Data Innovations, Inc.
Founded in 1989, Data Innovations (DI) has grown to US$21 million in annual sales and over 85 specialists, becoming the world’s largest, most successful clinical and blood laboratory middleware company. With a focus solely on laboratory data management and offices in the United States, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, and the United Kingdom, DI is the only middleware company with a true global scope. Through our over 40 industry business partnerships and directly with laboratory end users, we have installed over 6,500 middleware systems in 63 countries. Instrument Manager (IM) and Laboratory Production Manager (LPM) represent the most complete offerings in the market for pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical sample processing and non analytical tasks such as equipment maintenance. Almost 1,000 different instruments, automation systems, and information systems are supported. Equally important as our products are our services, which include comprehensive and proactive support, a variety of training options, and on-site consulting. Labs are continually challenged to decrease turnaround time while handling higher volume and maintaining high data quality despite labor shortages and tightening budgets. Our offerings help the laboratory successfully meet these challenges and supports our vision:
To positively impact patient care by applying the discipline of customer intimacy in partnerships that increase efficiencies and improve workflow through delivery of the world’s best total middleware solutions to the clinical laboratory.
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DocuSys
DocuSys designs and markets the first Anesthesia Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to merge clinical information with intravenous medication management. The system provides the tools to deliver bar coded, unit-dose IV medications for the OR and combines clinical record keeping with adverse drug event (ADE) prevention support, drug billing and ICD-9/CPT coding. Integrated with McKesson’s Horizon Surgical Manager™, DocuSys’ modular design also permits interfacing with other clinical systems, CPOE, electronic drug dispensing units, infusion pumps in those settings where IV drug delivery is key. For more information on DocuSys and its products, visit the company’s Web site at http://www.docusys.net.
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First DataBank
First DataBank, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hearst Corporation, is a leading provider of electronic drug information - the knowledge inside healthcare information systems. For more than two decades, they have delivered proven knowledge bases for various healthcare applications, including clinical decision support within the workflow. Their portfolio also includes comprehensive reference software, timesaving developer software, and specialty products for physicians and nutritionists. Many of these products help reduce the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events, which can result in shorter hospital stays, lower medical costs, and improved patient care.
First DataBank's NDDF Plus™ knowledge base combines the proven drug information of their National Drug Date File® with their advanced clinical decision support modules to deliver complete descriptive, pricing and clinical information for every drug approved by the FDA.
Through the expertise of their staff, including clinicians, software engineers and knowledge base experts, First DataBank has developed reliable drug and diagnostic decision support information that spans the healthcare continuum. It is found in installations ranging from retail pharmacies to hospital pharmacies and laboratories, physicians and other healthcare professionals practices, as well as e-healthcare companies, managed care organizations and insurers. First DataBank is headquartered in San Bruno, California.
McKesson uses the First DataBank knowledge bases to complement our HealthQuest Pharmacy, Horizon Ambulatory Care, Horizon Meds Manager, Horizon Order Management, Pathways Homecare, Precision Pharmacy, Series Pharmacy, and STAR Pharmacy solutions. For more information about First DataBank, visit them online at www.firstdatabank.com.
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North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)
NANDA is a non-profit, voluntary association of nurses that endeavors to promote the nursing profession and the development, refinement, classification, and use of nursing language. It is solely member owned with revenues generated from its membership dues, sales of publications and its biennial conference. Its membership is comprised of nursing professionals working in educational, clinical, documentation, informatics and practical fields of nursing. McKesson has partnered with NANDA to provide its Horizon Clinicals customers with NANDA's Nursing Diagnosis: Definitions and Classifications.
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Solucient, LLC
Solucient, LLC is a leading healthcare information content company that develops and markets clinical and financial decision support systems used by hospitals, integrated delivery systems, managed care organizations, employers and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The company's databases and products are used to benchmark clinical performance and outcomes, profile best practices and manage the cost and delivery of healthcare.
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VNA First
VNA First is a network of community based agencies providing home health services throughout Illinois and Indiana and portions of Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan and Wisconsin. VNA First members have been dedicated to providing cost-effective, quality services in their communities for decades. These members have created innovative home health products which they have made available to the industry. Products include VNA First's critical pathways and Benchmarking Plus, an outcomes measurement product.
VNA First's Home Care Steps address the basic requirement of patient care including: vital signs, nutrition/hydration, educational needs, medication, disease process, safety emergency plans, infection control, complications, discharge needs and follow-up with physician, in addition to the pertinent interventions pertaining to the individual medical diagnosis.
VNA First's Home Care Steps include 92 pathways and were developed and field tested by homecare clinicians throughout the nation. They provide the framework for CQI, Benchmarking (for ORYX) and for responding to OASIS findings. For further information, please visit VNA First's Web site.
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