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2006

December, 2006

Smart, Portable Devices Give Doctors a Helping Hand
Cardiologists use PatientKeeper solutions to simplify access to patient data and more.
Diagnostic and Invasive Cardiology

This feature explores mobile computing and names PatientKeeper as "One of the companies on the forefront of mobile computing to access medical data."

October 31, 2006

Virginia Hospital Gets Mobile Apps
Health Data Management

This article announces that Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, has implemented mobile software from PatientKeeper. The delivery system has deployed PatientKeeper's Physician Portal, Mobile Clinical Results and Charge Capture applications.

October 16, 2006

PatientKeeper pulls down patent for PDA billing software
Mass High Tech

PatientKeeper receives patent approval from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its charge capture software, which enables the use of handheld personal digital assistants for automating billing reimbursement, according to officials.

October 16, 2006

PatientKeeper awarded patent for charge capture software
Health Imaging News

This article announces that PatientKeeper has been awarded patent number 7,110,955 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its charge capture software. This software is designed to eliminate handoffs, save physicians time, improve the accuracy of billing, and increase revenue and cash collections.

September 1, 2006

Physicians Aggressively Pursuing I.T.
Doctors in hospitals and clinics are taking the bull by the horns in information technology initiatives.
Health Data Management

This September cover story discusses how CHRISTUS Health System decided to implement patient data access software from PatientKeeper Inc., Newton, Mass., enterprisewide.

The organization's use of PatientKeeper at CHRISTUS served as a model for how the technology could help physicians access patient data, such as test results, enter progress notes and access reference material.

September, 2006

Six tips for adding wireless devices to your environment
ComputerWorld

PatientKeeper customer, Northeast Medical Center in Humble, Texas, implemented a PDA application two years ago in answer to requests from several of its doctors for mobile access to the latest patient information, from wherever they happen to be. Carla Maslakowski, vice president, operations, and CIO there, offers recommendations to other organizations considering mobile, wireless access.

August 17, 2006

Patient information linked with medicine resources
Clinicians can now access Infopoems in the context of specific patient information on PDAs, smartphones, and web browsers
Laboratorytalk

PatientKeeper partners with medical publisher John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J., to provide physicians with the ability to consult Wiley's InfoPOEMs evidence-based medical research summaries via personal digital assistants, smart phones and the Web in the context of specific patients' information.

August 1, 2006

Clinical decision support shifts to overdrive
Interview with Stephen S. Hau, PatientKeeper Vice President
Healthcare IT News

Quick, easy access to reputable information has indeed become the chief selling point for converting physicians to clinical decision support, said Stephen Hau, vice president of marketing and business development for Newton, Mass. -based PatientKeeper. Technological breakthroughs in both the IT and telecommunications spheres have resulted in a system that physicians are increasingly comfortable using, he said.

"Doctors are really buying into it now," Hau said. "The segment is growing at an impressive clip. For years companies have tried to develop products for physicians and were met with a lukewarm reception. But they have largely embraced wireless technology and now want the integration capabilities with the hospital systems. It is a cultural shift that has been phenomenal to witness."

July 1, 2006

Cutting the Cord - Integrating wireless technologies in acute-care facilities increases efficiency and quality of care, and improves clinician satisfaction
Advance for Health Information Executives

As one of the nation's largest faith-based care providers, CHRISTUS Health operates a network of more than 300 locations in six states and in Mexico. CHRISTUS Health has initiated deployments of PatientKeeper, a suite of applications that allows physicians to manage patient information and increase the accessibility of important clinical information and clinical applications. One of the key advantages of using this technology is that it supports numerous wireless devices - PDAs, smartphones and tablets as well as traditional PCs - to present relevant patient information in a clinical context.

June 13, 2006

Medical software firm PatientKeeper raises $8M in fifth-round funding
Boston Business Journal

PatientKeeper Inc., a health care software company, has raised $8 million in a fifth round of venture funding, which it said it will use to fuel expansion and new product development. The Boston-based firm said it attracted a number of investors for the latest round, including Frazier Healthcare Ventures in Seattle, Wash.; Mediphase Venture Partners in Newton, Mass.; Mosiax Ventures in Chicago; and California's Pacific Venture Group. Including the new round, PatientKeeper has raised $67.7 million in venture funding to date. The company designs and sells software to help physicians access patient electronic records, write prescriptions, enter charges, document patient visits and send messages securely to other providers.

June, 2006

The CFO's Role in I.T. Negotiations
Interview with Howard Tepper, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Health Data Management

CFO involvement in I.T. deals varies widely, but they bring needed expertise to the table. When a health care organization makes an information technology purchase, the CIO or I.T. director, often assisted by an attorney or consultant, typically takes the lead during contract negotiations. But many chief financial officers, like Howard Tepper, play an important role in the process.

May 3, 2006

Hospitalists Turn to PatientKeeper to Remain Efficient and Competitive
WISHTV

Hospitalists in Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio Join PatientKeeper's Rapidly Growing User Base. Community Hospitalists and Inpatient Physicians Network (IPN) have joined a rapidly growing number of hospitalist groups across the country that have turned to PatientKeeper as their physician information system to enhance effectiveness and competitiveness. PatientKeeper's award-winning applications address the information needs of physicians, including highly mobile hospitalists. Community Hospitalists based in Cleveland, Ohio, and Inpatient Physicians Network (IPN) based in Las Vegas, Nevada, have recently deployed PatientKeeper Charge Capture™ to save time, streamline the billing workflow, and increase revenue. PatientKeeper also supports hospitalists in managing patient lists and schedules from multiple sources.

May 1, 2006

IT Helps Hospital Cut Errors
Interview with Forest Blanton, Memorial Healthcare
Healthcare IT News

Physicians will be able to tap into Memorial Health's electronic records systems through the use of personal digital assistants using technology from PatientKeeper... Some 1,700 physicians will access information through PatientKeeper-powered devices.

May, 2006

Streamlining Charge Capture in a Group Practice
Byline Lisa Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Reno Orthopaedic Clinic
Group Practice Journal

Mobile charge capture solutions have the ability to transform how group practices record the billing, diagnosis, and treatment information for their patients outside the clinical setting. By providing intelligent, electronic tools at the point-of-care group practices can eliminate or reduce the time, cost, and complexity of capturing charges. What's more the return on investment in this area is rapid, substantial, and measurable. Reno Orthopaedic Clinic recently deployed GE Healthcare's Centricity Physician Office Mobile (Powered by PatientKeeper).

April 20, 2006

Johns Hopkins Medicine Further Expands Use of PatientKeeper Mobile Applications to Include Outpatient Setting
Medical Industry News

Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore is further expanding the enterprise-wide use of mobile applications from PatientKeeper® to include one of its outpatient clinics at Green Spring Station in Lutherville, MD. Over 200 physicians are currently using PatientKeeper Charge Capture™. The success of the application and the physicians' comfort with the software has lead to the expansion. Johns Hopkins Medicine operates three acute care hospitals and outpatient clinics throughout Maryland, including Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Bayview Medical Center, and others.

April 14, 2006

Keeping in touch through technology : On the cutting Edge Gulf Coast Medical Center Doctors use PatientKeeper
The News Herald Panama City, Florida

Dr. John Nanfro "syncs" his smartphone while he is shaving or eating breakfast and sifts through patient lab results, vital signs and other updates between home and rounds at Gulf Coast Medical Center. It's been three weeks since Nanfro got the palm-sized device, and he's hooked... PatientKeeper software allows doctors access to updated patient data including lab reports, radiology reports and the latest vital signs with a wireless phone connection. The hospital is supplying doctors with Palm Treo 650 smartphones to access the system.

"I think it's too cool," said the 54-year-old oncologist and hematologist, "It makes an efficient man more efficient... This is like 'Star Wars."

March 28, 2006

iHealthbeat : PDAs Reach the Tipping Point
- PatientKeeper Clinical Results (for hospital rounds)
The Best PDA Programs

Persuasive surveys, new medical school mandates and growing payer support point to a ripening market for PDAs in health care.

The Best PDA Programs
In December 2005, Medical Economics, the popular magazine for physician practices, published an unscientific but informative survey of what an expert panel thought were the best applications available for health care PDAs. The panel sifted through hundreds of contenders to arrive at their best:

• Epocrates, Shots 2005 (an immunization-management program)
• Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult (general medical reference)
• InfoRetriever (a search engine for evidence-based medicine)
• Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy (critical in the era of bioterrorism, avian flu and drug-resistant infections)
• PatientKeeper Clinical Results (for hospital rounds)
• MedCalc (a clinical results calculator)
• STAT Cholesterol (for cholesterol guidelines used at the point of care)
• STAT E&M Coder (used for family practice diagnostic and procedure coding)
• TouchScript (for e-prescribing, currently accounting for half of the volume of e-prescriptions)

March 3, 2006

Working Together - EHRs Prompt More Questions Than Answers for Rehabilitation Hospitals
Interview with Fran Hinckley, CIO, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, Boston
Advance for Health Information Professionals

"The EHR is a result of all the processes around the operation of the health care environment. It is the bi-product of automating physical therapy visits, charge capture information, labs, physician orders, etc., and through those processes you're capturing the data that creates the EHR," Hinckley stated. But the key item is creating a plan that includes point-of-care computing or wireless functions, something most health care facilities overlook.

"PatientKeeper runs on Web browsers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and Smartphones, allowing physical therapists to capture the correct codes during a patient encounter," Hinckley explained. So before his center even attempted to implement CPOE, a wireless charge capture tool was rolled out... Now using PatientKeeper, when the physical therapist hits the button, the data is uploaded to the system; there's no more manual forms," raved Hinckley. The facility's revenue has increased, billing accuracy has improved to more than 90 percent, charge lag time has reduced to less than 24 hours, and efficiency has increased.

March 2, 2006

Mobile Charge Capture: Ready for Prime Time
Byline article by Howard Tepper
Advance for Health Information Executives

PDAs and smart phones can yield major revenue enhancement for your hospital or practice - with an ROI you can believe

Among candid health care executives, there's one quiet consensus few care to discuss - but one that lies safely beyond debate: Hospitals and physicians are losing significant amounts of money by failing to capture physician charges in a fast, efficient, accurate and complete manner. These lapses don't stem from willful non-compliance. They are the byproduct of outdated processes that lead to systemic failures that have a direct and negative impact on the institution's revenues. However, emerging technologies are creating a new discipline, mobile charge capture, which has evolved beyond the early-adopter phase. The technology now stands squarely in the mainstream as a compelling mandate for health care executives looking to derive increased revenues while streamlining operations and workflows.

February 16, 2006

Palm and Microsoft Team to Bring Healthcare Solutions to Palm Treo 700w
Pocket PC Thoughts

Healthcare platforms, such as PatientKeeper, enable medical professionals to collaborate with colleagues in real time and enable them to be fully informed and up to date. The award-winning PatientKeeper Platform is an integral part of the IT strategies of organizations across the healthcare continuum, ranging from small physician practices and community hospitals to major academic medical centers and some of the largest health systems in the country. PatientKeeper will play a key role for Microsoft and Palm as Treo 700w smartphones are deployed in healthcare organizations.

February 13, 2006

Popular PatientKeeper Enterprise Software Immediately Available on First Windows Mobile-based Treo Smartphone
HIMSS 2006 Palm and Microsoft

Popular PatientKeeper Enterprise Software Immediately Available on First Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphone. The award-winning PatientKeeper Platform is an integral part of the IT strategies of organizations across the healthcare continuum, ranging from small physician practices and community hospitals to major academic medical centers and some of the largest health systems in the country. With the software from PatientKeeper, physicians can access their patients' electronic records, write prescriptions, enter charges, dictate notes, document encounters, place orders or send security-enhanced messages to other caregivers -- all in a single integrated environment. PatientKeeper will play a key role for Microsoft and Palm as Treo 700w smartphones are deployed in healthcare organizations.

February, 2006

Smart Phones Finding Voice in Health Care
Interview with Norman M. Sorgen, M.D., Northeast Medical Center
Health Data Management

Northeast Medical Center is using software from Boston-based PatientKeeper Inc. to provide mobile access to the system. Norman M. Sorgen, M.D., uses a Treo 650 smart phone to access patient data, including radiology reports, while making rounds in the hospital or doing everyday tasks-such as waiting in line at his bank-before heading to work. He also uses it to call colleagues if they have any treatment questions.

"I can use my smart phone at the hospital, but it also enables me to access data while I'm not there," he says. "Now when I'm at a ballgame or at a friend's house, I can pull up patient data quickly and quietly."