• Stoltenberg Consulting Appoints Randy Carpenter Senior Vice President of Strategic Services

    PITTSBURGH,PA – January 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –– Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., a leading healthcare information technology consulting firm, announced today the appointment of Randy Carpenter as senior vice president of strategic services. In this executive leadership role, Carpenter will focus on strategic relationships with key healthcare and technology service providers, as well as on working with clients in the strategic planning, IT governance, interim management, mentoring and system selection, implementation and optimization areas.

    “As today’s healthcare industry and pressures continue to evolve, Stoltenberg Consulting has prepared itself for industry longevity beyond our 20 years of service with the appointment of Randy,” President and CEO Sheri Stoltenberg said. “Randy’s extensive experience as a senior health services executive spans a number of healthcare environments to lead client healthcare providers toward making informed, cost-effective decisions for better care delivery.”

    Prior to joining Stoltenberg, Carpenter served Omnicare Corporation, a $6.2B pharmaceutical services company based in Cincinnati, OH, as senior vice president and chief information officer from 2011 to 2014. Leading a team of several hundred information technology professionals, Carpenter was responsible for all corporate-wide information technology strategy and initiatives.

    Carpenter’s additional past leadership roles include serving as senior vice president and CIO for HealthSouth Corporation; CIO for 18 acute care hospitals in Hampton, Va.; CIO for the Air Force Academy Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo.; and chief software development executive for the Medical Systems Program Management Office in Montgomery, Ala.

    “I am looking forward to blending my health services leadership expertise with Stoltenberg’s two decades of valued health IT consulting,” Carpenter said. “This new role will enable Stoltenberg to strengthen and progress its services, while benefiting the multifaceted needs of healthcare providers.”

    Carpenter served in the U.S. Air Force for over 23 years and retired from service in 2000. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in business administration and computer and information systems, as well as a master’s degree in personnel management from Troy State University. He also has a master’s degree in health informatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

    Carpenter is a lifetime member (LCHIME) and fellow in the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (FCHIME) and a fellow in the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (FHIMSS).

    For more information about Stoltenberg Consulting, visit www.Stoltenberg.com.

    About Stoltenberg Consulting
    Founded in 1995, Pittsburgh-based Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., serves healthcare organizations with a variety of services including project management, implementation support, optimization and integration between systems. Stoltenberg consultants hold skills in both financial and clinical systems, averaging more than 15 years of direct on-site hospital experience. A two-time Best in KLAS Category Leader, Stoltenberg Consulting has grown to serve a client base of more than 200 preeminent healthcare organizations throughout the United States providing services for Cerner, Siemens, Epic, Meditech, NextGen, Allscripts, McKesson and Infor customers. For more information call 1-888-724-1326 or visit www.stoltenberg.com.

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    Stoltenberg Consulting
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    Posted 1.30.2015

  • Stoltenberg Consulting Earns Two Best in KLAS Awards in 2014 Software & Services Report

    PITTSBURGH, PA – January 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., a leading healthcare information technology consulting firm, announced today that it has been named Best in KLAS for both Clinical Implementation Supportive and IT Outsourcing (Partial) in the 2014 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report.

    KLAS is a healthcare technology research firm that specializes in monitoring and reporting the performance of software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure vendors. Through KLAS’ research, Stoltenberg Consulting ranked #1 Best in KLAS in Clinical Implementation Supportive with a score of 97.9 and #1 Best in KLAS in IT Outsourcing (Partial) with a score of 90.9 out of 100 *.

    “KLAS research enables healthcare providers to make important and informed technology decisions for their healthcare systems with accurate, impartial performance information,” Stoltenberg Consulting CEO Sheri Stoltenberg said. “Earning not one, but two 2014 Best in KLAS awards reflects that Stoltenberg Consulting stands strong delivering dependable, experienced service amidst ongoing changes in IT initiatives and industry movement.”

    On top of Best in KLAS recognition for both Clinical Implementation Supportive and IT Outsourcing (Partial), which includes Stoltenberg’s legacy support and IT help desk service line, Stoltenberg was also noted as 100% “buy-again” and 100% “keeps promises” from surveyed healthcare providers *.

    “Stoltenberg Consulting has a great team of people. By using them, I would say we get a better fit for our organization,” an IT director stated in 2014 IT Outsourcing (Partial) commentary collected by KLAS. “With other consulting firms, we sometimes get people who may have part of what we are looking for, or we seem to get people who do not fit our needs at all. I have been at this job for over 10 years, and I would say that the Stoltenberg consultants seem to be much better than other firms’ people in terms of general knowledge, service, and understanding our needs **.”

    Annual Best in KLAS reports independently monitor vendor performance through the active participation of healthcare executives, managers and clinicians representing over 4,500 hospitals and 2,500 clinics. For a complete view of commentaries related to these services, visit KLASresearch.com.

    * “2014 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services,” January 2015. © 2015 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com.

    ** The above selected commentary may not represent the whole of provider sentiment related to this product or service. Visit KLASresearch.com for a complete view. Collected about IT Outsourcing (Partial), by KLAS in September 2014 © KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com.

    About Stoltenberg Consulting
    Founded in 1995, Pittsburgh-based Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., serves healthcare organizations with a variety of services including project management, implementation support, optimization and integration between systems. Stoltenberg consultants hold skills in both financial and clinical systems, averaging more than 15 years of direct on-site hospital experience. The firm has grown to serve a client base of more than 200 preeminent healthcare organizations throughout the United States, providing services for Cerner, Siemens, Epic, Meditech, NextGen, Allscripts, McKesson and Infor customers. For more information call 1-888-724-1326 or visit www.stoltenberg.com.

    About KLAS
    KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment, and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends, and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

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    Posted 1.30.2015

  • Healthcare CIOs Praise ONC for Standards ‘Playbook’

    ANN ARBOR, MI, January 30, 2015 – Building on the announcement from HHS yesterday, pledging much-needed changes to the Meaningful Use program, healthcare IT leaders praised the release of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) “2015 Interoperability Standards Advisory,” calling it an essential component of the newly released Interoperability Roadmap.  The nation’s chief information officers (CIOs) say the new document will enable broad discussion over the use of specific standards – both current and future – in health IT.

    The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) welcomed the release of ONC’s 2015 Interoperability Standards Advisory today as part of the Office’s broader Interoperability Roadmap. The Interoperability Standards Advisory is a non-binding, non-regulatory document meant to help facilitate discussion and debate on clinical standards currently used in healthcare and referenced in regulation. The Advisory identifies specific standards and references implementation guidelines across four areas of standards, including content, vocabulary, transport and services.

    “This is a much-needed playbook for each and every health IT professional,” said CHIME President and CEO Russell P. Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO. “Now, healthcare providers and health IT developers have a single source of truth, with an extensible process to align clinical standards towards improved interoperability, efficiency and patient safety. While we have made great strides as a nation to improve EHR adoption, we must pivot towards true interoperability based on clear, defined and enforceable standards.”

    CHIME has long-advocated for clear, enforceable standards to help drive EHR optimization and interoperability. Last year, CHIME told policymakers that, “efforts to coalesce around transport, vocabulary and content standards – through ONC’s certification program and driven by Meaningful Use requirements – has been important work,” but that there was a need to develop an “adaptable process” for identifying standards.

    “[G]overnment and private industry need to develop a way to test, refine and update health IT standards over time. This process cannot and should not follow the historic trend of incorporating emerging standards into national programs that are de facto mandates for providers (e.g. certification criteria for MU),” CHIME said in comments submitted to ONC as part of the draft Interoperability Roadmap. “Industry and government stakeholders need to collaborate on a process that will allow for rapid standards development and refinement, [without requiring] the use of premature standards. This process should align with how the S&I Framework coordinates work, and there needs to be an intermediate step beyond small pilot projects and short of EHR certification incorporation.”

    Organization leaders at CHIME believe this is an important first step towards fulfilling that recommendation.

    “This document will help health IT executives compare standards used by their solutions with standards required by federal programs, as well as standards prominent in the industry,” said CHIME Board Chair Charles Christian, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO, Vice President and CIO at Columbus, GA-based St. Francis Hospital. “This process will enable a national discussion between standards developers, technology developers, providers and the public to determine which standards hold the most promise, from conceptualization through implementation.”

    About CHIME
    The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 1,400 CIO members and over 140 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs; and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and healthcare in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit www.chimecentral.org.

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    Posted 1.30.2015

  • Statement from Flex-IT Coalition on CMS Announcement of a 90-Day Meaningful Use Reporting Period:

    “The members of the Flex-IT Coalition commend CMS for the announcement made this morning, which will allow more providers to engage in the meaningful use program and adapt new technologies. It is clear that our concerns have been heard and action is underway. We look forward to timely rulemaking so that providers have the certainty they need over the coming months. We also wish to acknowledge Representative Renee Ellmers (R-NC-02) and Representative Ron Kind (D-WI-03) for their commitment to the Flexibility in Health IT Reporting Act or “Flex-IT Act.” Their leadership raised vital awareness on the immediate need for relief, to ensure hospitals and providers could be successful participants in this important program.

    The bipartisanship demonstrated by Reps. Ellmers and Kind speaks to the value of this important program as the nation embarks on a journey of healthcare delivery system reform. We look forward to continuing the dialogue with lawmakers and CMS on how we can ensure momentum towards the goals of the Meaningful Use Program, including improved care coordination and interoperability.”

    Flex-IT Act Coalition members: (alphabetically)

    • American Academy of Dermatology Association (AADA)
    • American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
    • American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
    • American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS)
    • American College of Cardiology (ACC)
    • American College of Physicians (ACP)
    • American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)
    • American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
    • American Hospital Association (AHA)
    • American Medical Association (AMA)
    • American Optometric Association (AOA)
    • Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
    • Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS)
    • Cardiology Advocacy Alliance (CAA)
    • Catholic Health Association of the U.S.
    • Children’s Hospital Association (CHA)
    • College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
    • DaVita HealthCare Partners
    • Federation of American Hospitals (FAH)
    • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
    • Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
    • National Association of Community Health Center (NACHC)
    • National Rural Health Association
    • Premier healthcare alliance
    • United Surgical Partners International Inc (USPI)
    Posted 1.29.2015

  • CHIME Applauds Intent by CMS to Shorten 2015 EHR Reporting Period

    Statement from CHIME President and CEO Russell P. Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO

    “CHIME applauds CMS for recognizing the pressing need to bring immediate flexibility to the Meaningful Use Program in 2015.  Our members have been steadfast advocates for the value of a 90-day reporting period to foster interoperability and improve care coordination through broad program participation and EHR optimization.  We are pleased that CMS has announced their intent to make a number of changes to the program – in addition to a shortened reporting period – to reduce complexity and lessen providers’ reporting burden.  Meaningful Use has the potential be a transformative program for the nation’s healthcare delivery system and we commend CMS for recognizing the need for a course-correction.

    “CHIME greatly appreciates the leadership Representative Ellmers and Representative Kind have shown on this critically important issue.  We look forward to working with Reps. Ellmers and Kind, as well as the Energy & Commerce Committee, to ensure this program achieves the goal of an interoperable learning health system.”

    About CHIME
    The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 1,400 CIO members and over 140 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs; and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and healthcare in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit www.chimecentral.org.

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    Director of Communications and Corporate Relations, CHIME
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    Posted 1.29.2015

  • Quality Propels Orchestrate Healthcare to Top Honors

    KLAS Research Releases List of Best Vendors in Healthcare

    Carbondale, CO – January 29, 2015 — Orchestrate Healthcare announces today they are honored to receive this year’s esteemed 2014 Best in KLAS – Technical Services award, their fourth Best in KLAS award in seven years.

    “The award is a capstone recognition of the focus we place on the quality of our deliverables,” comments President Charlie Cook. “In the market today there is an abundance of start-up IT consulting firms who have sprung up in response to Meaningful Use initiatives. They promise much and deliver little. At Orchestrate Healthcare, we have consistently delivered more than our clients expect, time and time again.”  Clients recognize Orchestrate Healthcare’s unwavering commitment to quality in every engagement. Through their feedback to KLAS Research, clients have positively echoed Cook’s sentiments resulting in this year’s Best in KLAS award.

    “For our company to win Best in KLAS in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2014, and to be the runner-up the other years, once by 1/10th of a point, is pretty significant,” reflects Cook, “especially since we do much more than integration. Our four core competencies enable us to provide comprehensive technical solutions that address all of our clients’ needs . . . and not just integration.”

    Orchestrate Healthcare delivers healthcare IT services in the areas of: EMR Implementation and Optimization; HIE Consulting; Integration; and Business Intelligence. The experts at Orchestrate Healthcare focus on what the client needs to achieve success and they strategize with the client to reach that optimal outcome. “Often, what starts as an EMR Implementation develops into an advanced Optimization, which then leads to a Business Intelligence conversation,” explains Kara Gallagher, Vice President. “This constant focus on what is best for our clients, plus the expertise of our consultants, enable our clients to compete effectively in today’s rapidly evolving healthcare IT marketplace.”

    As to finishing in the top of the Staff Augmentation and HIE Consulting categories of KLAS Research, Mr. Cook explains, “we’re invested in helping our clients in every need they have. Whether we’re analyzing their HIE needs or training their IT staff on a new upgrade, our consultants take ownership of the project and give 110%.  So really nothing new here, just the industry’s highest ranked consultants working to exceed our clients’ expectations every day!  That’s our mission.”

    About Orchestrate Healthcare
    Industry leader Orchestrate Healthcare provides unmatched healthcare consulting services in four core competencies: EMR Implementation and Optimization, Integration, HIE Consulting, and Business Intelligence.  As evidenced by their expansive collection of Best in KLAS awards and top placement as category leaders, this team of consultants excels at what they do, extremely well!

    About KLAS
    KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving supplier performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and their staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

    Posted 1.29.2015

  • Nordic recognized as KLAS Category Leader in 2014 Best in KLAS Report

    MADISON, WI – Nordic has been named the KLAS Category Leader for the “Other Implementation” Category in the 2014 Best in KLAS Report, KLAS announced Tuesday. This latest accolade strengthens Nordic’s reputation as the industry leader in Epic services. In addition to being named No. 1 for Epic Implementation Support and Staffing in the recent KLAS Epic Consulting 2014 report, Nordic is now recognized as a KLAS Category Leader for Other Implementation, a category which includes all non-clinical work. This includes services and methodology in revenue cycle, integration and reporting.

    Nordic has proven to be the leader in providing guidance, expertise, tools, methodology and resources to its partners. More than just boots on the ground, Nordic consultants provide the leadership and strategic planning to make EHR projects successful.

    “We’re excited to be ranked at the top in this category,” Nordic Chief Consulting Officer Vivek Swaminathan said. “We’re really happy to be able to tell the story about all the great work that we do across the board. It’s all due to the great work our consultants do and the trust that our clients put in us.”

    KLAS is the premier provider of impartial ratings of healthcare technology. It is independently owned and operated and works to help healthcare providers make informed technology decisions by offering honest, accurate and impartial vendor performance information.

    With over 400 consultants Nordic has partnered with a third of all Epic clients and provides an unmatched breadth of industry-leading services. Nordic Optimization Solutions combines an innovative ROI based approach with its consultants’ unparalleled industry experience to unlock the full potential of customers’ EHR. Nordic Affiliate Solutions leads the industry in extending Epic to affiliated physician practices and hospitals as well as rapid implementation for acquired health systems. Nordic’s Advisory Solutions provides executive-level leadership and guidance in areas such as pre-implementation planning, revenue cycle optimization, clinical transformation, enterprise leadership, population health and data analytics. In addition, with Nordic’s Remote Solutions, the industry’s best Epic consultants are available for up to 40 percent less than the cost of a traditional on-site consultant.

    About Nordic
    Nordic is the world’s largest Epic consulting practice. Since 2012, Nordic has been ranked #1 by KLAS for providing Epic electronic health record (EHR) consulting services to healthcare organizations. Nordic specializes in Implementation, Optimization, Affiliate (both Connect and mergers and acquisitions), Strategic, Advisory and Remote Solutions. Nordic’s 400 consultants average over 10 years of HIT experience and five certifications and are uniquely connected to each other using Nordic’s proprietary knowledge management tool. Founded in 2010, Nordic has worked with more than 115 clients in 40 states and has 475 employees.

    About KLAS
    KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving supplier performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and their staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, email [email protected] or call 800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative. Follow KLAS on Twitter @KLASresearch.

    Posted 1.29.2015

  • KLAS Congratulates the 2014 Best in KLAS Winners

    KLAS marks the 17th anniversary of the Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report

    OREM, UT – January 29, 2015 — The 2014 Best in KLAS report, published today, ranks healthcare vendors and their solutions by the professionals who use them-healthcare providers. New segments in this report include Population Health, Urgent Care, Alarm Management and CDI Services. This report also highlights shifts in product performance, upcoming products and services to watch, and the continual efforts vendors are making to produce quality options.

    Today KLAS also published the inaugural edition of the Global (Non-US) Best in KLAS report. This separate report ranks vendor and product performance outside the United States in the following segments: Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Patient Administration System (PAS), and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).

    “We are honored to be able to continue to work with talented healthcare providers to create the annual Best in KLAS report. Their feedback is beneficial as vendors strive for excellence,” said Adam Gale, CEO and president of KLAS Research. “We also look forward to expanding our global research initiative to evaluate additional products and services that impact both provider and vendor success.”

    For a full list of Best in KLAS winners, Global (Non-U.S.) Best in KLAS winners, and Category Leaders, visit http://www.klasresearch.com/lp/2014-bestinklas.

    About KLAS
    KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

    Posted 1.29.2015

  • Impact Advisors CEO Featured on HIStalk

    Peter Smith shares industry insights with leading healthcare IT news site

    Chicago, IL – January 28, 2015 — Peter Smith, CEO and co-founder of Impact Advisors, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, was recently interviewed by HIStalk, a popular healthcare IT news and opinions website. Smith is a recognized thought leader in the healthcare information technology industry. In the CEO Interview, Smith shared his insight on a number of topics related to the healthcare IT industry including the lifecycle of healthcare IT consulting firms, Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementations, interoperability, industry trends and the firm’s partnership with IBM and Epic.

    The interview, which was published on January 14th, shares details on Impact Advisors’ partnership with IBM and Epic for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) EHR bid. Smith shared, “We’re very excited to be part of it. I think it has the opportunity to be a major game changer, certainly for the armed services and the families that they serve. We’re proud to be part of that bid and we’re looking forward to hearing about that award.”

    Smith also lent insight on what healthcare leaders can expect in the coming year and beyond. He mentioned the focus will be on how the reimbursement market will have an impact in the technology space. “This is going to be a tremendously fun industry over the next couple of years. Healthcare is the most fascinating industry out there because of the dynamics and influences,” said Smith.

    The interview included Smith’s thoughts on the shifting healthcare IT consulting industry. Smith shares that the large, foundational projects, particularly EHR replacements and revenue cycle replacements are shifting to post-implementation optimization projects. He is also confident that the industry will see a lot of merger and acquisition activity over the next several years. 

    Smith has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare information technology industry. He specializes in IT assessment and strategic planning, IT organizational design and IT governance modeling.

    To read more of Peter Smith’s thoughts in his HIStalk CEO interview, click here.

    For more information on Impact Advisors, visit www.impact-advisors.com or visit the company on Facebook www.facebook.com/impactadvisors.

    About Impact Advisors, LLC
    Impact Advisors, a distinguished healthcare information technology consulting firm, improves its clients’ healthcare delivery through technology. As a trusted healthcare leader, the firm helps hospitals and health systems maximize clinical and operational performance with its Best in KLAS® strategic advisory, implementation and optimization services. Since its inception, Impact Advisors has consulted to more than 140 hospitals and health systems nationally and internationally. The firm has earned a number of

    industry and workplace quality awards including Best in KLAS® for six consecutive years, Healthcare Informatics HCI 100, Crain’s Chicago Business Fast Fifty and Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work.  For more information about Impact Advisors, visit www.impact-advisors.com.

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    Posted 1.29.2015

  • TeraMedica’s Evercore Vendor Neutral Archive Honored as KLAS Category Leader

    Leading VNA Vendor Receives KLAS Category Leader Award in 2014 Best in KLAS Report

    MILWAUKEE, WI – January 28, 2015 -–  TeraMedica, Inc., the pioneering provider of vendor neutral archive (VNA) solutions to hospitals and healthcare systems, today earned a KLAS Category Leader award from KLAS Research. Specifically, TeraMedica’s Evercore VNA was named the winner of the “VNA/Image Archive KLAS Category Leader” Award for 2014 as part of the Best in KLAS Report.

    The Best in KLAS and KLAS Category Leader Awards are given to healthcare vendors who diligently seek to align with provider needs, and who provide unwavering determination to deliver excellence with passion. The Best in KLAS rankings celebrate vendors receiving the highest provider scores for software, professional services, and medical equipment.

    The Awards will be given out at the Best in KLAS Ceremony on April 12th in Chicago, IL. This coincides with the HIMSS15 conference, arguably healthcare information technology’s most important annual event.

    KLAS independently monitors vendor performance through the active participation of thousands of healthcare organizations. KLAS Performance Data represents the opinions of healthcare executives, managers, and clinicians from over 4,500 hospitals and 3,000 clinics.

    “In the extremely competitive vendor neutral archive market, TeraMedica has proven we have the preeminent solution for today’s healthcare system,” said Jim Prekop, President and CEO of TeraMedica, Inc. “This KLAS Category Leader recognition is further proof that our VNA technology brings together disparate clinical data across the enterprise – and functions in a most meaningful and efficient manner.”

    About TeraMedica® Inc.
    TeraMedica, Inc., a global healthcare informatics company based in Milwaukee, WI, is the leading provider of vendor neutral, enterprise-wide solutions for unrestricted medical image management. The company began with the successful development of a cross-departmental, patient-centric clinical image archive for the Mayo Clinic in 2001. To date, TeraMedica has over 700 customer-driven deployments on six continents. Such flexibility can only be achieved by an organization that is committed to exceeding customer expectations using a technology platform that has been designed for adaptation. For more information, visit www.teramedica.com.

    About KLAS
    KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving supplier performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and their staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASresearch.

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  • MRO Named Category Leader in 2014 Best in KLAS Report for the Release of Information Services Market

    Company receives the highest score among KLAS-rated vendors in ROI market for second consecutive year

    KING OF PRUSSIA, PA – January 28, 2015 — MRO Corp., a leader in disclosure management and health information exchange, today announced it has been named Category Leader for the release of information (ROI) services market segment as part of the 2014 Best in KLAS: Software & Professional Services report. This is MRO’s second year in a row to receive this honor.

    Every year, KLAS researchers collect feedback from thousands of healthcare providers to provide an honest, accurate and impartial overview of vendor performance in the industry.  The Category Leader award is given to the software and services vendor/solutions that have outperformed all others in their specific field. It is entirely based on provider feedback.

    As the 2014 Category Leader, MRO was rated No. 1 for ROI by its clients with an overall performance score of 87.9 out of 100 — the highest score among KLAS-rated vendors in that market segment. KLAS scores are weighted in the following key areas: sales and contracting; implementation and training; service and support; and general and overall services. 

    MRO was evaluated by a sample of healthcare providers using ROI Online®, a protected health information (PHI) disclosure management platform. MRO’s ROI Online is a web-based solution that empowers healthcare organizations to standardize PHI disclosure processes and improve compliance, processes and efficiencies.

    “We are proud to know that MRO’s clients have expressed their continued satisfaction with our services and have rated us ‘the best’ at what we do – for the second year in a row,” said Steve Hynes, MRO’s CEO. “This designation is especially meaningful to us this year, knowing KLAS asserted extra effort in evaluating ROI vendors in 2014 to provide a more complete and accurate evaluation of the marketplace.”

    To review MRO’s KLAS performance data and read comments from their customers, please visit www.klasresearch.com.

    About KLAS
    KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving supplier performance. KLAS was founded in 1996, and their staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. Follow KLAS on Twitter at www.twitter.com/KLASResearch. 

    About MRO
    MRO, a leader in disclosure management and health information exchange, provides technology-driven solutions that ensure the secure, compliant and efficient exchange of protected health information (PHI). The company’s solutions include release of information (ROI), payer audit compliance and tracking, and accounting of disclosures. MRO additionally offers services and applications that support meaningful use attestation and health information exchange. MRO’s solutions can be used as a common platform across a healthcare enterprise to standardize disclosure policies and drive system-wide security and compliance. To learn more, visit www.mrocorp.com.

    Posted 1.28.2015

  • Impact Advisors Names New Vice President

    Jenny McCaskey promoted to Executive Leadership position leading firm Cerner activities

    Chicago, IL  – January 27, 2015 — Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, announced today that it has promoted Jenny McCaskey to Vice President. McCaskey joined Impact Advisors in 2010 as a Principal Advisor where she has served as a delivery consultant.

    As a member of the leadership team, McCaskey will continue to provide client delivery services as well as identify new business opportunities within healthcare organizations with a focus on the firm’s Cerner practice. McCaskey has a solid track record for defining, planning and optimizing the successful implementation of large-scale projects within a variety of healthcare settings. She recently led a successful Cerner implementation at Ascension Health; partnered with Trinity Health and Advocate Health Care to rollout its core EHR solutions and led the Epic Clinical Readiness program for WellStar Health System.

    “We are excited that Jenny is joining our executive leadership team,” said Andy Smith, President and Co- Founder of Impact Advisors. “Her hard work, diligence and commitment to our firm’s values combined with her excellent relationship development and management skills make her a perfect fit for this role.”

    McCaskey is a Registered Nurse with more than 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry, 20 of which have been spent in healthcare information technology. Prior to joining Impact Advisors, McCaskey spent 12 years as a Director within a healthcare IT consultancy. In this role, she was responsible for providing excellent client delivery during EHR implementations with a focus on pre-implementation planning, process re-design, clinical readiness and post live stabilization.

    McCaskey graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Administration from Concordia College and Associates in Nursing from Western Wisconsin Technical Institute. She is a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

    For more information on Impact Advisors, visit www.impact-advisors.com or visit the company on Facebook www.facebook.com/impactadvisors.

    About Impact Advisors, LLC
    Impact Advisors, a distinguished healthcare information technology consulting firm, improves its clients’ healthcare delivery through technology. As a trusted healthcare leader, the firm helps hospitals and health systems maximize clinical and operational performance with its Best in KLAS® strategic advisory, implementation and optimization services. Since its inception, Impact Advisors has consulted to more than 140 hospitals and health systems nationally and internationally. The firm has earned a number of industry and workplace quality awards including Best in KLAS® for six consecutive years, Healthcare Informatics HCI 100, Crain’s Chicago Business Fast Fifty and Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work. For more information about Impact Advisors, visit www.impact-advisors.com.

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    Posted 1.28.2015
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