Press Releases
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.
9/4/2008 Outcome Selected as Qualified Registry for 2008 PQRI Reporting
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes, today announced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected Outcome’s TotalQuality™ registry as a qualified registry to submit quality data for the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).
6/17/2008 Outcome’s CEO to Present at 44th Annual DIA Meeting
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes and measuring healthcare quality, today announced that Richard Gliklich, MD, President and CEO of Outcome, will be speaking at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Drug Information Association (DIA), which is being held June 22-26 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
4/24/2008 Outcome's Chief of Scientific Affairs to Moderate Panels at Upcoming Industry Events
Outcome Sciences, Inc. (OUTCOME), the leading provider of patient registries, studies, and technologies for evaluating real-world outcomes and measuring healthcare quality, today announced that Nancy Dreyer, PhD, MPH, FISPE, Chief of Scientific Affairs for Outcome, will be moderating a panel at the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) 2008 Mid-Year Meeting on April 26-28, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 13th Annual Meeting on May 3-7, 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
4/17/2008 Outcome Receives Pivotal Patent Approval for Web-Based Outcomes Assessment and Quality Measurement Technology
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 1, 2008 approved the issuance of a pivotal patent that covers several innovative aspects of the company's industry-leading OUTCOME System®. The patent, entitled "Apparatus and methods for determining and processing medical outcomes” covers a critical set of innovations related to the collection, analysis, and reporting of clinical outcomes, including physician and hospital performance.
2/25/2008 Janet Woodcock and Mark McClellan to Deliver Keynotes at 2008 Post-Approval Summit at Harvard Medical School
The fourth annual Post-Approval Summit®, held annually at Harvard Medical School, today announced that Dr. Janet Woodcock, MD, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Dr. Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Chairman, Reagan-Udall Foundation, will both deliver keynote addresses at the Summit. The Summit, taking place in Boston at the Conference Center at Harvard Medical School on May 14-15, 2008, is the preeminent conference on the emerging role of post-approval research and the development and implementation of post-approval programs.
2/20/2008 Outcome and the American College of Rheumatology Partner in Interoperability Demonstration at HIMSS 2008
Outcome announced today that the Company will take part in an interoperability demonstration with the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), Allscripts, and Greenway Medical at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Annual Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS). The interoperability demonstration will show how the collection of data at a single source for an Electronic Health Record (EHR) eliminates the need for physicians and staff to re-enter data into other applications, thereby reducing data errors and saving care providers valuable time. HIMSS 2008 will be held in Orlando, Florida, from February 24 – February 28, 2008.
2/1/2008 Outcome CEO to Present at the 4th Annual Center for Business Intelligence Post-Marketing Summit
Outcome announced today that Richard Gliklich, MD, President and CEO of Outcome Sciences, will be presenting “Design a Compliant Observational (Non-Interventional) Study and Ensure Successful Data Collection” at the CBI 4th Annual Post-Marketing Summit in London, England.
1/16/2008 Outcome Appoints Francis X. Campion Medical Director Provider Programs
Outcome announced today that the Company has appointed Francis X. Campion, MD, FACP as Medical Director of Provider Programs, to work with hospitals and physician professional societies to deliver clinical outcomes programs to improve clinical quality and patient safety.
1/7/2008 Outcome Enables Hospitals to Meet the Requirements of MassHealth P4P Initiative
Outcome announced today that it has created a Patient Management Tool (PMT®) to support the MassHealth Hospital Pay-for-Performance (P4P) Measures initiative. In an effort to improve hospital quality in Massachusetts, MassHealth recently implemented Hospital P4P Measures that will improve the standard of care based on specific performance benchmarks.
8/1/2007 Outcome’s Chief of Scientific Affairs Named to 2007 PharmaVoice 100 List
Outcome announced today that Nancy Dreyer, MPH, Ph.D., Chief of Scientific Affairs for Outcome, has been recognized by PharmaVOICE as one of the top 100 Most Inspiring People in the life sciences industry by readers of the publication. Dr. Dreyer, along with her fellow honorees, is currently featured in the July/August issue of PharmaVOICE 100.
7/30/2007 Outcome and American Heart Association Enhance Patient Management Tool for Get With the Guidelines Program
Outcome announced today that it has added a Continuity of Care Records (CCR) functionality to the Get With The Guidelines SM(GWTG) Patient Management Tool™ (PMT) in the areas of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Heart Failure and Stroke in cooperation with the American Heart Association.
5/16/2007 Outcome-Led Handbook for Patient Registry Development Published by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Outcome today announced that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published the handbook, “Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User’s Guide”. This landmark federal publication provides registry developers key information on how to create and operate patient registries and the public and the government with tools by which to evaluate the quality of a registry and how registry data can be used to conduct valid scientific research.
5/14/2007 Outcome Enables Effective Management of Inpatients with Diabetes
Inpatient Diabetes PMT™ Solution Released to Improve Quality of Care and Compliance with Requirements for In-Hospital Management of Diabetes Patients
Outcome announced today the availability of its Inpatient Diabetes PMT™ solution to help hospitals demonstrate and improve inpatient diabetes care in accordance with the American Diabetes Association’s recommendations. Inpatient Diabetes PMT is specifically designed to assist hospitals in improving outcomes and in obtaining recognition for distinction through such programs as the Joint Commission’s Certificate of Distinction for Inpatient Diabetes Care.


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