwork is dedicated to giving patients a voice and empowering them as an active participant in the healthcare system,” said Michael J. O’Neil, Jr., GetWellNetwork’s founder and CEO. “The partnership with the DAISY Foundation provides patients with the opportunity to speak their mind about their care experience and pay tribute to the Michael O’Neil Jr. nurses that have made a difference in their lives.” O’Neil said the collaboration aids hospitals improve nurse retention – an important factor considering the ongoing national shortage of nurses. “As more nurses are recognized and rewarded for their efforts, NursEs see page 31 Investing in WORKPLACE WELLNESS A survey of more than 500 U.S. companies asked if they planned to make investments in long-term solutions aimed at improving the health and productivity of their workforce over the next 3-5 years. The answers show a one-year increase of 25 percent of businesses looking to make that investment. Investors’ suit clouds apax-triZetto deal By ErIC WICkluNd, Managing Editor and Molly MErrIll, Associate Editor NEWPORT BEACH, CA – Plans by 88% 63% EclIpSyS INStallS SuNRISE at caNcER tREatMENt cENtERS The Eclypsis Corp. of Atlanta has announced the successful implementation of its Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise solutions at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, including full adoption of computerized physician order entry services through Sunrise Acute Care and Sunrise Knowledge-Based Charting for clinical documentation. CTCA, based in Schaumburg, Ill., offers a network of cancer treatment hospitals and community oncology program in Illinois, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Washington. e ● Connect: GraPHS 0508 SOURCE: HEWITT ASSOCIATES, 2008 Limeade’s recipe: Wellness for the entire workplace By ErIC WICkluNd, Managing Editor BELLEVUE, WA – ScI RElEaSES vERSIoN 4.0 oF oRdER FacIlItatoR tool SCI Solutions of Los Gatos, Calif. has released version 4.0 of its Order Facilitator online order communications tool for healthcare providers. Order Facilitator includes a three-step online workflow for processing physician orders as well as outpatient order entry, integrated medical necessity checking and electronic physician signature, physician-to-physician referrals, FAX ordering and FAX indexing. Through its SaaS delivery model, SCI has converted its hospital and physician clients to the new version. More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: VeNDorS 0508 ● Workplace health and wellness isn’t just for the sick anymore. That’s the philosophy behind Limeade, Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.based online software-as-a-service startup looking to improve a company’s workforce through physical and emotional well-being. “It takes a more engaging, whole-person, whole-population approach,” says Henry Albrecht, the CEO and founder of the roughly three-year-old company. “It’s a fundamentally different approach … that looks at creating a whole-health environment.” Limeade, which formally launched its Employee Vitality online wellness platform last month, makes use of clinical health, well-being and productivity assessments, goal-tracking (via phone, e-mail and other means), incentive management, a London-based private equity firm to acquire the TriZetto Group and take it private may have hit a snag. Apax Partners announced on April 11 an agreement to buy the TriZetto Group, Inc. for $1.4 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Apax would pay $22 per share in cash, representing a 29 percent premium over the stock’s average price during the previous month. The stockonly portion of the deal is worth $943.7 million, based on 42.9 million shares outstanding in mid-February. That news didn’t sit well with some TriZetto shareholders. Brian M. Felgoise, a Jenkintown, Pa.based attorney, has announced he has filed a class-action lawsuit against TriZetto on behalf of dissatisfied shareholders who are hoping to get what they feel is the highest possible offering for their shares. The case is pending in the Delaware Court of Chancery against certain officers and directors, according to news reports. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and The Regence Group, both customers of TriZetto, are providing funding for the transaction and will be equity investors in the newly private company. Based in Newport Beach, PrIvaTE see page 32 Patient monitoring device market could reach $8 billion by 2012 By rICHard PIzzI, Associate Editor Limeade’s Employee Vitality platform is designed to promote physical and emotional well-being in the workplace. journaling/blogging, community forums and connections to other online wellness resources. All assessments are tied to evidence-based guidelines, and dashboards allow company officials to track the overall health WEllNEss see page 31 Next-generation patient monitoring systems earned an estimated $3.9 billion dollars for manufacturers in 2007, and this market could more than double in five years, according to a market research study released this month. The report – “High-Tech Patient Monitoring Systems” – by the life sciences research firm Kalorama Information, covers the new generation of patient monitoring devices as well as data processing and EMR interface software that are crucial to these systems. NEW YORK – The report claims that an aging population and a shortage of healthcare workers have driven the development of systems that can monitor patients remotely, process data and even alert a healthcare worker if there is a problem. The care of patients with chronic diseases, such as asthma, congestive heart failure and diabetes, eats up a great deal of U.S. healthcare spending, but these conditions are also among those most amenable to patient monitoring. The Kalorama report notes that better patient MoNITors see page 32 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9187 http://HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9196

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