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AAPC Launches Healthicity
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AAPC, the leader in training and certification for the business of healthcare, has launched an enterprise-centric brand—Healthicity (www.healthicity.com). As a sister company to AAPC, Healthicity will focus on creating software and services designed to drive simplicity and elevate an organization's operational performance.
Healthicity brings the knowledge and expertise from AAPC's 30 years of serving medical coders, billers, auditors, compliance managers and administrators to create solutions for enterprise businesses. This launch will allow AAPC to remain focused on training, certification, resources and professional community for its members while Healthicity will focus its efforts and momentum toward auditing, compliance and analytic solutions for enterprises.
Dr. Barry Johnson serves as president of Healthicity. Dr. Johnson brings over 20 years of experience building software companies in the healthcare industry. He previously co-founded HealthCare Insight (HCI), which provided payers with next-generation solutions for fraud, waste and abuse detection and prevention. HCI was purchased by Verisk Analytics in 2007, where Dr. Johnson served as president of the payment accuracy division until 2011.
"Healthcare is a very complex industry made even more complicated by the outdated and inadequate technology currently available in the market. At Healthicity, our approach is to elevate healthcare technology through elegant, intuitive design that will transform the way our clients work and interact with software," said Dr. Johnson.
"The launch of Healthicity reflects our firm commitment to both those we serve and our mission. AAPC remains focused on supporting members and advancing the business of healthcare," said AAPC CEO Jason VandenAkker. "Healthicity will concentrate on elevating organizations and driving simplicity across the healthcare system."
For a free trial or demonstration of the Healthicity solutions that are enhancing auditing accuracy and healthcare compliance, visit http://www.healthicity.com/solutions. Additional new and exciting products and services will be commercially available in the coming months.
About AAPCAAPC (http://www.aapc.com) is the largest training and credentialing association for the business of healthcare. More than 150,000 members represent physician offices, outpatient facilities and payer organizations. AAPC certifications validate the knowledge and expertise of healthcare professionals in disciplines including medical coding, billing, auditing, compliance and practice management.
About HealthicityHealthicity (http://www.healthicity.com) creates software and services designed to help physician groups, ACOs, hospitals and payers simplify their work and elevate performance. Healthicity provides a suite of solutions and services for healthcare compliance, auditing, coding, training and analytics.
CONTACT: Darin Johnson 800-626-2633 darin.johnson@aapc.com
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Yodlee Releases New Version of FastLink to Enable Creation and Adoption of Financial Solutions Faster and Easier Than Ever
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yodlee® (Nasdaq:YDLE), the leading platform driving digital financial innovation, today announced an update to FastLink with its version 2.0. This premium feature used by financial institutions and fintech innovators to access transaction-level financial data enables faster time-to-market and consumer onboarding for innovative digital financial services and apps. With the new version of FastLink, consumers will have access to a quick and easy omni-channel experience that will help them add accounts in seconds.
It can be difficult for consumers to add and verify accounts for digital financial solutions since there are more than 14,000 data sources that are constantly changing with additions, and deletions. This unique, patented technology leverages Yodlee's 16 years of experience by bringing together consumer transactional data for the largest financial providers in the world. FastLink facilitates the easy linking of external financial accounts to power any digital money management service without compromising security or privacy. According to one study, consumers with aggregated financial accounts are more engaged with their financial institution, logging in 54 percent more frequently than online bankers without aggregation. FastLink speeds up the onboarding process and enables financial app developers to seamlessly add several accounts that their users hold at different banks.
Yodlee FastLink version 2.0 focuses on increasing usability across devices while retaining all the functionality from the original version. In addition, it improves add account success rates and enables a flexible user experience. New updates, include:
- Omni-Channel Experience: FastLink has been built to be fully responsive, context-aware and adaptable, with functional support across mobile, web, and tablet deployments.
- Improved Efficacy and Visibility: FastLink allows consumers to add multiple accounts simultaneously and account linkage will be further enhanced with new search capabilities and keywords, additional search options, and visual enhancements, ultimately increasing success rates.
- Enhanced Developer Tools: FastLink enables developers to build a flexible user experience, by easily integrating search, login, edit account, edit credentials, and balance and transactions refresh manage accounts into the user experience flow. FastLink will also provide an effective out-of-the-box experience and reduce the burden for developers to build their own.
"With the explosion of alternative financial services technologies over the last decade, it is important that both our financial institutions and fintech innovators have a way to develop tools that help them give their customers what they need as well as help them stay competitive in a crowded market," says John Bird, VP of Product Marketing and Alliances at Yodlee. "When we were developing this new version of FastLink, we wanted to make sure that it provided tools that would make accessing and creating digital solutions even easier across devices."
For more information about FastLink, please visit: www.yodlee.com.
About Yodlee®
Yodlee (Nasdaq:YDLE) is a leading technology and applications platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services. More than 900 companies, including 11 of the 20 largest U.S. banks and hundreds of Internet services companies, subscribe to the Yodlee platform to power personalized financial apps and services for millions of consumers. Yodlee solutions help transform the speed and delivery of financial innovation, improve digital customer experiences, and deepen customer engagement.
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LabTech Software Leverages Veeam to Streamline Backup and Recovery of Physical Environments
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 06, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LabTech Software, the developer of the world’s most powerful IT automation platform designed to streamline IT service delivery, today announced Veeam® Endpoint Backup™ for LabTech. Building on its integration with Veeam Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Modern Data Center™, the new offering streamlines physical backup and recovery activities for managed service providers (MSPs) through LabTech.
Current and future LabTech partners can centralize management and restore activities, including remote bare-metal restore of failed devices, through the LabTech control center. Veeam Endpoint Backup for LabTech enables service providers to take a centralized approach to deploy the endpoint backup agent, configure backup jobs, perform recovery tasks, monitor endpoint backup status and even perform remote bare-metal restores.
“As the demand for data availability in the modern work environment becomes increasingly 24/7, it is critical for MSPs to have centralized control over their backup capabilities to efficiently and effectively secure their access to data and applications,” said Matt Nachtrab, CEO of LabTech Software. “This integration with Veeam further enhances our partners’ ability to secure customer environments and allows IT solution providers to direct more time to delivering their customers exceptional services.”
The new offering simplifies the backup and recovery of Windows-based desktops and laptops, including centralized management through the LabTech console. IT service providers can efficiently deploy and manage backups across numerous endpoints, monitor and report on endpoint backups through LabTech, and perform bare-metal restores of failed devices to save time and money. The solution can be used alone, or in conjunction with Veeam Backup & Replication™ v8 Update 2 or later to write endpoint backups to a Veeam backup repository and optionally to tape or the cloud.
“Endpoint backup should not be overlooked as a part of enabling availability for the modern data center,” said Mike Waguespack, Vice President, Global Cloud Group at Veeam. “Veeam and LabTech have collaborated to provide MSPs with a complete endpoint backup solution for Windows-based machines. MSPs can now deploy the endpoint backup agent, configure backup jobs, perform recovery tasks, monitor endpoint backup status, and even perform bare-metal restores—all from the LabTech console, helping to streamline management and recovery of endpoints for customers.”
To learn more about Veeam Endpoint Backup for LabTech, visit www.LabTechSoftware.com/Veeam or register for the upcoming 30-minute webinar with Veeam on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 3p.m. EDT.
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About LabTech Software
Designed and developed by system administrators with years of experience in the IT services industry, LabTech’s focus is to drive the power of IT automation. With more than 5,000 partners and nearly 5 million agents sold, LabTech is quickly becoming the preferred tool of IT professionals worldwide. Whether you’re an experienced IT managed service provider (MSP) managing client networks or a corporate IT department managing internal networks, LabTech will enable you to significantly improve your productivity and efficiency by leveraging the power of IT automation. LabTech is the most powerful, feature-rich and widely-sought IT automation platform in the IT service provider space today. For more information please visit www.labtechsoftware.com or call 877-522-8323.CONTACT: Amy LegereGreenough for LabTech Software alegere@greenough.biz 617.275.6517
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O2Micro Revises Third Quarter 2015 Financial Guidance
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Oct. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- O2Micro® International Limited (NASDAQ:OIIM), a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits and solutions, today revised its guidance for the third quarter of 2015. The company now expects its third quarter revenue to be approximately $13.5 million to $13.8 million, versus previous guidance of $15.0 million to $16.2 million. In addition, gross margin for the third quarter is expected to be 50% to 52%, unchanged from the previously provided guidance.
The reduction in anticipated revenue for the third quarter is primarily the result of weaker than anticipated sales by our major customers in TV and Monitors. Due to the market conditions, these customers are also maintaining lower than normal inventories.
Sterling Du, Chairman and CEO of O2Micro commented, "We are disappointed by the soft demand in our business in the third quarter. This is primarily the result of weaker than forecasted demand by several of our large customers in backlighting. During this difficult period of revenue weakness, the Company will continue the cost saving programs and improve the operating efficiency to meet the challenges. As we control our expenses, we will continue our efforts to develop innovative technologies and products that we believe will produce our next generation of relevant, competitive products that will drive growth."
No conference call will be held in conjunction with this financial guidance update. Additional information will be available when the Company reports its third quarter results prior to market open on November 4, 2015.
About O2Micro
Founded in April 1995, O2Micro develops and markets innovative power management components for the Computer, Consumer, Industrial, Automotive and Communications markets. Products include LED General Lighting, Backlighting, Battery Management and Power Management.
O2Micro International maintains an extensive portfolio of intellectual property with 29,285 patent claims granted, and over 30,000 more pending. The company maintains offices worldwide. Additional company and product information can be found on the company website at www.o2micro.com.
O2Micro, the O2Micro logo, and combinations thereof are registered trademarks of O2Micro. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Statements made in this release that are not historical, including statements regarding O2Micro's or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties such as reduced demand for products of electronic equipment manufacturers which include O2Micro's products due to adverse economic conditions in general or specifically affecting O2Micro's markets, technical difficulties and delays in the developments process, and errors in the products. You are also referred to the Form F-1 in connection with the company's initial public offering in August 2000, Form F-3 in connection with the company's public offering in November 2001, and the annual reports on Form 20-F, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
CONTACT: Scott L. Anderson Director of Investor Relations, O2Micro Phone: 408.987.5920, x8888 Email: scott.anderson@o2micro.com
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Proofpoint Essentials Adds Social Media Protection, Email Attachment Defense and Automated Email Encryption
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ:PFPT), a leading next-generation cybersecurity company, today announced the latest version of Proofpoint Essentials™ to protect how small and medium enterprises work today. Today's release features policy-based email encryption, protection against threats on corporate social media accounts and defense against attachment-based advanced threats.
According to Proofpoint research, on average, a 150-employee company suffers a targeted attack once a month. The FBI's Criminal Investigative Division also recently indicated that cybercriminals use publicly available information and vulnerabilities in email systems to trick small businesses into wiring large sums of money into fraudulent bank accounts. From October 2013 through June 2015, companies around the world lost more than $1 billion as a result of such schemes, and this is just one of several types of highly successful cyberattacks using email as the entry point.
"Proofpoint Essentials has completely transformed our cybersecurity posture, and we are confident we are doing everything possible to protect our employees, systems and customers from the array of increasingly malicious attacks," said Charles Hoots, Impac Services. "The solution was simple to deploy and has been very easy to maintain using our existing resources, minimizing the impact on our budget. Proofpoint Essentials gives us peace of mind."
With cloud-based Proofpoint Essentials, all cyberattack protection capabilities are accessible through a single, easy-to-use interface. Three new capabilities released today include:
- Social media account protection via continuous, real-time monitoring of corporate social media accounts with automated removal of unwanted posts (based on Proofpoint Nexgate's award-winning service).
- Attachment defense to identify malicious content within email attachments using next-generation analysis and to prevent users from falling prey to attacks.
- Automated email encryption of communications that contain sensitive data, enforcing data security policies and preventing inadvertent data loss.
"Attacks against SMEs are just as common as those against large enterprises, but the consequences for smaller organizations can be more devastating," said Andres Kohn, general manager of Proofpoint Essentials. "By stopping social media threats and malicious attachments, as well as spam and malicious email links, Proofpoint Essentials protects SMEs and the information they create from cyberattacks, data loss and compliance violations."
Proofpoint Essentials is an easy-to-deploy and manage, cloud-based next generation security solution that helps small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to extend their security policy from email into social media properties. This extension protects employees and social followers from malware, spam, phishing attacks, and malicious links and attachments. Designed for organizations with fewer than 1,000 users, Proofpoint Essentials enables SMEs to benefit from the same Proofpoint enterprise-class security technology that protects more than half of the Fortune 100. It reduces the cost and complexity typically associated with deploying, configuring and maintaining cybersecurity solutions.
Proofpoint Essentials is available in three packages – Business, Advanced, and Professional – to enable organizations to meet their specific security and budget requirements. For more information about Proofpoint Essentials, please visit www.proofpoint.com/essentials.
About Proofpoint, Inc.
Proofpoint Inc. (NASDAQ:PFPT) is a leading next-generation security and compliance company that provides cloud-based solutions for comprehensive threat protection, incident response, secure communications, social media security, compliance, archiving and governance. Organizations around the world depend on Proofpoint's expertise, patented technologies and on-demand delivery system. Proofpoint protects against phishing, malware and spam, while safeguarding privacy, encrypting sensitive information, and archiving and governing messages and critical enterprise information. More information is available at www.proofpoint.com.
Proofpoint is a registered trademark of Proofpoint, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
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Informatica Broadens Data On-Ramp, Strengthens Data Management Backbone Offering for AWS Customers
Las Vegas, NV - Booth #937, AWS re:Invent, Oct. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Informatica, the world's number one independent software provider focused on delivering transformative innovation for the future of all things data, today announced a broad series of cloud integration and data management capabilities on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help customers transform their IT infrastructures to run in the cloud. Informatica provides a comprehensive integration, data management and cloud compute portfolio on AWS for empowering enterprises with fast and flexible access to the cloud.
Informatica capabilities for AWS will be showcased at the Informatica booth #937 at AWS re:Invent, October 6-9, 2015 at The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV.
Highlighted new capabilities include:
- Simplified ingestion of IoT data for AWS
The Informatica Cloud Fall 2015 release, available now, delivers new capabilities for IoT sensor log data discovery and parsing for easier integration of IoT data for Amazon Redshift, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Aurora and Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR).
- Enhanced big data and SaaS connectivity for AWS services
Informatica Cloud Fall 2015 also introduces new versions of Informatica's pre-built connectors for AWS services, including Amazon Kinesis and Amazon DynamoDB, as well as leading cloud applications and big data sources, such as Concur, Eloqua, Salesforce Marketing Cloud and others.
- Hybrid architecture data flows across on-premise, Hadoop and AWS
Informatica Cloud and Informatica PowerCenter now orchestrate complex petabyte-scale data processing to enable hybrid IT data flows across on-premise enterprise applications, Hadoop implementations and AWS Cloud, with native support for Amazon EMR.
- Informatica bundles for AWS Marketplace and AWS Test Drive
Informatica is now offering new, usage-priced packaged solutions on AWS Marketplace, including solutions for Amazon Redshift, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Aurora. Additionally, customers can now explore the use of Informatica Cloud for AWS and Tableau for free on AWS Test Drive.
"Informatica is committed to being the leading data backbone for companies that use AWS," said Ronen Schwartz, senior vice president and general manager, Informatica Cloud. "With our comprehensive connectivity support for AWS services, such as Amazon Kinesis and Amazon DynamoDB, custom pricing and packaged bundles for AWS, availability on AWS Marketplace and AWS Test Drive, Informatica is enabling a seamless and ever-widening on-ramp from traditional data infrastructure to IT cloud computing services for customers in every industry."
Informatica IoT, Big Data and SaaS Advantage
Providing a broad portfolio of data integration, application integration, data quality and master data management for cloud and hybrid architecture use cases, Informatica empowers enterprise customers and ISVs to take advantage of AWS services as they move their IT infrastructures to the cloud or run their SaaS offerings on AWS.
Informatica Cloud, in combination with Informatica PowerCenter, enables AWS customers with hybrid architecture environments easy access to almost any data source, on-premise or cloud-based. By the same token, ISVs with SaaS applications built on AWS are able to leverage Informatica's Connector SDK for ISVs and the Informatica Technology Partner Networks (TPN), to easily connect apps with hundreds of on-premise, cloud and social data sources.
Informatica's extensive and well-proven big data capabilities bring further advantages to AWS customers seeking to increase the effectiveness, lower the cost and reduce the risk of their big data initiatives. Using Informatica, AWS customers are able to automate and operationalize data integration and data management activities from pilot to production, ensuring that the activities are repeatable across diverse and constantly changing data sources and that they apply best practices that can be shared across an organizations' big data projects.
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"Our data warehouse as a service is built entirely on the cloud. We leverage the elasticity, scalability and flexibility of Amazon S3 and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to deliver a data warehouse service that gives our customers a self-service data warehouse that can support them at any scale," said Jon Bock, vice president of Products, Snowflake. "Informatica Cloud and its support for AWS provides our customers with a seamless way to easily and securely connect data from hybrid architectures and on-premises systems to Snowflake, helping them take advantage of Snowflake's native support for structured and semi-structured data, multidimensional elasticity and compelling price-performance."
"We're pleased to work with Informatica supporting customers with their increasing number of big data initiatives," said Terry Wise, vice president of Worldwide Partner Ecosystem, Amazon Web Services, Inc. "As an all-in AWS Partner Network (APN) ISV, Informatica provides innovative solutions to help customers accelerate cloud adoption, and take advantage of the many benefits of the cloud."
Additional Information
- Find the Informatica Cloud Connector for Amazon Redshift on the awsmarketplace here
- Find out more about Informatica and AWS Test Drive here
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About Informatica
Informatica is a leading independent software provider focused on delivering transformative innovation for the future of all things data. Organizations around the world rely on Informatica to realize their information potential and drive top business imperatives. More than 5,800 enterprises depend on Informatica to fully leverage their information assets residing on-premise, in the Cloud and on the internet, including social networks. For more information, call +1 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-3871 in the U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com. Connect with Informatica at https://www.linkedin.com/company/Informatica, https://twitter.com/Informatica and https://www.facebook.com/InformaticaLLC.
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CONTACT: Debbie O'Brien Informatica +1 650 385 5735 - office +1 650 995 6736 - mobile dobrien@informatica.com
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Gemalto to provide solution for Samsung Gear S2 with 3G connectivity
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has provided the solution to Samsung Electronics for the launch of their latest Gear S2 smartwatch. Gemalto's solution will allow users to securely connect to the cellular networks. As a result, they will be able to make voice and data calls, check emails and notifications, or access applications, directly from their wrist, without being tethered to their smartphones.
The wearables market is poised for a rapid growth with worldwide shipments set to exceed 126 million units by 20191. Many smart wearables are coming to market, driven by consumer demands for a more convenient and connected lifestyle. According to a survey conducted across five countries – China, Germany, South Korea, UK, and the US, 56% of smartphone owners say that cellular connectivity is an important factor in buying a smartwatch2. Samsung Gear S2, which comes in a circular design with unique rotation bezel and intuitive UX that offers extended battery life of 2-3 days, is optimized for seamless, everyday use. Consumers will be able to stay connected in a fun, personalized and secure way, anytime and anywhere.
"This is yet another milestone in our successful cooperation with Samsung, following the recent launch of Samsung Pay in Europe," said Suzanne Tong-Li, President for Greater China and Korea at Gemalto. "As the Internet of Things evolves and focus shifts towards smart wearables that go beyond reporting and monitoring, we will support Samsung to design many more innovative products to reach specific markets."
About Gemalto
Gemalto full range of solutions for consumer electronics includes the embedded subscriber identification module (eSIM) which can reside inside the wearable device and the advanced On Demand Connectivity platform which is used to activate, deactivate and remotely manage the device mobile network subscription and related information. Gemalto range of solutions can also be used to manage the other secure information residing in the device, such as payment, enterprise network or building access credentials.
Find out more at http://www.gemalto.com/iot/consumer-electronics
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security, with 2014 annual revenues of €2.5 billion and blue-chip customers in over 180 countries.
Gemalto helps people trust one another in an increasingly connected digital world. Billions of people want better lifestyles, smarter living environments, and the freedom to communicate, shop, travel, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways that are enjoyable and safe. In this fast moving mobile and digital environment, we enable companies and administrations to offer a wide range of trusted and convenient services by securing financial transactions, mobile services, public and private clouds, eHealthcare systems, access to eGovernment services, the Internet and internet-of-things and transport ticketing systems.
Gemalto's unique technology portfolio - from advanced cryptographic software embedded in a variety of familiar objects, to highly robust and scalable back-office platforms for authentication, encryption and digital credential management - is delivered by our world-class service teams. Our 14,000 employees operate out of 99 offices, 34 personalization and data centers, and 24 research and software development centers located in 46 countries.
For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter.
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SHM's Project BOOST Integrates Into Cerner EHR Processes
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, and the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) announced the integration of SHM's Project BOOST™ toolkit into Cerner's Readmission Prevention Solution, available within the Cerner Millennium® electronic health record (EHR).
The integration of Project BOOST into Cerner Millennium provides clinicians with a comprehensive intervention strategy to optimize the patient discharge process. Developed by a panel of expert clinicians, Project BOOST content embedded into clinical workflows includes:
- Automated early identification of specific readmission risk factors and corresponding interventions
- General Assessment of Preparedness checklist to help identify patient concerns about their readiness to leave the hospital
- Simplified patient-centered discharge instructions to help safely transition a patient home
- Teach Back education process and documentation to help patients comprehend pertinent information related to their hospitalization and transition
"As part of Cerner's journey to advance our population health solutions, we originally collaborated with Advocate Health Care to innovate and develop the readmission prediction model powering Cerner's Readmission Prevention Solution. We are excited that this journey continues with the integration of SHM's award-winning Project BOOST content," said Bharat Sutariya, MD, FACEP, vice president and chief medical officer of Population Health, Cerner. "The enhanced readmission solution provides our clients with access to nationally recognized content and an industry-leading predictive model to help identify and manage patients that are at risk for readmissions."
Project BOOST is an award-winning national initiative designed to improve the care of patients and reduce risks for medical complications as they transition from hospital to home. Announced in August 2013, Cerner and SHM collaborated to create a robust paperless platform designed to help health care providers reduce 30-day readmission rates, improve clinical workflow and improve patient satisfaction while cultivating the flow of information from hospitals to outside care providers.
"Cerner and SHM have added intelligence to the readmission solution to enhance the clinical workflow and encourage patient-centered care," said Mark V. Williams, MD, MHM, principal investigator, Project BOOST. "What used to be a paper checklist process is now available to clinicians in their everyday workflow within the Cerner Millennium. The collaboration represents another step toward our goal to improve care for hospitalized patients."
Northern Arizona Healthcare, the first Cerner client to pilot Project BOOST-enabled Millennium in July 2014, realized a reduction of all-cause readmissions by more than 45 percent. Northern Arizona Healthcare will present its experience and success with the BOOST-enabled EHR at Cerner's Health Conference in October.
"The automation of Project BOOST workflow is saving our clinicians an average of one hour per patient," said Tiffany Ferguson, LMSW, ACM, social work manager, Northern Arizona Healthcare. "This allows our clinicians to reach more patients and spend more time at the bedside, resulting in better patient care and outcomes."
Cerner clients will also have access to a step-by-step instruction and project management implementation guide, the BOOST Online Community to learn from and collaborate with other sites, and the BOOST Data Center that allows users to store and benchmark data against control units and other providers. Provider sites can also elect to join the Project BOOST Mentored Implementation Program, which includes in-person training and a year of expert mentoring and coaching. Project BOOST Mentored Implementation Program is implemented in more than 200 hospitals.
About Cerner
Cerner's health information technologies connect people, information and systems at more than 18,000 facilities worldwide. Recognized for innovation, Cerner solutions assist clinicians in making care decisions and enable organizations to manage the health of populations. The company also offers an integrated clinical and financial system to help health care organizations manage revenue, as well as a wide range of services to support clients' clinical, financial and operational needs. Cerner's mission is to contribute to the systemic improvement of health care delivery and the health of communities. On February 2, 2015, Cerner Corporation acquired substantially all of the assets, and assumed certain liabilities, of the Siemens Health Services business from Siemens AG. Nasdaq: CERN. For more information about Cerner, visit cerner.com, read our blog at cerner.com/blog, connect with us on Twitter at twitter.com/cerner and on Facebook at facebook.com/cerner.
Certain trademarks, service marks and logos set forth herein are property of Cerner Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other non-Cerner marks are the property of their respective owners.
About SHM
Representing the fastest growing specialty in modern healthcare, the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) is the leading medical society for more than 44,000 hospitalists and their patients. SHM is dedicated to promoting the highest quality care for all hospitalized patients and overall excellence in the practice of hospital medicine through quality improvement, education, advocacy and research. Over the past decade, studies have shown that hospitalists can contribute to decreased patient lengths of stay, reductions in hospital costs and readmission rates, and increased patient satisfaction.
SHM's Center for Hospital Innovation and Improvement is nationally recognized for improving care delivery to hospitalized patients and offers a wide array of quality improvement toolkits and resources for providers. Free online tools and information are available at www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi.
For more information about SHM and hospital medicine, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org and follow SHM on Twitter at @SHMLive. Any hospital, regardless of its EHR, can join SHM's Project BOOST. For more information visit www.hospitalmedicine.org/boost.
CONTACT: Angela Vogen Cerner angela.vogen@cerner.com @Cerner Brendon Shank Society of Hospital Medicine bshank@hospitalmedicine.org @BrendonAtSHM
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Case Study: Manufacturer Automates Accounts Payable, Customer Service Workflow for Time and Cost Savings
TAMPA, FLA., Oct. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IntelliChief, LLC, provider of enterprise-class document management and workflow solutions, announces the release of a case study focusing on a manufacturers' struggles with costs associated in their purchase-to-pay workflow, and manual process inefficiencies Accounts Payable rectified with automation throughout the company. Results include simplified daily functions, maintained integrity of all purchasing documentation, secure timely approvals and maximized vendor discounts. Another issue addressed is manual order processing workflow in the Customer Service department; when automated reduced their order processing time by 50%.
IntelliChief's paperless process management software provides a smooth transition from costly manual document management and workflow functions, enabling users to capture documentation in any format, index the contents and validate with data in their enterprise resource planning system (ERP), for lifecycle-managing all related documentation, and facilitating an optimized workflow of mission-critical processes in areas including Accounting (purchase-to-pay and order-to-cash), Customer Service, Human Resources, Legal, Operations and other paper and process-intensive departments.
View the case study PDF at http://bit.ly/1OySJ1r . For more information, visit www.IntelliChief.com.
About IntelliChief, LLCIntelliChief's Paperless Process Management provides enterprise-class business processes document management and workflow solutions for any IT platform. With decades of expertise in the market and seamless integration with leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, IntelliChief takes companies of all sizes paperless with a typical ROI of less than one year. Users can create, capture, manage, archive, retrieve and distribute mission-critical documents directly from their familiar ERP screens, automating and streamlining business processes workflow throughout their organization. www.intellichief.com.
CONTACT: IntelliChief, LLC Tim Nissen Marketing Manager tnissen@intellichief.com (813) 971-9500 x335
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Tech Data's Jill Hayward Named to CRN's 100 People You Don't Know But Should List
CLEARWATER, Fla., Oct. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD) today announced that Jill Hayward, the company's director of Sales, Major Accounts, has been named by CRN to its 2015 100 People You Don't Know But Should list. Chosen by the CRN editorial staff with input from vendor, distribution, and solution provider executives, the annual list recognizes those who have demonstrable impact on channel strategies, initiatives and programs. According to CRN, the list aims to recognize people working within the channel who are not necessarily in the spotlight, but are working behind the scenes to make positive things happen for their partners.
A 20-year veteran of Tech Data, Hayward has served as director of Sales, Major Accounts since October 2010. In this role, she leads the strategic direction of the Major Accounts sales division, focused on growing the business of existing solution providers and developing new business for the company. Hayward was named Tech Data's Director of the Year in 2014 and is a co-founder of the company's first employee resource group for women. Earlier this year, she was named one of CRN's Women of the Channel. She holds a bachelor's degree in business management from Eckerd College.
"This recognition is a reflection of Jill's hard work and dedication to our partners throughout the IT channel," said Marty Bauerlein, senior vice president, U.S. Sales at Tech Data. "Jill's strong leadership and performance inspire others within the sales organization, and we couldn't be more proud to congratulate her on this accomplishment."
"CRN recognizes that many unsung heroes deserve to be spotlighted for their behind-the-scenes efforts," says Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company. "This list honors those in the IT-channel trenches, toiling each day to achieve success for their companies and partners."
Showcased in the October issue of CRN, the 100 People You Don't Know But Should list can be viewed at www.crn.com/100people.
Additionally,CRN recently featured Tech Data in the 2015 Cloud Computing Partner Program Guide for enabling and accelerating the growth of solution providers' cloud initiatives. The CRN 2015 Cloud Computing Partner Program Guide provides a valuable resource for solution providers to navigate the booming cloud marketplace by identifying technology suppliers that offer innovative cloud solutions and partner programs.
About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation is one of the world's largest wholesale distributors of technology products, services and solutions. Its advanced logistics capabilities and value added services enable 115,000 resellers to efficiently and cost effectively support the diverse technology needs of end users in more than 100 countries. Tech Data generated $27.7 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. It is ranked No. 107 on the Fortune 500® and one of Fortune's "World's Most Admired Companies." To learn more, visit www.techdata.com, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
About The Channel Company
The Channel Company, with established brands including CRN®, XChange® Events, IPED® and SharedVue®, is the channel community's trusted authority for growth and innovation. For more than three decades, we have leveraged our proven and leading-edge platforms to deliver prescriptive sales and marketing solutions for the technology channel. The Channel Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement, Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.
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