TYRX^® Announces First Ever Implantation of AIGISRx^® R Fully Resorbable Antibacterial Envelope

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., April 15, 2013 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--
TYRX, Inc., the leader in the commercialization of implantable medical devices intended to help reduce surgical site infections, announced today that the first implantation of its new AIGISRx R Fully Resorbable Antibacterial Envelope has taken place at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute in Quebec City, Canada by Dr. François Philippon. TYRX announced on January 31, 2013 that it had received a license from Health Canada to market its AIGISRx R Fully Resorbable technology.

The AIGISRx R Antibacterial Envelope is specifically designed to stabilize Electronic Implantable Devices (EIDs), such as pacemakers and defibrillators, while also releasing antimicrobial agents to help provide protection from microbial colonization of the device during surgical implantation.

"Surgical site infections are on the rise and have profound consequences to the patient with regard to having to spend extra time in the hospital, having to undergo additional surgical procedures, and having significant increases in morbidity and mortality. They are also very expensive to treat," stated Dr. Philippon, cardiac electrophysiologist at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute. "I found implantation of the fully resorbable envelope to be very straightforward and believe that the combination of stabilization and locally delivered antibiotics provided by the product will be of great potential benefit to our patients."

"We are very excited to have the world’s first AIGISRx R Antibacterial Envelope implanted at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute," commented Robert White, TYRX President and Chief Executive Officer. "The AIGISRx R includes all of the advantages of the original AIGISRx, such as stability and infection reduction, but now with the added benefit of full resorption in approximately 9 weeks."

The AIGISRx R Envelope is intended to hold the EIDs, such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), securely in place in order to provide a stable environment when implanted in the body. Additionally, the AIGISRx R contains the antimicrobial agents rifampin and minocycline, which are released over a minimum of 7 days in order to help provide protection from microbial colonization of the device during surgical implantation.

About TYRX, Inc.

TYRX, Inc. commercializes innovative, implantable combination drug+device products focused on infection control, including the AIGISRx® Antibacterial Envelope, designed to reduce surgical site infections associated with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs). AIGISRx products contain the antimicrobial agents, rifampin and minocycline, which have been shown to reduce infection by pathogens responsible for the majority of CIED infections, including "superbugs" such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).^*

About the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute in Quebec City

Annually, the Institute treats more than 14,600 people hospitalized and 90,300 outpatient visits are performed. The catchment population is over 2 million people, or approximately 30% of the population of the Province of Quebec. The Institute is the only tertiary cardiology center in cardiac electrophysiology to care for that population. Seven cardiac electrophysiologists perform each year more than 2900 procedures, including more than 1100 cardiac implantable devices. Affiliated to Laval University, the Institute relies on the cooperation and dedication of nearly 3,000 employees, physicians, healthcare professionals, researchers, managers and volunteers to provide high quality services to our population. Our specialists and health professionals have extensive expertise and contribute to the advancement of medical science and technology. The Institute is internationally renowned for its leading role in teaching and research.

For more information, please visit www.TYRX.com or www.HeartDeviceInfection.com.

^*Data on file at TYRX and published in PACE.2009;32(7):898-907.

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Ivantis Announces Completion of $27 MM Financing for Novel Glaucoma Procedure

EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 07, 2013--
Ivantis announced today at the Glaucoma Research Foundation`s annual Glaucoma 360 meeting in San Francisco that it has closed on $27 MM in funding in the first closing of its Series B round led by Ascension Health Ventures (AHV). The round also includes returning investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Delphi Ventures, as well as additional new investors, including MemorialCare Innovation Fund. These funds will be used to support four randomized, prospective, controlled multi-center trials at various stages around the world, including the ongoing United States trial.

"AHV is pleased to lead Ivantis`s latest round of financing," said Tara Butler, MD, Investment Director at AHV. "As a disease, glaucoma is already one of the most vexing issues in our healthcare system today, and its prevalence is projected to double in the U.S. by 2030. With over half of all glaucoma patients in the U.S. not taking their medications consistently, if at all, this poses not only a medical challenge, but also a socioeconomic burden. This investment decision was driven by high-caliber clinical data, a strong intellectual property position and obvious clinician conviction for the promise of this technology. Our limited partners` expertise as leading healthcare providers, coupled with Ivantis`s premier technology and outstanding leadership team, made this a highly attractive and synergistic investment opportunity for us."

Additionally, Ivantis announced it has now surpassed 50% enrollment in its landmark comparative effectiveness trial (called the HYDRUS III Study), which evaluates its Hydrus Microstent versus the iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass, another leading technology in the nascent micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) category. The HYDRUS III Study is an international, multi-center, randomized, controlled trial and is the first of its kind to compare two different MIGS approaches.

The Hydrus Microstent, roughly the size of an eyelash, is placed through a minimally invasive, microsurgical procedure and is designed to reduce eye pressure by reestablishing the patient`s natural outflow pathway. Most often, glaucoma patients have both a blockage and a collapse of the natural outflow pathway. The Hydrus device relies on a two-fold mechanism of action, both creating a large opening through the traditional source of flow blockage, known as the "trabecular meshwork," and then dilating and scaffolding the conventional pathway through which fluid exits the eye (known as Schlemm`s canal). While the U.S. approval trial is evaluating Hydrus in glaucoma patients who are undergoing cataract surgery, the device is being used both in cataract surgery and in standalone glaucoma surgery internationally.

"We are pleased and grateful to have AHV leading our Series B financing, as well as the ongoing commitment of our current investors," said Dave Van Meter, President and CEO of Ivantis. "Glaucoma medication in the U.S. costs our system nearly $3 billion per year, and studies show that 50% of patients are not compliant with their medications within six months of diagnosis. It`s a grossly inefficient delivery of care at a high cost. Internationally, our research shows that patients will pay out of pocket for a device that potentially eliminates the daily burden of taking multiple eye drops throughout the day. The Hydrus device should help address that challenge in a micro-invasive manner. Through partnerships with our new investors AHV and MemorialCare Innovation Fund, whose limited partners include several leading nonprofit hospital systems in the U.S., we have added two ideal new investors as we seek to maximize not only the potential clinical benefits but also the socioeconomic impact of our technology."

About Ascension Health Ventures

Ascension Health Ventures, www.ascensionhealthventures.org, was launched in 2001 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascension Health. Today it is a subsidiary of Ascension Health Alliance, a parent holding company formed in 2012. AHV`s role has been to construct and manage a strategic portfolio of investments that deliver a venture investment return, have the potential to transform the healthcare industry, and significantly enhance the experience for patients, their families and their caregivers. AHV has three venture funds under management and its limited partners include Ascension Health Alliance, Catholic Health East, Catholic Health Initiatives, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Dignity Health, Mercy, and Intermountain Healthcare.

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PerfectServe Expands Footprint with Leading U.S. Health Systems

Advocate Health Care, Catholic Health Partners, Premier Health Partners and Presence Health Extend PerfectServe Clinical Communications Platform to Five New Facilities

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Health systems across the U.S. are continuing to fuel demand for the PerfectServe clinical communications platform, as the company ended 2012 with contracts at five new hospitals within major integrated delivery networks (IDNs). Recent studies show that most 500-bed hospitals lose $4 million annually due to communications waste and inefficiency. With a growing number of health systems recognizing PerfectServe's role in driving process improvement, increasing operational efficiency and improving patient outcomes, the company is poised for rapid growth in the year ahead.

"Today, with the industry focused on quality metrics, readmissions reduction, payment reform and ACOs, care coordination is more critical than ever before. Yet communication breakdowns among physicians and nurses are still the primary contributor to delays in treatment and other costly and life-threatening errors," said Terry Edwards, PerfectServe president and CEO. "Our platform empowers health systems to overcome the industry's most common, problematic and often overlooked issue: clinicians failing to communicate with each other at the moment it matters."

In December of 2012, four of the most innovative and progressive health systems in the U.S. expanded their commitment to the PerfectServe clinical communications platform – which accurately and securely routes and delivers all voice, web-based text and page messages to the right physician or nurse based on hospital service line, department, practice work group or individual clinician defined workflows. Each health system was impressed with PerfectServe's ability to improve physician satisfaction, streamline processes and achieve a range of quality metrics, including reduced length of stay (LOS) and improved emergency department throughput. These facilities include:

• Advocate Health Care – With the addition of Advocate South Suburban Hospital and Condell Medical Center, Advocate Health Care now utilizes the PerfectServe platform in all but two of its 10 acute care hospitals. Advocate is widely recognized as one of the top health systems in the U.S. and is the largest integrated health care system in Illinois with more than 250 sites of care, including two children's hospitals.
• Catholic Health Partners (CHP) – Springfield Regional Medical Center in Springfield, Ohio became the second facility in the CHP system to add PerfectServe's platform. A non-profit system serving Ohio, Kentucky and neighboring states, CHP has consistently been named one of top health systems for clinical quality and efficiency in Thomson Reuters' study of 255 health systems across the country.
• Premier Heath Partners (PHP) – Atrium Medical Center became the first PHP facility to select and implement PerfectServe. One of four hospitals and 100 locations in the PHP system throughout southwest Ohio, Atrium has been recognized by several organizations for its leadership in quality medical care and expertise of its physicians and staff.
• Presence Health – The result of a merger between Provena Health and Resurrection Health Care, Presence is now the largest Catholic health system based in Illinois, with more than 200 sites of care. Presence has begun deploying PerfectServe across its employed group of more than 300 physicians.

"Health systems today face enormous pressures, from deriving value from EMRs to moving to accountable care models to meeting new reimbursement requirements. But what many need to realize is that antiquated communication processes and systems severely restrict or prevent progress in any key strategic area that impacts quality of care," said Dominica Tallarico, Advocate Condell Medical Center president and CEO. "PerfectServe understands the increasing complexities of the flow of information within and across healthcare facilities, and that no two hospitals, departments or clinicians work the same way. By evolving our clinical communication processes with one integrated platform, PerfectServe is enabling us to not only improve quality metrics now, but also prepare for the many changes still ahead."

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About PerfectServe

PerfectServe enables health systems improve collaboration, reduce risk and increase patient and clinician satisfaction as health systems move toward new models of care by overcoming common, recurring and costly barriers to clinician-to-clinician communication. With deep technical and clinical expertise, PerfectServe evolves health care communications, providing the process improvements to ensure the right information safely and securely reaches the right clinician at the right time in the way they should be reached – both within and outside the walls of the hospital. For more than 12 years, PerfectServe has been connecting clinicians to empower them to improve key quality and efficiency metrics and better coordinate care across the expanding health care continuum.

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Care Team Connect Launches Integration to Michigan Health Information Network

Health Information Exchange will provide real-time updates for 25,000 MiPCT patients

EVANSTON, Ill. & GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Officials with Care Team Connect announced today the completion of their integration into the Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN), the state's initiative to improve health care quality, cost, efficiency and patient safety through electronic exchange of health information. Care managers for patients participating in the Michigan Primary Care Transformation Project (MiPCT) and under the care of CareBridge physician practices are receiving real-time notifications of admissions, discharges and transfer (ADT) from Grand Rapids-area hospitals.

During this initial launch, Care Team Connect will provide real time updates and alerts for 25,000 of the 120,000 MiPCT patients across the state of Michigan for whom CareBridge is ultimately responsible for managing and coordinating the care.

"The MiHIN funded admission, discharge, transfer (ADT) pilot has entered full production, allowing practices to assess the value of communicating critical transitions of care to the extended care team and medical neighborhood," said Tim Pletcher, Executive Director of MiHIN. "Arming care teams with actionable information will ultimately lead to better care for everyone."

With the integration in place, an aligned care coordinator will receive real-time alerts and care coordination protocols will be automatically applied for care management during and following the hospitalization in those critical weeks post discharge. Relevant patient data, including care team members and hospitalization details, will seamlessly flow into Care Team Connect, where it will be used to generate a patient-specific plan of care aligned with existing treatment protocols.

"Having information at the right time and the right place supports effective care coordination," said Alicia Simmer, CareBridge Project Manager. "A consistent and automatic process for receiving ADT information helps the care managers to quickly offer assistance and provide follow up that will result in more successful patient outcomes, including reduced readmissions."

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based care coordination platform connects hospitals, community providers, family members and patients so they can work in partnership across the care continuum to improve patient outcomes while significantly reducing the overall cost of care. Utilizing Care Team Connect's Gateway integration engine, key patient data is consumed and translated into assigned action items via protocols that follow best practices. The technology, already in place throughout CareBridge Physician Practices, will utilize interfaced data from MiHIN to ensure that an estimated 25,000 patients who may be discharged from multiple Detroit-area hospitals receive the proper follow-up necessary to successfully manage their chronic disease and avoid future hospitalizations.

"We are pleased to take this important next step on behalf our client partners in Michigan," said Ben Albert, founder and CEO of Care Team Connect. "The speed and accuracy with which Care Team Connect is now able to capture relevant data that drives action will have a positive impact on the follow-up care that patients, especially those that need the most help, receive."

About Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) Shared Services

MiHIN is dedicated to improving the healthcare experience, increasing quality and decreasing cost for Michigan's people by supporting the statewide exchange of health information and making accurate and timely health care data available at the point of care. MiHIN is the official state designated entity for health information exchange across Michigan and the future integration with the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN). MiHIN is a Michigan nonprofit entity, functioning as a public and private collaboration between the State of Michigan, sub-state Health Information Exchanges, payers, providers, and patients. To learn more, visit www.mihin.org.

About Care Team Connect

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform powers care networks, aligning acute care, post-acute care, community providers, and family members to consistently deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time. Care Team Connect enables Accountable Care Organization, preventable hospital readmission and Patient-Centered Medical Home care coordination programs to identify and manage targeted patient populations by risk, payer, condition and care setting. Care Team Connect unites a cross-continuum care team to focus on a patient-specific care plan outlining precise actions driven by patient data. Client organizations leverage resources effectively and efficiently, gain real time visibility and ensure network partners follow chosen protocols. Care Team Connect: Healthcare the way it was meant to be delivered. To learn more, visit www.careteamconnect.com.

About CareBridge

CareBridge is a Michigan-based not-for-profit company that works with health care providers to create a well-connected community of care for their patients. Working towards the goal of a high functioning medical neighborhood, CareBridge facilitates development of care coordination and care management within physician practices and across the provider community through practice-based care management and processes designed to support team-based care across different locations of service, such as pharmacies, hospitals, primary care offices, specialist offices, etc. By supporting mutually beneficial relationships between all parties serving the same population of patients, CareBridge helps health care providers develop integrated and excellent patient care.

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Skylight^® Healthcare Systems Wins eHealthcare Leadership Award

Recognized for Best Patient Access and Convenience

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Skylight^® Healthcare Systems, the pioneer in Interactive Patient Care Systems, was named the Gold Winner in Business/Process Improvement Applications and Products for the category of Best Patient Access and Convenience in the 2012 eHealthcare Leadership Awards. This leading awards program recognizes the best websites and digital communications of healthcare organizations, online health companies, pharmaceutical/medical equipment firms, suppliers, and business improvement initiatives.

The Best Patient Access and Convenience Award recognizes organizations that provide ease of access and convenience related to medical appointments requests or schedules, condition-specific patient information and education, pre-registration for procedures, and patient-physician communications.

Selected from nearly 1,100 entries, Skylight was honored along with other leading healthcare organizations at a special presentation in Las Vegas during the Sixteenth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference. A total of 115 individuals familiar with healthcare and the Internet judged the entries.

Skylight's innovative flagship product, CareNavigator^™, helps engage patients throughout the continuum of care. Utilizing the HIPAA-compliant solution, patients are able to fill out needed forms, learn more about the hospital, and better understand their treatment plan in order to help ensure a timely and smooth admittance. Once in the hospital, patients benefit from having the in-room television transformed into a care station providing condition-specific health education, an array of patient-centric services, and world-class entertainment features. CareNavigator In-Patient also streamlines nurse workflow by delivering seamless interoperability with existing healthcare information systems including order entry, electronic medical record applications, nurse call, communications and messaging, service requests, plus bed-side shopping and dining applications. Once discharged, patients and their families are able to use the CareNavigator system again at home to access vital information to ensure a healthy recovery and decrease chances of readmission.

"Our CareNavigator system was the first in the market to engage patients pre-admission, transform the inpatient experience, and support patients and families through the transitions of care," commented Tom Klopack, president and CEO of Skylight Healthcare Systems. "By engaging and involving the patient throughout his or her care continuum, we have been able to help hospitals demonstrate and document improved satisfaction and communication among both patients and nurses. This award further demonstrates the work, passion, and impact of Skylight on transforming the patient experience."

About Skylight^® Healthcare Systems

Founded in 1999, and headquartered in San Diego, Skylight^® Healthcare Systems is the industry pioneer in the Interactive Patient System market. With patient communication, education, and connection as the cornerstone of a safe, comfortable and clinically optimal hospital experience, the Skylight Interactive Patient System encourages patients and family to actively participate in their health care, improves communication between staff and patient/family members, and can provide a smoother and faster recovery and discharge plan. From pre-admission through post-discharge, Skylight addresses patients' needs in education and health literacy, access to services, and critical information flow between themselves and their caregivers. Patients benefit from more control, faster healing, and a better grasp of health issues and hospitals see improved HCAHPS scores, reduced readmissions, and increased reimbursements. Hospitals implement Skylight to support their ongoing endeavors in improving HCAHPS scores, patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, enhancing operational & service excellence, meeting evolving clinical demands, and delivering on commitments to making a positive difference in the lives of the people they serve. For more information about Skylight's tools and impact on the patient experience, visit www.skylight.com.

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Advocate Christ Standardizes Clinical Communication

Advocate Christ Medical Center streamlining clinical communication and information delivery with PerfectServe.

Knoxville, Tenn. (PRWEB) October 30, 2012

PerfectServe announced today that Advocate Christ Medical Center has launched its comprehensive clinical communications service to standardize communications between physicians and nursing, pharmacy and ancillary teams to improve care coordination for patients.

Advocate Christ Medical Center, a Magnet hospital and Level I trauma center in Oak Lawn, Ill., is currently processing more than 2,000 clinical communication transactions each day through PerfectServe, demonstrating that it has achieved and exceeded process standardization. This is PerfectServe's fourth deployment with the 11-hospital Advocate Health Care system, which is one of the nation's top 10 health systems.

"PerfectServe is giving our nurses more time with patients by standardizing communications between nurses and physicians," said Dr. Robert Stein, vice president of medical management at Advocate Christ Medical Center. "The new system enables us to increase the number of direct nurse-to-physician communications, while giving our doctors the flexibility to best manage these according to their workflow. PerfectServe is also helping us increase physician satisfaction, recover valuable nursing time, and improve quality and patient experience."

Since PerfectServe was launched at Advocate Christ Medical Center, all the variables required for nurses and physicians to accurately determine which physician to reach at any given moment in time — and how to do so — are assembled and maintained within the clinical communication platform. These include all the communication and information delivery workflows, call schedules and contact preferences for every member of its medical staff, for every moment of every day.

Every Advocate Christ Medical Center physician — inside and outside the hospital — is connected to PerfectServe's single network platform and directory. Access is provided via a single number, or via a single Web portal and mobile Android and iPhone applications.

About PerfectServe
PerfectServe offers intelligent voice, online and mobile clinical communication solutions for healthcare. Its industry leading platform routes calls and messages to the right doctor, at the right time, in the way each physician wishes to be reached. It gives physicians complete control over their communications while enabling hospital clinicians and nurses to expedite and improve the coordination of care. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., the intelligent clinical communications platform processes more than 35 million clinical communication interactions each year involving more than 25,000 physicians. For more information, visit http://www.perfectserve.com, Twitter or call 877-844-7728.

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MissionPoint Health Partners Selects Care Team Connect to Coordinate Care for 40,000 Patients

Partnership will advance accountable care model, improve patient outcomes

EVANSTON, Ill. & NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BUSINESS WIRE)— September 27, 2012 -MissionPoint Health Partners, a collaboration between more than 1,000 physicians and Saint Thomas Health, which was recently named a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO, has selected Care Team Connect's care coordination platform to power care navigation for their 40,000 enrolled members.

Launched earlier this year, MissionPoint is a partnership between Saint Thomas Health, physicians, community organizations, insurers, brokers and employers that better enables patients to navigate their healthcare. MissionPoint aims to improve the health of the communities it serves; reduce healthcare costs; improve patient experience; and enrich the lives of caregivers. Payments for physicians participating in MissionPoint are based on "outcomes" -- whether the patient becomes and remains healthy.

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform connects hospitals, community providers, physicians, family members and patients so they can work in partnership across the care continuum to improve patient outcomes while significantly reducing the overall cost of care. The technology will serve as the common platform for the creation of patient-specific care plans driven by data interfaced directly from MissionPoint's existing legacy systems, as well as the system of record for all subsequent patient encounters.

"MissionPoint is providing a singular, coordinated platform to not only provide care to patients but prevent illnesses in the first place," said Jason Dinger, CEO of MissionPoint Health Partners. "Care Team Connect offers a unique service that will allow us to achieve better health outcomes for our community."

Per the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) program, MissionPoint assumes responsibility for delivering efficient and effective care to a defined patient population. Care Team Connect's technology platform automates the creation of patient-specific care plans along with task lists that will enable MissionPoint's care navigators to quickly and accurately utilize proven care methods and best practices to care for the patients in their network. The end result is high quality care with all of the guesswork and redundancies removed.

"We feel very fortunate to team with a visionary organization like MissionPoint Health Partners, who is focused on providing high-quality and affordable healthcare in a smarter, patient-focused way," said Ben Albert, CEO and founder of Care Team Connect. "Care Team Connect will enable MissionPoint's care navigation team to deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time, while helping measure the results."

About MissionPoint Health Partners

MissionPoint Health Partners is a new platform for health care delivery developed to bring doctors, nurses, hospitals and other care providers together to share the responsibility for keeping patients healthy. MissionPoint works to measurably lower the total cost and improve quality and satisfaction of a defined patient population's care. For more information, please visit www.MissionPointHealth.org or call 615-284-6843.

About Care Team Connect

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform powers care networks, aligning acute care, post-acute care, community providers, and family members to consistently deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time. Care Team Connect enables Accountable Care Organization, preventable hospital readmission, and Patient-Centered Medical Home care coordination programs to identify and manage targeted patient populations by risk, payer, condition and care setting. Care Team Connect unites a cross-continuum care team to focus on a patient-specific care plan outlining precise actions driven by patient data. Client organizations leverage resources effectively and efficiently, gain real time visibility and ensure network partners follow chosen protocols. Care Team Connect: Healthcare the way it was meant to be delivered. To learn more, visit www.careteamconnect.com.

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PerfectServe Releases Patient-Centered Routing

PerfectServe's new clinical communications feature enables hospital staff to connect with the correct physician caring for a given patient

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB)— September 25, 2012 - PerfectServe, the leading comprehensive clinical communications platform, announced today that it has launched a new patient-centered routing feature. With patient-centered routing, hospitals and health systems make it easy for nurses and physicians to contact the correct physician caring for a given patient, at any moment in time - just by knowing the patient name.

With the growing trend of hospitalists caring for inpatients and evolving hospitalist workflow, it is increasingly challenging for clinicians to know which physician is responsible for the care of a particular patient at any point in time.

Patient-centered routing provides patient census integration with the PerfectServe platform. Using either the EMR or PerfectServe's patient assignment application, physicians can easily enable communication processes that filter interactions based upon patient identity.

With PerfectServe's new patient-centered routing feature, hospital staff can access PerfectServe over the phone, the web or mobile app to connect with the correct physician caring for any given patient. This expands the functionality of PerfectServe to speed communications to the correct physician, thus reducing cycle times, improving care coordination and patient safety.

The hospitals and health systems currently using the company's new patient-centered routing feature are Orlando Health System, Wellstar Health System, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, St. Jude Medical Center, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center and Blount Memorial Hospital.

"I've been very pleased with patient-centered routing because it does a great job connecting the nurse to the correct doctor they need," said Dr. Deaver Shattuck, chief of the medical staff at Blount Memorial Hospital. "In our hospitalist group, we use text to communicate, so it really helps our doctors be prepared for what the nurses need from them, and we don't have to waste a lot of time on the phone."

PerfectServe will continue to expand this new functionality at client hospitals and health systems across the country.

About PerfectServe - PerfectServe offers intelligent voice, online and mobile clinical communication solutions for healthcare. Its industry leading platform routes calls and messages to the right doctor, at the right time, in the way each physician wishes to be reached. It gives physicians complete control over their communications while enabling hospital clinicians and nurses to expedite and improve the coordination of care. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., the intelligent clinical communications platform processes more than 35 million clinical communication interactions each year involving more than 25,000 physicians. For more information, visit www.perfectserve.com, visit Twitter, or call 877-844-7728.

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Care Team Connect Powers Pioneer Accountable Care Organization in Michigan

Web-Based Technology Platform Now Utilized for 13,000 Medicare Patients

September 20, 2012 -Officials with Care Team Connect announced today that the Michigan Pioneer ACO is now using the Care Team Connect web-based care coordination platform for the ACO's 13,000 Medicare aligned beneficiaries. The Michigan Pioneer ACO is a partnership of The Detroit Medical Center and its physicians, mainly consisting of primary care physicians in private practice, but including employed and faculty physicians as well. DMC, a part of Vanguard Health Systems, is the largest healthcare provider in southeast Michigan with more than 1,800 licensed beds and nearly 3,000 affiliated physicians.

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based care coordination platform connects hospitals, community providers, family members and patients so they can work in partnership across the care continuum to improve patient outcomes while significantly reducing the overall cost of care. Care Team Connect's sophisticated integration technology enables care coordination by integrating historical patient claims data with real-time hospitalization and emergency room visit data. By substantially eliminating all paper processes and manual data aggregation, Care Team Connect allows care managers to coordinate care virtually across the health system and throughout the community.

"Leading up to this launch, our leadership worked very closely with Care Team Connect to develop a program that utilizes the CTC technology to increase our efficiency and effectiveness. By eliminating paper and automating alerts, our care managers can focus on the active care management of patients in greatest need and have the confidence that we won't overlook any patient whose risk increases or condition escalates," said Joan Valentine, Corporate Director of Transitions in Care. "We are confident that our patient population will reap the benefits of this partnership, and we look forward to demonstrating the merits of accountable care - better healthcare at a lower cost - to both our patients and to CMS."

Using Care Team Connect's platform and risk stratification, the Michigan Pioneer ACO's care managers actively coordinate care for patients in need while also receiving alerts for hospitalizations and ER visits for all patients needing immediate intervention. The care management team seamlessly transitions patients between care managers best suited to meet patient-specific needs. Through Care Team Connect, best practice guidelines are embedded and shared across care managers to help ensure critical items are not overlooked and optimal outcomes are achieved.

"We are very excited to work closely with the Michigan Pioneer ACO and The DMC to prevent unnecessary utilization of healthcare resources," said Ben Albert, founder and CEO of Care Team Connect. "We appreciate their selection of Care Team Connect's combined program development service and care coordination platform to support their patients in an efficient and highly effective manner."

The Michigan Pioneer ACO is a partnership of The Detroit Medical Center and its physicians, primarily private practice primary care physicians but including employed and faculty physicians as well. The Detroit Medical Center is an academically integrated system in metropolitan Detroit and one of the largest health care providers in Southeast Michigan. The Michigan Pioneer ACO's primary service area consists of the tri-county Detroit metropolitan area (i.e., Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties).

Michigan Pioneer ACO is managed by the DMC PHO, an 1100 member physician-hospital organization.

Detroit Medical Center is the leading academically integrated system in metropolitan Detroit and the largest healthcare provider in southeast Michigan with more than 1,800 licensed beds and nearly 3,000 affiliated physicians. The DMC continues to meet the healthcare needs of a growing community, offering the best in medical research and development, advanced technology and optimum clinical services. Detroit Medical Center's successful implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) places it in the 99th percentile of U.S. Hospitals in EMR adoption. This level of implementation - Physician Documentation, full Clinical Decision Support System and full Picture Archive Communication System - indicates that DMC is using electronic collaboration and document review to a nearly unsurpassed degree, in support of patient safety.

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform powers care networks, aligning acute care, post-acute care, community providers, and family members to consistently deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time. Care Team Connect enables Accountable Care Organization, preventable hospital readmission, and Patient-Centered Medical Home care coordination programs to identify and manage targeted patient populations by risk, payer, condition and care setting. Care Team Connect unites a cross-continuum care team to focus on a patient-specific care plan outlining precise actions driven by patient data. Client organizations leverage resources effectively and efficiently, gain real time visibility and ensure network partners follow chosen protocols. Care Team Connect: Healthcare the way it was meant to be delivered.

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Skylight Healthcare Secures $5 Million in Financing from Duchossois Capital Partners

New Investment to Fuel Growth of Market Leading Continuum of Care Platform

SAN DIEGO, September 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) - Skylight Healthcare Systems, the leading provider of interactive patient systems, today announced the successful closing of a $5,000,000 series D funding round from Duchossois Capital Partners, an affiliate of The Duchossois Group. Skylight will invest these funds to accelerate growth in product development, marketing, and sales of Skylight CareNavigator(TM).

Recognized as the first Interactive Patient Care platform to deliver a comprehensive system for both the in-patient and the ambulatory environment, CareNavigator impacts the in-patient experience with proven programs to increase HCAHPS scores while providing individualized "CareMaps" that support patients and families with education and information--individualized for each patient experience. CareNavigator creates a seamless connection engaging patients prior to admission, during their hospital stay and coupled with follow-up services and reporting long after discharge.

"The move to accountable care, patient centered medical homes, and quality reporting creates an imperative for a new vision and a new mechanism for improving the way patients engage with health care organizations. After significant research into this market, we concluded that Skylight has a strong head-start in both market share and building the products to meet this emerging demand," commented Rohit Seth, General Partner, Duchossois Technology Partners and new Skylight Board member. "Skylight's technology innovation, bold vision, and unyielding commitment to customer satisfaction are the traits we look for in our long-term investment strategy. As a profitable and cash-flow positive entity, Skylight is extremely well positioned financially for continued success especially with the additional funding to accelerate growth and development."

"With a focus on enhancing patient engagement, improving patient experience, and addressing reimbursement and regulatory challenges, enabling technologies that support patient engagement across the continuum of care are emerging as essential elements for health care organizations," commented Tom Klopack, Skylight President and CEO. "Three years ago, we pioneered and created a comprehensive platform that engages and supports patient, families, and clinicians beyond the in-patient stay and the Duchossois investment will help us accelerate the development and delivery of the next generation of CareNavigator." Skylight patients are better prepared for scheduled procedures, less prone to issues after discharge, and more satisfied over the entire continuum of care. From preadmission to post-discharge, Skylight CareNavigator connects the patient directly to the hospital and their clinicians via the web to continue patient specific education, provide alerts and reminders of key care events and follow up appointments, augment patient specific support, facilitate forms and documentation and monitor long term outcomes. The patient outcome information gathered under CareNavigator is an essential element in optimizing hospital operations during stay and after in addition to monitoring and measuring evidence-based quality outcomes.

About Duchossois Capital Partners

Duchossois Capital Partners is affiliated with the The Duchossois Group ( www.duch.com ), which represents over 60 years of entrepreneurship and the development of dozens of companies. The Duchossois Group (TDG), headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois, is privately held and holds interests in a diversified portfolio of companies, including The Chamberlain Group, Inc. (consumer and commercial access control products), AMX LLC (consumer and commercial advanced control and automation technology), Heath-Zenith LLC (security and lighting products), Milestone AV Technologies (audio visual mounting equipment), Brivo Systems (cloud security solutions) and Duchossois Technology Partners (early and mid-stage venture capital). TDG also holds a strategic interest in Churchill Downs, Inc.

About Skylight Healthcare Systems

Founded in 1999, and headquartered in San Diego, CA, Skylight^® Healthcare Systems is the industry pioneer in the Interactive Patient System market. With patient communication, education, and connection as the cornerstone of a safe, comfortable and clinically optimal hospital experience, the Skylight Interactive Patient System encourages patients and family to actively participate in their health care, improves communication between staff and patient/family members, and can provide a smoother and faster recovery and discharge plan. From pre-admission through post-discharge, Skylight addresses patients' needs in education and health literacy, access to services, and critical information flow between themselves and their caregivers. Patients benefit from more control, faster healing, and a better grasp of health issues and hospitals see improved HCAHPS scores, reduced readmissions, and increased reimbursements. Hospitals implement Skylight to support their ongoing endeavors in improving HCAHPS scores, patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, enhancing operational & service excellence, meeting evolving clinical demands, and delivering on commitments to making a positive difference in the lives of the people they serve. www.skylight.com. Follow us: Blog, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube, Facebook.

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PerfectServe Now Connecting More Than 25,000 Physicians, 54 Hospitals

PerfectServe's clinical communication platform connects physicians and nurses, improves coordination of care

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— September 11, 2012 - PerfectServe,the leading platform for intelligent clinical communication services, announced today that it is now connecting more than 25,000 physicians through its platform across 154 U.S. healthcare markets and 54 hospitals in health systems including Advocate Health, Orlando Health, Wellstar Health System, St. Joseph Health System and Dignity Health.

More than 5,000 physicians have started using PerfectServe to improve clinical communications in their hospital and private practices in the past nine months alone, bringing the total number of physician users up from 20,000 in January.

"PerfectServe makes contacting colleagues much easier and makes communication between nurses and physicians and between physicians themselves more efficient," said Dr. Susan McDonald, vice president of medical affairs, St. Joseph's Medical Center. "PerfectServe's web-based contact is a favorite for both nurses and physicians, and the smartphone apps make it so easy to return calls and contact colleagues. We continue to find new ways to make the system work for us."

For healthcare providers who want to improve outcomes and efficiency, PerfectServe is a comprehensive clinical communications platform that makes it easy for clinicians to connect with each other and their patients - across the continuum - so they can better coordinate care. Unlike the myriad point solutions, call centers and answering services; overhead paging; secure messaging, and so-called ‘unified communication' systems, PerfectServe provides three capabilities that are essential to effectively manage the complexity inherent in clinical communications:

1. The industry's first purpose-built communications rules engine specific to medicine.

2. A best-in-class services organization to quickly drive and sustain communications process improvement and standardization - across an entire health system.

3. A suite of integrated, cloud-based applications that makes it easy to securely connect interdependent clinicians in any care setting.

"We are excited by the momentum we're gaining to establish PerfectServe as the intelligent clinical communications platform among leading health systems across the United States," said Terry Edwards, president and CEO of PerfectServe. "Our solution is effective with doctors because we give them the ability to manage the flow of information on their terms according to their workflow processes, call schedules and personal contact preferences—giving them more time to provide patient care."

About PerfectServe - PerfectServe offers intelligent voice, online and mobile clinical communication solutions for healthcare. Its industry leading platform routes calls and messages to the right doctor, at the right time, in the way each physician wishes to be reached. It gives physicians complete control over their communications while enabling hospital clinicians and nurses to expedite and improve the coordination of care. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., the intelligent clinical communications platform processes more than 35 million clinical communication interactions each year involving more than 25,000 physicians. For more information, visit www.perfectserve.com, visit Twitter, or call 877-844-7728.

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PerfectServe Releases Paper on Improving Patient Experience

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— August 18, 2012 - – PerfectServe,the leading platform for intelligent clinical communication services, announced the release of a new paper, "St. Rita's Medical Center: Improving the Patient Experience with PerfectServe."

According to the paper, "Attention to the patient experience of care has become increasingly more important, as payers move to publicly report patient experience metrics and to tie them to reimbursement."

Staff at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, implemented the intelligent clinical communications system in 2005 as an integral part of its plan to improve overall performance, quality and patient safety. Over the past seven years, PerfectServe has reduced communication gaps between clinicians by standardizing communication processes, facilitating the use of updated on-call schedules and monitoring and tracking delayed call-backs.

"Using PerfectServe, we are making it easier for clinicians to speak sooner, eliminating what we call the white space in that timeline, the time that provides no value to the patient," said Dr. Herbert Schumm, vice president of medical affairs at St. Rita's Medical Center. "Shortening that white space is a key element of improving patient satisfaction."

According to Schumm, a key difference since implementing the system is the increased efficiency of communication between clinicians, which allows for patients to quickly receive the care they need.

"Our nurses carry portable phones. With PerfectServe, they can dial one number and speak with the physician in real time without ever leaving the bedside," said Jodi Pahl, nursing administrator at St. Rita's Medical Center. "It increases real-time conversations with physicians, which they appreciate because they are getting an up-to-the-minute status report when there is a problem or change."

The paper cites five benefits that St. Rita's Medical Center has experienced since implementing PerfectServe:

• Improving the patient experience
• Increasing direct care time
• Reducing delays in care
• Reducing noise
• Mobilizing care teams quickly

To download the entire paper, please visit www.perfectserve.com.

About PerfectServe - Advancing care coordination across the continuum, PerfectServe's intelligent clinical communications platform makes it easy to connect clinicians — and push relevant clinical information — to the right physician at the right time, in the precise way each physician wishes to be reached. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., PerfectServe processes more than 35 million transactions annually, connecting more than 20,000 physicians in health systems and medical practices across 154 markets in the United States. For more information go to www.perfectserve.com, visit Twitter, or call 877-844-7728.

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MedVentive Names Bernard Chien as Chief Technology Officer

CTO Brings In-Depth Healthcare IT Leadership and Expertise

Waltham, MASS (PRWEB) — July 18, 2012 - MedVentive, a market leader in providing the clinical integration, population management and risk management tools needed by healthcare providers as they evolve into Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), is pleased to announce that Bernard Chien has joined MedVentive as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Mr. Chien brings to MedVentive nearly 20 years of in-depth technology experience in healthcare and software-as-a-Service (SaaS) systems. As CTO, he is responsible for the overall direction and management of the architecture, design, development and operation of the systems that create and deliver MedVentive's products and services.

Mr. Chien was most recently CTO of Radisphere, a national radiology group focused on quality, staff satisfaction and performance. He also held prior technology roles at athenahealth, IntraLinks, Savant Technologies and Sapient.

"I am excited to welcome Bernard to MedVentive to lead our growing technology team," said Nancy Ham, CEO of MedVentive. "He brings an impressive pairing of business focus and technology acumen that will allow MedVentive to further grow and develop our company to serve providers who strive to deliver better-coordinated, more efficient and effective healthcare."

Mr. Chien's early career includes building mission-critical systems for Fortune 500 companies at Sapient and founding a successful e-commerce company, Savant, which he grew and merged into IntraLinks. At IntraLinks, he led the development of a pioneering SaaS application, which by 2012 had more than 1 million registered users. As Senior Vice President of Technology at IntraLinks, he led technology, product and market innovations to achieve 50 percent annual compounded growth. Later, at athenahealth, he focused on workflow management and enterprise implementations. Most recently he served as CTO at Radisphere, where he introduced new technologies to improve business continuity, customer service and business analytics.

"Healthcare reform requires providers to take a new approach to measuring and managing patient outcomes and taking on financial risk – and that requires technology," said Mr. Chien. "MedVentive has the proven technology platform and business vision to help provider groups meet these new challenges. I look forward to expanding the company's market leadership with cutting-edge technologies that will help our customers meet their objectives for improving care quality and reducing costs."

About MedVentive

While healthcare was evolving the concept of an accountable care organization, MedVentive was busy operating as one. MedVentive was founded as the Provider Service Network (PSN) in 1997 by the CareGroup Healthcare System, an integrated, at-risk network of 4,500 physicians and eight hospitals that cared for more than 450,000 at-risk patients.

Our origins as an ACO give MedVentive a deep understanding of provider organizations and the healthcare environment. Having been an at-risk provider network, MedVentive is uniquely qualified to support an organization's transition from a fee-for-service payment environment to risk-based contracting, and provide the clinical integration/population management infrastructure necessary to be successful under this new model.

To learn more, please visit http://www.medventive.com or call (781) 290-2500

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Care Team Connect Expands Executive Team, Hires Chief Technology Officer

Greg Kuhnen brings more than 12 years of experience leading healthcare and IT operations teams

EVANSTON, Ill—July 12, 2012 - Care Team Connect announced today the addition of Greg Kuhnen as Chief Technology Officer. In his current role, Greg will be responsible for the secure, reliable delivery of Care Team Connect's products and the expansion of the company's focus on data integration and scalability.

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform connects hospitals, community providers, family members and patients so they can work in partnership across the care continuum to improve patient outcomes while significantly reducing the overall cost of care.

Prior to joining Care Team Connect, Greg was the Director of Product Architecture for Optum's market-leading Health Information Exchange business and drove the development of a number of Optum products. Before his role with Optum, Greg held technical leadership roles in Thomson Reuters Healthcare's provider division; at Matria Healthcare, a leading disease management provider; and at Oracle's Healthcare Transaction Base, where he was a founding member.

He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).

"We are very fortunate to have a talented leader like Greg join our company," said Ben Albert, CEO and founder of Care Team Connect. "Care Team Connect's unique ability to support the care navigation process at the root of ACOs, preventable readmission programs and Medical Homes has led to significant expansion of our client base, each of whom will be served by Greg's experience and dedication to delivering client-focused technology that generates results and improves care."

About Care Team Connect

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform powers care networks, aligning acute care, post-acute care, community providers, and family members to consistently deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time. Care Team Connect enables Accountable Care Organization, preventable hospital readmission, and Patient-Centered Medical Home care coordination programs to identify and manage targeted patient populations by risk, payer, condition and care setting. Care Team Connect unites a cross-continuum care team to focus on a patient-specific care plan outlining precise actions driven by patient data. Client organizations leverage resources effectively and efficiently, gain real time visibility and ensure network partners follow chosen protocols. Care Team Connect: Healthcare the way it was meant to be delivered. To learn more, visit www.careteamconnect.com.

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Skylight Healthcare Comments on Supreme Court Update: Impact on Patient Engagement Technology

SAN DIEGO, CA—June 28, 2012 - This morning, the Supreme Court of the United States provided its long-awaited ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Skylight believes that the healthcare organizations that have deployed patient engagement and care coordination solutions are well positioned to effectively address new requirements associated with the healthcare reform act. We also believe engaging patients via enabling technologies has never been more vital making it critical for health systems to accelerate the deployment of integrated patient interactive programs to support patients through the entire continuum of care.

Under the Act, more Americans will be covered by insurance and it's likely that care resources will be extended like never before—highlighting predicted shortages in both nursing and physician resources. Coupled with a movement toward accountable care, recent studies confirm that patients will demand more options, convenience, and access to knowledge. Accenture's recent survey of 1,100 U.S. patients "shows that most patients (90 percent) would prefer to use the Internet, mobile devices and e-mail to self-manage their own healthcare information and services, such as refilling prescriptions and booking appointments."

Now that a level of certainty has been achieved, our organization is more readily deploying new and innovative patient engagement platforms like Skylight CareNavigator," commented Kevin Meek, RN, BA, MHI, Chief Nursing Officer at OASIS Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. "With CareNavigator, we are able to greatly impact the in-patient experience and increase our HCAHPS scores while at the same time, provide individualized "Care Maps" that support our patients with education and information prior to admission and follow-up services and reporting long after discharge. Enabling technologies that support patient engagement across the continuum of care are now essential elements for health care organizations."

Skylight CareNavigator is designed to coordinate care across the continuum, and has sufficient technical backbone to interface with an organization's existing IT, communications, and EMR systems and demonstrates quantifiable performance. Offering advanced technology, scalability, and flexibility, health care organizations can simplify the transition into a new regulatory environment. Skylight clients have demonstrated that their interactive patient systems help address virtually every reform, reimbursement, and regulatory challenge an organization is facing.

"As new payment and delivery reform models are developed to link reimbursements to quality metrics, the need for data to support these payment models will grow," added Tom Klopack, Skylight President and CEO. "Skylight has pioneered and deployed integrated outcomes gathering and analysis that support quantifiable documentation of quality outcomes."

About Skylight Healthcare Systems

Founded in 1999, and headquartered in San Diego, CA, Skylight^® Healthcare Systems is the industry pioneer in the Interactive Patient System market. With patient communication, education, and connection as the cornerstone of a safe, comfortable and clinically optimal hospital experience, the Skylight Interactive Patient System encourages patients and family to actively participate in their health care, improves communication between staff and patient/family members, and can provide a smoother and faster recovery and discharge plan. From pre-admission through post-discharge, Skylight addresses patients' needs in education and health literacy, access to services, and critical information flow between themselves and their caregivers. Patients benefit from more control, faster healing, and a better grasp of health issues and hospitals see improved HCAHPS scores, reduced readmissions, and increased reimbursements. Hospitals implement Skylight to support their ongoing endeavors in improving HCAHPS scores, patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, enhancing operational & service excellence, meeting evolving clinical demands, and delivering on commitments to making a positive difference in the lives of the people they serve. Learn more at Skylight.com.

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Aventura HQ Named in 2012 Colorado Companies to Watch

Joins elite group of second-stage companies honored for contribution to Colorado economy

Denver, CO (PRWEB) June 21, 2012 - The Edward Lowe Foundation has named Aventura HQ, the company that makes clinicians' work flow, to its select list of 2012 Colorado Companies to Watch. In its fourth year, Colorado Companies to Watch has recognized almost 200 second-stage growth companies—those with annual revenue between $750k and $50M and 6-99 employees—for their contributions in developing valuable products and services, creating quality jobs, enriching communities and creating new industries throughout Colorado. In 2012, Denver-based Aventura was one of the companies selected from 450 applicants to win this prestigious honor.

Located in downtown Denver, Aventura is a four-year old company dedicated to improving healthcare by helping clinicians use technology more efficiently. New technology mandates require doctors and nurses to access computer information dozens of times a day. Computer sharing and long logon processes make it difficult to access the right information at the right time to drive critical care decisions. A leader in using context- and location-aware computing in healthcare, Aventura presents patient information intelligently to the clinician based on location and credentials. With more than 20 patents issued or pending, Aventura gives clinicians desktop access to the patient data when, where and how your clinicians need it—instantly.

"With so many great companies making a difference in Colorado, it is an honor to be recognized as a leader in 2012," said Aventura Chief Executive Officer Howard Diamond. "Colorado is an excellent state in which to grow a company. Not only do we have an incredibly well-educated work force, but also an innovative spirit that propels companies forward naturally."

Colorado Companies to Watch is different from other awards programs. Because the program focuses on the entire state, and not specific industries, it provides an opportunity to paint a realistic picture of a true statewide economy. With growth being just one of the evaluation criteria, the program widens the playing field to companies not often recognized for the critical differences they make in their industry, their community, region and our state.

"We are pleased to recognize Aventura for its outstanding contribution to fueling the economic fire of our wonderful state. Thank you Aventura," says Sam Bailey, Colorado Companies to Watch program director.

About Aventura HQ:

Aventura HQ improves the workflow of doctors and nurses by providing the information they need, when and where they need it. Aventura's context and location aware computing intelligence orchestrates technologies already in place, making them responsive to the user. Aventura provides tools that help clinicians practice more productively and effectively, allowing them to spend more time with patients. Aventura improves clinician satisfaction, increases EMR use at the point of care, and allows focus on the quality of care. Learn more at http://www.aventurahq.com.

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Michigan Pioneer ACO Partners with Care Team Connect to Coordinate Care for 13,000 Patients

Detroit Medical Center's Pioneer ACO is one of 32 in the U.S.

EVANSTON, Ill. & DETROIT, Jun 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) - The Michigan Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model, the Detroit Medical Center (DMC)'s organization awarded Pioneer ACO status in late 2011, has selected Care Team Connect's care coordination platform to power care navigation for an estimated 13,000 patients expected to voluntarily participate in the ACO. The Michigan Pioneer ACO is one of only 32 U.S. medical organizations designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Pioneer ACO, the first phase of a comprehensive new system for better coordinating and thus improving medical care among doctors treating Medicare recipients. The Detroit Medical Center is part of Vanguard Health Systems.

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform connects hospitals, community providers, family members and patients so they can work in partnership across the care continuum to improve patient outcomes while significantly reducing the overall cost of care. The technology will serve as the common platform for the more than 200 primary care and specialist physicians who currently provide health care services to Medicare patients through the DMC.

"First and foremost, we are committed to delivering seamless and effective care to our patients," said Carrie Harris-Muller, president of the Michigan Pioneer ACO Model. "Care Team Connect will allow us to do so affordably and efficiently, while at the same time keeping us out in front of our industry with regards to information sharing, clinical integration and overall coordination of care."

Under the tenets of the Pioneer ACO Model, the Michigan Pioneer ACO Model assumes responsibility for delivering efficient and effective care to a defined patient population. Participating patients will see no changes at all in their Medicare benefits, and they will maintain the ability to see any Medicare provider they wish. Care Team Connect's technology platform automates the creation of patient-specific care plans along with task lists that will enable Michigan Pioneer ACO care navigators to collaborate and securely share patient data in the interest of eliminating redundancies.

"The Detroit Medical Center's Pioneer ACO has a tremendous future," said Ben Albert, founder and CEO of Care Team Connect. "We look forward to bringing our proven technology platform and program development expertise to this partnership and to demonstrating that, with the correct infrastructure in place, the ACO model can deliver on all its promise."

About the Michigan Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model

The Michigan Pioneer ACO is a partnership of The Detroit Medical Center and its physicians, who include employed and faculty physicians, but consisting mostly of private practice primary care physicians. The Detroit Medical Center is an academically integrated system in metropolitan Detroit and one of the largest health care providers in southeast Michigan. The Michigan Pioneer ACO's primary service area consists of the tri-county Detroit metropolitan area (i.e., Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties). Michigan Pioneer ACO will be managed by the DMC PHO, an 1100 member physician-hospital organization.

About the Detroit Medical Center

Detroit Medical Center is the leading academically integrated system in metropolitan Detroit and the largest healthcare provider in southeast Michigan with more than 1,800 licensed beds and nearly 3,000 affiliated physicians. The DMC continues to meet the healthcare needs of a growing community, offering the best in medical research and development, advanced technology and optimum clinical services. Detroit Medical Center's successful implementation of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) places it in the 99th percentile of U.S. Hospitals in EMR adoption. This level of implementation - Physician Documentation, full Clinical Decision Support System and full Picture Archive Communication System - indicates that DMC is using electronic collaboration and document review to a nearly unsurpassed degree, in support of patient safety.

About Care Team Connect

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform powers care networks, aligning acute care, post-acute care, community providers, and family members to consistently deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time. Care Team Connect enables Accountable Care Organization, preventable hospital readmission, and Patient-Centered Medical Home care coordination programs to identify and manage targeted patient populations by risk, payer, condition and care setting. Care Team Connect unites a cross-continuum care team to focus on a patient-specific care plan outlining precise actions driven by patient data. Client organizations leverage resources effectively and efficiently, gain real time visibility and ensure network partners follow chosen protocols. Care Team Connect: Healthcare the way it was meant to be delivered. To learn more, visit www.careteamconnect.com.

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PerfectServe's Chicago Office Moves Due to Continued Growth

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 05, 2012 – PerfectServe, the leading platform for intelligent clinical communications services, today announced that it moved its satellite office in Chicago, Ill., to a larger space from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center to 440 N. Wells St. to accommodate its expanding team.

Over the last 60 days, PerfectServe Chicago office team has more than doubled, with seven new hires. Since January, the company headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., has hired 65 new employees, which is more than a 60 percent increase over the past six months.

The new Chicago office is staffed with 11 hospital implementation consultants and an account manager. The focus of the office is to support clients in Chicago and additional health systems across the United States.

The 5,500-square-foot office is central to the company's five Advocate Healthcare hospital clients located throughout the greater Chicago area, including:

• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospitall
• Advocate Trinity Hospital
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital
• Advocate Christ Hospital

"With recent hospital client growth in the Chicago area, including Advocate Health Care , we want a team based in Chicago to provide the best service to physicians, nurses and hospital staff," said Terry Edwards, PerfectServe chief executive officer.

About PerfectServe - Advancing care coordination across the continuum, PerfectServe's intelligent clinical communications platform makes it easy to connect clinicians — and push relevant clinical information — to the right physician at the right time, in the precise way each physician wishes to be reached. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., PerfectServe processes more than 35 million transactions annually, connecting more than 20,000 physicians in health systems and medical practices across 154 markets in the United States. For more information go to www.perfectserve.com, visit Twitter, or call 877-844-7728.

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PerfectServe Doubles Size of Chicago Team

Clinical communications leader continues to expand, more than doubles Chicago team in past 60 days

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 30, 2012 – PerfectServe, the leading platform for intelligent clinical communications services, today announced three new hires to support the recent expansion of its Chicago implementation team. Over the last 60 days, PerfectServe's Chicago implementation team has more than doubled, with seven new hires.

Stephanie Childers, Colleen Williams, and Deepak Baskar have joined PerfectServe as implementation consultants. They are responsible for guiding PerfectServe's hospital clients through the deployment process of the company's intelligent communications system, which eliminates hospital errors and enables nurses and doctors to better coordinate care.

Childers, 31, joins PerfectServe from Medco Health Solutions, which is the leading pharmacy benefit manager with the nation's largest mail order pharmacy operations. Childers served in various roles with increasing responsibility including senior account coordinator, installation coordination, and most recently as an account manager of national accounts. She also worked as an intake specialist with Apria Healthcare, where she was the Primary contact for physicians and case managers setting up patients with medical equipment. Childers graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead and received a bachelor's degree in community health.

Williams, 24, joins PerfectServe from Emmi Solutions, which is a healthcare communications company that delivers actionable health information to patients at key moments across the continuum of care. While at Emmi Solutions, Williams was a client services associate. She provided successful implementations into independent practices, enterprise hospital systems, and healthcare plans. She has a bachelor's degree in Health and Sport Studies with a minor in marketing from Miami University.

Baskar, 32, returns to PerfectServe as a former hospital implementation consultant at LynxIT Solutions. Baskar implemented web-based hospital communication software, developed training programs, and specialized in mobile-phone app distribution. Prior to his position at LynxIT Solutions, Baskar was an implementation specialist at PerfectServe. He has also held positions at CareerBuilder and University of Illinois as a graduate teacher. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in molecular biology from University of Michigan as well as a biochemistry master's degree from University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign.

"We are continuing to strengthen our Chicago office to support to our client hospitals, clinicians and their patients as PerfectServe is expanding into hospitals throughout the greater Chicago area," said Terry Edwards, chief executive officer of PerfectServe. "Colleen, Stephanie, and Deepak are excellent additions to our team, supporting our strategic vision to provide standardized clinical communications solutions across the continuum of care."

About PerfectServe - Advancing care coordination across the continuum, PerfectServe's intelligent clinical communications platform makes it easy to connect clinicians — and push relevant clinical information — to the right physician at the right time, in the precise way each physician wishes to be reached. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., PerfectServe processes more than 35 million transactions annually, connecting more than 20,000 physicians in health systems and medical practices across 154 markets in the United States. For more information go to www.perfectserve.com, visit Twitter, or call 877-844-7728.

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Oakwood ACC Partners with Care Team Connect to coordinate patient care

Partnership Part of Michigan Primary Care Transformation Project

EVANSTON, Ill.; DEARBORN, Mich., May 30, 2012 – Oakwood ACO, a collaboration between physicians and Oakwood Healthcare Inc. that currently encompasses over 1,000 physician members, has selected Care Team Connect's care coordination platform to power care navigation for their patients included in the Michigan Primary Care Transformation Project (MiPCT). Launched in 2010, Oakwood ACO was founded on the guiding principles important to physicians, such as trust, transparency and physician leadership. MiPCT is the largest of eight Multi-Payer CMS Demonstration Projects in the U.S.

Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform connects hospitals, community providers, family members and patients so they can work in partnership across the care continuum to improve patient outcomes while significantly reducing the overall cost of care. The technology will serve as the common platform for the creation of patient-specific care plans driven by data interfaced directly from Oakwood ACO's existing legacy systems, as well as the system of record for all subsequent patient encounters.

"Having the right technology infrastructure in place is essential to an ACO's success," said Bill Isenstein, Executive Director for Oakwood ACO. "Our care navigators will benefit from both the linkages Care Team Connect creates between our physician offices, community resources and the patients and families themselves, as well as the support engendered by the platform's thorough and innovative approach to care coordination, giving our team the ability to consistently deliver the best possible care to our patients at the lowest cost."

Under the tenets of accountable care, Oakwood ACO assumes responsibility for delivering efficient and effective care to a defined patient population. Care Team Connect's technology platform automates the creation of patient-specific care plans along with task lists that will enable Oakwood ACO's care navigators to quickly and accurately utilize proven care methods and best practices to care for the patients in their network. The end result is high quality care with all of the guesswork and redundancies removed.

"Accountable care organizations like Oakwood ACO are the future of care in this country," said Ben Albert, founder and CEO of Care Team Connect. "Regardless of what happens with health reform, the tenets of accountable care will be necessary for providers to advance into the future. We feel very fortunate to partner with a health system and physician community whose singular focus is providing low-cost, high-quality care to the patients in their community, and we look forward to helping Oakwood deliver on this promise."

About Oakwood Accountable Care Organization, LLC - The Oakwood ACO was established in 2010 as a partnership between more than 1,000 physicians and Oakwood Healthcare, Inc. The ACO promotes collaboration amongst providers, use of a robust IT infrastructure, and taking fiscal responsibility for improved outcomes and reduced costs for a defined patient population.

About Care Team Connect - Care Team Connect's secure, web-based platform powers care networks, aligning acute care, post-acute care, community providers, and family members to consistently deliver the right care to the right patient at the right time. Care Team Connect enables Accountable Care Organization, preventable hospital readmission, and Patient-Centered Medical Home care coordination programs to identify and manage targeted patient populations by risk, payer, condition and care setting. Care Team Connect unites a cross-continuum care team to focus on a patient-specific care plan outlining precise actions driven by patient data. Client organizations leverage resources effectively and efficiently, gain real time visibility and ensure network partners follow chosen protocols. Care Team Connect: Healthcare the way it was meant to be delivered. To learn more, visit www.careteamconnect.com.

Contact: Morgan Ribeiro - Phone: 615-254-0575 - E-mail: mribeiro@jarrardinc.com

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Hospitals Share Innovative Approach in Leveraging Interactive Patient Systems to Address HCAHPS Quiet at Night and Cleanliness Scores

San Diego, CA, May 8, 2012 – In a nationwide broadcast webinar entitled, "Improving HCAHPS Scores for Cleanliness and Quiet: Enhancing the Patient Environment," 394 people representing 175 hospitals participated in an interactive session featuring speakers from University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio and Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert, Arizona. This Webinar was part of an ongoing series of quarterly forums hosted by Skylight Healthcare Systems that examine key topics in healthcare and ways that Interactive Patient Systems can have a measurable impact on HCAHPS scores and Value Based Purchasing initiatives—which include the potential for a 1% CMS operating payment reduction for hospital performance compared to national benchmarks with other hospitals across the country.

The presenters described innovative yet straightforward approaches to addressing recurrent issues relating to improving the environment for patients and families through room cleanliness and quiet at night programs. This highly engaging program included real-world examples and results as to how hospitals have been able to leverage Skylight's CareNavigator to overcome challenges while improving and maintaining their increased HCAHPS scores with cleanliness and quiet initiatives and programs.

Program highlights included practical applications for:

• Developing a strategic approach to analyze and address issues
• Developing a program that can quickly be deployed and measured for effectiveness
• Creating metrics based on patient perceptions
• Developing a service culture to grow staff support for change
• Putting systems in place to solidify staff understanding of their impact on HCAHPS scores

This forum demonstrated that cleanliness and quiet are at the forefront of issues that hospital must address now—especially since they represent an area with great opportunity for improvement. Polling results from participants indicated that only 18% of participants were either "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their room cleanliness HCAHPS scores and only 9% of participants were either "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their quiet at night HCAHPS scores.

"We are very pleased that webinar participants were able to take away proven and actionable programming tools to begin these initiatives. Skylight has a highly engaged and active community of clients who strive to share best practices and help their healthcare colleagues get the most value from their Interactive Patient System," commented Tom Klopack, Skylight President and CEO. "Beginning with our fall 6^th Annual Client Conference and continuing throughout the year, we partner with our clients and industry partners like Sodexo to create a productive and objective communications forum to provide the best possible patient experience while improving clinical workflow."

As hospitals shoulder increasing accountability for both clinical and financial management of patients, Skylight's CareNavigator^™ is recognized by leadership at innovative healthcare organizations as a vital tool for improving the overall patient experience across the comprehensive, coordinated care journey. Impacting more than 1.3 million hospital stays a year (5M lives), the system integrates with the patient's hospital room TV monitor, tablet or other device to provide education, services, and essential information.

About Skylight Healthcare Systems - Founded in 1999, and headquartered in San Diego, CA, Skylight^® Healthcare Systems is the industry pioneer in the Interactive Patient System market. With patient communication, education, and connection as the cornerstone of a safe, comfortable and clinically optimal hospital experience, the Skylight Interactive Patient System encourages patients and family to actively participate in their health care, improves communication between staff and patient/family members, and can provide a smoother and faster recovery and discharge plan. From pre-admission through post-discharge, Skylight addresses patients' needs in education and health literacy, access to services, and critical information flow between themselves and their caregivers. Patients benefit from more control, faster healing, and a better grasp of health issues and hospitals see improved HCAHPS scores, reduced readmissions, and increased reimbursements. Hospitals implement Skylight to support their ongoing endeavors in improving HCAHPS scores, patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, enhancing operational & service excellence, meeting evolving clinical demands, and delivering on commitments to making a positive difference in the lives of the people they serve.

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MedVentive Named a 2012 "Cool Vendor in Healthcare Providers" by Leading Analyst Firm

Vendors selected for the "Cool Vendor report" are innovative, impactful and intriguing

Waltham, MA, April 25, 2012 – MedVentive, a leading provider of the clinical integration, population management and risk management tools healthcare providers need as they evolve into Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), announced today that it has been named as one of Gartner's 2012 Cool Vendors in Healthcare Providers. The Cool Vendors are recognized for providing innovative and potentially transformative solutions for healthcare delivery organizations. MedVentive's technology platform and experience supports providers as they tackle the two most critical issues they face as they become clinically integrated and/or transition to ACOs: understanding their patient populations and being accountable for the quality and cost of care.

Gartner, widely recognized as one of the world's leading information technology research and advisory companies, profiled four companies, including MedVentive, that are "true innovators that have found nuanced ways to apply technology to practical administrative, clinical and social problems of delivering healthcare."

"Being named a Gartner Cool Vendor confirms our belief that MedVentive is offering the most effective and innovative solution to help providers manage quality as well as risk," says Nancy Ham, President and CEO at MedVentive. "We've spent 15 years learning the hard way – though direct experience on the front lines of care delivery. As a result, our solutions incorporate years of real-world clinical feedback, demonstrating our deep understanding of what providers need to continually grow and thrive in today's evolving accountable care environments."

For more than a decade, MedVentive's platform for population management and the successful management of risk-based health plan contracts has been helping leading healthcare organizations support clinical integration initiatives and successfully manage their quality, utilization, pharmacy and physician incentive programs. MedVentive clients have achieved significant results using the MedVentive suite of Web-based applications to engage physicians and to optimize quality performance at the patient and population levels.

Request a demonstration of MedVentive's solutions by calling (781) 290-2511.

About Gartner's Cool Vendors Selection Process
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About MedVentive - While healthcare was evolving the concept of an accountable care organization, MedVentive was busy operating as one. MedVentive was founded as the Provider Service Network (PSN) in 1997 by the CareGroup Healthcare System, an integrated, at-risk network of 4,500 physicians and eight hospitals that cared for more than 450,000 at-risk patients.

Our origins as an ACO give MedVentive a deep understanding of provider organizations and the healthcare environment. Having been an at-risk provider network, MedVentive is uniquely qualified to support an organization's transition from a fee-for-service payment environment to risk-based contracting, and provide the clinical integration/population management infrastructure necessary to be successful under this new model.

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CombiMatrix names Richard Hockett, M.D. Medical Director

Specialist in Molecular Diagnostics, Biomarkers to Support Expanding Test Menu, Customer Base

Irvine, CA, April 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – CombiMatrix Corporation (NASDAQ: CBMX), a molecular diagnostics company performing DNA-based testing services for cancer and developmental disorders, today announced that veteran molecular diagnostics specialist Richard Hockett, M.D. has been named Medical Director, effective May 1. Hockett, 52, will report directly to CombiMatrix CEO R. Judd Jessup.

Dr. Hockett is the former Chief Medical Officer for Santa Clara, CA-based Affymetrix Inc., a provider of innovative genomic analysis tools and reagents for exploration and genetic testing. His special areas of focus at Affymetrix included applied genomics, new technology development and regulatory affairs.

As a Board Certified Clinical Pathologist, Dr. Hockett's specialties include molecular diagnostics, clinical application of technology and biomarker strategies. During his career, he has spent more than 25 years applying biomarkers to clinical medicine.

"As our lab operations are maturing, it is critical that we have world-class scientific and medical leadership to support our internal operations and strategies as well as our customer facing clinical support," Jessup said. "Dr. Hockett has been involved in advanced microarray technologies for most of his career so his background is ideal for our needs and those of our growing family of partners and customers. We are very pleased to have a medical executive of Dr. Hockett's caliber join our team."

Prior to joining Affymetrix, from 1999 to 2008, Dr. Hockett was a Medical Fellow II, Group Leader for Genomic Medicine at Eli Lilly and Company, where he developed the pharmacogenomic program and oversaw the application of genetic biomarkers to clinical drug development. He was also instrumental in developing the DMET analysis system, which has become the most comprehensive technology for the measurement of DNA variation in metabolism of pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Hockett started his career as an academic pathologist in the Department of Pathology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, where he oversaw the Clinical Immunology and Molecular Diagnostic laboratories and his research focused on developmental immunology and HIV disease.

Dr. Hockett received his M.D. degree from the University of Minnesota. He performed his residency in Clinical Pathology at Washington University, St. Louis.

About CombiMatrix Corporation - CombiMatrix Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiary, CombiMatrix Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (CMDX), is a molecular diagnostics laboratory which offers DNA-based testing services to the prenatal, pediatric and oncology markets. The Company performs genetic testing utilizing Microarray, FISH, PCR and G-Band Chromosome Analysis. CMDX offers prenatal and pediatric testing services for the detection of abnormalities of genes at the DNA level beyond what can be identified through traditional technologies. CMDX was also the first commercial clinical laboratory in the United States to make comprehensive DNA-based genomic analysis of solid tumors, including breast, colon, lung, prostate and brain tumors, available to oncology patients and medical professionals. Additional information about CMDX is available at www.cmdiagnostics.com or by calling 1-800-710-0624.

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Company Contact:
R. Judd Jessup - President & CEO, CombiMatrix Corporation - (949) 753-0624

Investor Relations Contact:
Matthew H. Clawson - Partner, Allen & Caron, Inc. - (949) 474-4300 - matt@allencaron.com

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MindFrame Inc awarded new patent for breakthrough Capture^™ LP
Thrombectomy Technology

Proprietary low profile devices offer clinicians unprecedented access in the treatment of patients experiencing ischemic stroke.

Irvine, CA, January 5, 2012 - MindFrame Inc. today announces the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 8,088,140, bringing the total number of patents awarded for its breakthrough thrombectomy technology to three. The previous two patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 8,066,757 and 8,070,791, demonstrate MindFrame's commitment to developing innovative devices that deliver outstanding outcomes for ischemic stroke therapy, in which rapid flow restoration and clot retrieval is essential to prevent irreversible deterioration of brain function in millions of patients suffering from acute ischemic stroke.

"We are proud that our achievements in revolutionary proprietary technology are being recognized," says Ken Charhut, president and CEO of MindFrame Inc. "Our global mission is to continue leading technology development with more ischemic stroke solutions for our clinicians that allow successful procedural and clinical outcomes for their patients."

The MindFrame Therapy Solutions technology portfolio was recently expanded to include the MindFrame Capture LP 4-mm diameter and multiple shorter–length–sized low profile devices. The MindFrame Capture LP is the first and only device that can be deployed through smaller microcatheters to improve navigation through tortuous vessels. MindFrame LP devices provide clinicians with unprecedented access to thrombus aspiration locally and proximally as a result of the reduced microcatheter size. In addition, the devices offer improved tensile strength and kink resistance for device durability, as well as enhanced trackability for precise placement and control.

MindFrame Capture LP is not approved for sale in the United States.

About MindFrame Inc. - MindFrame Inc. is a pioneer in developing optimized technologies for patients experiencing ischemic stroke. The breakthrough MindFrame Therapy Solutions portfolio comprises some of the most advanced device design technology that delivers exceptional rapid flow restoration and clot extraction intended to help clinicians provide improved clinical outcomes for their patients. For more information about the breakthrough MindFrame Capture LP state-of-the-art technologies, visit www.MindFrameInc.com.

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AutoGenomics Receives FDA Clearance for its INFINITI^® CYP2C19 Assay

Vista, CA, October 26, 2010 - AutoGenomics, a leader in providing automated, molecular testing solutions announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its INFINITI^® CYP2C19 Assay. The test detects 3 genetic variants, *2, *3, *17, of the CYP450 2C19 gene and is to be used on the company's automated molecular testing platform, the INFINITI^® Analyzer.

"We are very excited to receive FDA clearance for our 2C19 test" said Fareed Kureshy, President and CEO of AutoGenomics. "The necessity of this genetic test has been implicated in literature now for several years. The FDA has now provided clinicians with a tool in determining medical strategies for therapeutics that are metabolized by the CYP 450 2C19 gene test specifically * 2, *3, *17. This is an important milestone in the era of personalized medicine. Several of our customers are awaiting such clearance to implement testing in their practice." He further said "we continue to expand our portfolio of FDA cleared products". "The INFINITI^® CYP 450 2C19 test is unique in evaluating *17 which can help clinicians identify ultra metabolizers" said Robert Cole, MD., Chief Medical Officer at AutoGenomics.

The INFINITI^® System features a broad menu of 42 applications, with 5 FDA cleared products and 16 CE marked products.

About AutoGenomics - AutoGenomics Inc., a privately held company based in Vista, CA, has developed the first automated, microarray based multiplexing diagnostic platform that can be used to assess disease signatures with novel genomic and proteomic markers in the area of genetic disorders, infectious disease, cancer and pharmacogenetics. With the discovery of genes and their link to various disease states the platform has the versatility to revolutionize the way patients are diagnosed, monitored and managed, leading to the era of personalized medicine. - www.autogenomics.com

For further information please contact:
Ramanath Vairavan - Senior Vice President - 760-477-2248 x 305 - rvairavan@autogenomics.com

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AutoGenomics launches the INFINITI^® FMF Panel

December 21, 2010 - AutoGenomics, a leader in providing automated molecular testing solutions, announced today that it has launched a new test, the INFINITI FMF Panel, designed for the identification of genetic mutations associated with Familial Mediterranean Fever. These genetic mutations are prominently present in the Armenian people, Sephardic Jews, Greeks, Arabs and Turks. The INFINITI FMF Panel provides simultaneous multiplexed determination of 13 genetic variants on the automated INFINITI Analyzer.

"We are very excited to introduce the first automated molecular assay that detects mutations related to Familial Mediterranean Fever" said Fareed Kureshy, President and CEO of AutoGenomics. "Classical methods for identifying these mutations have always revolved around sequencing, a complicated and time consuming process. Our INFINITI FMF Panel will finally bring testing for these mutations to a more manageable scale."

"Familial Mediterranean Fever is a very serious problem in affected populations," said Omer Sen, President and CEO of the CDK Group, the distributor of AutoGenomics products in Turkey. "We are very happy that AutoGenomics has taken the initiative to provide us with such a critical tool while also offering the most comprehensive test panel." He further said, "We have launched this novel product successfully at the recently held 9th National Medical Genetics Congress in Istanbul."

The AutoGenomics INFINITI FMF Panel is for research use only and not for use in diagnostic procedures.

About the CDK Group - The CDK Group, based in Istanbul, Turkey, has been in business since 1999 and is among the top diagnostic companies in Turkey distributing molecular testing products. - www.cdkmed.com

About AutoGenomics - AutoGenomics Inc., a privately held company based in Vista, CA, has developed the first automated, microarray based multiplexing diagnostic platform that can be used to assess disease signatures with novel genomic and proteomic markers in the area of genetic disorders, infectious disease, cancer and pharmacogenetics. With the discovery of genes and their link to various disease states the platform has the versatility to revolutionize the way patients are diagnosed, monitored and managed, leading to the era of personalized medicine. - www.autogenomics.com

For further information please contact:
Ramanath Vairavan - Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing - 760-477-2248 x 305 - rvairavan@autogenomics.com

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PGXL Laboratories partners with AutoGenomics to expand
Molecular Testing in Pharmacogenetics

Louisville, KY, Vista, CA, April 01, 2011 - PGXL Labs, an internationally recognized pioneer in personalized medicine testing, announced today that it has established a collaborative partnership with AutoGenomics, Inc. wherein they will utilize the automated INFINITI^® analyzer for several different personalized medicine applications.

"The automation provided by the AutoGenomics' INFINITI^® Analyzer will enhance workflow in our laboratories," said Mark Linder, Executive Vice-President of Operations and Co-Founder of PGXL Laboratories. He further stated that "with their comprehensive menu of molecular applications in the pharmacogenetics arena, we have found AutoGenomics to be a very suitable partner in meeting our emerging testing needs."

"We are excited to partner with PGXL Labs who have pioneered in bringing the benefits of pharmacogenetics testing to patients across the country" said Ramanath Vairavan, Senior Vice President of AutoGenomics. "The versatility of our BioFilmChip Microarray technology allows us to rapidly develop new test applications to meet the evolving needs in companion diagnostic testing and enable PGXL Labs to expand the array of personalized medicine tests."

PGXL plans to utilize the INFINITI^® Warfarin Assay and the CYP450 2C19 tests, both of which have been cleared by the FDA. In addition, they will plan to use the INFINITI® KRAS-BRAF test.

About PGXL Laboratories - A privately-owned business located in Louisville, Kentucky, PGXL Laboratories was the first lab in the country CLIA-certified specifically to conduct pharmacogenetic tests. It provides pharmacogenetic testing and interpretive services, and developed one of the first commercial CYP2C9/VKORC1 tests for accurate anticoagulant dosing. Along with its clinical practice, PGXL performs contract research for manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. - www.pgxlab.com

About AutoGenomics - AutoGenomics Inc., a privately held company based in Vista, CA, has developed the first automated, microarray based multiplexing diagnostic platform that can be used to assess disease signatures with novel genomic and proteomic markers in the area of genetic disorders, infectious disease, cancer and pharmacogenetics. With the discovery of genes and their link to various disease states the platform has the versatility to revolutionize the way patients are diagnosed, monitored and managed, leading to the era of personalized medicine. - www.autogenomics.com

For further information please contact:
Tom Johnson - Director, Communications, PGXL Laboratories - 502-419-8204 - Tom.Johnson@pgxlab.com
Ramanath Vairavan - Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, AutoGenomics - 760-477-2248 x 305 - rvairavan@autogenomics.com

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