• Jvion Predicts Patients at Risk of C Difficile Infection to Reduce Risk & Save Lives

    Jvion, the leader in clinical predictive algorithms, announced the development of a Clostridium Difficile (C Diff) use case to help clinicians reduce the risk of deadly infections inside & outside the hospital

    Atlanta, GA – March 06, 2015 – Jvion, the Atlanta-based leader in clinical predictive algorithms, announced the release of a Clostridium Difficile (C Diff) predictive use case for inpatient and outpatient providers. The C Diff use case is the latest in a broad compliment of predictive capabilities that span hospital acquired infections, chronic conditions, and individual illnesses. Using the firm’s RevEgis patient phenotype platform, the C Diff solution flags at risk individuals to help support clinician decision-making and reduce the likelihood of the deadly infection. These predictions can be produced in both inpatient and outpatient settings and can be integrated directly into existing electronic health record management systems.

    “C Diff is a serious and deadly problem,” said Todd Schlesinger, VP for Jvion. “With this use case, we’ve extended the award-winning predictive capabilities already delivered through RevEgis to address a very pressing and lethal challenge facing all healthcare settings.”

    A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that C Diff infected nearly half a million Americans. Of those infected, 15,000 died as a result of the bacteria. Anyone taking an antibiotic is at risk of developing a C Diff infection, but older adults over 65 are particularly susceptible. According to the study, people taking antibiotics are 7 to 10 times more likely to get C Diff while on their prescription and in the subsequent 30 days after treatment. The bacteria are spread through unclean surfaces and dirty hands. A recent Ohio-based study found that six out of every seven outpatient settings test positive for C Diff.

    Todd went on the say that, “our goal is to help clinicians reduce the occurrence of C Diff infections while also lowering mortality rates attributed to the bacteria. We designed our solution so that it fits seamlessly into the clinical workflow and provides the additional insights that help support physicians and reduce the risk of C Diff incidences.”

    RevEgis has won numerous awards including: designation as Gartner Cool Vendor for Healthcare Providers; the 2014 Intel Innovation Award; top honors from Fierce Health IT in the “Data Analytics” category, and as an overall award of “Best in Show: Fiercest Cost-Saving Solution.” These awards recognize RevEgis’s impact on the reduction of various diseases and health concerns.

    About Jvion
    Jvion is a healthcare technology company that develops software designed to predict and prevent patient-level disease and financial losses leading to increased waste. The company offers a suite of big-data enabled solutions that combine clinical intelligence with deep machine learning to help providers protect their revenues while improving patient health outcomes. Their objective is simple—stop the waste of resources and lives by predicting and stopping losses before they ever happen. To learn more about Jvion, their full suite of Big Data predictive analytic solutions, and how they can help clinicians reduce C Diff infections please visit www.jvion.com.

    Posted 4.11.2015

  • CHIME, AMDIS Respond to MU Stage 2 Modification Rule

    Joint Statement from CHIME and AMDIS in Response to Stage 2 Modification Rule

    ANN AROBOR, MI, April 10, 2015 – This afternoon the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) proposed a regulation that would give providers the option of demonstrating Meaningful Use (MU) through a shortened reporting period in 2015.

    CHIME and AMDIS applaud these modifications as they will help hundreds of thousands of providers meet Stage 2 requirements in an effective and safe manner in 2015. The ability for providers to demonstrate MU through a shortened reporting period will keep them engaged in the program and position our industry to continue the momentum towards the goals of enhanced care coordination and interoperability.

    The adjustment to the patient access measure to “equal to or greater than one [percent]” down from five percent was a welcome adjustment from CMS.

    We are disappointed, however, by a missed opportunity to remove the largest remaining barrier to long-term programmatic success: namely, the need to address the program’s “pass/fail” construct. Now that we are well into the penalty phase of the program, we do not believe providers who make good-faith efforts should be penalized for missing 1 percent on one threshold. Rather, policymakers should acknowledge providers who invest resources to become meaningful users, but fall short of perfection, by limiting penalties to those providers who clearly did not make the effort.

    Contact:
    Stephanie Fraser
    Director of Communications and Corporate Relations
    734-665-0000
    [email protected]

    Posted 4.10.2015

  • Huntzinger Management Group Releases 2014 Performance Report

    Company reports tremendous growth across management & staffing companies

    PLAINS, PA – April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – The Huntzinger Management Group, Inc. (HMG), a leader in healthcare advisory and managed services consulting and staffing solutions, recently announced a number of successes achieved in 2014, marked by strong, unprecedented growth in revenue and EBITDA, with quarter over quarter growth throughout the year.

    Since inception, Huntzinger companies have delivered more than 565 engagements to 58 different healthcare-based organizations. HMG’s advisory and managed services revenue grew more than 30% over 2013, which is a testament to the quality of service being delivered. Huntzinger Staffing Solutions, LLC (HSS), created as an adjunct to HMG in 2013, increased revenues by almost 225% in 2014, a remarkable achievement for a young, emergent entity. This represents an overall growth of 86% from 2013 for Huntzinger companies.

    “We continue to benefit from our decision to start HSS to accelerate our growth. In 2015, we will further leverage our supplemental staffing services resourcing focused on system implementations and optimization. We expect to see demand for our advisory services and managed services as hospitals look to optimize their Information Technology investment,” remarked Robert Kitts, HMG’s Chief Executive Officer. “I am immensely proud of our growth and success over the past year, and we look to continue this positive direction into 2015 as we expand our service offerings.”

    “In 2014, HMG saw considerable progress which included the expansion of our team.  In fact, this past year has proven to be one of our best. The addition of these experienced and talented employees has led to an increase in our workforce by 36%,” said Tanya Freeman, President and Chief Operating Officer. “Such growth allows us to better serve our clients, and overall strengthen the services HMG provides, which allows us to continue to build momentum throughout the company.”

    The company announced a leadership transition in October in which George Huntzinger will continue to play an active role with the company as Chairman of the Board.  Robert Kitts was named Chief Executive Officer, and Tanya Freeman was named President and Chief Operating Officer. At the end of the year, Nancy Ripari and William C. Reed, FCHIME, FHIMSS, were both named partners, while David DiChiara was promoted to Chief Financial Officer, positioning the company with a leadership team ready to take on additional growth in 2015. Huntzinger was also named the recipient of the “Best of Wilkes-Barre Award” in the Business Management Consultant category for their commitment to excellence.

     

    About The Huntzinger Management Group, Inc.
    HMG provides advisory and managed services consulting to the healthcare industry. We focus on clinical and operational business performance optimization by ensuring alignment between IT, clinical, and ambulatory areas to position our healthcare clients for the future. For more information, visit www.huntzingergroup.com.

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    About Huntzinger Staffing Solutions, LLC
    HSS provides experienced IT resources to healthcare organizations across the country, allowing their clients to address both short-term and long-term IT implementation staffing needs.  Working collaboratively with organizations, HSS identifies the required skill sets to meet business objectives.  For more information, visit www.huntzingerstaffing.com.

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    Posted 4.10.2015

  • Jvion Gains Strategic Collaboration Partner in Martin Ventures

    Martin Ventures partners with Jvion to accelerate the development & availability of Jvion’s predictive analytic solution suite

    Atlanta, GA – February 27, 2015 – Jvion announced today that leading healthcare venture firm, Martin Ventures, is collaborating with the Atlanta-based software company through a strategic partnership that will accelerate the adoption of Jvion’s advanced predictive capabilities suite within the provider market. Jvion is a predictive analytics company that identifies and prevents financial and clinical losses within hospitals. Capitalizing on the growing need for predictions that help prevent patient deterioration and suffering, the support of Martin Ventures will drive further market share and expansion of what is already an award-winning, leading predictive solution suite.

    Jvion’s predictive suite has received significant market recognition including: Gartner Cool Vendor for Healthcare Providers; the 2014 Intel Innovation Award; top honors from Fierce Health IT in the “Data Analytics” category, and as an overall award of “Best in Show: Fiercest Cost-Saving Solution.” Financial and clinical use cases are in place at more than 200 facilities across the nation. The resulting analytics are helping providers reduce readmissions, stop hospital acquired conditions and infections, reduce waste, and strategically focus population health initiatives.

    Martin Ventures is led by CEO, Chairman and Managing Director Charlie Martin, a healthcare veteran who founded hospital chain company Vanguard Health Systems which was recently acquired by Tenet Healthcare for $4.3B. Martin Ventures, with offices in Nashville, TN, Austin, TX and San Francisco, CA, invests in healthcare and technology initiatives that apply integrative approaches to simultaneously improve care, improve health and reduce the cost of health care. Martin Ventures also invests in companies that develop new technologies that allow consumers to engage in ways that are faster, more efficient and less costly.

    “The partnership between Martin Ventures and Jvion is a natural fit,” said Charlie Martin, “This approach to personalized medicine fits centrally within Martin Ventures’ key theme of investing in businesses that share our vision of improving the health of individuals and communities through innovative healthcare technologies and services.“

    Shantanu Nigam, Jvion’s CEO, said that, “we are excited to work with Martin Ventures. They are a true catalyst within healthcare and the demonstrated leadership of the Martin Ventures’ team will help extend the reach of Jvion’s predictive suite so that we can help more providers prevent illness and save lives.”

    About Martin Ventures
    Martin Ventures provides capital, operational support and mentoring to assist entrepreneurs who want to be catalysts for change. Focusing primarily on health care and technology initiatives, Martin Ventures’ unique approach allows the leadership of our portfolio companies to more acutely focus on the optimal execution of their vision and strategy while quickly scaling and growing their businesses into successful, profitable organizations.

    About Jvion
    Jvion is a healthcare technology company that develops software designed to predict and prevent patient-level disease and financial losses. The company offers a suite of big-data enabled solutions that combine clinical intelligence with deep machine learning to help providers protect their revenues while improving patient health outcomes. Jvion’s objective is simple—stop the waste of resources and lives by predicting and stopping losses before they ever happen. To find out more about Jvion’s suite of predictive solutions, visit www.jvion.com.

     

     

    Posted 4.9.2015

  • CTG Health Solutions Brings Quarter Century Health Technology Expertise to HIMSS15 Conference

    Company shares perspectives of its health IT experts & other industry thought leaders

    DALLAS, TX – April 8, 2015 – As uncertainty increases in the healthcare industry, many provider organizations find themselves seeking solutions that provide real value and  ultimately result in improved outcomes. For those attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS15) April 12-16 in Chicago, CTG Health Solutions (CTGHS) will offer conversations with health information technology (IT) thought leaders on key industry issues from the company’s inviting ‘oasis’ booth space 1580. As in years past, CTGHS’ booth will offer comfortable seating and refreshments as a place of respite from the hectic pace of HIMSS.

    As a full service, industry-leading consultancy, CTGHS offers more than 25 years of providing health IT services and thought leadership in support of healthcare organizations’ most pressing health, financial and operational needs. Key executives from CTGHS, including Ted Reynolds, Carl Ferguson, Linda Lockwood, R.N., M.B.A., Michael Garzone, Gary Mann, and Sharon Reynolds, R.N., B.S.N., S.C.P.M., will be on hand to #TalkHITwithCTG during regular HIMSS exhibit hours. These veteran consulting leaders will share expertise on strategies for managing the transition from a fee-based to value-based market on topics such as:

    • Electronic health records (EHRs), including implementation, performance improvement, integration, the imminent migration to ICD-10, and what providers can expect from Meaningful Use Stage 3;
    • Population health, including value-based care, accountable care organizations (ACOs), the patient-centered medical home, and care coordination;
    • Data and analytics, including data governance, data warehousing, business intelligence, key performance indicators (KPIs), and dashboards; and,
    • IT support that keeps it all together, from application management, to help desk service management, and security.

    “We look forward to HIMSS each year. In order to remain the ‘trusted advisors’ that our clients expect us to be, we must keep up not only with what is happening today in this rapidly changing environment, but also have an eye on what is coming,” said Ted Reynolds, Senior Vice President, CTG Health Solutions. “We view our time at HIMSS15 as an important opportunity to observe current developments including those changing the future of health IT, and to look for ways that CTGHS can further improve upon and develop new solutions for our clients. We use our booth space as a place for discussions, thought leadership and shared knowledge on the issues facing our clients, and as a place that our attendees can take a break in the midst of the show noise.”

     

    Live National Healthcare Radio Show
    As further evidence of its established position at the epicenter of health IT and commitment to thought leadership, CTG Health Solutions will host a nationally syndicated podcast radio show, IntredpidNOW Healthcare, live in their booth. Streaming live broadcasts from its booth on Monday and Tuesday, April 13 and 14, CTGHS has lined up a broad selection of industry advocates and thought leaders for #TalkHITwithCTG to share their unique perspectives on the industry, best practices and HIMSS15.

    Industry veteran Joe Lavelle, Editor-in-Chief, Healthcare, will host the interviews. CTGHS’ social media team will “live Tweet” thought leadership messages from the interviewees under the hashtag #TalkHITwithCTG. Recorded interviews will be available online and on iTunes following the show.

     

    Other HIMSS15 Activities
    CTGHS will have a large presence at HIMSS15, across a broad spectrum of additional activities including:

    • The CTGHS travel team will include CTG’s new CEO, Cliff Bleustein, M.D., a well-known industry thought leader. Dr. Bleustein brings the unique perspective of a previous consulting leader, CMO, and medical practitioner who has advised providers on business strategies, operational improvements, and resource optimization.
    • Continuing its proud tradition of honoring women making remarkable contributions to the field of healthcare informatics, CTGHS is hosting its Third Annual Women Leaders in Health IT Dinner on April 13. This popular networking event includes top women leaders from many of today’s leading health institutions across the country.
    • For the third consecutive year at HIMSS, CTGHS will sponsor a delegation of European CEO, medical board members and CIOs as they visit HIMSS15 to learn more about their American counterparts in the healthcare market and EHRs. The company will host guided tours to leading EHR vendors and key education sessions along with a number of networking events.
    • CTG Principal Consultant Joseph Eberle co-presents with Peter Winklestein, M.S., M.D., M.B.A., Executive Director, UB Institute for Healthcare Informatics, the topic of “Partnership Creates Opportunities for Population Health” (Session ID: 138). The presentation, which focuses on how to close the gap between where healthcare data resides and where analytics development takes place, will take place at 10 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, April 15 in room W190A at McCormick Place. CTG will host a “meet the speaker” opportunity from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT in the CTGHS booth 1580. 

    Tweet This:  Join CTG Health Solutions’ key leaders at #HIMSS, booth 1580 for discussions on #HIT issues. #TalkHITwithCTG. http://bit.ly/1BYiRvG

     

    About CTG Health Solutions
    CTG develops innovative IT solutions to address the business needs and challenges of companies in several higher-growth industries including healthcare, technology services, energy, and financial services. Its health IT division, CTG Health Solutions (CTGHS) is a leading information technology consulting firm dedicated solely to helping healthcare institutions, physician practices, payers, and related organizations achieve clinical and financial goals through effective technology and business solutions. Over the last 25 years, CTGHS has provided healthcare IT, and operational and strategic consulting support to more than 700 healthcare organizations. CTG is a publicly-traded IT services and solutions company that was founded in 1966 and operates in North America and Western Europe. For more information, visit www.ctghs.com.

     

     

    Posted 4.8.2015

  • Vital Images, Inc. Tackles Challenges in Today’s Enterprise Imaging Systems & Operations

    Introducing VioSuite(TM) Image Management & Vitality Solutions(TM) Business Intelligence at HIMSS15

    MINNEAPOLIS, MN – April 8, 2015 /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/ — Vital Images, Inc., (Vital), is pleased to announce the release of VioSuite Image Management and Vitality Solutions Business Intelligence. Joining the company’s flagship products, VitreaAdvanced® and VitreaView®, these new product families give healthcare administrators a robust set of tools to improve system-wide image access and image data analytics. Vital will introduce the VioSuite and Vitality Solutions portfolios at HIMSS15 (Toshiba booth #6439) in Chicago, April 13-15, 2015.

    “With the healthcare landscape changing rapidly and an increased pressure to do more with less, our customers require partners who solve image access demands while optimizing investments in capital equipment,” said Jim Litterer, General Manager of Vital. “By expanding our portfolio of products, Vital is well-positioned to address the problems associated with enterprise imaging and operational data access.”

    As healthcare leaders are driven to provide better coordinated care, they need strategic partners to help them solve image access challenges. VioSuite Image Management is a portfolio of flexible products supporting a variety of image management strategies. VioSuite includes VioArchive™, a VNA (Vendor Neutral Archive) for unified storage and management of all imaging data created across all care operations, and VioStream™, which grants federated access to images residing in disparate DICOM archives. Utilizing VioSuite along with VitreaView enables full patient imaging access to clinicians, which improves operational efficiency and quality.

    Imaging is a very effective method to diagnose diseases and improve clinical outcomes. In an environment demanding cost reductions and increased quality, while reducing government and payer contributions for imaging services, both issues and opportunities emerge. Vitality Solutions delivers imaging-centric business intelligence products and services, allowing health leaders to continuously improve operational efficiency and quality.

    Two Vitality Solutions products being introduced at HIMSS15 are Vitality IQ™ Imaging Operations and Vitrea® Vitality Business Intelligence. Vitality IQ delivers real-time access to critical business intelligence across an imaging department’s existing manufacturers, modalities, information systems and locations. By implementing Vitality IQ, health administrators are able to improve management of quality, productivity and resource utilization. Vitrea® Vitality enables administrators to receive actionable insight into the health, performance, and utilization of Vitrea imaging systems. Coming soon to the Vitality Solutions suite, CT Vitality, delivers a comprehensive protocol management solution that enables protocol approval, distribution, and tracking for Toshiba scanners.

    An industry pioneer, Vital has a long history of developing clinically meaningful multi-modality advanced visualization technology giving medical specialists fast access to imaging information from anywhere. Vital continues to invest in advanced visualization and enterprise viewer technology to provide the most comprehensive clinical applications covering the entire spectrum of disease states, from visualizing anatomy to treatment planning.

    About Vital Images, Inc.
    Vital Images, Inc., a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company, is a leading provider of health imaging diagnostic, management and business intelligence solutions, to help healthcare organizations deliver exceptional care while optimizing resources across multi-facility organizations. The company’s solutions are scalable to meet the unique needs of hospitals and imaging centers and are accessible throughout the enterprise anytime and anywhere. For more information, visit www.vitalimages.com or join the conversation on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.

    Posted 4.8.2015

  • Spectralink Expands PIVOT Product Family for Smarter Workplace Mobility

    87-Series line now includes PIVOT:S, enhancing smartphone-like usability while maintaining enterprise-grade functionality

     

    BOULDER, CO & HORSENS, DK – April 7, 2015 — Spectralink Corporation (“Spectralink”), a global leader in wireless solutions for the workplace, announced today PIVOT:S, the latest product in the WorkSmart family of solutions that advances innovation in enterprise mobile communication.

    PIVOT:S is the new addition to the Spectralink PIVOT (87-Series) voice over Wi-Fi family of devices. Featuring a new, slim design, the streamlined PIVOT:S now gives customers the choice of two ergonomically designed form factors and three devices in the PIVOT family. Leveraging all the functionality and features of the original PIVOT solution, the PIVOT:S is also built on the industry-standard Android™ operating system, and is certified for Google™ Mobile Services. It is instantly familiar with intuitive smartphone-like usability and access to a vast ecosystem of enterprise workflow applications.

    With analyst firm Ovum expecting mobility to top the CIO agenda over the coming months, many organizations are looking for greater control and management of mobile devices in the workplace. Purpose-built to address these challenges, the PIVOT:S offers organizations the secure and durable mobile handsets they require, along with the flexibility and smartphonelike functionality that their employees demand in the workplace.

    Richard Absalom, Senior Analyst for Enterprise Mobility and Productivity Software at Ovum, said, “End-users in all verticals are demanding access to an ever-greater range of mobile devices and applications in order to do their jobs. Enterprise IT departments often struggle to keep up with these requirements and behaviors. In a climate where a significant percentage of employees use their own devices (BYOD) whether their employer likes it or not – it is important to take a proactive approach, identifying the processes that can be improved through mobility and equipping users with the tools and applications needed to perform them.”

    “Spectralink is dedicated to solving the challenges associated with effective workplace communication faced by organizations every day,” said Dan Mondor, CEO, Spectralink
    Corporation. “Following the successful launch of PIVOT last year, we have continued to invest in developing the next generation of purpose-built mobile devices. PIVOT:S is a sleek, highlycapable mobile device that provides our partners and customers greater choice inempowering today’s mobile workers to be more efficient and more productive.”

    Designed to bridge the gap between consumer smartphones and purpose-built mobile solutions, the PIVOT 87-Series gives users the agility to quickly respond – or pivot – at a
    moment’s notice. PIVOT:S further expands the Spectralink portfolio of Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) handsets to deliver a more flexible model of enterprise-grade, on-site voice mobility with a user-friendly interface on an extensible application platform. The entire portfolio of devices are superior in their ease-of-use and ergonomic design, security capabilities, HD voice quality, seamless VoWi-Fi roaming, durability, broad telephony support and wireless local area network (WLAN) interoperability, and predictable return on investment (ROI).

    PIVOT:S will also support specialized, workplace-specific applications through Spectralink AIMS partners (Application, Integration and Management Solutions). This enables users to customize their devices to their unique workflow requirements and opens up new opportunities for end-user efficiency solutions.

    PIVOT:S will be available for purchase in July 2015 in North America, Europe and Australia.

    Spectralink will be displaying PIVOT:S at the upcoming HIMSS Conference, April 12-16 in Chicago at booth 5248 as well as AONE, April 16-17 in Phoenix.

    About Spectralink
    Spectralink – The WorkSmart Company – is the global leader in purpose-built wireless communications. Since 1990, Spectralink Corporation has deployed over 3 million purposebuilt handset devices to customers around the world, enabling millions of workers to work smarter, with more efficient and reliable in-building communications.Spectralink solutions enable voice, texts, alarms, alerts, and key applications every minute of every day. They are highly interoperable with the leading enterprise call control, Wi-Fi access points and workflow applications. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado and Horsens, Denmark, Spectralink brings productivity, reliability and ease of use to mobile workers everywhere. For more information, please visit www.spectralink.com or call 303-441-7500.

    Posted 4.7.2015

  • Zynx Health Showcases Newest Solutions Guiding Interdisciplinary Care Across the Continuum at HIMSS15

    ZynxCarebook, Knowledge Analyzer Consensus Builder, & ZynxCare cancer care module debut in booth 2260

    LOS ANGELES,CA – April 7, 2015 — A mobile care coordination platform for managing patient transitions that includes secure messaging, an evidence-based clinical content analysis tool, and interdisciplinary plans of care that offer comprehensive guidance for cancer patients are Zynx Health‘s™ newest solutions underlining its booth’s theme “Delivering Vital Care Guidance Across the Patient Care Journey” at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS15) April 12-16 in Chicago.

    In booth 2260, Zynx Health will offer HIMSS attendees their first look at the company’s latest additions for driving enhanced healthcare delivery and outcomes across the care continuum. ZynxCarebook™, Knowledge Analyzer™ Consensus Builder and the ZynxCare® cancer care module significantly extend the company’s ability to impact interdisciplinary care across a broader range of patient needs and care settings.

    “Care delivery must be transformed by moving away from the largely siloed, episodic and fragmented approach providers typically use to a coordinated, evidence-based, team-based approach that puts the patient at the center,” said Bertina Yen, M.D., M.P.H., executive vice president of the product group at Zynx Health. “At HIMSS15, we will unveil our broad vision of using evidence-based practice and content combined with a coordinated plan of care and mobile collaboration tools to improve the patient experience and outcomes end-to-end. We’ll further show how these solutions fit into the broader Hearst Health network strategy to guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person’s health journey.”

    ZynxCarebook dramatically improves care team collaboration
    Enhanced secure messaging capabilities in the ZynxCarebook mobile care coordination solution extend beyond individual communications, empowering interdisciplinary care team members to initiate evidence-based workflows when transitioning patients from the hospital to other care settings. ZynxCarebook is accessible on Apple iOS and Android devices.

    “Though other technologies will allow you to do secure texting, for us that isn’t enough in what we want to accomplish in driving better care,” said Carlos Gracia, M.D., F.A.C.S., director of clinical informatics at ValleyCare Health System in Pleasanton, Calif. “ZynxCarebook enables the automation of multiple workflows, which empowers the individuals on our care teams to set critical tasks in motion with one touch on a mobile device. For instance, it can provide visibility across the care team and enable coordination of a series of tasks for a particular patient’s care, which makes our overall delivery even more efficient and effective.”

    ZynxCarebook’s host of features improves collaboration and communication among clinicians within a single health facility as well as across multiple care institutions. Among these features is the ability to create cross-continuum, patient-centered care teams; develop virtual huddles to improve collaboration between providers in different care settings;and incorporate evidence-based intervention guidelines into the patient transition care process. Collaborating on and standardizing care helps enhance quality, allowing healthcare organizations to create safe and effective care transitions that improve patient outcomes, reduce readmissions and ensure consistent compliance.

    Knowledge Analyzer promotes best evidence-based decisions
    The sheer volume of clinical evidence has made it impossible for even the most dedicated clinician to keep current with the latest medical literature. According to MEDLINE®, the U.S. National Library of Medicine, between 2,000 and 4,000 citations have been added to its database each day since 2005.

    Zynx Health’s Knowledge Analyzer is a web-based tool designed to help organizations quickly realize the full value of their electronic health record by analyzing vast amounts of clinical content against the most current evidence-bringing added transparency to clinical practice. It will be shown in conjunction with Consensus Builder, the just-released addition to Knowledge Analyzer that helps clinicians quickly reach agreement on the best evidence-based practices to use for optimal patient care.

    Consensus Builder provides clinicians with an online tool that aggregates all opinions and discussions related to the clinical content analysis in one location, making it easier for colleagues in different departments or geographic locations to view the entire conversation, offer suggestions, and ultimately vote on their preference.

    ZynxCare cancer content module treats the whole patient
    Although ample evidence-based content exists relating to the specifics of treating different types of cancer, finding information on how to care for the needs of patients with cancer in general can be far more challenging. Zynx Health’s new ZynxCaremodule offers an interdisciplinary approach to suggesting activities and treatments to address issues that result from cancer and cancer treatment, such as symptoms arising from radiation or chemotherapy treatments.

    Moreover, the module’s evidence-based recommendations assist patients with pain management, treatment-related problems (such as esophageal irritation and psychosocial issues) to help patients become more engaged in their own healthcare. Holistic and alternative medicine options (such as yoga) also are part of the recommendations. Providers can compare their current plans of care against this module, review which alternatives have proven effective for others, determine areas for improvement, and make adjustments accordingly.

    Help support a safer patient care journey
    Participate in a three-minute tour at booth 2260 to see how patients experience the benefits of Hearst Health solutions across their health journey. Hearst Health will donate $25 per participant to theNational Patient Safety Foundation(NPSF) in support of the nonprofit organization’s critical mission and patient safety awareness work.

    Tweet this: .@ZynxHealth showcases newest solutions for guiding care along patient health journey at #HIMSS15 | @theNPSF http://bit.ly/1GgyZzq

    About Zynx Health
    Zynx Health, part of the Hearst Health network, is the pioneer and market leader in evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement and mobile care solutions that provide the care guidance to enhance quality, improve care coordination, and decrease variation across an individual’s health journey. With Zynx Health, healthcare organizations exceed industry demands for delivering high-quality care at lower costs under value-based reimbursement models. Zynx Health partners with healthcare organizations to continuously and measurably improve care every day, for every patient, every time. To learn more, visit www.zynxhealth.com or call 855.367.ZYNX.

    About Hearst Health
    Zynx Health is part of the Hearst Health network, which also includes FDB (First Databank), MCG and Homecare Homebase, and Hearst Health International. The mission of the Hearst Health network is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person’s health journey. Each year in the US, care guidance from the Hearst Health network reaches 84 percent of discharged patients, 174 million insured individuals, 35 million home health visits, and 4 billion prescriptions. Extensions of the Hearst Health network include Hearst Health Ventures and the Hearst Health Innovation Lab. www.hearsthealth.com

    Posted 4.7.2015

  • ESD Celebrates 25th Anniversary

    Healthcare IT consulting firm ESD celebrated its 25th year in business on Wednesday, marking a milestone in the company’s history. Since its inception, ESD has deployed over 1,600 clinical IT experts to assist over 90 U.S. hospitals with healthcare technology transitions.

    ESD was founded by President, Joe Torti in Toledo, Ohio and began as an Oracle Development Partner. Through the years, Mr. Torti built relationships with clinical health IT colleagues and engaged them as
    employees as the business began to grow.

    Joe has this to say about the company’s milestone anniversary, “I never dreamed that this company would have evolved into what it is today. Over the years, we have developed strong relationships with our clients and consulting network that have contributed to ESD’s success. I look forward to the years ahead and would like to thank those that have helped make that success possible.”

    Today, ESD has built its cultivated consultant network to include over 10,000 healthcare IT experts whom are contracted with on a per-engagement basis. The firm has deployed hundreds of resources simultaneously for healthcare IT implementations across the country and has built much of its success on providing go-live support resources for the first critical weeks of a healthcare IT transition.

    Over the years, ESD has progressed into a full-cycle healthcare IT implementation firm providing beginning to end support for all phases of change relating to EHR technology. Their pre-activation service offering includes Automated Testing, Training, Build and Configuration and Clinical Transformation to assist with the preparation of implementation.

    Through the go-live phase, ESD supports its clients with Clinical Service Desk and Patient Portal Help Desk Support services, increasing adoption and usability among clinical users and physician staff. Following the golive process, the firm also provides Optimization services to assist hospitals to make the most out of their technology investments by ensuring that features and workflows are designed to best support patient care to promote comprehensive and accurate documentation of patient records.

    About ESD
    ESD provides implementation support services to healthcare systems across North America through their network of clinical and healthcare IT experts. Our full-cycle implementation support model can assist in all stages of the transition – from training, build and configuration, project management, automated testing, golive support, optimization, as well as providing staff augmentation, clinical service desk, patient portal help desk support, and CDI solutions. For more information about ESD, visit www.ESDontheweb.com.

    Posted 4.7.2015

  • Latest Healthcare Collaboration Will Apply Patient-Level Predictive Analytics To Impact Patient Suffering

    Mayo Clinic & Atlanta-based Jvion are collaborating to impact patient suffering through applied patient-level predictive analytics

    Atlanta, GA – March 26, 2015 — Jvion, the Atlanta-based leader in clinical predictive algorithms, and Mayo Clinic are collaborating to stop patient suffering and unanticipated deterioration using the Jvion’s award winning predictive solution suite. As part of this collaboration, the two organizations will jointly publish their findings in the forthcoming study “Derivation and Validation of Acute Physiologic Deterioration Model using Electronically Available Data.”

    Dr. Jeanne M. Huddleston is the lead investigator for Mayo Clinic. She is working directly with the Jvion team to apply the predictive model. The two organizations are well into the planning phase of the project with initial data sharing and model tuning planned in the coming weeks. Results will be published jointly within established industry outlets and journals.

    “This collaboration with Mayo Clinic is an important step in the evolution of predictive analytics within healthcare,” said Jvion CEO Shantanu Nigam. “By positively impacting the health and lives of individual patients, we will help bring predictive analytics to the forefront of the industry. Advanced predictive capabilities—like the ones we are using as part of this project—are critical to fostering prevention over treatment and efficiency over waste.”

    About Jvion
    Jvion is a healthcare technology company that develops software designed to predict and prevent patient-level disease and financial losses leading to increased waste. The company offers a suite of big-data enabled solutions that combine clinical intelligence with deep machine learning to help providers protect their revenues while improving patient health outcomes. Their objective is simple—stop the waste of resources and lives by predicting and stopping losses before they ever happen.For more information on Jvion’s suite of predictive solutions, please visit www.jvion.com.

    Posted 4.5.2015

  • Jvion Releases Findings from Latest Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Survey

    Jvion’s latest predictive analytics in healthcare survey finds that advanced predictive modeling solutions are taking a strong foothold in the industry

    Atlanta, GA – March 24, 2015 — In early March 2015, Jvion launched an initiative aimed at understanding the proliferation of advanced predictive modeling solutions within hospitals. For this study, advanced predictive modeling was defined as the application of machine learning algorithms to find patterns within data to predict patient-level risk. These kinds of solutions are gaining traction and market eminence as providers search for analytic capabilities that will help them prevent patient illness, avoid penalties, and reduce the cost of care.

    Highlights from the study:

    • 15% of providers are using some kind of predictive modeling
    • 92% of those who have predictive solutions in place are using the outputs to predict patient risk or illness
    • The illnesses and conditions most often targeted include: readmissions, patient deterioration, sepsis, and general patient
      …..health

    Todd Schlesinger, VP at Jvion, said that, “The survey findings point to a growing need within the provider community for solutions that help prevent patient illness through real-time predictions. With so much changing in the industry, providers are hungry for analytics that will help them improve health outcomes while reducing risk and waste across the system.”

    For a full copy of the report, please click here.

    About Jvion
    Jvion is a healthcare technology company that develops software designed to predict and prevent patient-level disease and financial losses leading to increased waste. The company offers a suite of big-data enabled solutions that combine clinical intelligence with deep machine learning to help providers protect their revenues while improving patient health outcomes. Their objective is simple—stop the waste of resources and lives by predicting and stopping losses before they ever happen. For more information on Jvion’s suite of predictive solutions, please visit www.jvion.com.

    Posted 4.3.2015

  • CHIME, AMDIS File Joint Comments on ONC’s Interoperability Roadmap

    Joint Statement from CHIME and AMDIS in Response to ONC’s Interoperability Roadmap

    ANN AROBOR, MI, April 3, 2015 – CHIME and AMDIS commend the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT for their efforts to detail a national strategy to improve the interoperability of health information technology. While we have some pointed criticisms, the amount of work needed to produce this first draft cannot be ignored. Specifically, we applaud ONC for creating heightened visibility toward building an interoperable health IT environment and underscoring the importance of clear, enforceable standards. For too long our fractured industry has developed tools based on a moving target of immature and inconsistently implemented standards.

    We hope that ONC takes seriously the need to prioritize action items which can build on progress made to date. In our view, interoperability in the service of high quality, safe patient care should remain the principal focus of the near-term. Specifically, patient identification is paramount if we are to make any progress toward an interoperable Learning Health System. A national approach to patient identification is prerequisite for interoperability and the lack of a standard patient identifier only serves to aggravate our industry’s technical challenges. Without a standard patient identifier, the creation of a longitudinal care record, composed of data created through disparate systems, geographies and chronology is simply not feasible.

    Contact
    Stephanie Fraser
    Director of Communications and Corporate Relations
    734.665.0000
    [email protected]

    Posted 4.3.2015
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