• Aventura Named 2015 Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup

    BOSTON, MA –  June 9, 2015 ­– Aventura, the leading provider of situational awareness technology for the healthcare industry, today announced it has been named a 2015 Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup. Aventura was selected from among hundreds of finalists at the Red Herring Top 100 North America event held June 1-3 in San Diego.

    “At Aventura, we are all about getting care providers to patient information as quickly, securely and easily as possible,” said John Gobron, CEO of Aventura. “This award from Red Herring further underscores our position as a healthcare IT innovator and affirms the traction we have built in the marketplace over the past several years. We look forward to continuing this momentum and working with healthcare delivery organizations to improve caregiver satisfaction, IT security and the adoption of EHR and health intelligence applications.”

    Aventura’s situational awareness platform enables real-time bidirectional interaction and intelligent harmonization of digital clinical assets at the point of care. Via a simple badge tap, care providers are quickly identified, along with their location within a facility, what device they are working on and what patient they are treating. Aventura immediately delivers a virtual desktop and dynamically provisions the applications and exact screens a user needs based on their security privileges and the patient in care. Aventura’s platform leverages strong authentication and Single Sign-On to deliver fast access along with a distributed rules engine that optimizes workflow by keeping complex events in order, managing individual computing experiences, connecting 3rd-party applications in real time and influencing contextual events at the point-of-care. Aventura holds 7 patents for its technology and processes.

    The Red Herring Top 100 North America award recognizes the leading private companies from the United States and Canada, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries. Red Herring’s editorial staff evaluated companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technological innovation and intellectual property, DNA of the executive team, business model, customer footprint and addressable market.

    “In 2015, selecting the top achievers was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “In fact, we had the toughest time in years because so many entrepreneurs had crossed significant milestones so early. But after much thought, rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across North America to the North America winners. We believe Aventura embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture.”

    About Aventura
    Aventura is the leading provider of awareness computing for the healthcare industry. For decades, clinicians have had to adapt their workflow to the limitations of computers; with Aventura, computers can now adapt to how clinicians work. Through its patented technology, Aventura delivers awareness of a user’s identity and role, their location within a facility, what device they are working on and what patient they are treating. Based on this awareness, Aventura immediately delivers a virtual desktop and dynamically provisions the applications and exact screens a user needs to care for that particular patient. As a result, Aventura helps customers achieve their important initiatives in the areas of EHR adoption and Meaningful Use requirements, PHI security, mobility and cost containment. Aventura has offices in Denver and Westborough, MA. Visit www.aventurahq.com; follow them on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook; or call 888.484.4643 to learn more.

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    MEDIA CONTACT:
    Jennifer Haas
    Vice President, Marketing
    Aventura
    978.697.3921
    [email protected]

    Posted 6.10.2015

  • EY Announces Health Catalyst CEO & Co-Founders Dan Burton, Steve Barlow & Tom Burton are EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2015 Award Winners in the Utah Region

    Award recognizes entrepreneurial excellence in technology category

    SALT LAKE CITY, UT – June 8, 2015 — EY today announced that Health Catalyst CEO, Dan Burton, and Co-Founders, Steve Barlow and Tom Burton, won the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015 Award in the technology category in the Utah Region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. The Health Catalyst leaders were selected by a panel of independent judges and the award was presented at a special gala event on June 2 at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.

    “We are honored to be named EY Entrepreneurs Of The Year amid a field of very strong regional companies,” said Dan Burton. “This award is a testament to the hard work and creativity of our team members and especially to the commitment of our clients to improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare for all Americans.”

    Health Catalyst’s Late-Binding™ Data Warehouse and Analytics platform provides healthcare organizations of all sizes with a unified view of clinical and performance data from their electronic health record (EHR), financial and patient satisfaction applications. With that timely, actionable information consolidated into a single source, Health Catalyst’s content-driven analytics applications can quickly reveal opportunities for improvements that drive better quality at lower cost.

    Now in its 29th year, the program has honored the inspirational leadership of such entrepreneurs as Howard Schultz of Starbucks Coffee Company, Pierre Omidyar of eBay, Inc., and Mindy Grossman of HSN. Recent US national winners include Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn; Hamdi Ulukaya, founder of Chobani; and 2014 winner Dr. David Hung, President and CEO and Chairman of Medivation.

    As a Utah Region award winner, the Health Catalyst leaders are now eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2015 national program. Award winners in several national categories, as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year National Overall Award winner, will be announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on November 14, 2015. The awards are the culminating event of the EY Strategic Growth Forum®, the nation’s most prestigious gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.

    Sponsors
    Founded and produced by EY, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are nationally sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and SAP America.

    In the Utah region, sponsors also include Corporate Staging Resources, LLC, Digital Bytes Production & Design, Diversified Insurance Group, Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., Scherzer International, Strong & Hanni Law Firm, and The Summit Group Communications.

     

    About Health Catalyst
    Health Catalyst is a mission-driven data warehousing and analytics company that helps healthcare organizations of all sizes perform the clinical, financial, and operational reporting and analysis needed for population health and accountable care. Their proven enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and analytics platform helps improve quality, add efficiency and lower costs in support of more than 50 million patients for organizations ranging from the largest US health system to forward-thinking physician practices. For more information, visit www.healthcatalyst.com, and follow them on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

    About EY Entrepreneur Of The Year®
    EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award makes a difference through the way it encourages entrepreneurial activity among those with potential and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. As the first and only truly global award of its kind, Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates those who are building and leading successful, growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 145 cities in more than 60 countries.

    About EY’s Strategic Growth Markets practice
    EY’s Strategic Growth Markets (SGM) practice guides leading high-growth companies. Their multidisciplinary teams of elite professionals provide perspective and advice to help their clients accelerate market leadership. SGM delivers assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services to thousands of companies spanning all industries. EY is the undisputed leader in taking companies public, advising key government agencies on the issues impacting high-growth companies and convening the experts who shape the business climate. For more information, please visit them at www.ey.com/us/strategicgrowthmarkets, or follow news on Twitter (@EY_Growth).

    About EY
    EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on their promises to all of their stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for their people, for clients and for communities.

    EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. For more information about their organization, please visit www.ey.com.

    For more information contact:
    Todd Stein
    Amendola Communications for Health Catalyst
    916.346.4213
    [email protected]

     

    Posted 6.8.2015

  • Health Catalyst CEO, Dan Burton, Featured in World Economic Forum Video Briefing on Strategic Shifts in Healthcare

    Kaiser Permanente CEO, Bernard Tyson, & Harvard Personal Genomics Pioneer, George Church, among the leaders featured

    SALT LAKE CITY, UT – June 5, 2015 — The World Economic Forum Academy, a global online learning initiative, this week released its video series on “Strategic Shifts in Healthcare,” including commentaries by leaders in the public and private healthcare sector on Big Data, mobile health, personal genomics, consumer healthcare, and related topics.

    Among the leaders featured in the video series is Dan Burton, CEO of Health Catalyst, who was interviewed on the topic of “Big-data based analytics” and the technology’s impact on improving healthcare.

    “I believe we’re on the cusp of an explosion of data-informed innovation that will occur within the industry but also with individuals and companies that come from outside of healthcare that are very adept at utilizing data, analyzing data, and pinpointing opportunities for improvement,” Burton said in the video. “Over the next five years I think we’ll see the harnessing of new sources of data in new and innovative ways that will be very impactful for the industry at large. … This is a transformative journey that health systems need to go on.”

    The video series is part of the World Economic Forum Academy’s core program of curated expert videos designed to help improve professional leadership in the global public interest.

    In addition to Burton, “Strategic Shifts in Healthcare” features:

    • Arnaud Bernaert, Senior Director, Head of Global Health and Healthcare Industries, World Economic Forum
    • Bernard Tyson, Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Permanente
    • George Church, Director, Lipper Centre for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School
    • Ron Gutman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HealthTap
    • Rakesh Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Reckitt Benckiser
    • Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)

    View the video, here.

    The World Economic Forum previously selected Health Catalyst as one of 24 global 2015 Technology Pioneers. The award recognizes transformative companies at the forefront of their industries including previous Technology Pioneers AirBnb, Dropbox, Kickstarter, Twitter, Mozilla Corporation and Google.

    About Health Catalyst
    Health Catalyst is a mission-driven data warehousing and analytics company that helps healthcare organizations of all sizes perform the clinical, financial, and operational reporting and analysis needed for population health and accountable care. Their proven enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and analytics platform helps improve quality, add efficiency and lower costs in support of more than 50 million patients for organizations ranging from the largest US health system to forward-thinking physician practices. For more information, visit www.healthcatalyst.com, and follow them on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

     

    For more information contact:
    Todd Stein
    Amendola Communications for Health Catalyst
    916.346.4213
    [email protected]

    Posted 6.5.2015

  • Impact Advisors Named to Crain’s “Fast Fifty” List for Third Year in a Row

    Firm Ranked as #26 Fastest-Growing Company in Chicago

    Chicago, IL  – June 3, 2015 — Impact Advisors, LLC, an award-winning healthcare information technology consulting firm, today announced that it has earned a spot on the Crain’s Chicago Business “Fast Fifty” list for the third year in a row.  Impact Advisors ranked #26, with a 466 percent five-year growth, on the prestigious list that ranks the fastest growing public and private companies in the Chicagoland area.

    “Our foundation began and has remained with the simple idea to provide the utmost quality to our clients by ensuring we hire the most talented Associates in the healthcare industry,” said Maria Smith, Impact Advisors CFO. “We are honored by the recognition again this year. It’s incredibly rewarding that the dedication to our industry allows us to grow and continue to service clients at the highest level they deserve.”

    The list highlights the region’s best and most innovative public and private companies in the five-county Chicago metropolitan area of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry. To qualify for the list, companies must be at least five years old and have at least $15 million in revenue in 2014. Qualifying applicants had to have revenue growth from 2013-14 and no more than one year of declining revenue at any point from 2009-13. In addition to recognizing 50 companies, a team of Crain’s reporters and researchers also studied each of the 50 companies to learn how they achieved their success. To see the entire “Fast Fifty” list, click here.

    Impact Advisors adds this latest honor to a growing list of awards that includes being named Best in KLAS for seven consecutive years, Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare, Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies for three consecutive years and named a top 100 healthcare IT vendor by Healthcare Informatics. In addition, Chief Operations Officer, Todd Hollowell received honors as one of Consulting Magazine’s Top 25 Consultants of 2015.

    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

    Posted 6.4.2015

  • Health Catalyst Named a “Best Place to Work for Millennials”

    SALT LAKE CITY, UT – June 2, 2015 – Health Catalyst, a leader in healthcare data warehousing and analytics, today announced it has been selected from among 4,000 US companies as one of the best places to work for Millennial employees in America. The list, which comes on the heels of news that Millennials are now the largest workforce in America, is the first of its kind to identify companies that excel at recruiting, developing and retaining top millennial performers.

    The full list of the Best Places to Work for Millennials is available at www.bestplacestoworkmillennials.com.

    “Health Catalyst is committed to hiring the best and brightest no matter what their age, but I think Millennials find us especially appealing because their aspirations and values align well with our mission of using technology to improve the quality and affordability of healthcare for patients everywhere,” said Dan Burton, Chief Executive Officer of Health Catalyst.

    Millennial expert Jason Dorsey of The Center for Generational Kinetics, which sponsored the survey,commented, “If you are a Millennial seeking a rewarding career or an employer who is managing or recruiting Millennials, the Best Places to Work for Millennial is your resource. These are the companies that excel in creating a fulfilling work experience with what is now the largest workforce segment in the United States.”

    To find the best places to work for Millennials, The Center for Generational Kinetics partnered with the workplace excellence research firm Best Companies Group (BCG), who manages over 50 “Best Places to Work” programs around the globe.  BCG analyzed data from the over 4,000 US organizations that participated in BCG’s various programs.  BCG included policy and benefit offerings from the employer questionnaires, as well as the employee engagement data from the over 500,000 employee surveys conducted in the last 12 months.

    Health Catalyst’s innovative commitments to investing in its Millennial employees include:

    • Unlimited paid time off
    • Onsite workout facilities
    • Commitment to a healthy working environment (for example, sit-stand desks, complimentary healthy snack options, monthly wellness reimbursement, various fitness groups.)
    • Public Transportation reimbursement

     

    About Health Catalyst
    Health Catalyst is a mission-driven data warehousing and analytics company that helps healthcare organizations of all sizes perform the clinical, financial, and operational reporting and analysis needed for population health and accountable care. Their proven enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and analytics platform helps improve quality, add efficiency and lower costs in support of more than 50 million patients for organizations ranging from the largest US health system to forward-thinking physician practices. For more information, visit www.healthcatalyst.com, and follow them on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

    About The Center for Generational Kinetics
    The Center for Generational Kinetics is the global leader in teaching companies to better employ and sell to Millennials. The Center leads original research that uncovers new Millennial and generational trends in the workplace and marketplace. The Center solves Millennial challenges through research, speaking and consulting. The Center’s clients range from industry leaders such as Mercedes-Benz and Four Seasons Hotels to venture-backed technology startups. The Center works with over 120 clients per year. Learn more about The Center and its mission to bridge generations at www.GenHQ.com.

    About the Best Companies Group:
    Best Companies Group (BCG) works with national and local partners around the country and internationally to establish and manage “Best Places to Work,” “Best Companies” and “Best Employers” programs on a national, statewide, regional and industry basis. Through its thorough workplace assessment, utilizing employer questionnaires and employee-satisfaction surveys, BCG identifies and recognizes companies who have been successful in creating and maintaining workplace excellence.

    Posted 6.3.2015

  • Stoltenberg Consulting celebrates 20 years of healthcare IT consulting service

    PITTSBURGH,PA – May 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Stoltenberg Consulting, a leading healthcare information technology (HIT) consulting firm, today announced the celebration of its 20-year anniversary and over 250 healthcare organizations served throughout the US, since its inception in 1995.

    “As the need for a skillful workforce in the healthcare technology industry continues, we strive to combine experienced certified resources with a company-wide dedication to facilitating clients’ organizational goals, understanding that today’s healthcare providers are working against lack of staffing, funding and oftentimes, buy-in support,” said Sheri Stoltenberg, CEO and founder, Stoltenberg Consulting.

    According to the latest HIMSS Workforce Survey, 92 percent of healthcare providers face barriers in fully staffing their environments with nearly one third scaling back or putting IT initiatives on hold due to staffing shortages. Working to combat industry resource pressures, Stoltenberg Consulting has grown over the past two decades to a consultant base of more than 120 resources with an average of 15 years of direct, onsite experience and vendor certifications in Cerner, Siemens, Epic, Meditech, NextGen, Allscripts, Zynx and McKesson.

    The firm’s expansion also includes a variety of business consulting, implementation, integration and technical services from interim executive management and system selections to unique service line offerings like financial and clinical optimization, the Consultant Development Program that trains and mentors young HIT professionals and the Help Desk Service Line, which offers a customized 24/7 built-in support team who can shadow end users for one-on-one user training and fast issue resolution.

    In 2014 alone, the Help Desk Service Line addressed over 60,000 unique calls, and today the combined benefits of the Help Desk and Consultant Development Program deliver healthcare providers with more than 25 percent in client savings. The Stoltenberg Help Desk’s average handling time is less than six minutes, and the average wait time for callers is 20 seconds or less. The abandon call rate for the service line is less than six percent, and first-call resolution for end user issues averages 85 percent or greater.

    The Help Desk Service Line and legacy services earned the firm the 2014 Best in KLAS award for IT Outsourcing (Partial), while Stoltenberg also earned a second Best in KLAS award for Clinical Implementation Supportive in the 2014 Best in KLAS: Software & Services Report.

    In current growth, Stoltenberg’s proactive attention to healthcare provider needs has also expanded into the data analytics space with recent partnership announcements with Infor and Qlik. These strategic partnerships work to bridge the gap between financial and clinical healthcare data for improved decision making across a healthcare organization, delivering better patient care while managing cost of care.
    For more information on Stoltenberg Consulting’s 20 years of service, visit www.stoltenberg.com.

    About Stoltenberg Consulting
    Founded in 1995, Pittsburgh-based Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., a seven-time Inc. 5000 list of U.S. fastest-growing private companies honoree, provides 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, offering expertise for Cerner, Siemens, Epic, Meditech, NextGen, Allscripts, McKesson, Zynx, Infor and Qlik customers. For more information call 1.888.724.1326 or visit www.stoltenberg.com.

    Posted 6.2.2015

  • Impact Advisors Welcomes Ted Reynolds

    Vice President to bring proven strategic advisory & implementation experience

     Chicago, IL – June 1, 2015 — Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, announced today that Ted Reynolds has joined the organization as a Vice President and will be responsible for providing strategic advisory services as well as expanding the firm’s implementation and performance improvement services.

    As a member of the leadership team, Reynolds will be responsible for large scale project direction and management. In addition, he will develop and manage complex and strategic client relationships. Reynolds brings a proven track record of providing value-driven outcomes to clients while they are faced with some of the toughest challenges in healthcare.

    “We are excited to bring Ted on board as a member of our leadership team,” said Peter Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of Impact Advisors. “His ability to lead and manage large scale implementation projects paired with his strong leadership and advisory skills will make him a great addition to our team.”

    Reynolds has more than 35 years of healthcare and information technology experience with expertise in consulting practice organization and leadership; strategic planning; operational performance improvement; cost-benefit analysis; clinical and financial system implementations; system selections; and contract negotiations.

    Prior to accepting the position with Impact Advisors, Reynolds was Senior Vice President of Health Solutions at CTG Health Solutions. At CTG, Reynolds was responsible for delivery for payer and provider markets, sales, marketing and recruiting. In this role, he was also instrumental in helping the firm to define new service offerings and develop strategic direction.

    Reynolds earned his Master of Computer Science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from Troy State University. In addition, he has been published in a number of healthcare IT trade publications including Healthcare Informatics and HIStalk.

    For more information on Impact Advisors, visit www.impact-advisors.com or visit them on Facebook.


    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 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.

    Posted 6.2.2015
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