API Healthcare Introduces New Generation of the Navigator Payroll & HR System

API Healthcare today announced the general availability of Version 9.0 of its Navigator payroll and human resources system, an application that streamlines human resources information management, automates manual tasks and empowers employees to manage their personal data. The latest release of the Navigator system features a user interface that has been designed to optimize workflow and enable seamless integration with other API Healthcare applications.

Labor-related costs can comprise as much as 60 percent of a hospital’s total expenditures, making effective management of human resources and payroll processes an important component of an organization’s bottom line. Fully integrated with API Healthcare’s suite of human capital management solutions, the Navigator system eliminates redundant data entry and interfaces to third party workforce management systems. Managers always have real-time access to current employee information—facilitating better informed decision-making and more efficient regulatory reporting.

“By moving to API Healthcare’s Navigator system, we will no longer have to create time-consuming system workarounds and will be able to significantly reduce manual processes, allowing our HR staff to work smarter and spend more time addressing employee concerns,” said Tina Caramagna, director of compensation, payroll and human resource information systems at Valley Health System in Ridgewood, N.J. “In addition, the Navigator system’s built-in flexibility and ability to accommodate an unlimited number of user-defined fields will enable us to configure the system to work with our organization’s specific requirements, both now and as our needs evolve.” Visit the API Helathcare solutions portal for complete feature details

Patient Access Solutions Moves Toward Product Integration Under Hosted Electronics Medical Records Platform Offering

Patient Access Solutions today announced the integration of its products via a new Electronic Medical Records (EMR) platform that will soon be announced. This enhanced product offering will allow smaller sized healthcare practices to acquire a comprehensive EMR solution that is very cost effective, easy to use and simple to maintain without the need for onsite specialized computer and networking personnel.

Small physician practices, those with 1-5 doctors in the practice, are beginning to make the costly and painful conversion from paper charts to electronic records, and Patient Access Solutions senses an opportunity in that long-awaited trend. Patient Access Solutions sees the transition to electronic medical records, or EMRs, in this segmented environment, as a chance to build the company and provide billing and other services to small physician practices.

"Patient Access Solutions has been very successful in offering our digital pen technology, medical/dental insurance eligibility terminal product and the PAS Web Portal which allows for real time eligibility and electronic claims processing to small healthcare practices. These products, however, are only part of the EMR solution that physicians, dentists, chiropractors and clinics desire," commented Bruce Weitzberg, CEO of Patient Access Solutions. "Over the coming weeks we will introduce and begin offering our comprehensive hosted electronic medical records platform that will tie all of our technologies together enabling our healthcare customers the ability to use a single platform to meet all of their EMR needs. The platform will be offered in a "hosted" manner, meaning virtually all of the software is located and maintained off site. This allows the healthcare professional to concentrate on patient care and not on operating computerized servers and software on site. We are excited to be nearing introduction of what we believe will be a revolutionary EMR platform that will be tightly integrated with our state of the art digital pen and health insurance processing and information products."

HealthFusion Launches "Mobile Apps" for BlackBerry® & iPhone™

HealthFusion® today announced the launch of a progressive mobile application that will enable physicians to utilize their BlackBerry® or iPhone™ mobile smartphones to view office schedules and patient insurance eligibility status on-the-go. This is the first in a series of new products called HealthFusion Mobile Apps that are designed to allow physicians to leverage the most current technology in their efforts to improve patient care and increase profitability.

“The use of technology in physician practices can go a long way in addressing the challenges of today’s health care,” said Dr. Sol Lizerbram, Chairman of HealthFusion. “These new applications will give physicians the tools they need to treat patients, no matter where they are, and to help ensure they are reimbursed for their services. We at HealthFusion understand the challenges physicians face and are committed to providing cutting-edge technologies that help them meet today’s demands.”

Dr. Lizerbram announced the launch of the new application in Boston at the ACG Private Company Showcase, which focused on high growth information technology companies that are working to fix and advance the healthcare system through innovative technologies. Dr. Lizerbram was invited to present at the conference to share HealthFusion’s efforts to not only provide the most advanced technology to physicians, but to provide it at very affordable costs.

With this new HealthFusion Mobile App, physicians will have instant access to their office schedules as well as patient insurance eligibility status. The next mobile application to be released by HealthFusion will deliver charge entry functionality to enable physicians to remotely enter charges for services rendered on their smartphones. These tools are important for physicians to capture fees for services, particularly as they are making rounds at hospitals or after-hour calls to patients from home. Review the press release via BusinessWire or visit HelahtFusion's portal:www.healthfusion.com

Entra Health Systems and the Telemedicine Reference Center Launch the First Mobile Phone-Based Telehealth Solution

Entra Health Systems launched AmCare -- Intensive Diabetes Management, the world's first integrated mobile phone-based telehealth network that uses MyGlucoHealth Wireless diabetic monitoring technology. In Bangladesh, TRCL will operate eHealth call centers to provide diabetes patient care using Entra Health's new MyGlucoHealth Wireless Bluetooth(R)-enabled blood glucose meter.

"AmCare is a first of its kind eHealth solution using wireless diabetes monitoring technology along with live clinical support through a mobile phone," said Dr. Sikder M. Zakir, Managing Director of Telemedicine Reference Center Ltd. "AmCare's Intensive Diabetes Management is a subscription-based service that provides direct, informed medical care. Physicians in the AmCare call center continuously monitor blood glucose readings from a patient's MyGlucoHealth Wireless meter and use the real-time data to care for and treat the patient 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The patient is always connected to medical support through their mobile phone."
"AmCare in conjunction with MyGlucoHealth online technology add a whole new personalized dimension to diabetic care," said Richard Strobridge, CEO of Entra Health Systems. "AmCare integrates with MyGlucoHealth wireless technology to help patients maintain their lifestyle, while living with diabetes. We believe patient-centric telehealth solutions like MyGlucoHealth and AmCare will go a long way toward providing more complete, affordable patient care worldwide." Visit MyGlucoseHealth for comlpete solution details: www.myglucohealth.net

S1 Teams With PayPal to Deliver Fast, Convenient Mobile Personal Payments Solution for Banks

S1 Corporation announced an agreement with PayPal to deliver a new personal payments service that allows consumers and businesses to make easy, fast and secure payments from their bank accounts to PayPal users around the world using their mobile phones. Mercantile Bank of Michigan, a customer of S1, is the first financial institution to sign up for the new offering and expects to go live with the mobile personal payments service early next year.

"S1's continued innovation in mobile banking and integration with the PayPal network will give us a competitive edge to support a channel that is essential to our customers and strategic to our bank's future," said John Schulte, senior vice president and CIO for Mercantile Bank of Michigan. "We see tremendous value for our customers in expanding our mobile banking functionality to include person to person payments with PayPal."

The S1 and PayPal alliance enables banking customers to quickly send money to PayPal customers from their mobile device by entering the recipient's email address or mobile phone number. In order to complete the transaction, the sender just needs to have a bank account with a participating financial institution and the receiver needs to have a PayPal account.

Element115.net Introduces iCareTools™ Social Networking Apps for Healthcare

Element115.net announced the introduction of iCareTools™, a suite of social networking applications for healthcare providers. iCareTools™, which is comprised of seven applications, is available by online subscription and easily integrated into the healthcare provider website by non-technical personnel.

iCareTools™ are customizable and offer an administrative interface for ease of use. The iCareTools™ applications are available as an all inclusive suite, or a la carte for selective use. Element115 hosts the applications, eliminating any hardware or software investment for the provider. “We see that healthcare IT departments are currently consumed with projects around patient medical information, so providing a hosted solution for the consumer website makes this much easier and timely for the marketing organization to implement,” stated Venkatesh Korla, President of Element115.net.

Social networking is a natural application for healthcare consumers who want to compare the available care in their local area or seek support groups and blogs for experienced feedback. Healthcare organizations realize the need to participate in social networking and are driven by the need to provide trusted, reliable information about diseases, conditions and the latest treatments. By deploying social networking tools on their website, providers offer an avenue for consumers to communicate easily and conveniently, while building goodwill and branding for the provider in the community. Visit Element115.net's solution portal for complete details