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Doc Halo Expands to New Headquarters, Adding At Least 65 Employees
CINCINNATI, OH – November 7, 2016 — Doc Halo, a leader in healthcare communication and care coordination, announces the opening of its new corporate headquarters in downtown Cincinnati. With record sales in 2016, which added several major health systems onto its clinical communication platform, Doc Halo has committed to adding at least 65 new positions in the next several months.
Founded by physicians, Doc Halo’s HIPAA-compliant messaging and care coordination platform is transforming healthcare communication with robust features that streamline physician and nurse workflow, prevent life-threatening delay of care, and improve patient outcomes. Clinical team on-call scheduling, pager-replacement functionality, integration with electronic health records, and the ability to receive critical lab results are among the enterprise-level integrations that have made Doc Halo a leader in systemwide implementations.
Recent endorsements indicate Doc Halo’s strength in the secure communication marketplace. Doc Halo rated highest for care team communication among standard vendors in the latest KLAS secure communication report released November 1, 2016. JobsOhio also selected Doc Halo for growth financing, recognizing both the company’s significant impact on healthcare technology and its potential for growth.
“In supporting fast-growing companies, JobsOhio assesses market dynamics, technologies and teams. With Doc Halo, we saw strength in all three of these areas,” says Andrew Deye, Senior Director at JobsOhio. “Doc Halo’s continued expansion is welcome news for both Cincinnati and Columbus.”
About Doc Halo
Doc Halo’s clinical communication platform is transforming patient care by streamlining real-time communication and coordinating care among physicians, nurses and staff. The mobile app and online console provide secure, HIPAA-compliant texting for the safe transmission of protected patient information. Robust care coordination tools—including the Halo Pronto on-call management system—integrate with all hospital systems to allow instant access to systemwide schedules, critical and clinical teams, EHRs, call center messages, labs and directories. Exclusively designed for healthcare, the Doc Halo clinical communication platform is used by several of the most prestigious organizations in the country.Posted 11.7.2016 -
Jenny McCaskey Named One of Consulting Magazine’s Top 12 Women Leaders in Consulting
Impact Advisors’ Implementation Leader Receives Accolades from Consulting Magazine
CHICAGO, IL – November 3, 2016 — Jenny McCaskey, Vice President at Impact Advisors, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, was named one of the “Women Leaders in Consulting” of 2016 by Consulting Magazine. McCaskey was recognized in the Excellence in Client Services Award category. She will be traveling to New York City to attend the Women Leaders in Consulting Gala Awards Dinner on November 17.
Consulting Magazine’s “Women Leaders in Consulting” award, which will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in 2017, is announced every fall and recognizes the value and impact of women in the consulting field. In addition to McCaskey, 12 women leaders in the profession and the firms they represent were recognized in various categories including Lifetime Achievement, Client Service, Leadership and Future Leaders. This year, more than 400 nominations were received by the magazine.
“I am passionate about building and maintaining relationships and living our firm’s mission to create a positive impact,” said McCaskey. “Receiving this particular award is especially exciting because it celebrates our commitment to our clients and the Healthcare industry.”
Jenny is a registered nurse with more than 20 years’ experience in healthcare information technology. She has served as an Executive Mentor, Project Director and Project Manager on many electronic health record (EHR) implementations and change management projects, and is recognized as a leader in Cerner Program Management. Jenny leads the Impact Advisors’ Cerner Service Line and has been with the firm since 2010.
For more information on Impact Advisors, visit impact-advisors.com or visit the company on Facebook facebook.com/impactadvisors.
About Impact Advisors, LLC
Impact Advisors is a nationally recognized healthcare information technology consulting firm that is solving some of the toughest challenges in the industry by delivering strategic advisory, implementation and optimization services. Their comprehensive suite of patient access, clinical and revenue cycle services span the lifecycle of their clients’ needs. Their experienced team has a powerful combination of clinical, revenue, operations, consulting and IT experience.The firm has earned a number of prestigious industry and workplace awards including Best in KLAS® for eight consecutive years, Healthcare Informatics HCI 100, Crain’s Chicago Business Fast Fifty, as well as “best place to work” awards from: Modern Healthcare, Consulting Magazine, Becker’s Hospital Review and Achievers. For more information about Impact Advisors, visit impact-advisors.com.
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CHIME Foundation Honors Witt/Kieffer’s Linda Hodges for Advancing Health IT Careers
PHOENIX, AZ, November 3, 2016 – During her illustrious career, Linda Hodges has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to helping chief information officers and other health IT leaders advance their careers and have a positive impact on the nation’s healthcare system. In recognition of her dedication to the industry, the CHIME Foundation today honored Hodges, former senior vice president and IT practice leader at Witt/Kieffer, with the 2016 CHIME Foundation Industry Leader Award, which was presented at the CHIME16 Fall CIO Forum in Phoenix.
“Linda has worked with thousands of CIOs and other health IT leaders, typically doing so one candidate, one client at a time,” said Charles Christian, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO, vice president of technology and engagement, Indiana Health Information Exchange, and chair of the CHIME Foundation board of directors. “Her track record as an executive recruiter speaks for itself, but what really stands out is her passion for this industry, our profession and helping health IT leaders transform the delivery system.”
Hodges, who retired in 2015, has also been an ardent supporter of CHIME and has volunteered her time and energy to numerous initiatives, including serving on the Foundation board of directors from 2009-2012. She was instrumental in recruiting Russell Branzell to become CHIME’s president and CEO in 2013.
“Having the right leader in place, matching the corporate culture, the skill set and the right experience, are critical for healthcare IT to make a positive impact on the industry,” Hodges said. “When I began working in the healthcare IT field in the 1980’s, there were no CIO’s. If a healthcare organization was interested in automation, they had positions called data processing directors or managers. Much of IT was outsourced. We began seeing the CIO role develop in the 1990’s. The CIO role has grown into a critical executive position on the senior management teams of most organizations. CHIME has led the effort and education for today’s CIOs and has publicly been the voice of the industry.”
To learn more about the CHIME Foundation Industry Leader Award, 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 nearly 2,000 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. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.
Contact
Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.249.8917
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CHIME Foundation Recognizes Philips for Building Partnerships Across the Industry
PHOENIX, AZ, November 3, 2016 – As healthcare shifts to a value-driven environment, providers and their technology partners must move beyond the classic customer-vendor relationship. It is imperative that they forge collaborative partnerships that advance innovation and lead to improvements in patient care. Philips, the leading health technology company, has long at the forefront of this movement and was honored today with the inaugural CHIME Foundation Partner Award. Sara Coulter, vice president of industry relations and clinical innovation with Philips, accepted the award at the CHIME16 Fall CIO Forum.
“Philips has shown incredible support for health IT leaders over the years,” said Charles Christian, FCHIME, LCHIME, CHCIO, vice president of technology and engagement, Indiana Health Information Exchange, and chair of the CHIME Foundation board of directors. “Thanks to Sara’s involvement in CHIME and the CHIME Foundation, Philips has promoted an environment of collaboration. She knows that providers and technology firms must work together to solve the immense challenges facing health IT leaders today.”
Through its involvement in the CHIME Foundation, Philips has supported a number of CHIME’s education and professional development programs, including the CIO forums and scholarship programs. Coulter has been at the forefront of building those bonds. She served on the CHIME board of trustees and worked on such critical programs as CHIME’s international strategy and communications and marketing.
“The demands and requirements across both vendors and healthcare provider organizations have never been greater,” Coulter said. “There is a transformation occurring in healthcare around how to deliver higher quality care at an affordable cost in a smarter way. It’s important for us to learn from the CHIME members and for Philips to share with CHIME members what we have learned from working with healthcare organizations around the world. The creation of opportunities to collaborate on industry issues and share best practices and learn from each other is a highly valuable return on investment for Philips.”
To learn more about the CHIME Foundation Partner Award, 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 nearly 2,000 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. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.Contact
Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.249.8917
[email protected]Posted 11.3.2016 -
University of Colorado Health, LeanTaaS Collaboration Honored for Expanding Access to Care
PHOENIX, AZ, November 3, 2016 – Over the past two years, the University of Colorado Hospital experienced 14 percent growth at its infusion center. The increased utilization led to longer wait times, reduced patient satisfaction, and excess use of nursing overtime.
Knowing that the situation was unsustainable, Steve Hess, chief information officer for the hospital’s parent organization, UCHealth, teamed up with analytics firm LeanTaaS to develop a solution that has given patients greater access to life-saving treatments with far less wait times. This inventive partnership earned UCHealth and LeanTaaS the College of Healthcare Information Management’s 2016 Collaboration Award, which was presented today at the CHIME16 Fall CIO Forum in Phoenix.
The solution — iQueue — is a cloud-based, predictive analytics tool that taps into scheduling data from the electronic health record (EHR) and allows leaders at UCHealth to better forecast usage patterns. The result is more efficient scheduling for patients and staff. In less than three months, wait times at the infusion center dropped 15 percent overall and 33 percent during peak hours. At the same time, daily volume jumped 7 percent and patient satisfaction scores rose significantly. The hospital also saw overtime decrease by 20 hours per month.
“We have extremely bright operational and clinical leaders trying to solve difficult problems, but sometimes answers are not obvious in the data,” Hess said. “We are moving away from the ‘I need more data’ phenomenon to different, more automated, and more objective ways of looking at the data. The collaboration with LeanTaaS has delivered us a level of maturity around data science that permeates many areas now.”
This isn’t a one-and-done approach. Rather, it is all about continuous improvement. The LeanTaaS solution relies on machine-learning algorithms that then help operational and clinical leaders develop performance improvement strategies.
“Hospitals have thousands of scarce resources that are overbooked, leading to long wait times and difficulties in offering appointments unless they are several weeks out into the future,” said Mohan Giridharadas, LeanTaaS founder and CEO. “This results in a risk of adversely impacting the patient experience and creating an upward pressure on capital and operating budgets. Our optimization algorithms help providers unlock capacity by better matching the demand curve with the supply capacity, which results in a smoother flow. Providers can see more patients and reduce wait times.”
Improving the patient experience is especially critical as the delivery system moves to value-based payment models. Instead of building more infusion bays or operating rooms, Hess said, UCHealth is trying to use its limited resources to deliver better care in a more efficient manner.
“Collaborations like the one between UCHealth and LeanTaaS are a perfect example of how we are moving beyond the traditional provider-vendor relationship,” added CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO. “We are all in this together and in order to transform care, we have to think about new ways of doing business. Creating these types of partnerships will help us reach the Triple Aim of an improved patient experience, better health and lower costs.”
To learn more about the CHIME Collaboration Award, 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 nearly 2,000 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. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.Contact
Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.249.8917
[email protected]Posted 11.3.2016 -
CHIME Members Honored for Bolstering Cybersecurity, Driving Operational Improvement
PHOENIX, AZ, November 2, 2016 – Chief information officers face some daunting challenges in today’s complex healthcare environment. Not only must they ensure that health information technology supports and advances clinical goals, but they also have to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks on their networks. In recognition of their efforts to be agents of change in their organizations, Pamela Arora, senior vice president and CIO at Children’s Health in Dallas; and Bryan Bliven, CIO at the University of Missouri Health Care were awarded the 2016 Transformational Leadership Award today at the CHIME16 Fall CIO Forum in Phoenix. The award is sponsored by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the American Hospital Association (AHA).
From ransomware to data breaches, healthcare has become a prime target for cyber criminals. Network security is an immense challenge for any organization, let alone small provider settings. As payment and delivery models evolve to encourage information sharing across the continuum, new vulnerabilities arise. After all, networks are only as secure as their weakest link. Recognizing that smaller provider settings don’t always have the resources to bolster their security systems, Children’s Health is helping them better understand the threat landscape. Through a HITRUST program called CyberAid, the hospital also works with small practices to find cost-effective cybersecurity solutions.
“For an organization like Children’s Health, that hosts small practices on its electronic medical record (EMR), it’s important that we work together with small practices to tighten defenses and address cyber threats quickly and decisively,” Arora said. “We’re all playing in the same sandbox, so we must ensure that our data and systems are protected against threats at all entry points. CyberAid helps us extend our defenses into the smaller provider systems, ensuring a more secure environment for everyone.”
This year’s other Transformational Award winner, Bryan Bliven, CIO at the University of Missouri Healthcare, works closely with MU Health Care CEO Mitch Wasden and Chief Medical Information Officer Thomas Selva, M.D., to lead an ambitious IT agenda. Through a partnership with Cerner, MU Health Care created the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation, which has helped the organization build out an IT infrastructure that supports clinical goals. MU Health has achieved a number of milestones, including a 135 percent increase in patient views of clinical notes since September 2015 as part of its involvement in the OpenNotes movement. Also, 60,000 patient portal accounts have been created since 2012. The Tiger Institute has also helped MU Health Care build an information exchange that links 15 hospitals, 120 clinics and 1,300 providers.
“MU Health Care, like all healthcare providers, was facing an unprecedented amount of change in terms of IT adoption and regulatory compliance. Cerner, as a healthcare technology company, needs key partners that can help create innovations and foster quick adoption and feedback cycles,” Bliven said. “The mission of the Tiger Institute is to transform the health and care of Missourians. Initially, we were focused on the tactics of IT adoption, but we have moved into IT as a strategic asset driving both organizations.”
To learn more about the CHIME Transformational Leadership Award, 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 nearly 2,000 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. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.Contact
Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.249.8917
[email protected]Posted 11.2.2016 -
Phoenix Children’s Hospital CIO Named CHIME Innovator of the Year
PHOENIX, AZ, November 2, 2016 – Sometimes seemingly simple solutions can yield huge results. Instead of spending millions of dollars on a patient education and entertainment system, Phoenix Children’s Hospital moved to put customizable iPads in patient rooms, allowing patients and their parents to access a host of services, including clinical results, discharge instructions, educational resources about their treatment and more. One-time costs for the initiative were covered by a grant from the James M. Cox Foundation, allowing the hospital to shift resources to other areas. Part of the hospital’s Connected Patient initiative, the iPad experience has been so successful that it is now being commercialized for other hospitals.
Innovations like this are the direct result of a Lean initiative led by Phoenix Children’s Hospital Chief Information Officer David Higginson. Yielding significant cost savings, as well as operational and patient experience improvements, the Lean initiative earned Higginson the College of Healthcare Information Management Executive’s (CHIME) 2016 Innovator of the Year Award. Higginson accepted the award today at the CHIME16 Fall CIO Forum.
“When you are faced with the choice of building a new emergency department to replace one that is seeing three times the number of patients it was built for, or spending $100 million on a piece of software, the answer seems obvious – find a way to do the system for a reasonable amount and leave the capital for the direct needs of the patients and families we serve,” Higginson said. “Our success is simple. We keep the patients highest need first and foremost and that keeps us motivated to negotiate better deals on what we have to buy, or find creative ways to accomplish a better result using different products and tools.”
That is just what Higginson and his team have done. For instance, every IT software and services contract has been renegotiated or switched to a lower-price vendor, leading to $4.5 million in annual savings when compared to 2011 contract costs. Phoenix Children’s also built a new enterprise data warehouse, allowing 300 daily users to get real-time data from 60 different IT systems. And, the hospital recently finished an 18-month implementation of an ambulatory EHR, which has helped a 30 percent improvement in patient throughput at some clinics. Higginson also led a process improvement team that redesigned workflows, saving $2 million per year.
“Innovation takes many forms,” said CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell. “It isn’t always about shiny new gadgets. As David has shown, innovative leadership is about inspiring the best in your staff, encouraging creative solutions and continually pushing forward to do what is right for patients.”
The Lean philosophy, Higginson added, has allowed Phoenix Children’s to build a culture where staff in the IT department consider themselves stewards of the organization’s resources and understand IT’s impact on both clinical and business operations.
“We empower people to find and execute opportunities to improve value to our patients wherever they find them,” Higginson said. “I hope this mindset is what is going to help IT contribute to better value healthcare for our patients and families.”
To learn more about the CHIME Innovator of the Year Award, 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 nearly 2,000 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. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.Contact
Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.249.8917
[email protected]Posted 11.2.2016 -
Randy McCleese Honored for Outstanding Service to CHIME and the Health IT Industry
PHOENIX, AZ, November 2, 2016 – For nearly 20 years, Randy McCleese, LCHIME, CHCIO, has had an immeasurable impact on the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), its members, and the industry overall. CHIME today honored McCleese with its 2016 Outstanding Service Award for his commitment to the profession and his work to transform healthcare.
“It’s almost impossible to fully capture what Randy has done for CHIME and our members,” said CHIME President and CEO Russell Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO. “He has volunteered his time and energy to virtually every part of the organization, from education and professional development to public policy. ‘No’ is not in his vocabulary when it comes to advancing CHIME’s vision of exception leaders transforming healthcare. As an inspirational leader at a small hospital, Randy has also been extremely influential in bringing that important perspective to all of CHIME’s activities.”
The vice president of information services and CIO at St. Claire Regional Medical Center, a 159-bed hospital in northeast Kentucky, McCleese has been an active member of CHIME since 1998. He has been on the CIO forum planning committee and the Certified CIO advisory panel. McCleese has also participated in more than 75 College LIVE events. McCleese was on the CHIME board of trustees from 2012-2015, serving as board chair in 2014 and chair of the CHIME Foundation board in 2015. He became a fellow in 2012 and earned CHIME lifetime status in 2014. McCleese currently serves on CHIME’s Policy Steering Committee.
“CHIME has allowed me to grow as a leader within healthcare IT and translate those learnings into my everyday work,” McCleese said. “There are so many regulations and changes affecting healthcare that I cannot keep up with all of them. CHIME staff and other members have been an invaluable source of information. I hope that I have been able to give back a little of what I have gotten from CHIME. On a personal level, CHIME has provided me the opportunity meet some of the most caring and sincere people from around the country.”
To learn more about the CHIME Outstanding Service Award, 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 nearly 2,000 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. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.Contact
Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
734.249.8917
[email protected]Posted 11.2.2016 -
Vocera Releases New Research Report Examining Physician & Nurse Burnout
Report reveals that leaders struggle to prioritize clinician well-being, despite quality links
SAN JOSE, CA – November 2, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), the leading healthcare communications company, today announced that its Experience Innovation Network, focused on research and designing the next standards in care, has released a new report, Human Experience at the Forefront: Elevating Resilience, Well-Being, and Joy in Healthcare. The research report examines how leaders at hospitals and health systems are addressing the challenges of care team burnout and compassion fatigue.
More than 150 executives from in-patient and out-patient organizations across the United States and Canada participated in the Experience Innovation Network study. Completing online surveys or participating in one-on-one qualitative interviews, respondents provided insight into how healthcare organizations are addressing burnout among care teams and building cultures that support resilience, well-being, and joy.
“The increase in burnout among physicians, nurses and other healthcare staff has reached a critical tipping point; and while many leaders agree that it’s a widespread issue that directly affects patient care, only a few visionaries are actually prioritizing the well-being of their teams as a top strategic priority,” said Liz Boehm, research director at Vocera.
More than 90 percent of research participants said improving staff well-being is critical to organizational success. In addition, a tired and stressed out workforce has cultural and clinical implications. Sixty four percent of survey respondents cited high staff turnover rates as the No. 1 symptom of clinician burnout followed by diminished relationships among care team members, and reduced quality of care and patient safety. Yet, more than 70 percent said their organizations are still doing a poor or extremely poor job of preventing burnout or supporting nurse and physician resilience. Though in the minority, the organizations that are doing well are those that integrate physician, nurse and staff well-being into every strategic decision.
“Competing projects and chasing industry scores make it challenging to focus on people, but it’s not impossible. Organizations must create a metric for humanity and find innovative ways to elevate physician, nurse and staff well-being,” said Bridget Duffy, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Vocera. “It’s time to restore purpose and joy in healthcare through bold leadership, process improvement, and technologies that strengthen relationships. Investing in human capital to fuel a more resilient workforce is the only way to improve outcomes in a sustainable way.”
The full research report will be released at the Experience Innovation Network’s 11th semi-annual CXO Roundtable, Nov. 2-4, 2016, in San Francisco. The Experience Innovation Network, part of Vocera, is an international group of industry thought leaders focused on putting the science behind the experience of care and discovering innovative processes and technologies that meet the Quadruple Aim of improving population health, elevating patient-centered care, and reducing costs while restoring joy to the practice of medicine. To dive deeper into the research findings, download the report via this link.
Many of the challenges identified in the report will be addressed at the CXO Roundtable, which will feature healthcare innovations fueling a resilient workforce. Keynote speakers include Christine Sinsky, MD, vice president of professional satisfaction at the American Medical Association; Eric Langshur, the co-founder of Life Cross Training and New York Times bestselling co-author of Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing; and James Doty, MD, director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford Medicine and author of Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart. In addition, Yotam Heineberg, PsyD, a Dignity Health research fellow at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education will lead a panel discussion with three nurses from Dignity Health about how nurses can drive innovations to improve human connections. In addition, Martha ‘Meg’ Gaines, JD, LLM, cancer survivor, patient advocate, and the director of the Center for Patient Partnerships will provide perspective on how clinician burnout and fatigue impacts patient and their families.
About Vocera
Vocera Communications, Inc. offers the most robust clinical communications system in healthcare. Vocera delivers secure, integrated and intelligent communication solutions that enable care teams to collaborate more efficiently by delivering the right information, to the right person, on the right device, in the right location, at the right time. Vocera solutions provide hands-free voice communication, secure text messaging, patient engagement tools, and integrated clinical workflow with EHRs, nurse call systems and physiologic monitors. These solutions help improve operational efficiency, quality of care, safety and satisfaction across the continuum of care. In addition to technology solutions, Vocera drives thought leadership and new standards in care to elevate patient, family, nurse and physician experiences via the company’s research collaborative, the Experience Innovation Network. Vocera is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in San Francisco, Tennessee, Canada, India, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.vocera.com and @VoceraComm on Twitter.The Vocera logo is a trademark of Vocera Communications, Inc. Vocera® is a trademark of Vocera Communications, Inc. registered in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks appearing in this release are the property of their respective owners.
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Fortified Health Security Launches New Generation of Cybersecurity Services at CHIME Conference
Virtual Information Security Program (VISP) & Managed Data Loss Prevention (DLP) expand Fortified’s portfolio of healthcare security services
FRANKLIN, TN – November 1, 2016 (PRWeb) —Today at the CHIME 16 Fall CIO Forum in Phoenix, Arizona, Fortified Health Security, a leader in information security, compliance and managed services focusing solely in the healthcare industry, announced the launch of its new Virtual Information Security Program (VISP), Managed Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and 24/7/365 security information event monitoring (SIEM) offerings.
“As cyber attacks grow more sophisticated and breaches become more common, healthcare organizations are increasingly aware of their need to partner with experienced security and compliance professionals to help mitigate their cybersecurity and compliance risks,” said Dan L. Dodson, President of Fortified Health Security. “With the addition of VISP, Managed DLP, and 24/7/365 Security Information & Event Monitoring (SIEM), Fortified has a comprehensive approach for improving the security posture for healthcare organizations.”
Through VISP, Fortified Health Security provides a comprehensive panel of security professionals with the expertise and capability of an in-house CISO/ISO that is available 24 hours a day/seven days a week, without the associated level of overhead and benefits required when adding another top-level executive.
VISP can be added to an organization within days instead of the months that a search for a full-time ISO typically takes. It also provides a fresh, independent perspective, free of organizational politics and culture, so healthcare organizations can concentrate on what’s best for the business.
Managed DLP makes DLP, an advanced security solution, which historically has only been available to larger organizations with greater resources, now accessible, affordable and manageable for community hospitals. This dynamic tool allows hospitals to proactively manage where sensitive data is sent and how it is received so they can meet compliance and regulation requirements such as the HIPAA Security Role, PCI, Joint Commission and state privacy regulations.
“We work alongside healthcare organizations to build a tailored program designed to leverage their prior security investments and current processes,” said Dodson. “Our team understands the nuances of healthcare IT environments and can lead successful DLP deployments by implementing proven polices and effective, on-going alert management. As with all of the services we provide our clients, it’s our mission to empower every healthcare organization with the most effective solutions to minimize IT security risks and enhance patient outcomes.”
Fortified Health Security is also now offering Security Information & Event Monitoring (SIEM), which provides around the clock monitoring for HIPAA Security Role compliance by utilizing custom-built reporting modules, macros and taxonomies. SIEM also works in conjunction with Fortified’s other security services, such as vulnerability management, to assist organizations to meet HIPAA security provisions so that they can demonstrate compliance for patient information security as a part of their ongoing operational security process.
ABOUT FORTIFIED HEALTH SECURITY:
Fortified Health Security, formerly Fortified Health Solutions, is a leader in information security, compliance and managed services. We focus exclusively on helping healthcare professionals overcome operational and regulatory challenges everyday in regards to HIPAA, HITECH, and Meaningful Use. Founded in 2009, we have established a heritage of excellence, compliance and innovation. Today, Fortified Health Security partners with healthcare organizations across the continuum, serving health systems, single hospital entities, physician practices, post acute providers, payors and business associates.
For more information visit FortifiedHealthSecurity.com or call (615) 600-4002
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Vital Enters into an Agreement to Acquire Innovative Healthcare Informatics Company, Karos Health
Revolutionary interoperability platform
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – November 1, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vital Images, Inc. (Vital), a Minneapolis-based enterprise medical imaging and informatics company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Karos Health (Karos), an innovative global healthcare informatics company.
The acquisition will allow Vital and Karos to offer customers and OEM partners a robust imaging and informatics solution-set. The combined technologies provide a customer-centric, modular platform that allows hospital systems to solve a broad set of enterprise imaging challenges without requiring large-scale, disruptive PACS replacement of existing systems. The combined organizations will build on Karos’ vast experience in enabling healthcare interoperability, while Vital will continue its market leadership in advanced visualization, diagnostic viewing and image-processing algorithms to support personalized medicine.
“Karos Health’s solution-set enables collaboration between healthcare providers and patient engagement, while providing secure access to complete the patient’s health record – anytime, anywhere,” says Jim Litterer, president and CEO of Vital Images. “Karos’ technology allows Vital to provide one modular solution, giving CIOs globally the ability to adapt and grow their service delivery without disrupting existing investments.”
The non-disruptive approach championed by both Vital and Karos enables hospital systems to optimize diagnostic imaging workflows and deliver enterprise-wide imaging information to the EMR, helping to improve both patient and business outcomes.
Rick Stroobosscher, CEO of Karos Health, adds “From a marketplace perspective, this transaction will deliver a comprehensive solution to help hospital systems confidently navigate the global move towards personalized medicine, population health and the requirements of value-based care.”
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About Karos Health
Karos Health is focused on elevating the quality of patient care by enabling the sharing and storing of clinical information. Karos’ Rialto platform empowers healthcare enterprises to enable cross-community access to information, facilitating collaboration between healthcare providers and patients. Karos’ EasyViz is a breakthrough product for image display, delivering diagnostic quality imaging information when and where needed. Rialto and EasyViz are based on open standards that ensure safe and secure handling of patient health information and is backed by a team with decades of experience in healthcare interoperability. For more information about Karos, visit karoshealth.com.About Vital Images, Inc.
Vital Images, Inc., a Toshiba Medical Systems Group company, is a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and enterprise informatics 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, anywhere. For more information, visit vitalimages.com or join the conversation on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.Contact
Paul Markham
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