A Medical Device Daily
DR Systems (San Diego) reported six new radiology information system/picture archiving and communications system (RIS/PACS) contracts totaling more than $5 million.
The facilities awarding the contracts include Sumner Regional Health Systems (Gallatin, Tennessee); Radiology Associates of San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, California); St. Bernardine Medical Center (San Bernardino, California); Ivinson Memorial Hospital (Laramie, Wyoming); Marian Medical Center/Plaza Diagnostic Imaging (Santa Maria, California); and Bitterroot Imaging Open MRI (Hamilton, Montana).
The largest contracts included Sumner Regional Health Systems, nearly $1.9 million; Radiology Associates of San Luis Obispo, $1.28 million; St. Bernardine Medical Center, $809,980; and Ivinson Memorial Hospital, $800,000.
DR Systems was recently named the leading PACS vendor by KLAS, topping all other PACS providers. Respondents rated the company especially high for “implementation within budget.”
KLAS is a research and consulting firm that specializes in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare information technology vendors, including PACS companies.
DR Systems is an independent provider of scalable, film-free medical systems and paperless information systems. The company's systems are in place in more than 250 hospitals and imaging centers.
In other grants/contracts news:
• BearingPoint (McLean, Virginia), a management and technology consulting firm, said it has been awarded a contract, valued at up to $13.7 million over four years, to provide program management services to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in the Department of Health and Human Services.
The contract is valued at $3.4 million in its base year and includes three one-year options.
Under the new agreement, BearingPoint will work closely with the ONC to provide a wide range of services including: program management; communications infrastructure; and large-scale meeting management.
• The Upper Peninsula Health Plan (UPHP; Marquette, Michigan) selected Plexis Claims Manager to automate its claims processing and benefits administration, and Plexis EDIWorks (Ashland, Oregon) to provide electronic data interchange services.
UPHP is a health plan and provider service organization comprising physicians, hospitals, clinics and ancillary providers. It contracts with managed care firms, insurance companies, and governmental agencies to provide healthcare in all 15 Upper Peninsula counties.
UPHP's resources include hospitals, transplant services referral, an array of behavioral health providers, all Upper Peninsula health departments, telehealth capabilities, and laboratory and pharmacy networks.
“We want to provide custom services to our stockholders, and Plexis meets those needs,” said CEO Dennis Smith of UPHP. “The healthcare market is moving in increasing numbers to larger deductibles, HSAs and other innovative benefit designs to help employers get the most value out of the benefits they provide for their employees.”
• 3i Infotech (Edison, New Jersey) reported that BioniCare (Sparks, Maryland) has completed the implementation of 3i Infotech's Orion CMS (customer management system). Orion will provide the ability to accept and track patient orders, assemble and control kits, and act as an interface with the third-party billing company.
3i Infotech provides software solutions for manufacturing, retail and distribution, insurance, banking, finance and e-governance. It is one of India's top four software product companies.