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Santa Monica, Calif. (PRWEB) January 11, 2008

Orion Health, a leading provider of clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector, today announced that Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) has selected Orion Health’s technology solutions as part of their Preferred Solution Agreements.

This agreement establishes Orion Health’s understanding of the requirements for the pan-Canadian electronic health record (EHR) and a commitment to interoperability.

Orion Health’s Concerto Medical Applications Portal™ will be a key component of Infoway’s Interoperable EHR Program that focuses on implementation of solutions that allow clinicians to view and update an integrated patient-centric health record anywhere at any time.

“The agreement with Infoway validates Orion Health’s superior interoperability features and provides EHR programs with the assurance that our technology will easily integrate with existing and future technology systems. We are extremely pleased and proud to be part of this effort to advance the interoperability of the electronic health record through the entire country,” says Paul Viskovich, president Orion Health, North American Operations.

The Concerto Medical Applications Portal provides a universal, easy to use solution that delivers accurate patient information and results where and when clinical staff needs it to increase diagnostic accuracy, improve patient safety and reduce costs. Layering on top of existing data structures, a unified view portal solution can provide single view capabilities for physicians, providing simplified, real-time access to a selected patient’s clinical information, wherever it may reside.

“Having Concerto part of the solutions available to Canadian organizations will allow them to improve and extend their information systems to deliver more benefits to physicians, reduce workloads and improve workflow, and deliver higher quality patient care for less,” Viskovich continues.

Orion Health’s clinical information software meets the information needs of clinical staff and healthcare managers, delivery secure, universal access to healthcare information and helping healthcare providers proactively manage and coordinate patient care across the community and entire country of Canada.

Recently, the province of New Brunswick, Canada also announced plans to base their province-wide EHR project on the Concerto Medical Applications portal.

Capital Health Region in Alberta, Canada, has implemented Orion Health solutions throughout their region enabling more than 2,000 physicians and over 6,500 health care staff access to an unparalleled range of patient lab results, medication information, clinical notes and demographic information.

Integrating healthcare systems throughout the world since 1993, Orion Health contributes to integration and clinical workflow projects across the globe for clients including Abbott Laboratories, New York State Department of Health, Capital Health, New South Wales Health, and the New Zealand Ministry of Health.

About Canada Health Infoway (Infoway)

Infoway is an independent not-for-profit organization that invests with public sector partners across Canada to implement and reuse compatible health information systems which support a safer, more efficient healthcare system. Fully respecting patient confidentiality, these private and secure systems provide healthcare professionals with rapid access to complete and accurate patient information, enabling better decisions about diagnosis and treatment. The result is a sustainable, healthcare system offering improved quality, accessibility and productivity.

About Orion Health

Orion Health’s easy-to-use solutions and applications improve patient care and clinical decision making by providing integrated health data in a single, unified view. By enhancing existing healthcare information systems, Orion Health’s Rhapsody Integration Engine, Concerto Medical Application Portal, and workflow solutions provide healthcare workers with easy access to patient data and trends, and reduce errors and omissions by streamlining information transfer.

Worldwide, Orion Health is implementing health information communities involving over 35 million patients with tens of thousands of active users including Maine’s HealthInfoNet and the Vermont Health Information Exchange. Orion Health’s partners include leading health system integrators and IT vendors such as Accenture, IBM, Oracle Corporation, Sierra Systems and others. Orion Health has more than 1,000 clients around the world, including Lahey Clinic, New York State Department of Health, UCLA Medical Center, and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More information can be found at www.orionhealth.com.

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Barrie, ON (PRWEB) October 15, 2003

Gavin Steiner, President of Interprom Computer Technologies was chosen by Microsoft Canada to represent Canadian partners and small businesses at the highly anticipated product launch of “Windows Small Business Server 2003″ at Microsoft’s 2003 “Worldwide Partner Conference” in New Orleans.

Interviews with Steiner by the Canadian media followed the official product launch by Orlando Ayala, Microsoft’s senior vice president of small and mid-market solutions & partner group.

Steiner discussed the unique needs shared by Canadian small business owners, explaining how “Windows Small Business Server 2003” solves many of those issues, allowing businesses to “work more productively, efficiently and profitably.

“It was an honour to be chosen by Microsoft Canada to represent our country, and the product” says Steiner. “I’ve seen the unprecedented commitment they’ve made this year to the small and medium business owner. Microsoft wants to see Canadian businesses succeed, and Small Business Server 2003 is a tool that will make that happen faster, easier and more profitably for any business that uses it”

Up till now, adoption of productivity-enhancing server technology by small businesses has been hampered by concerns about costs, security and complexity. “Windows Small Business Server 2003” was designed to address these issues head-on.

The result is a simple to use, full-featured network operating system that provides small businesses with all the great tools larger companies use to succeed, like secure E-mail and Internet connectivity, access to business data from home or outside the office, file and printer sharing, unfailing backup and restore capabilities, faxing from the desktop, shared collaboration tools and more – all at an easily affordable cost, with no administrative hassle.

Interprom Computer Technologies specializes in the installation and ongoing support of “Windows Small Business Server 2003″ based networks, and can be reached toll free at 1-866-775-7702 for more information.

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The Spirent GSS8000 is designed for use in the most demanding applications, and is capable of simulating ultra-high dynamics with industry leading accuracy.

The Spirent GSS8000 supports up to 20,000g signal dynamics, up to 120,000 m/s velocity and 50Hz (4ms) processing rates. Motion data can be generated using Spirent’s on-board vehicle models or using real-time high-rate host vehicle trajectory data over a remote interface. Spirent’s implementation supports full 6 degrees-of-freedom (6DOF) trajectory data. Low-latency hardware-in-the-loop capability is standard with synchronization and timing facilitated via 1 PPS in/out and 10MHz clock inputs.

In addition, the Spirent GSS8000 is designed to support Spirent’s range of options and extensions for testing advanced navigation and positioning systems. These include a range of GPS+inertial test interfaces, classified testing capabilities, interference effects, jamming signals and multi-element adaptive antenna (CRPA) antenna electronics units.

“The Spirent GSS8000 offers our customers the test capability they demand, for both today and tomorrow’s programs,” commented John Pottle, marketing director, Positioning Technology division, Spirent Communications. “We are taking the simulator performance to the next level with the Spirent GSS8000, while maintaining Spirent’s full range of options and classified testing capabilities that our customers have come to rely on, such as classified testing and full test support for future M-code receiver programs.”

Spirent’s products are sold in the US and Canada by Spirent Federal Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Spirent Communications. You can learn more about the GSS8000 at their booth at IEEE/ION PLANS 2008 May 5-8, 2008 in Monterey, CA.

This newest addition to the line of Clickfree back up products gives professionals a simple way to save all their critical productivity, email, calendar, Internet and design files. With support for more than 200 file types including Microsoft Office and Adobe applications, Clickfree Office DVD is designed for anyone who wants to protect their most valuable business asset – their daily work information.

As soon as the disc is inserted into a PC’s DVD drive, the Clickfree software automatically launches, searches and backs up files, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator files and more. While the software’s default settings will probably be sufficient for most, it is user-modifiable, giving users full control over their backups.

Available now, Clickfree Office DVD will be demonstrated at Interop 2008 in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, April 27 – May 2. Storage Appliance Corporation’s booth is #1984.

“Today, 85 to 90 percent of the population does not back up their PC,” said Ian Collins, president, Storage Appliance Corporation. “We hope the simplicity of our products will influence people to back up their data on a regular basis, significantly reducing the easily preventable devastation that comes from data loss.”

Because the Clickfree Office DVD is so easy to use, it is ideal for employees with limited computer knowledge, making it a perfect solution for small businesses without dedicated IT support. In addition, IT managers supporting non-technical remote workers will find tremendous value in its simplicity. Off-site employees can easily back up their laptops or home computers (that often contain work files) on a regular basis, without requiring IT help or resources. If a computer crashes, they can instantly restore their data themselves by pushing the “restore” button and be back up and running within minutes.

Clickfree Music and Photo DVDs Protect Cherished Digital Media

The new Clickfree Office DVD joins a line of existing back up DVDs offered by Storage Appliance Corporation, including Clickfree Music DVD Backup and Clickfree Photo DVD Backup. A hassle-free way to protect music collections and cherished photos, the DVDs automatically search for and back up music or photo extensions right out of the box. All popular and file formats are supported.

Back Up Your Entire PC with the Clickfree Hard Drive

For customers who want to back up all their data onto a hard drive, Storage Appliance Corporation also offers the 120GB Clickfree HD701. It automatically backs over 350 file types including Word, Powerpoint, emails and their attachments, photos, movies and music files. It even finds preferences, favorite websites and browser lists. At $149, it offers a tremendous value to families and IT managers, as one device can back up data from up to 10 computers, compartmentalizing each PC’s information for easy data identification and recovery.

All Clickfree back up devices are ideal for transferring files to a new computer. In case of hard drive failure or to share files with a new computer, simply click the “restore” button, and all the files will be brought into their original locations again.

The Clickfree Office DVD 5 Pack is available now at leading retail outlets in the U.S. and Canada. The MSRP is $14.99. All Clickfree back up solutions can also be purchased online direct from Storage Appliance Corporation. Visit www.goclickfree.com for more information or to locate a store.