Media Coverage
Picis has been in the media spotlight. Find out where:

Hospital’s Pilot Will Help ED Meet Clinical Documentation Challenges
Exempla St. Joseph pilots LYNX CareBridge, part of newly released ED PulseCheck 5.0, providing accurate documentation to support physicians’ patient care decisions.
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New Picis solutions focus on finances
CEO Todd Cozzens pointed out that healthcare IT vendors are focused these days on developing products that not only improve clinical documentation, but also save money.
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Are You a “Meaningful User” of Healthcare Tech?
Picis’ Mark D. Crockett, MD, FACEP, President, Emergency Care Division, sheds light on this often misunderstood term.
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EDIS Integrates with Legacy and Ambulatory EMRs
Denver hospital integrates Picis ED PulseCheck with legacy and ambulatory EMRs
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Simply Operational
Health Data Management interviews Janet Burke, operating room systems manager at Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA on the hospital’s Picis perioperatiave solution.
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Electronic records, boosted by stimulus, rush hospitals into unchartered territory
Dr. Neil Meehan of Lawrence General Hospital, Lawrence, MA, credits Picis ED PulseCheck with reducing ER wait times (LOS) and number of patients leaving the ED without treatment (LWBS).
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Hospital ED formula: Quality = revenue growth
Jeff Wadja, DO, MS, FACEP, Vice President of Clinical Services, LYNX Medical Systems, a Picis company, explains why the ED is a microcosm for healthcare’s overall financial ills, and that focusing on quality is the cure.
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Information systems improve hospital emergency departments
Dr. Gary Kavit, Medical Director, Riverside Regional Medical Center, describes the process of automating Riverside’s greatly expanded ED from vendor selection through implementation to cost-saving results.
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Picis pulls in $2M from VA for anesthesia records system
Continuing to build momentum with U.S. Veterans Affairs hospitals, Picis was awarded two VA contracts by VISN 10 for its five medical centers.
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E-Health's Heavy Burden
Electronic medical records must stay in computers during the patient’s lifetime, and often longer. Forbes Magazine interviews Inova CIO, Geoff Brown, a Picis client.
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Stimulus may lift high-tech in N.E.
Picis CEO/Vice Chairman Todd Cozzens discusses the opportunities the Congressional stimulus package will provide for digitizing hospital medical records.
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Most health IT firms still waiting for stimulus funds
Picis CEO Todd Cozzens says his company only recently saw the dam break on orders relating to federal health information technology initiatives.
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Customized Integration
By integrating its supply automation system with Picis’ OR Manager information system, Beaufort Memorial Hospital has saved nurses time and improved accuracy in surgical supply documentation.
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CBS Evening News – The Future of Medical Records
This video clip features Inova Health System and the benefits of an automated medical records system, in this case part of the Picis ED PulseCheck solution now installed in nine of its 10 healthcare facilities.
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Sentara CIO Discusses Why to Bridge Epic to E/Point
A recent interview with Bert Reese, CIO of Sentara Healthcare, describes why they developed an interface between Picis LYNX E/Point and Epic Corporation’s Software to preserve the financial returns and benefits to clinicians.
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