Tech Update
July 12, 1999 2 minutes read
Tech Update
• CareFacts Information Systems (St. Paul, MN) has signed a contract with Gunderson Lutheran Home Care (La Crosse, WI). Gunderson will integrate CareFacts clinical software with scheduling and billing software already in place at the agency. The implementation completes the installation of the full suite of CareFacts home care software modules.
• SIMS Communications (Irvine, CA) has secured $2 million in financing through the sale of the company’s common stock in a private placement to a group of investors. The funds will be used for the company’s Internet business units under development. SIMS has also engaged Burlington Securities Corp. (New York) to act as a financial advisor and placement agent. In other news, SIMS has launched its JustMed.com Internet healthcare Web portal and has opened its Electronic Commerce Store, located on the Web at www.justmed.com. The Web site provides healthcare content and products to both the general public and healthcare industry professionals. The company’s goal is to become the recognized healthcare portal leader on the Internet. SIMS officials said that currently, an estimated 22 million U.S. adults use the Internet to access health information. "At JustMed.com, we provide a feature-rich site, enabling visitors to select from a variety of healthcare topics and options. Additionally, they have the ability to purchase online in a secure environment, at our Med Store, an extensive line of home medical equipment products," officials said.
• Home Medical of America, a privately held provider of home health services, has selected e-MedSoft.com to Web-enable legacy mainframe applications in connection with physicians on the network. The implementation will allow HMA to connect its 125 locations and 14,000 employees in 42 states to the e-MedSoft.com network.
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