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Toshiba America Medical Systems & Merge Healthcare Partner on Cardiology & Hemodynamic Solutions
Merge Healthcare’s Best in KLAS Merge Hemo™ & Merge Cardio™ & Toshiba’s vascular x-ray systems offered as an enhanced solution
Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. Under this new agreement, Toshiba will be able to offer its customers a full turnkey solution, combining Merge’s cardiology PACS and hemodynamic monitoring solutions with the Toshiba portfolio of vascular x-ray systems.
“At Toshiba, we understand our customers’ concerns when it comes to integrating IT solutions with imaging,” said Satrajit Misra, vice president, marketing, Toshiba America Medical Systems. “Through this partnership, our customers will get a complete solution for accessing imaging information faster to improve the patient experience and our customers’ overall business.”
Toshiba will leverage Merge’s Best in KLAS Merge Hemo™, Merge’s real-time documentation tool for the cardiac cath lab that facilitates the integration of cath lab documentation into the patient’s electronic health record, and Merge Cardio™, Merge’s web-enabled enterprise-level image and information system that provides a single point of entry to the patient’s complete cardio record spanning all cardiac modalities.
“For more than 15 years, the Toshiba Corporation has been a great partner with Merge and we are pleased to expand our partnership with Toshiba America Medical Systems to support their enterprise imaging initiative for a unified, interoperable cardiology management system,” said Justin Dearborn, chief executive officer at Merge Healthcare. “Being an enterprise imaging preferred partner is an honor, and we look forward to helping them achieve their objectives.”
About Toshiba American Medical Systems
With headquarters in Tustin, CA, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. markets, sells, distributes and services diagnostic imaging systems, and coordinates clinical diagnostic imaging research for all modalities in the US. Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, an independent group company of Toshiba Corporation, is a global leading provider of diagnostic medical imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, such as CT, X-ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, MRI and information systems, as well as cardiac cath and EP labs. Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems, electronic components, consumer products, and power systems. Toshiba has approximately 172,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $54 billion. For more information, visit www.medical.toshiba.com.About Merge
Merge is a leading provider of innovative enterprise imaging, interoperability and clinical systems that seek to advance healthcare. Merge’s enterprise and cloud-based technologies for image intensive specialties provide access to any image, anywhere, any time. Merge also provides clinical trials software with end-to-end study support in a single platform and other intelligent health data and analytics solutions. With solutions that have been used by providers for more than 25 years, Merge is helping to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and enhance the quality of healthcare worldwide. For more information, visit www.merge.com and follow them @MergeHealthcare.Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters discussed in this news release may include forward-looking statements, which could involve a number of risks and uncertainties. When used in this press release, the words “will,” “believes,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “expects” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update such factors or to publicly announce the results of any of the forward-looking statements.Posted 6.29.2015 -
HOSTING Named Partner of the CHIME Cooperative Member Services Programs
Initiative combines expertise from healthcare and cloud technology verticals
Denver, CO – May 20, 2015 — HOSTING, the leading provider of managed cloud services, today announced that it is an official partner of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Cooperative Member Services Program. This unique collaboration leverages the HOSTING suite of compliant, managed cloud services and best practices derived from the CHIME professional community of healthcare CIOs and service providers, enabling member healthcare organizations to achieve and maintain compliance, decrease their cost of data services and accelerate healthcare performance improvements.
CHIME members have full access to the HOSTING roster of secure, fully managed cloud services that meet or exceed compliance requirements for HIPAA and PCI. Fluent in the complexities of compliant cloud hosting, HOSTING cloud architects deploy solutions that support healthcare organizations in their efforts to optimize performance while adhering to best practices as prescribed by the IHI Triple Aim.
“Modern healthcare is rapidly becoming more digital, collaborative and data-driven,” said Art Zeile, HOSTING CEO. “Our partnership with CHIME will provide healthcare organizations with the tools they need to save valuable capital and human resources while freeing them to focus on transformative activities related to patient care and performance optimization.”
The CHIME Cooperative Member Services Program, sponsored by CHIME Technologies Inc., gives CHIME Foundation firms the opportunity to offer preferred products and services exclusively to more than 1,400 member healthcare CIOs and senior IT executives. Launched last year, CHIME Technologies, Inc. was created to support new, innovative and robust products and services from industry vendors and manufacturers. Initial program partners include the following organizations.
- HOSTING – Cloud hosting and managed services
- Gallitano & O’Connor, LLP – Legal services
- Next Wave Connect™ – Healthcare social collaboration
- CHIME Speakers Bureau – Speaker services
“Today’s healthcare organizations must meet the challenges that come with evolving patient care, increased technological demands and complex compliance regulations,” said CHIME CEO and President Russell Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO. “As a partner of the CHIME Cooperative Member Services Program, HOSTING allows our members to improve patient services while reducing costs. As we finalize the formalization of this program, we will be working with pilot firms like HOSTING to ensure a win-win partnership for our CHIME and CHIME Foundation members.”
For more information, visit www.HOSTING.com/CHIME.
About HOSTING
HOSTING delivers secure, compliant, always-on cloud solutions that empower companies to increase revenue, reduce expense and manage risk. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, HOSTING owns and operates six geographically-dispersed data centers under an ITIL-based control environment validated for compliance against HIPAA, PCI DSS and SOC (formerly SAS 70) frameworks. Its superior infrastructure, expert cloud architects and industry-leading customer satisfaction scores have been consistently recognized by Gartner in the Managed Hosting Magic Quadrant.For more information, please visit www.HOSTING.com.
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Healthcare CIOs Discuss Top Healthcare IT Optimization Strategies
Insights shared at CIO Summit co-sponsored by Scottsdale Institute & Impact Advisors
Minneapolis, MN & Chicago, IL – June 22, 2015 — This past April, thirteen leading healthcare CIOs convened at the annual Scottsdale Institute CIO Summit to discuss the optimization challenges their health systems are facing and the strategies needed to maximize the success of optimization projects. The Summit was hosted by Scottsdale Institute, a not-for-profit membership organization of health systems advanced in IT, supported by Impact Advisors, a healthcare IT consultancy and moderated by Dr. Tonya Edwards, Physician Advisor at Impact Advisors. The group identified and focused the conversation on organizational drivers for optimization which include eliminating waste, improving efficiency, improving user and customer satisfaction, and improving the operational bottom line. The CIOs in attendance
included:- Mark Barner – Ascension; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- Dave Bensema, MD – Baptist Health Kentucky; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- John Delano – INTEGRIS Health; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- Robert Eardley – Houston Methodist; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- Jon Manis – Sutter Health; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- Lee Marley – Presbyterian Healthcare Services
- Patrick O’Hare – Spectrum Health; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- Marcus Shipley – Trinity Health; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- Bruce Smith – Advocate Health Care; Board Member, Scottsdale Institute
- Alan Soderblom – Adventist Health; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- Bill Spooner – Sharp (retired); Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
- Richard Shirey – Hartford HealthCare
- Jim Veline – Avera Health; Advisor Panel, Scottsdale Institute
The report from the CIO Summit suggests seven key takeaways that CIOs need to consider and execute in order to maintain a successful optimization strategy within their health system. A copy of the report,
“Optimizing Healthcare IT: Challenges and Strategies for Success” is downloadable for free at www.scottsdaleinstitute.org and at www.impact-advisors.com.“Recognizing the challenges that health systems face related to optimization is a critical step toorganizational success,” said Shelli Williamson, Executive Director of the Scottsdale Institute. “The CIOs
who participated in the Scottsdale Institute Spring CIO Summit are leaders in the industry and their expertise is insightful as they describe these strategies for optimizing organizational performance and IT’s
critical role in supporting this.”“Healthcare CIOs continue to have a challenging role as it relates to optimization,” said Andy Smith, President of Impact Advisors. “As the healthcare industry shifts from a strong focus on implementation to
the need for optimized systems, best practices and key takeaways paired with flexible and agile executives will be extremely important to the success of healthcare organizations.”About Scottsdale Institute
The Scottsdale Institute (SI) is a not-for-profit membership organization of prominent healthcare systems whose goal is to support its members on their journey to clinical integration through information
technology. SI facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration among an exclusive group of senior executives as well as among their teams across the enterprise. We provide intimate and informal forums
that accomplish this goal through collaboration, education and networking. For more information visit www.scottsdaleinstitute.org.About Impact Advisors
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 seven 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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HOSTING Named to Top 20 Managed Service Providers
MSPmentor 501 Global Edition places HOSTING at #14 worldwide
April 7, 2015 — HOSTING announced today that it is ranked #14 in Penton Technology’s eighth annual MSPmentor 501 Global Edition, a report identifying the world’s top 501 managed service providers (MSPs). The annual rankings are based on information collected from managed service providers and IT service providers including rates of growth, annual recurring revenues and devices managed.
“We have only our customers to thank for this remarkable achievement,” said Art Zeile, CEO of HOSTING. “As our industry leading NPS scores show, HOSTING remains committed to providing the best customer experience in the market.”
In 2015 the top MSPmentor 501 companies recorded higher recurring revenues than ever before. Combined, the total annual recurring revenues for all of MSPmentor 501 2015 companies reached a record high of $3.95 billion in 2014, up 26.5% year over year.
Each year, MSPmentor gathers information for its annual rankings through the participation of managed service providers and IT service providers in its annual survey. The survey was conducted from December 2014 through January 2015. MSPmentor 501 Global Edition is available at http://mspmentor.net/Top501/2015.
ABOUT HOSTING
HOSTING delivers secure, compliant, highly available cloud solutions that empower companies to increase their revenues, reduce their expenses and manage their risk. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, HOSTING owns and operates six geographically-dispersed data centers under an ITIL-based control environment validated for compliance against HIPAA, PCI DSS and SOC (formerly SAS 70) frameworks. Its superior infrastructure, expert cloud architects and industry-leading customer satisfaction scores have been consistently recognized by Gartner in the Managed Hosting Magic Quadrant.Learn more at www.HOSTING.com.
ABOUT PENTON
Penton drives performance for more than 16 million professionals each and every day. They rely on us to deliver: Insights, information & workflow tools to inform critical business decisions; networking & community to engage them with industry peers & partners; and data & marketing services to advance their business performance & deliver ROI.Penton is a growth company with a track record of strong performance and success and is backed by its co-owners: MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP.
For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.
About MSPMENTOR
MSPmentor, produced by Penton Technology, is the ultimate guide to managed services. MSPmentor features the industry’s top-ranked blog, research, Channel Expert Hour Webcasts and FastChat videos. It is the number one online media destination for managed service providers in the world.Posted 6.22.2015 -
Zynx Health Partners with McKesson to Optimize Order Set Deployment
Seamless system integration streamlines order set build & maintenance, improves operational efficiencies
Los Angeles,CA – June 22, 2015 — Zynx Health™announced today the release of an exclusive integration between ZynxOrder® and Paragon® Hospital Information System release 13 from McKesson that makes order set management easy through automated content synchronization. This intuitive solution eliminates common integration challenges including time-consuming file-based uploads.
Hospitals and health systems using both solutions can now optimize their order set build and maintenance in ZynxOrder and then immediately export the order set content directly to Paragon with the click of a button. This streamlined process alleviates the excessive time and resource strains normally associated with the multiple steps and manual file uploads required by traditional content-integration methods.
A common challenge the industry has faced with order set deployment is lack of integration with electronic health records. While customers find value in evidence-based order sets, the duplication and resource constraints related to traditional content guidance solutions lead to suboptimal functionality and usability.
ZynxOrder editing and collaboration tools such as AuthorSpace® and ViewSpace® simplify usability and expedite deployment of order sets through defined workflows that enable clinicians to provide feedback and participate throughout the development process. By integrating ZynxOrder and Paragon, the instant exchange of content between the systems is facilitated in two ways: content built in ZynxOrder can be pushed to Paragon, and Paragon catalog terms can be pushed to ZynxOrder – all with a single click.
“This first integration between ZynxOrder and Paragon for full interoperability improves productivity and other operational efficiencies by significantly reducing manual input and eliminating duplicate efforts when building and deploying order sets,” said Bertina Yen, MD, MPH, executive vice-president of the product group at Zynx Health. “Streamlining this process delivers critical evidence-based content to the point of care faster to help clinicians reduce risk, and decrease decision uncertainty and practice variability.”
About McKesson
McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 15th on the FORTUNE 500 list, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run better. We partner with payers, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. McKesson helps its customers improve their financial, operational, and clinical performance with solutions that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services. For more information, visit www.mckesson.com. To sign up for McKesson’s Better Health 2020™ blog, visit www.betterhealth2020.com.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 zynxhealth.com or call 855.367.ZYNX.About Hearst Health
Zynx Health is part of the Hearst Health network, which also includes First Databank (FDB), 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. Visit hearsthealth.com.Tweet This Posted 6.22.2015 -
Impact of Clinical Imaging Systems Integration on Organizations’ Continuum of Care: a New White Paper by MMY Consulting
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – June 18th, 2015 — MMY Consulting has released a new white paper about how clinical imaging integration brings the power to connect and streamline, and ways to keep your business current and profitable.
Digital imaging integration has piqued the interest of many in the HIT industry as it connects patients to better care while reducing errors in care delivery. Integration offers a way to connect all images, including diagnostic images, pictures, video, and exam data to a patient’s record from one consolidated archive.
Find out what an organizational move toward imaging consolidation and alignment can do for you, in MMY’s white paper, titled “Impact of Clinical Imaging Systems Integration on Organizations’ Continuum of Care.”
About MMY Consulting
MMY was based on the simple idea of providing high caliber technology consulting services. MMY Consulting believes that quality, value, and client satisfaction can only be consistently delivered by skilled and experienced associates who conduct themselves with the highest standards of integrity and transparency. MMY’s Mission is to provide high impact healthcare IT consulting services to our clients so they may realize their business objectives and achieve competitive advantage.For more information about MMY Consulting, visit www.mmyconsulting.com.
To view MMY’s Clinical Imaging white paper, click here.
Posted 6.18.2015 -
Huntzinger Management Group Announces Expanded Offerings
Company reports launch of V(6) Data Analytics services
PLAINS, PA – June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Huntzinger Management Group, Inc. (HMG), a leader in healthcare advisory and managed services consulting, recently announced their launch of a new service offering, V6 Data Analytics. This new service will encompass advisory services, strategic planning, implementation and managed services for an organization’s data analytics functions.
“Many of our clients are challenged to address healthcare’s Big Data concerns,” said Robert Kitts, HMG’s Chief Executive Officer. “Our V6 Data Analytics services provide them with a collection of data services that can be applied individually or collectively to help address their Big Data concerns.”
Tanya Freeman, HMG’s Chief Operating Officer, added “Healthcare organizations are expected to improve health and care while simultaneously reducing cost.” She further explained, “Data is key to providing the information required to address these expectations. V6 Data Analytics provides the tools healthcare organizations need to effectively manage and use their data.”
Regarding the V6 Data Analytics services, William Reed, HMG’s Vice President and Partner, expanded, “Our offering assists organizations by addressing the six Vs of data analytics – volume, the increasing quantity of data being received; velocity, the varied speed at which different data arrives; variety, integrating the vastly different structure and codification of data; veracity, ensuring the data accuracy; visualization, presenting the data in comprehendible formats; and most importantly, value, ensuring the organization gets maximum value from its data. Only by addressing all six Vs, can Big Data be effectively corralled.”
For more information, or to learn more about HMG’s V6 Data Analytics services, visit www.huntzingergroup.com or call 570.824.4721.
About The Huntzinger Management Group
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.Posted 6.18.2015 -
Zynx Health Comments on Medicare Shared Savings Plan ACO Final Rule
Position statement affirms mobile care coordination solutions meet CMS requirements
LOS ANGELES,CA – June 18, 2015 — Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement and mobile care coordination solutions, has released a position statement on the Medicare Shared Savings Plan (MSSP) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Final Rule which adds a new eligibility requirement for the use of enabling technologies to improve care coordination.
The MSSP ACO Final Rule was recently issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Among its provisions is a requirement for healthcare organizations to describe the technologies they will use to coordinate care between providers and settings in order to join an MSSP ACO. If the organizations do not have such technologies their application will be denied.
Zynx Health Vice President of Clinical Informatics Victor Lee, M.D., stated: “Care coordination between providers is one of the cornerstones of both accountable care and population health management. Yet it has not been an area of strong focus for most healthcare organizations. Clinicians are challenged to share patient-centered data effectively across care teams within a single facility, much less across the care continuum, given the lack of interoperable technologies. The publication of this Final Rule demonstrates that CMS has learned from the experience of existing MSSP ACOs that the use of enabling technologies is critical to improving care coordination.”
Examples of care coordination technologies called out by CMS include: electronic health records and other health IT tools; telehealth services; remote patient monitoring; health information exchange services; and other electronic tools that engage patients in their care.
“We at Zynx Health applaud this specific part of the Final Rule. We believe it is a significant step forward in delivering care that is centered on the patient’s needs and is consistent, evidence-based and cost-effective across settings,” Dr. Lee added. “Zynx Health has long been a supporter and advocate for better coordinated care to help achieve the goals of the Triple Aim.”
Improving care coordination is particularly important given The Joint Commission’s statement that an estimated 80 percent of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers during the transfer of patients. Under the MSSP payment structure, such an error can have financial repercussions for all members of the ACO as well as the consequences it brings to the patient and the reputations of the providers involved.
“The vision of ACOs is to move away individual episodes of care and toward a more longitudinal view,” Dr. Lee continued. “That is in complete alignment with ZynxCarebook’s mission to help healthcare providers deliver better coordinated care that is patient-centered, evidence-based and HIPAA-compliant. By allowing every care team member to participate in patient-centric, role-based, secure communication on their mobile devices, ACO participants can exchange real-time information about patients more effectively. Empowering our healthcare professionals with the right tools helps them to significantly improve the quality of care, drive down costs and, most importantly, enhance the patient experience.”
Tweet: @ZynxHealth issues comment on MSSP ACO Final Rule #carecoordination #caretransitions – chimecentral.org/?p=12117 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 zynxhealth.com or call 855.367.ZYNX.About Hearst Health
Zynx Health is part of the Hearst Health network, which also includes First Databank (FDB), 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 U.S., 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. Visit hearsthealth.com.Posted 6.18.2015 -
CHIME Co-Founder Richard A. Correll to Retire
ANN ARBOR, MI, June 18, 2015 – Co-founder and former President and CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Richard A. Correll announced his plans to retire at the end of the month, after 23 years. Correll has been serving as the organization’s chief operating officer and senior strategic advisor since April 2013 following the appointment of CEO Russell P. Branzell.
Correll, who championed the emergence of the chief information officer (CIO) in healthcare, has led the CHIME organization since it was created more than two decades ago as a nonprofit, professional association for senior IT leaders in healthcare.
“My years serving CHIME have been a privilege and the most rewarding of my career,” said Correll. “With the indispensable support of our members, board and staff, the organization has become a recognized leader and advocate for the CIO role and the effective use of information management to improve patient care quality and safety.
Correll, along with prominent healthcare and vendor executives, formed CHIME in 1992, enlisting 192 charter members in the first year, led by founding board chair Dr. John Glaser. While serving on the HIMSS board in the 1980s, Correll identified the need for a professional organization dedicated to the development of the emerging top healthcare IT executives taking on the new title of CIO. Today, CHIME has grown to more than 1,500 members and 150 Foundation firm supporters.
“Our ability to utilize information technology to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of care has been significantly furthered because of the efforts of Rich Correll,” said Glaser, Senior Vice President of Cerner. “Rich’s creation and leadership of CHIME have led to major advances in the knowledge, skills and capabilities of the healthcare IT leadership community. His legacy is substantial; we all have been shaped his work.”
After CHIME was formed, Correll and Glaser spearheaded the creation of the CHIME Foundation in 1994, comprised of healthcare IT vendors and consultants to partner with the members of CHIME, and in 2007, a second office location in Washington, D.C. to create sustained contact with lawmakers while informing and influencing federal policies meant to transform the delivery of healthcare through IT.
Correll also helped to pioneer many of the programs and strategic imperatives now considered to be the backbone of the CHIME organization, including the Fall CIO Forum, which has become a hallmark event for high quality CIO education and networking, and fostering relationships with other leading industry associations resulting in mutually beneficial, long-term partnerships.
“The American Hospital Association is grateful for Rich’s long and successful leadership role in information management, an increasingly important and integral part of health care’s transformation,” said Neil Jesuele, Executive Vice President for the AHA, and President of Health Forum. “Rich was a terrific ambassador for CHIME and was at the forefront of establishing a trusted partnership with the AHA that continues to grow to this day. Rich was instrumental in so many of the connections to the AHA such as Most Wired and the Health Forum-AHA Leadership Summit that expanded the reach and impact of CHIME.”
Correll began his career in healthcare in 1973 at El Camino Hospital working under the leadership of John E. Gall Jr. in the implementation of the world’s first hospital-wide medical information system. He went on to become Corporate Director of Management Systems at Harper-Grace Hospitals in Detroit and President of California Health Management Systems in California. He later became the inaugural President of the Center for Healthcare Information Management (CHIM), established within the AHA in 1986 to invest funds donated by vendors and consultants in the growth of HIMSS. It was during that time that HIMSS established an exhibition floor, more than doubled in size and became recognized for hosting the premier healthcare IT conference and tradeshow.
“Rich’s contributions and accomplishments throughout his entire career have been instrumental in establishing IT leadership in the healthcare industry,” said Branzell, CHIME CEO and President. “I’ve known Rich and have been involved with CHIME for over 17 years, and his vision and guidance have shaped the careers of countless industry CIOs. His presence will be greatly missed.”
“Rich’s leadership of CHIME has advanced our profession immensely over these 23 years, establishing the CIO as a full partner in our executive suites,” said Bill Spooner, long-time CHIME member, past board chair, and retired CIO of San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare. “I am especially grateful for the guidance and partnership he offered during my time on the CHIME board, while I served as chair, and in the years since.”
“I’ve had the privilege of knowing and working with Rich since our days together at El Camino Hospital in the 1970s,” said Richard L. Rydell, CEO of the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS). “He was a leader in the field of management systems and through his founding of CHIM, and later CHIME, he became a leader and influencer in information systems. I have always appreciated Rich’s dedication to improving patient care through the use of information technology.”
“It’s a distinct honor for me to extend deep, personal congratulations to Rich Correll upon his retirement from CHIME. He has been a blessing to the entire CIO community and healthcare industry at large,” said Larry Grandia, who served on the founding CHIME Board of Trustees from 1992-1994. “I’ve known Rich for more than three decades and it’s been gratifying to witness his contributions to an industry he loves and a profession he has worked successfully to lift. Rich has routinely focused his efforts on the industry and on others. His leadership behavior has never been about himself.
“Rich’s retirement is well deserved,” continued Grandia, retired CIO and current board member of Salt Lake City-based Health Catalyst. “He will be remembered by a grateful many of our profession. Given his contributions at the very dawn of the role of the healthcare CIO, all among our ranks will miss his impact…even those who have never met Rich. Such is the legacy of one who has made a real difference from the very beginning of a profession.”
“I speak not only for the board, but for all CIOs, when I extend my sincere thanks and appreciation for Rich’s vision, guidance and stewardship,” said CHIME Board of Trustees Chair Charles E. Christian, Vice President of Technology and Engagement for the Indiana Health Information Exchange. “Rich has led CHIME with an unwavering passion and commitment to the healthcare CIO role. We are all better for his contributions and friendship.”
Spanning his 45-year career, Correll has received numerous professional recognitions, including the 50 in 50 Award – a HIMSS 2011 recognition of 50 individuals over its 50-year history who have exemplified memorable achievements in healthcare IT, as well as awards of recognition from the CHIME Board for his leadership
Correll is a past member of the HIMSS Board of Directors (1985 – 1992) and a Life Fellow member of HIMSS (LFHIMSS).
A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., Correll earned an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in Business Administrative from Wayne State University.
Correll said he looks forward to beginning the next phase of his life where he will be able to spend more time with his wife Wendy and two daughters, as well as more time to expand his humanitarian activities through community service. He adds, that “with the current volunteer leadership by the board, supported by a great staff, the organization is progressing into a number of new areas that will be of great value to members of CHIME and the CHIME Foundation alike.”
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 1,500 CIO members and over 150 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.Contact:
Stephanie Fraser
Director of Communications
734-665-0000
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MMY Consulting Launches Reporting on Demand: a New Custom Report Writing Service
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – June 15, 2015 — MMY Consulting has launched a new custom report writing service that will allow clients to turn mountains of EHR data into meaningful information.
Often, EHR base programs don’t have detailed reports with all critical information included in their default report choices, like information specific to individual organizations’ workflow. MMY’s flexible approach enables data presentation in views meaningful to the user.
Reporting on demand will help organizations achieve meaningful use compliance, improving quality, safety, and efficiency while reducing health disparities by allowing the EHR user to pull pertinent data quickly and in a format that makes sense.
Capabilities include:
- Cerner CCL, MPages
- Epic Cache, Workbench
- SQL
- Custom Crystal Reporting
- Report Training Services
- Reporting for Meaningful Use
Reporting on Demand is available now, MMY’s experts are ready to hit the ground running right now to move reporting capabilities forward. Contact MMY to learn more.
About MMY Consulting
MMY was based on the simple idea of providing high caliber technology consulting services. MMY Consulting believes that quality, value, and client satisfaction can only be consistently delivered by skilled and experienced associates who conduct themselves with the highest standards of integrity and transparency. MMY’s Mission is to provide high impact healthcare IT consulting services to our clients so they may realize their business objectives and achieve competitive advantage.For more information about MMY Consulting, visit www.mmyconsulting.com.
Posted 6.16.2015 -
Care Coordination, Telehealth Expansion Highlighted in CHIME Comments to Senate Chronic Care Working Group
ANN ARBOR, MI, June 15, 2015 – In comments submitted to the Senate Finance Committee Work Group on Chronic Care, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) called on the committee to foster policies that bolster care coordination and telehealth services in the treatment of patients with chronic conditions.
Health information technology must be foundational to the delivery of patient care, especially those with chronic conditions, CHIME said.
“A high degree of data fluidity is imperative to reducing waste and improving quality within the U.S. healthcare system,” stated the industry’s leading professional organization for CIOs and senior IT executives. “CHIME calls on the committee to pursue policies with the intent to increase the exchange of health data, facilitating the compilation of a longitudinal healthcare record, to enable informed decision making for providers and patients alike.”
CHIME also encouraged the committee to rethink how federal programs define, reimburse and license providers for the delivery of telehealth services, citing that while technical challenges exist, the need to expand the use and availability of telehealth has become a top priority for the nation’s chief information officers (CIOs) and senior health IT leaders.
Further, the organization urged the committee to incorporate comprehensive patient education resources as telehealth services become standard in care plans for patients with chronic conditions.
“Telehealth instruction for both providers and patients should involve formal and comprehensive education,” CHIME said. “Telehealth policies should include patient (and family) access to appropriate and comprehensive patient education resources to increase both the quality and specificity of information exchanged with providers.”
CHIME recommended that the committee evaluate the role of the Meaningful Use program in the delivery of patient care and to work with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to ensure the health IT products certified to meet regulated specifications are able to facilitate the capture, exchange and use of data.
To read CHIME’s comment letter in its entirety, click here.
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 1,500 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.Contact
Matthew Weinstock
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[email protected]Posted 6.15.2015 -
Health Catalyst is Keeping the Jobs at Home
Salt Lake City-based company’s expansion will create nearly 300 jobs
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – June 11, 2015 — Health Catalyst, along with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), announced today that the company will expand at its headquarters location in Salt Lake City. The expansion is expected to create 291 jobs.
“It’s always wonderful to see a home-grown company succeed like this,” said Val Hale, executive director of GOED. “Health Catalyst makes significant contributions to both our IT and healthcare industries, and we are proud to support their continued growth.”
Health Catalyst, a health care data warehousing, analytics and outcomes improvement organization, was founded in Salt Lake City in 2008. The tech company develops IT systems and services that help some of the nation’s largest healthcare organizations improve the quality of patient care while lowering costs. Health Catalyst customers include more than 200 hospitals and 2,000 clinics nationwide that together serve over 50 million patients. The growing company will be hiring for multiple positions including data architects, clinical data analysts, process improvement consultants and business intelligence developers.
“Health Catalyst, like its founders, grew up in Salt Lake City, which combines a vibrant technology sector with one of the nation’s leading laboratories for health care improvement,” said Dan Burton, CEO of Health Catalyst. “We feel the region is one of the best places in the U.S. today to operate as a health care technology company, and we’re grateful that GOED is working with private companies like Health Catalyst to nurture an even stronger environment for innovation and job growth.”
Health Catalyst has indicated that its expansion will create up to 291 jobs over the next five years. The total wages, including medical benefits, in aggregate are expected to exceed 125 percent of the Salt Lake County average wage. The projected new state wages over the life of the agreement are expected to be approximately $67,335,447. Projected new state tax revenues, as a result of corporate, payroll and sales taxes, are estimated to be approximately $3,530,889 over five years. The expansion will generate an expected capital investment of $7.6 million.
“We congratulate Health Catalyst on its decision to expand their rapidly growing operations in Utah,” said Jeff Edwards, president and CEO of Economic Development Corporation of Utah. “This major investment in Utah reflects our strong commitment to the business community and is a result of the cooperative effort of Utah’s economic development community.”
As part of a contract with Health Catalyst, the GOED Board of Directors has approved up to a maximum tax credit of $706,178 in the form of post-performance Economic Development Tax Increment Finance (EDTIF) incentives, which is 20 percent of the new state taxes Connolly iHT will pay over the five-year life of the agreement. Each year, as Health Catalyst meets the criteria in its contract with the state, it will earn a portion of the total tax credit incentive.
Posted 6.12.2015