Press Releases
10/19/2011 Quintiles Strengthens Late Phase Offerings with Acquisition of Outcome Sciences, Inc., Premier Observational Research Company
With late phase (Phase IIIB and Phase IV) research becoming increasingly important to multiple healthcare stakeholders, Quintiles today announced it has acquired Outcome Sciences, Inc. (Outcome), a privately held outcomes research firm headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. The acquisition positions Quintiles as the industry powerhouse in late phase research, offering global reach, robust dedicated resources and specialization.
10/11/2011 Outcome Sciences Announces Collaboration with National Football League to Increase Knowledge of Football-Related Injuries
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leader in science and technologies for safety surveillance and health outcomes evaluations announced they will team with the National Football League (NFL) to update its Injury Surveillance System, the primary source for injury reporting in the NFL. In addition to providing technology and hosting services for the Injury Surveillance System, Outcome is also providing the NFL and its committees with epidemiological and biostatistical expertise to analyze NFL injury data and support related medical research.
3/4/2011 Outcome’s TotalQuality® Reporting Service Certified As EHR Technology Reporting Module for CMS’ Meaningful Use Program
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that its TotalQuality® Reporting Service has become a certified electronic health records (EHR) technology reporting module for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) Meaningful Use data submission.
2/18/2011 Outcome to Demonstrate Real-World Interoperability in Multiple Implementations at HIMSS 2011
Outcome announced that for the fifth year the company has completed IHE Connectathon testing and will be participating in the Interoperability Showcase at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS). Outcome will be demonstrating an expanded set of interoperability use cases that link Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems using Outcome™ Connect to a variety of data recipients, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Outcome™ Connect is designed to specifically link EHR systems with clinical research and emerging quality and public health reporting using healthcare industry standards defined by Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) and the Health IT Standards Panel (HITSP).
11/30/2010 Outcome Selected by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to Develop New U.S. Patient Registries Database
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded Outcome a task order to design and develop a new Registry of Patient Registries (RoPR) database.
10/20/2010 Outcome Sciences Selected by Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) as Adminiserve Partner
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, and quality reporting services for healthcare providers, today announced that it has been selected as a Medical Group Management Association® (MGMA) AdminiServe® partner. As an AdminiServe partner, OUTCOME will provide MGMA members with registry reporting services for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) at preferred pricing.
10/15/2010 New study indicates that even delayed treatment with oseltamivir improves survival in patients infected with avian influenza (H5N1)
A study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases indicates that treatment with oseltamivir significantly reduces mortality in patients withinfluenza A/H5N1, or ‘bird flu’, even when given late in the course of illness.
8/12/2010 AHRQ Selects Outcome to Conduct CE Study of Treatment Strategies for Open-Angle Glaucoma
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has selected Outcome as the DEcIDE Center for a study designed to compare the effectiveness of medications versus surgery for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma.
8/2/2010 Outcome's President and Chief Executive Officer Named to 2010 PharmaVoice 100 List
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that Richard Glikich, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer of OUTCOME, has been recognized by PharmaVOICE as one of the 100 Most Inspiring Individuals in the life-sciences industry by readers of the publication.
2/26/2010 Outcome to Demonstrate Real- World Interoperability in Multiple Implementations at HIMSS 2010
Outcome Sciences, Inc., the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that the company, represented by Dan Levy, Vice President of Engineering, will be participating in the Interoperability Showcase at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS) at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center from March 1-4, 2010. The Interoperability Showcase is designed to demonstrate the benefits of harmonizing the data collection needs of healthcare providers and improving the daily practice of medicine and clinical researchers conducting clinical studies.
2/18/2010 Outcome and Reach Call Form Partnership to Integrate Stroke Telemedicine Data Into the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines® Stroke-Program
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, and REACH Call, the leading provider of web-based telemedicine services, today announced a partnership to integrate stroke-telemedicine data into the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke program.
1/6/2010 Outcome Appoints Leanne Larson as Vice President, Strategic Development
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that the Company has appointed Leanne R. Larson, MHA as Vice President, Strategic Development. In her role at OUTCOME, Ms. Larson will be responsible for corporate strategic planning and program development, as well as for providing consultation to key clients, and senior oversight for patient registries and healthcare provider quality-measurement programs.
8/18/2009 Outcome Announces Commentary, Co-Authored with NICE, on Registries Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association
This commentary discusses the growing need for patient registries; shows how such data are already being used to support decision-making by physicians, regulatory authorities, and payers; and calls for greater clarity on how to evaluate the quality of registry studies.
7/22/2009 National Stroke Quality Improvement Program Passes the Million Mark
The American Heart Association'sGet With The GuidelinesSM-Stroke program reached a major milestone last week, as participating hospitals entered the one millionth stroke patient record into the program's database. "The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association are delighted to surpass the one million patient mark with Get With The Guidelines-Stroke," said Lee Schwamm, M.D., volunteer chairman of the national Get With The Guidelines steering committee.
7/14/2009 Outcome to Lead First-Ever RFD Training Session at the 2009 CDISC Program Interchange Japan
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that Dan Levy, MS, Vice President of Engineering at Outcome, will be speaking at the CDISC Program Interchange Japan on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
6/15/2009 HITSP Begins Harmonization Process for Use of Electronic Health Records in Clinical Research
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors that works to ensure the interoperability of electronic health records (EHRs) in the United States, has begun work to identify global standards to support “core research data element exchange,” specifically, a common set of information that can readily be exchanged between EHRs and clinical research systems.
4/3/2009 Outcome to Participate in Real-World Interoperability Demonstration at HIMSS 2009
Outcome Sciences, Inc., the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced that the company, represented by Dan Levy, Vice President of Engineering, will be participating in the Interoperability Showcase at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS) in Chicago from April 4-8, 2009.

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