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Minneapolis, Minn. – Aug. 27, 2014 – Healthsense, Inc., announced today the appointment of Peter H. Soderberg, Managing Partner of Worthy Venture Resources, LLC, as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Soderberg replaces Kenneth Burdick, President and COO of WellCare Health Plans (NYSE MKT: WCG), who served as Healthsense Board Chair since 2012.

AUSTIN, Texas, August 13, 2014 – HID Global^®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, today announced that iZipline™ will integrate HID Trusted Tag Services™ into its cloud-based software platform that enables mobile consumer engagement via Near Field Communications (NFC) technology. Initially, trusted tags will be used for authentication of PackageTagz™, iZipline’s patent-pending technology for pouch packaging that provides instant engagement between brands and consumers’ mobile devices for product recall, track and trace, brand protection, mobile marketing and related analytics.

A number of regulations currently govern retail pharmacy operations to ensure that each facility meets the minimum requirements for safe practice. Included in these are guidelines mandating that patients be provided with information on their prescription medications.

What is not mandated, however, is the format of that information. This gap has led to a common misperception that is negatively impacting pharmacy budgets and patient health literacy: That medication education leaflets must be provided in paper form.

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DENVER – Aug. 8, 2014 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it will demonstrate its new Provider Search Assistant in booth #607 during the Siemens Innovations ’14 for Healthcare IT meeting taking place in Tampa, FL, August 10-13, 2014.

MADISON, Wis. – (Aug. 6, 2014) – Amphion Medical Solutions, a leading provider of advanced transcription and coding solutions and services, announced today it received its second “Employer of the Year” Award from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI). The award is presented to a Corporate or Individual Professional member who employs healthcare documentation specialists for outstanding commitment to the professional development of its workforce.

TAMPA, Fla. – Aug, 4, 2014 – HealthPlan Services^SM (HPS) announced today that the American Heart Association (AHA) has named it a Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite, joining an elite group of companies recognized for their focus on providing employees with a healthy workplace. As a Gold level award recipient, HPS was also recognized for the important steps it has taken to create a culture of wellness.

Effective population health management begins at the point of care, where strong governance processes must be established to guide how data is collected, structured, accessed, maintained, and analyzed. Many healthcare organizations continue to struggle with creation of these policies, hampered by the sheer volume of data and the pace at which change is taking place. By Subbu Ravi, COO, Amphion Medical Solutions

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July 24, 2014 – Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that it has added Palliative Care to UpToDate®, its evidence-based clinical decision support resource, marking the 22^nd medical specialty available to UpToDate subscribers. The newly launched specialty covers a range of topics focused on improving symptoms and providing the best possible quality of life for patients facing serious illness.

Terminology is core to everything in healthcare - from diagnoses to procedures to outcomes, healthcare IT systems represent clinical concepts in coded terminologies or free text. The lack of a common clinical vocabulary across disparate systems is currently a primary roadblock to the national efforts to increase interoperability, transparency and collaboration within our healthcare system.

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If there is one emerging pattern within the clinical informatics field, it is the quest to make data "actionable" for users. With all the technology infrastructure development over the past decade to facilitate electronic health record installation in healthcare facilities, providers are finding that the data generated often can't be used in a timely and constructive manner.

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Mendota Heights, Minn. – July 9, 2014 – Healthsense,^® Inc., the fastest growing provider of technology-enabled care solutions for the senior care continuum, announced today that Tapestry Senior Housing Management, LLC will deploy its Healthsense eNeighbor^® remote monitoring platform within the organization’s senior living communities in Florida and Arizona.

TAMPA, Fla. – July 8, 2014 – Jeff Bak, president and CEO of HealthPlan Services^SM (HPS), was named Ernst & Young’s Florida Entrepreneur Of The Year in Health Care Services. Under Bak’s guidance, HPS has become the nation’s leading technology, sales, retention and administrative services provider for the insurance and managed care markets, including the top administrator of public and private health insurance exchange members.

TAMPA, Fla. – June 23, 2014 – MedHOK (Medical House of Knowledge), a leader in providing a single platform for care, quality and compliance for health plans, PBMs and other risk-bearing entities, announced that it has earned Preferred Vendor status with the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) which represents 58 not-for-profit Safety Net Health Plans in 24 states.