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Impact Advisors Expands ERP Services to Healthcare Industry
CHICAGO, IL – February 25, 2019 – Impact Advisors, the leader in providing clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, has expanded its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) service offering. The firm has offered ERP current state assessments, new system roadmaps, and selections and cost modeling since 2012. Today, Impact Advisors offers program assurance services to help clients fully realize the benefits of their new ERP solutions, positively impact cost and business processes, enhance talent management, and modernize their ERP technology platforms.
Learn moreHealth Catalyst Congratulates Thibodaux Regional Medical Center on Winning National Patient Safety Innovation Award
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – February 21, 2019 – Health Catalyst, Inc. a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, today congratulated Louisiana’s Thibodaux Regional Medical Center on being named the Top Innovation winner in the first annual Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (PSQH) Innovation Award. The new awards program recognizes healthcare organizations that overcome quality improvement challenges related to patient safety.
Learn moreStudy Evaluates Impact of Vocera Solution on Clinical Collaboration Across Multiple Locations
San Jose, CA – February 21, 2019 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced findings from a secure mobile communication study conducted by Island Health in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The research evaluated Vocera Collaboration Suite across acute care and community practice settings on Vancouver Island. The study, which included feedback from more than 100 clinicians, evaluated the mobile application to understand the impact of secure texting on care team communication, clinical workflows, technology adoption, and user experience.
Learn moreHuntzinger Names New Chief Technical Officer to Expand Technical Service Offerings
Scranton, PA – February 19, 2019 – Huntzinger Management Group, Inc. (Huntzinger), a leader in healthcare advisory, managed, implementation, and staffing services, today named John Hendricks as its Chief Technology Officer. Huntzinger President, Chief Operating Officer, and Founding Partner Tanya Freeman made the announcement.
Learn moreColumbia Asia Hospitals launches its Patient Engagement Suite, powered by MphRx’s Minerva platform
February 12, 2019 – MphRx announces today that Columbia Asia Hospitals has launched their Patient Engagement Application Suite, with patient facing applications available on Web, Android and Apple devices. Powered by MphRx’s FHIR based digital health platform – Minerva, the integrated patient engagement applications provide an aggregated view of patient’s health data across the network’s hospitals and enables online booking of health care services and physician appointments.
Learn moreSecuring Connected Medical Devices – A Practitioner’s View
Securing Connected Medical Devices – A Practitioner’s View – Interview with Tressa Springmann & Michael Hardesty. When asked about the escalating cyberthreat landscape and the challenges of protecting Connected Medical Devices, LifeBridge Health’s SVP & CIO and their IT Security Analyst shared the significance of the security strategy of encompassing people, processes, and technologies. Listen to Tressa Springmann and Mike Hardesty as they talk to Kalyan Siddam about the lessons learned, the best practices and, the role of latest Machine Learning tools. Learn the importance of considering the entire device Lifecycle Management and choosing platforms that can complement existing investments, and effortlessly plug-in to protect and ensure continued patient care.
Learn moreSurvey: Patients Prefer Secure Texting Over Patient Portal Communication From Their Physicians
ROCKVILLE, MD — February 12, 2019 — Only 10 percent of patients prefer to receive physician communications via patient portals, whereas twice that many (19.6 percent) favor receiving information via secure text messages when in-person and phone calls are not an option. The new survey, conducted by DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and patient medication management solutions, also found that more than 90 percent of respondents would like the ability to communicate via secure text messaging with a family member’s care team if that loved one were ill.
Learn morePDS hires Tamara Korbel as Director, Corporate IT Security and I&AM Technical Services
Milwaukee, WI – February 10, 2019 – PDS is pleased to announce that Tamara Korbel has joined their team as Director, Corporate IT Security and IAM Technical Services. In this new role Tamara will be responsible for two main areas; Corporate IT Security as our CSO, and the management of our Identity & Access Management (I&AM) Practice.
Learn moreSpok Introduces a New Cloud-Native Clinical Communication Platform Powered by Amazon Web Services
SPRINGFIELD, VA – February 11, 2019 – Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) and a global leader in healthcare communications, will demonstrate the latest evolution of its integrated healthcare communication platform, Spok Care Connect, in booth #3371 at the 2019 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, Feb. 11-15, 2019, in Orlando, Florida. The first-of-its-kind cloud-native enterprise communication platform includes a fully integrated healthcare contact center, clinical alerting and alarm management solution, and a multi-device application for care team messaging. Spok Care Connect makes care collaboration easier by connecting important care team and patient information into messaging and alerting applications.
Learn moreQliqSOFT Debuts Patient-facing, Chronic Care Management Solution at HIMSS19
Dallas, TX – February 11, 2019 – QliqSOFT, an industry leader in secure clinical collaboration solutions, today announced the release of a new patient-facing chronic care management solution that allows for the easy sharing and monitoring of data between patients and their care team members.
Learn moreDrFirst Launches California’s First-ever Integrated Technology to Tackle the Opioid Epidemic Across the Healthcare Continuum
ROCKVILLE, MD — February 7, 2019 — DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and patient medication management solutions, announced today the availability of an integrated solution with the MEDITECH Enterprise Health Record (EHR) that seamlessly connects prescribers to California’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). For the first time ever, in-workflow access to the PDMP, known as Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES 2.0) is available to MEDITECH and DrFirst mutual customers using the MEDITECH Acute, Ambulatory, and ED solutions in the 6.15 or Expanse platforms.
Learn moreHealth Catalyst Secures up to $100 Million with Financing Led By OrbiMed
Silicon Slopes, UT – February 7, 2019 – Health Catalyst®, Inc., a leader in next-generation data, analytics and improvement, announced the closing of a Series F equity and debt funding round led by OrbiMed, a leading healthcare public and private market investment firm. This equity and debt funding will provide Health Catalyst with access to up to $100 million in capital. Several existing investors including Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital Ventures, UPMC Enterprises and Kaiser Permanente Ventures also contributed to the financing, which lifts Health Catalyst’s value above $1 billion.
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