Press Releases

Improving Patient Safety and Convenience, Free e-Prescribing Offered to Bay Area Physicians


(Tampa, FL) July 31, 2008 - The Tampa Bay Health e-Connection (TBHC) is offering free e-Prescribing to participating Bay area physicians through the National e-Prescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI). This program is especially vital to physicians who do not currently have access to e-Prescribing through Electronic Medical Records or another e-Prescribe system.

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LABCORP® EXCLUSIVE LABORATORY SPONSOR OF DR-CONNECT


TAMPA, Fla. – May 1, 2008 – Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH), one of the world’s largest clinical laboratories providing clinical assays ranging from routine blood analyses to HIV and genomic testing, has agreed to become the exclusive laboratory sponsor of dr-connect.com, a window into Tampa Bay’s community-based health information exchange (HIE) that is administered by Doctor’s Administrative Solutions (DAS).

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THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERSHIP GRANTS TAMPA BAY $3 MILLION TO BUILD CONNECTED HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY


RALEIGH, N.C. – November 1, 2007 – The Center for Community Health Leadership, an organization sponsored by Misys Healthcare Systems, today announced the successful recipient of a $3 million grant of leading healthcare technology. The winner of this grant is Tampa Bay, Florida, who beat more than 90 other communities to win the grant. The Center for Community Health Leadership selected the Tampa Bay area as a Center grant recipient because of the area's reputation for healthcare excellence and their commitment to making the idea of community data sharing a reality. The Tampa Bay area, including several surrounding cities, is home to more than 3 million residents.

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MISYS LEADS INDUSTRY WITH BOLD OPEN SOURCE MOVE


In a ground-breaking move today (24 October 2007), Misys plc, the global application software and services company, took the lead in innovation by announcing that it will make the Misys Connect healthcare solution available to the open source development community. Working with open source developers is a pioneering first step towards establishing open standards in healthcare, which will benefit all Americans. Misys Open Source Solutions, a division of Misys plc, was established to create and drive innovation in the marketplace; using open source to move toward open standards is a great step forward.

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