LAS VEGAS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Nuance Communications, announced today that Nuance eCopy ShareScan® will be a part of the Health Story Project’s Use Case at the HIMSS 2012 Interoperability Showcase. Nuance is demonstrating eCopy ShareScan’s capability to automatically convert unstructured, paper documents to HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) files that can be distributed into electronic health records (EHRs).

“With the increasing migration to EMRs and EHRs, the demand for scanning medical information into digital workflows and for archiving is high and still growing. A critical need going forward is the mining of both structured and unstructured medical data for better health outcomes and cost reduction”
eCopy ShareScan is the world’s best-selling document scanning and workflow solution for networked multifunction printers (MFPs.) The solution simplifies and streamlines the scanning of paper documents, adding touch-screen scanning to networked scanning devices and providing hospitals and clinics with the ability to implement secure paper-to-digital workflows that can be distributed throughout the organization using existing investments in scanners and MFPs. The software works with MFPs from the world’s leading vendors - including Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, Océ, Ricoh, Toshiba and Xerox.

LAS VEGAS – Healthcare organizations and state agencies are increasingly turning to Xerox (NYSE: XRX) to help tackle their growing list of IT and federal reform requirements. From preparing for the new ICD-10 medical coding system – to securely hosting healthcare data in the cloud, Xerox’s work with customers places new emphasis on patient safety and healthy outcomes.

“Navigating new and ongoing regulatory issues is a critical, demanding task. Xerox can help by offering IT expertise, insights and solutions that allow healthcare providers to remain compliant while ensuring their patients’ well-being,” said Heather A. Haugen, PhD, head of research for The Breakaway Group, A Xerox Company. “Organizations that successfully prepare for the changes with technology and education will be better able to monitor patient safety and boost the quality of health services, resulting in timely reimbursements that can be reinvested into improving care.”

Using the experience of The Breakaway Group, Xerox is working closely with providers to adopt ICD-10 coding standards before the government’s deadline. Xerox helps caregivers learn and adopt the new “language” of this coding system, including how to document patient care so that it can be integrated into an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system and used to improve safety and quality.

ROCKVILLE, MD, Feb 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Notable Solutions, Inc. (NSi), a leading developer of transactional capture and workflow solutions, today announced it will highlight its Healthcare Solutions at the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, February 21-23 at the Venetian Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. NSi's flagship product, NSi AutoStore™ will be featured in the Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) booth (#8903) as part of Konica Minolta's EnvisionIT Healthcare solutions which are designed to help healthcare facilities reduce costs and maximize operational efficiencies.

Available on Konica Minolta's award winning line of bizhub® Multifunctional Printers (MFPs - print, copy, fax, and scan all in one system), NSi AutoStore provides healthcare administrators the ability to press a single button on the control panel of a bizhub MFP and automatically scan prescriptions to pharmacies or directly to electronic medical record applications. As a result, NSi AutoStore reduces transmission errors, lowers costs, and assists healthcare facilities in providing more timely and efficient services to patients.

Run by Canon Australia and CiSRA, Canon Inc.'s Australian research centre, the Extreme Imaging competition aims to promote and celebrate local research at the intersection of imaging and technology.

"The competition recognises local advances in imaging science and recognises projects where students create equipment that can produce images beyond the boundaries of creative photography and video. The competition is open to students from any department – medicine, mechatronics, physics, engineering, computer science and the visual arts," said Stephen Hardy, Senior General Manager, CiSRA.

First Prize was won by Ariell Friedman and Supervisors Dr Oscar Pizarro and Prof Stefan Williams from The Australian Centre for Field Robotics at the University of Sydney for the project 'Diver-based stereo 3D documentation of excavations in Pavlopetri'.

MAHWAH, NJ, February 16, 2012 -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, today announced a new strategic alliance and technology standardization agreement with Agiliant, Inc., the master managed services provider behind the Agiliant Affiliate Network™ (AAN). The relationship positions Sharp’s world-class imaging and technology products as a standard brand of the MITOS™ (Managed Information Technology and Output Services) solution marketed and delivered by Agiliant and across the entire AAN.

The AAN consists of leading independent service providers nationwide, exclusively licensed to market MITOS, an integration of Managed Print Services (MPS) and Managed Network Services (MNS) delivered as a single, coordinated managed services solution for businesses of all sizes.

LAS VEGAS, February 20, 2012 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is exhibiting a broad range of professional photography, video, projector, and printer products designed to serve the unique needs of wedding and portrait photographers at the WPPI 2012 Trade Show. From exceptional, reliable photographic and HD image capture to ultra-high-quality printing and projection, Canon's WPPI 2012 products comprise a complete imaging system that champions picture quality and provides creative talents with the tools to grow their business. In addition to exclusive expert stage presentations, special attractions in the MGM Conference Center will include a demonstration of the new Canon DreamLabo 5000 inkjet printer, which marks the Company's entry into the production photo-printing market, targeting high-growth market opportunities for digital photo printers.

Canon products showcased at WPPI 2012 include:

EOS Digital SLR Cameras, EF Lenses, and Accessories
WPPI 2012 will be the first U.S. trade show where visitors will be able to see Canon's latest EF-series interchangeable lenses: pre-production samples of the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM, EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM, and EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM lenses will be shown under glass.

Company Profile

Huhtamaki is a leading global manufacturer of high performance consumer packaging products and services. Headquartered in Finland, Huhtamaki has offices throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. Products include molded fiber packaging (egg carriers, Chinet plates and tableware, hospital disposables); single use cups, plates, cutlery and napkins for restaurants; films for labels, graphics arts, adhesive tapes and packaging for automotive and construction
industries. With over 15,000 employees in 66 manufacturing units, and
sales offices in 36 countries, net sales in 2006 were EUR 2.3 billion.
Huhtamaki Oyj is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange (HEX).

Business challenges
In the past several years, the DeSoto, Kansas headquarters of
Huhtamaki Americas has begun to build a connected network for their
printing and copying needs.

In doing so several challenges were identified:

• Day-forward department workflows needed to be automated.

• An enormous backfile conversion project required digitizing administrative documents.

• A full-range of multifunction printers (MFPs) had to be transformed
into information-hubs to accomplish all of the imaging and output
services.

Executive Summary

Voice over IP (VoIP) has flourished over the last few years. It has attained massive acceptance from organizations of all sizes and sectors with its promise of dramatic cost savings, increased mobility, and optimized operational efficiency.

As VoIP sizzles prominently in the mainstream IT world, enterprises, government entities and service providers are swiftly adapting their workforces and realigning business processes to newly adopted or soon-to-be VoIP environments. They are on the lookout for complementary IP
communications technologies, such as Fax over IP (FoIP) server software that will:

• Scale to their requirements with guaranteed uptime for faxing anywhere, anytime;

• Further leverage their IP telephony investments;

• Integrate seamlessly with their VoIP technology to significantly lower costs
and boost workforce productivity;

• Accelerate ROI.

With a large focus on cutting costs in today’s economy, reducing the amount of printing done around the office can help do just that. Reducing print volume cuts paper, toner and energy costs and reduces the amount of waste the business creates. Here are a few practical measures your office can take today to reduce its printing.

Perform a Print Audit
This will allow the office to measure how much printing is currently being done, and by whom. Unnecessary practices and those who print wastefully can be identified and corrected.

With businesses trying to keep up with the day-to-day and striving to grow in the future, sometimes it can be easy to overlook the current state of a company’s current processes. This principle is especially true when it comes to understanding current printing practices. Many wasteful printing habits are employed throughout all industries without the company even realising it.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Print management services will help a company assess their current printing practices and work to reduce printing waste. Printing waste can be paper, ink, toner, electricity and ultimately, money. The wasting of any of these resources ends up being extra money spent that could have been better invested.