Press Releases
US EHDI Programs take note!
CMS Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Meaningful Use Stage 2 of the EHR Incentive Program
Monday, April 16, 2012 - The EHR Incentive Program includes “Hearing screening prior to hospital discharge (EHDI-1a)" as one of the Clinical Quality measures proposed for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals beginning with FY 2014, complete EHR Incentive Program referenced here (see table 9 NQF # 1354).
The measure is proposed for the “Clinical Process/Effectiveness” domain. Your facilities can communicate births to the public health EHDI program by using the Newborn Admission Notification Interface (NANI). The NANI tool will support this clinical quality measure.
Email info@oz-systems.com to find out how we can help your hospitals achieve Meaningful Use and improve your EHDI program!
The State of Guanajuato, Mexico to Use OZ Systems’ Solutions to Support Newborn Hearing Screening
System to Offer Centralized, Cloud-Based Management and Reporting of Data;
Will Ensure Timely Case Management for Newborns with Hearing Needs
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - As part of a national effort, the Ministry of Health of Guanajuato, Mexico, will start using OZ Systems’ health information management solutions to provide secure, cloud-based data administration and case management support for the state’s newborn hearing screening program.
It is estimated that of every 100,000 babies born worldwide, 300 will have hearing loss. Mexico is no exception. Children with hearing loss will likely have difficulty developing spoken language, which may impact their educational and social development.
Making Healthcare Information Technology Meaningful for Maternal and Child Health
AMCHP Webinar features OZ Systems' Dr. Terese Finitzo.
Wednesday September 21, 2011 - AMCHP hosted a webinar on September 21, 2011 in partnership with OZ Systems titled, "Making Healthcare Information Technology Meaningful for Maternal and Child Health." Presenters included Bob Bowman of the Indiana State Department of Health, John Eichwald of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, and Terese Finitzo of OZ Systems.
The presenters discussed the application of health information technology to MCH practice using several real-world examples. The goal was to share some emerging practices in health IT with MCH professionals nationwide. Expert presentation was complemented by discussion among participants.
To access audio recording, click here. For presentation slides, click here.
State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico Selects OZ Systems’ eSP™ Solution to Support Newborn Screening Programs.
System to Offer Centralized, Cloud-Based Management and Reporting of Data;
Will Ensure Timely Case Management for Newborns with Medical Needs
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - The Ministry of Health of Nuevo Leon, Mexico has selected OZ Systems’ e-Screener Plus™ (eSP™) health information management solution to provide secure, cloud-based data administration and case management support for the state’s newborn hearing and metabolic screening programs.
OZ Systems to Present at the 2011 Smart Start Conference
Information Management Technology Provider to Demonstrate
How Education Institutions Can Connect Student Outcomes to Preschool Certifications
Monday, May 2, 2011 - OZ Systems, a provider of information management and school-readiness solutions for the education industry, will participate in the 2011 Smart Start Conference May 2-5, 2011, in Greensboro, N.C.
OZ Systems to Speak and Exhibit at the Australasian Newborn Hearing Screening Conference
Healthcare Information Management Technology Provider to Present
How Social Media Can Be Used to Improve Screening Follow-up
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - OZ Systems, a provider of information management and newborn screening solutions for the healthcare industry, will participate in the Australasian Newborn Hearing Screening Conference, April 8-9 in Fremantle, Australia.
24 years ago John Adams and his wife were told that their newborn baby boy had Phenylketonuria (PKU).
It changed their life forever. This is John's story.
Thursday March 24, 2011 - John Adams is the Global Director Of Business Development at OZ Systems International. Mr. Adams is the father of a 24-year-old son with Phenylketonuria (PKU), whose life would have been dramatically different without newborn screening services.
OZ Systems Facilitates TEHDI Initiative that Helps Texas Midwiferies Obtain, Use Latest Newborn Screening Equipment
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - OZ Systems today announced that it is helping the Texas Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (TEHDI) Program facilitate an initiative that will provide the latest newborn hearing screening equipment to midwiferies across the state.
OZ Systems to Participate in Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS11 Conference and Expo
Wednesday, February 21, 2011 - OZ Systems, a provider of information management and newborn screening solutions for the healthcare industry, will participate in the Interoperability Showcase (booth #6486) as a Leadership Level Partner with the CDC at the HIMSS11 Conference and Exposition, Feb. 20-24 in Orlando. A first-time exhibitor at the event, OZ Systems will demonstrate how healthcare IT interoperability can be efficiently achieved in public health.
OZ Systems Excels in Healthcare IT Interoperability Scenarios at Connectathon 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - OZ Systems today announced that its eScreener Plus™ (eSP™) newborn screening and data management solution passed 45 interoperability tests and integrated with all seven of the company’s targeted “domains” during the IHE North American Connectathon Conference in January. These results help illustrate that interoperability can be achieved in the industry in the near-term.
OZ Systems to Demonstrate Healthcare Interoperability Advancements at Connectathon 2011
Monday, December 20, 2010 - OZ Systems, a provider of information management and newborn screening solutions for the healthcare industry, will participate in Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise’s (IHE’s) North American Connectathon Conference, Jan. 17-21 in Chicago, and will demonstrate how healthcare IT interoperability can be efficiently achieved in public health.
In the Big Easy for ASHA 2009 – OZ Systems’ CEO a presenter
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - ASHA celebrated its return to New Orleans in style - more than 11,000 members eager to embrace the city streamed into the Convention Center. Audiologists filled a series of sessions, titled "Celebrating Judy Gravel," honoring a pioneer in pediatric audiology. Terese Finitzo, OZ Systems' CEO, was one of a panel of presenters.
Integrating the Health Care Enterprise (IHE)
Tuesday, August 25 2009 - On behalf of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) International, we are happy to inform you that OZ Systems has been approved as a Member Organization of IHE International.
Pennsylvania Selects OZ Systems for Newborn Screening Data Management System
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - Arlington, Texas – To help protect the health of 150,000 babies born each year in a major expansion of newborn screening, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania awarded a contract to OZ Systems for a better information management system after a review lasting two years. The only vendor that met key requirements including offering a web-based hearing and metabolic case management and tracking component was OZ Systems.
Tasmania Leads the Way on Newborn Hearing Tests
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - Health Minister Lara Giddings today welcomed the Commonwealth’s announcement of a national hearing testing program for all newborn babies, and said Tasmania was already close to reaching universal coverage.
OZ Systems at Indian Pediatric conference
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - Nitin Kunte, OZ Systems’ Director of Application Development, attends the 46th National Conference of Indian Academy of Pediatrics in Bangalore, India.
2008 Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - OZ Systems' CEO, Dr. Terese Finitzo, was a presenter at the 2008 Public Health Data Standards Consortium Annual meeting in Maryland in November. To see her presentation, click the link http://www.phdsc.org/about/annual-2008-presentations.asp.
2008 APHL Newborn Screening and Genetics Symposium
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - OZ Systems' Program Coordinator, Lura Daussat, was a presenter at the 2008 Association of Public Health Laboratories Newborn Screening and Genetics Testing Symposium in San Antonio, Texas. To see her presentation, click the link http://www.aphl.org/profdev/conferences/proceedings/Pages/2008APHLNBSGTSymposium.aspx
UK Hearing Pioneer Honoured
Friday, October 31, 2008 - Professor Adrian Davis OBE, Director of the NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme has been honoured as part of a new interactive exhibition in Manchester, [England], called Our Kid, which celebrates 60 years of the NHS and looks to the future of healthcare.
OZ Systems' CEO Terese Finitzo featured in The ASHA Leader
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - "A Broader Vision of Advocacy" by Kate Gottfred / The ASHA Leader, features OZ Systems' CEO Terese Finitzo as a model of advocacy.
Newborn Hearing Screening Conference 2008 , Como, Italy
Thursday June 19, 2008 - NHS Conference 2008, Como, Italy - OZ Systems staff attended the annual International Newborn Hearing Screening Conference in Como, Italy this year.
OZ Systems' Director of Business Development is Raising PKU awareness.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 - Biotechnology Industry Organization, On the Road - www.bioontheroad.org
Following Wednesday’s Keynote Luncheon, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California met with John Adams Jr., a Phenylketonuria (PKU) patient who was diagnosed with the disease as a newborn.
OZ Systems featured on Genetic Alliance website - Meet Your Neighbors
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - Genetic Alliance
Meet Your Neighbors
The founders of OZ Systems saw a healthcare information management system that needed help, so in 1996 they started OZ to respond. They address this need one child at a time to ensure appropriate and timely follow-up care for patients.
Newborn Hearing Screening Programme secures Northgate partnership until 2010
Thursday, March 20, 2008 by The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management.
eSP has been acknowledged as one of the most successful clinical systems in the NHS and is used across England, handling approximately 600,000 babies per year.
England Celebrates Two Million Newborn Hearing Screens
OZ Systems provides eScreenerPlus™
the information management system for England’s NHS programme
BBC News Reports: 'A Hearing Aid Transformed Joe's Life'
Thursday, September 13, 2007 Story by Jane Elliott / BBC News, health reporter.
Looking at seven-year-old Joe Duffill now it is hard to believe that he was once a very quiet and solitary little boy.
Today he is outgoing and confident and his parents put the dramatic personality change down to his hearing aids, which he wears each day. Joe was born with a severe, but undiagnosed hearing loss. About 840 babies, like Joe, are born each year in England with hearing loss in both ears and 500 with a loss in one ear.
OZ Systems Provides eREADI Schools™,
the School Readiness Certification Data System to the Project
Dallas Morning News Reports: State Creates Ratings for Early Childhood Centers
Texas first in nation to assess how well pre-kindergarten programs teach kids
Friday, August 24, 2007 by STACI HUPP / The Dallas Morning News.
Pam Flentroy teaches Adalia Loredo, 3, how to use scissors at the Bock ChildCare Group Center in Dallas, one of 19 area centers
to get state certification. Texas has become the first state to rate preschools, day-care centers and Head Start programs on how well
they prepare children for kindergarten.
OZ Systems Steps Up Engagement with Newborn Screening
June, 2007 – Dallas, Texas – Every year, the health and well-being of more than one million babies born on three continents is protected by the information management systems and tracking applications developed by OZ Systems of Dallas, Texas and Geneva, Switzerland.
Alaska’s Newborn Bloodspot Screening Program Partners
with
OZ Systems: First in Nation to Successfully Integrate Screening Programs
2006, Anchorage, Alaska – The State of Alaska contracted with OZ Systems to provide an integrated Child Health Screening Record information system for their newborn metabolic screening (NBMS) and Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs.
OZ Systems Partners with Innovative Pre-K Initiative
April 27, 2006 – Houston, Texas – OZ Systems was selected by the State Center for Early Childhood Development (State Center) to provide a web-based information system to support data collection and the implementation of a School Readiness Certification System in Texas Early Education Model (TEEM) project classrooms across the state.
Iowa Department of Public Health Renews Contract with OZ Systems
October, 2005 – Des Moines, IA – The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) renewed its existing contract with OZ Systems today. Under a state law enacted in 2004, the IDPH launched a statewide Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program to dramatically improve the long-term cognitive and social outcomes for babies born with hearing loss. The law requires birthing facilities to screen newborns for hearing loss prior to hospital discharge.
Texas Outsources EHDI Operations to OZ Systems
September 2005 – Austin, Texas – The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) extended its long-standing contract with OZ Systems to continue running the daily operations of its Texas Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (TEHDI) program.
Texas Part C Agency Contracts with OZ Systems
August 2005 - Austin, Texas – OZ Systems is partnering with IDEA Part C programs in Texas to implement a three-year statewide HRSA-funded project. The project’s goal is to ensure all infants with identified hearing loss receive appropriate intervention services by six months of age.
OZ Systems Demos Public Health EDI at HIMSS Conference
February 13, 2005 – Dallas, Texas – OZ Systems demonstrated a prototypic 21st Century Health Care System for interoperability across clinical and public health systems at the 2005 Annual HIMSS Conference.
OZ Systems CEO and VP Appointed to HL7 Special Interest Groups
2004 ANN ARBOR, Mich.- OZ Systems CEO Ken Pool and VP Terese Finitzo were appointed to key Health Level 7 (HL7) Special Interest Groups (SIG) for Public Health and for Pediatrics Data Standards.
Electronic Linkage Established between eSP™ and England’s Electronic Birth Registration
October 28, 2002 – Nottingham, England - The National Health Service (NHS) in England selected OZ Systems to implement the largest newborn hearing screening program in the world following a year long pilot project to refine the program’s business requirements.