BUSINESS BRIEFS
Novant Health selects TeamPraxis
Advertiser staff
TeamPraxis, a Honolulu-based provider of technology and support services to doctors, said Novant Health has selected its Allscripts Clinical Quality Solution for its physicians in North and South Carolina.
Novant has more than 1,000 physicians that work at its nine hospitals, two nursing homes and 337 clinic locations. TeamPraxis said the doctors will use the Clinical Quality Solution to automate quality reporting requirements of federal pay-for-performance programs and to access information that will help improve the quality of patient care.
TeamPraxis said it anticipates that other medical groups on the Mainland will select the product. TeamPraxis recently partnered with Allscripts to integrate the Clinical Quality Solution into its electronic health record and practice management systems.
NEW BRANDING FOR ALOHA PETROLEUM
Aloha Petroleum is looking at a new logo and brand identity for its convenience stores as it turns to a Mainland creative agency that specializes in retail design, branding and corporate identity development.
CBX, an agency with offices in New York, Minneapolis and San Francisco, last week said it has been selected by Aloha Petroleum to design a new 3,400 square-foot convenience store prototype for Aloha, which has more than 30 company operated Island Mini-Mart stores in Hawai'i.
CBX's work is to include exterior and interior design, store layout as well as graphics that will reinforce Aloha's local presence and price.
"The company wants to position its convenience operation as the c-store brand of choice in its O'ahu and Big Island markets," said Joseph Bona, president of the CBX retail division.
"Although the existing Island Mini-Marts do well, Aloha believes the timing is right to position its c-stores with a futuristic design, while maintaining the authentic Hawaiian feel."
SOPOGY A FINALIST IN ENERGY AWARDS
Sopogy, a Honolulu-based maker of concentrating power systems for electricity, process heat and solar air conditioning, said it's been selected as a finalist in the "sustainable technology innovation of the year" category of the 2008 Platts Global Energy Awards.
The honors will be handed out in New York on Dec. 3. The award recognizes companies and individuals who consistently set a high standard of excellence in the energy industry.
GREER TO LEAD U.S. DENTISTRY GROUP
Dr. Mark H.K. Greer, dental division chief of the Hawai'i State Department of Health, has been elected president of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry, a group representing all facets of local, state and federal government programs, research, academia and public health.
The group is considered the lead international organization on the science and practice of dental public health.
HOANA MEDICAL EXPANDS LINE
Hoana Medical Inc. is expanding its product line with the LifeGurney Patient Vigilance System, a system that transforms stretchers into a patient tracking, assessment and alert network for cardiac and respiratory functions. The device allows patients to be monitored for changes in medical condition without attachments such as electrodes or cuffs.
Hoana's first product was the LifeBed Patient Vigilance System is similar in allowing nurses and doctors to monitor patients continuously.
