“Our partnership with Kareo is unique in that no other PM/RCM offering leverages narrative notes as effectively,” said MD-IT president Tom Carson.  “Narrative notes are fundamental for preserving the integrity of clinical documentation.  Clinical encounters are unique, and proper documentation that captures the thoughts and actions of the physician goes a long way toward streamlining the billing process and reducing audit risk, all while improving patient care.”

“The opportunity to offer our customers a system that preserves the narrative in clinical documentation is of great value,” said Kareo CEO Dan Rodrigues.  “From a revenue cycle management standpoint, the ability to couple claims data with the original narrative notes improves the adjudication process and first pass claims rate.”The MD-IT + Kareo integration provides a turn-key solution for practices that want to introduce responsible technology designed to lower costs and increase efficiencies for both the administrative and clinical sides of a healthcare facility.“Physicians are under increasing pressure to adopt electronic medical records systems that have the potential to improve the quality of healthcare while reducing costs.  However, according to recent industry surveys, many such systems cause significant productivity declines while producing documentation that does not adequately satisfy all necessary reporting requirements,” said Carson.  “MD-IT and Kareo seek to solve these problems through this integrated solutions offering.”

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The Boston area, home to a number of online retail businesses, will host the nation’s e-commerce industry this week at a convention that is being held here for the first time in at least 10 years.

The digital division of the National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail industry group, today will open the Shop.org Annual Summit and Expo at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The three-day convention is expected to attract more than 3,000 people.

The local e-commerce industry is significant enough to bring the event to the city, said James Keller, chief marketing officer at Boston-based ShoeBuy.com, a 12-year-old e-retailer that says it is the “world’s largest site for shoes.’’

eEye Digital Security, a provider of IT security and unified vulnerability management solutions, today announced that its Retina CS Management solution received top honors in Vulnerability Management over industry competitors, including GFI and McAfee, in Information Security’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards.

For the sixth consecutive year, Information Security readers voted to determine the best security products of 2011. More than 1,500 voters participated this year, rating products in 14 different categories.

eEye’s Retina CS Management was named the Gold Winner in the Vulnerability Management category. Retina CS is the only unified vulnerability and compliance management solution that integrates security risk discovery, prioritization, remediation, and reporting into a single, web-based console.

This award comes on the heels of a 2011 5-star rating from SC Magazine, which commented in the corresponding product review, “…Fully loaded, Retina CS may be all one needs for vulnerability management.”

According to Information Security, Retina CS Management was awarded the Gold based on “…high marks from readers for its breadth of applications and devices. The vulnerability management product also scored well for effectively and accurately identifying vulnerabilities in a timely manner and its scalability.”

Retina CS was developed to reduce time and effort in identifying critical vulnerabilities, which should be fixed immediately versus those that can be addressed in priority order later. The solution’s flexible risk scoring allows users to refine CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) based on business, assets, and risk appetite. Also, the solution scales to any number of assets and is notably at the center of two of the largest vulnerability management installments in the world.

Diana Kelley, partner, SecurityCurve, states: “The vulnerability management market is finally evolving from disconnected, find-and-fix tools for scanning and patching to integrated solutions that incorporate inventory, testing, prioritization and risk data so organizations can manage the entire vulnerability life cycle.”

“We appreciate and thank the Information Security readers who selected Retina CS Management as the vulnerability management leader in this highly competitive space,” said Brad Hibbert, VP Strategy, eEye. “Recognition from IT security professionals energizes our commitment to develop products that help them reduce risk and streamline vulnerability management. We are extremely driven to continue to earn accolades based on the strength of our technology and customer service.”

See the full article on eEye’s Information Security Gold Award for Vulnerability Management.

See an on-demand Retina CS video.

About eEye Digital Security
Since 1998, eEye Digital Security has made vulnerability and compliance management simpler and more efficient by providing the only unified solution that integrates assessment, mitigation, protection, and reporting into a complete offering with optional add-on modules for configuration compliance, regulatory reporting, and integrated patch management. eEye’s world-renowned research and development team is consistently the first to uncover critical vulnerabilities, prevent their exploit, and build new protections into our solutions. Thousands of mid-to-large-size private-sector and government organizations, including the two largest vulnerability management installations in the world, rely on eEye to protect against the latest known and zero-day vulnerabilities. More at eeye.com.

Baynote, a leading provider of eCommerce personalization solutions, and Monetate, the leading provider of testing, targeting, and personalization solutions for websites, today announced a partnership to integrate Baynote’s intent-based personalized product recommendations with Monetate’s Testing & Targeting solutions. Through the partnership, eCommerce companies can now test how product recommendation information is displayed while ensuring those recommendations are the most relevant and based on visitors’ real-time interests. The result is a more engaging, personalized shopping experience for site visitors and improved conversions for eCommerce brands.

“Monetate’s testing and targeting platform combined with Baynote’s product recommendations have enabled us to provide a truly personalized online shopping experience to our customers that is making a significant impact on increasing conversions, sales, and site revenue,” said Holly Devine, Director of Ecommerce, Urban Outfitters.

“Baynote and Monetate ultimately have the same goal: increase conversions for online retailers,” said John Kelly, chief operating officer at Baynote. “By combining Baynote’s understanding of real-time buyer intent with Monetate’s testing and targeting offering, online retailers can optimize their sites for a truly personalized shopping experience that improves engagement and conversions.”

The powerful duo of Baynote and Monetate provides online retailers with a platform for ongoing marketing and website improvement that delivers the optimal recommendations in the best place on the site. From comparing results of different personalized on-site search configurations to understanding how to optimize landing pages, improvements obtained through Baynote and Monetate are proven to have a major impact on revenues and operating margins.

“Creating the best kind of site experience for visitors that is also optimized for conversions does not happen through intuition; it comes from ongoing strategic improvement and testing,” said Monetate founder and CEO David Brussin. “Each customer is unique, and Monetate and Baynote are working together to help online retailers determine the best way to reach them on an individual level in a way that will increase engagement and conversions.”

About Monetate

Monetate is the leading provider of testing, targeting, and personalization for websites. The company’s cloud-based platform empowers marketers to test and target product offers and site features and convert successful tests into personalized messaging and promotional campaigns, instantly, anywhere on the website. Monetate removes the IT bottleneck and is quick and easy to install using just a single JavaScript tag, inserted only once, and requiring no internal IT resources. Some of the best known brands in the world use Monetate to make the most of their online marketing dollars, increase conversion rates, and personalize the website experience including Aeropostale, Urban Outfitters, Altrec, The Sports Authority, PETCO, QVC and more. Based in Philadelphia, Monetate serves a growing list of B2C websites around the world. For more information about Monetate, visit http://www.monetate.com.

About Baynote

Baynote is an eCommerce software company whose Personalization Platform gives retailers a multiplier effect on conversion and average order value rates using existing eCommerce investments. Only Baynote helps ecommerce executives understand and act on real-time buyer intent, giving them the essential intelligence to engage consumers at every touchpoint with the right experience at the right time and to respond faster to their ever-changing interests. Based in San Jose, Calif., with offices in the U.K. and Germany, Baynote’s personalization solutions are trusted by over 300 of the world’s most demanding brands including AT&T, Altrec.com, Anthropologie, Bluefly, BT, Campbell’s Dell, Expedia, Intuit, JCrew, Jockey and Urban Outfitters. For more information about Baynote, visit http://www.baynote.com.

Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions, today announced that on the heels of its “Best of VMworld” award win for the Skytap Hybrid Cloud solution, the company will be presenting at several industry events in September. Skytap experts will be discussing cloud adoption best practices at Data Center World and the Virtual Cloud Connect conference. In addition, Google, IDC and Skytap will host a web seminar on Automated Development and Test Framework to discuss how Google is using the Cloud model to accelerate their software release cycles.

Data Center World

What:
The Ins and Outs of Virtual Private Clouds

When:
Tues., Sept. 13 from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET

Where:
Orlando World Center Marriott and Convention Center

Who:
Sundar Raghavan, Skytap

Description: Skytap will discuss the ins and outs of virtual private clouds and how it resolves the challenges data center managers face when making the decision to migrate to cloud computing.

Google, IDC, Skytap Webinar

What:
Google, IDC, and Skytap Discuss Automated Development and Test Framework

When:
Wed., Sept. 14 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PT

Where:
Register today for the free webinar

Who:
Jason Arbon, social engineer, Google Chrome
Melinda Ballou, program director, IDC
Sundar Raghavan, Skytap

Description: The Google Chrome team developed an automated “test bot” framework using Skytap. This innovative approach enables them skip more than 95 percent of test work. Join Jason Arbon from Google to learn more about his innovative “testing bots” approach.

Virtual Cloud Connect

What:
Designing and Deploying Reliable On-Demand Applications

When:
Thurs., Sept. 29 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. PT

Where:
Register today for this free, virtual conference

Who:
Nate Odell, director of marketing, Skytap

Description: Cloud technology is changing at breakneck speed. While the annual Cloud Connect Conference covers a broad range of technology and business subjects, there’s plenty to discuss in the interim. Virtual Cloud Connect 2011 and Skytap will look at some of the core issues that are top of mind for Cloud Computing Decision Makers.

About Skytap

Skytap is the leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions for dynamic workloads. Skytap enables users to run enterprise applications unchanged in the cloud, collaborate securely with global teams, and gain unparalleled business productivity. Additionally, IT organizations can gain visibility and control over cloud projects, align capacity with demand, and reduce costs by 70% or more. Enterprises can securely connect Skytap to their data centers and create virtual private clouds. Skytap is ideal for any dynamic workload including application development, testing,virtual training, application migration and sales demonstration projects. To buy or learn more, visit www.skytap.com.

AtTask, Inc. has released an iPhone widget which enables users to remotely manage tasks and issues assigned to them. The widget dynamically pulls data from @task, the company’s flagship product. With the combination of @task and iPhone, people will have an increased ability to address time-sensitive issues and assignments.

“@task is all about helping companies get work done,” said AtTask’s CEO Scott Johnson, “and part of that is giving users absolute accessibility to their data – however or wherever they desire. The power of the iPhone widget, along with other integration points, is that the average user who is doing the work can easily update tasks and issues from anywhere without the need for any special training. We are pleased to add the iPhone to the list of ways people can access their information. If you give everyone in the company an iPhone and an @task account, you’ll have happy employees with substantially increased productivity – and even happier clients,” Johnson concluded.

The iPhone widget follows other integration releases by AtTask such as Microsoft Outlook and full Web Services availability. These integration points allow users to work normally in environments they are familiar with, but still tap in to the powerful business rules, tracking, projecting, and reporting offered by @task.

@task provides a platform, database, and browser independent solution that can be implemented either on-premise or on-demand. The on-demand offering has a 30 day free trial that also includes one-on-one consulting with a project management professional.

For more information, visit http://www.iphone-projects.com

About AtTask, Inc.
AtTask (http://www.attask.com) is the leading provider of on-demand project and portfolio management software. Its flagship product, @task, places business intelligence tools in the hands of executives and makes team-collaboration accessible to the front line. Its platform independent and multi-lingual solution is increasing efficiency and productivity for Fortune 500 companies across the globe. AtTask’s clients include Apple, CBS, Johnson & Johnson, Chevron, Fujitsu, Hanes, Hawaiian Airlines, HBO, Hitachi, GE, McDonalds, Toyota, UCLA, and Walt Disney.

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