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Health Catalyst Awarded Best in KLAS for Healthcare Business Intelligence and Analytics for 2nd Year in a Row
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – January 31, 2018 – Health Catalyst announced today that it has earned the 2018 Best in KLAS ranking for Business Intelligence and Analytics. The award marks the second year in a row that Health Catalyst has been recognized by KLAS as the top-performing solution in the category for its ability to help turn raw data into clear insights that drive improved outcomes in patient care and bottom-line performance.
The Best in KLAS designation is reserved for vendor solutions that lead the software and services market segments with the broadest operational and clinical impact on healthcare organizations. The full report, “2018 Best in KLAS: Software & Services,” is available at www.klasresearch.com.
The Health Catalyst Data Operating System (DOS™) is a data-first, analytics and application platform that transforms raw data from virtually any data source into Deep Data—data that is meaningful, actionable, and provides actual business value at a lower cost. DOS accomplishes this by integrating and analyzing critical data from over 200 of the most widely-used data sources, and delivering real-time decision support within the existing workflows of clinicians, administrators and other healthcare professionals.
The power of Health Catalyst’s analytics solutions and services has been verified by more than 140 case studies of client success, substantiating significant improvements in clinical, financial and operational outcomes for organizations serving millions of patients.
“We are honored that KLAS has recognized us again this year as No. 1 in healthcare business intelligence and analytics, and especially to be recognized by our clients for our ability to help them transform their data into meaningful outcomes,” said Dan Burton, CEO of Health Catalyst. “We anticipate even greater outcomes improvements with our clients in 2018 as more organizations begin using our Data Operating System, which is already ushering in a new era of powerful, predictive analytics driving orders-of-magnitude improvements in outcomes.”
About Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst is a next-generation data, analytics, and decision support company committed to being a catalyst for massive, sustained improvements in healthcare outcomes. We are the leaders in a new era of advanced predictive analytics for population health and value-based care with a suite of machine learning-driven solutions, decades of outcomes-improvement expertise, and an unparalleled ability to integrate data from across the healthcare ecosystem. Our proven data warehousing and analytics platform helps improve quality, add efficiency and lower costs in support of more than 85 million patients for organizations ranging from the largest US health system to forward-thinking physician practices. Health Catalyst’s technology and professional services help to keep patients engaged and healthy in their homes and workplaces, and to optimize their care when it becomes necessary. We are grateful to be recognized by Fortune, Gallup, Glassdoor, Modern Healthcare and a host of others as a Best Place to Work in technology and healthcare. Visit www.healthcatalyst.com, and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
About KLAS
KLAS is a data-driven company on a mission to improve the world’s healthcare by enabling provider and payer voices to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS collects insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly reflects the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS and the insights we provide, visit www.KLASresearch.com
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CHIME Kicks Off Opioid Task Force with Inaugural Meeting in D.C.
ANN ARBOR, MI, Jan. 31, 2018 – It started as a wish made last October as three longtime friends sat around a firepit after a commemoration for the late Timothy Kopetsky.
Only 31, Tim had fought addiction to opioids for 10 years, and was in successful recovery for the last five years. In helping a friend who relapsed and survived an overdose, Tim came into contact with heroin and lost control. He died that evening; his friend returned from the hospital and died of a second overdose the next day.
Two more deaths from a disease that claims 115 lives a day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A disease that now takes more lives annually than automobile accidents and that sends more than 1,000 people a day to emergency rooms.
Ed Kopetsky, LCHIME, FCHIME, Chief Information Officer, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Ed Kopetsky, joined by his family and their friends Jim Turnbull and Russell Branzell at that firepit in California, said he wanted something good to come from Tim’s death. Kopetsky, the CIO of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto; Turnbull, CIO of University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City; and Russ Branzell, president and CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), determined they had to do something.
Three months later, Kopetsky and Turnbull oversaw the first meeting of the CHIME Opioid Task Force. The meeting, which took place Jan. 24-25 in Washington. D.C., brought together more than two dozen healthcare IT leaders from provider organizations and industry to determine how to harness the knowledge and resources of CHIME and its members to help fight the opioid epidemic. The concept was first introduced by Turnbull on Nov. 2 at the 2017 CHIME Fall CIO Forum in San Antonio.
“Opioid addiction is truly an epidemic,” Kopetsky said. “As healthcare leaders committed to improving the public health in our communities, CHIME members and CHIME Foundation firms can make a difference if we work together. We have the tools and the talent, and now we have a framework to help those like Tim who are in need.”
Jim Turnbull, LCHIME, FCHIME, DHA, Chief Information Officer, University of Utah Health
The CHIME Opioid Task Force will leverage the core competencies of CHIME and its diverse membership to increase awareness and destigmatize the opioid crisis. With their expertise and access to critical data, CIOs and their industry partners are positioned to help identify best practices and build evidence to prevent, identify and treat opioid misuse and addiction. The task force also will look for opportunities to partner with other organizations, front-line medical staff, researchers, care givers and government agencies and help guide effective public policy.
“We need to empower and assist the healthcare community and help them see that there are pathways to success, whether that is eliminating overprescribing of opioids, finding interventions in clinical care or following best treatment practices,” Turnbull said. “CHIME members have the data and skills to illuminate what has worked and what hasn’t.”
CHIME will serve as the organizing body for the task force and provide support and resources. CHIME is encouraging broad participation among more than 2,500 members who represent a spectrum of healthcare systems from all regions of the U.S. and 51 nations. CHIME’s strong collaborative relationships with other associations, industry leaders and public policy makers will also be an asset.
“Opioid addiction has been an invisible problem in our society for far too long,” Branzell said. “Yet almost everyone has been touched by it, through a child, a sibling, a friend who becomes addicted. We are immensely proud of Ed and Jim for their leadership. They are an inspiration for all of us.”
About CHIME
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers (CIOs), chief medical information officers (CMIOs), chief nursing information officers (CNIOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 2,500 members in 51 countries 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
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Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
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Clearwater Compliance Earns KLAS’ Top Rating for Cybersecurity Advisory Services
Clearwater Scores Highest in the Cybersecurity Advisory Services Category in 2018 Best in KLAS Report
NASHVILLE, TN – January 30, 2018 – Clearwater Compliance, a top-ranked, award-winning provider of healthcare cyber risk management and compliance solutions, today announced it has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Best in KLAS designation in the Cybersecurity Advisory Services category in the 2018 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report.Overall, Clearwater’s rating is 95.5. Clearwater outperforms the competition by earning top marks in each of the four scoring categories: general, implementation and training, sales and contracting, and service and support.
Today’s announcement furthers Clearwater’s ongoing commitment to help leverage the power of its SaaS-based software solutions for advancing patient safety and improving the lives of its customers.
“Best in KLAS is more than a ranking. It is a recognition of vendors committed to delivering superior solutions,” said Adam Gale, President of KLAS. “It gives voice to thousands of providers who are demanding better performance, usability and interoperability in healthcare technology.”
“Earning KLAS’ highest rating for cybersecurity advisory services is a testament to the Clearwater team’s exceptional performance and commitment to patient safety and managing cyber risk to improve access to care, timely care and quality care,” said Bob Chaput, CEO of Clearwater Compliance. “Our team’s purpose-driven approach to assisting our customers is the key to accelerating healthcare cyber risk management strategies and deepening their impact on the lives of their patients and organizations.”
The KLAS report draws directly from interviews with thousands of healthcare vendors’ customers, including CIOs and C-suite leaders, before publishing the annual Best in KLAS report. The Best in KLAS report recognizes the outstanding efforts of vendors to help healthcare organizations deliver better patient care. The Best in KLAS designation is reserved for vendor solutions that lead their software and services market segments with the greatest impact on healthcare organizations. Each year, healthcare professionals rely on the Best in KLAS report to help shape their decisions to improve healthcare and patient safety.
About KLAS
KLAS is a data-driven company on a mission to improve the world’s healthcare by enabling provider and payer voices to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS collects insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly reflects the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS and the insights we provide, visit www.KLASresearch.com.
About Clearwater Compliance
Clearwater Compliance, LLC is a top-ranked, award-winning healthcare cyber risk management and regulatory compliance company. As the leading strategic partner to hospitals & health systems, its mission is to assist in successfully managing healthcare’s evolving cybersecurity risks, compliance requirements and, ultimately, ensure patient safety. A 2017 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company, the 2018 Best in KLAS winner in Cybersecurity Advisory Services, exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association as well as numerous State Hospital Associations, Clearwater solutions have been deployed within hundreds of hospitals and health systems, Fortune 100 organizations and federal government institutions. More information about Clearwater Compliance is at http://www.Clearwatercompliance.com.
Contacts
Clearwater Compliance, LLC
Kelly Motley, 615-483-0365
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Kroll Announces Exclusive Partnership With Red Canary
Partnership to help reduce impact of cyber threats for clients through early threat detection and hunting, continuous endpoint monitoring, and expert incident response
New York, NY – January 30, 2018 – Kroll (“the Company”), a global leader in risk mitigation, investigations, compliance, cyber resilience, security, and incident response solutions, today announced an exclusive partnership with Red Canary, the leader in continuous threat hunting and response solutions, that will provide clients with a powerful combination of people and technology to reduce the burden and impact of cyber threat detection and mitigation.
The new service, Kroll CyberDetectER® Endpoint Powered by Red Canary, combines Red Canary’s advanced endpoint hunting and response capabilities with Kroll’s global and recognized expertise in investigating, managing, and mitigating cyber incidents and network intrusions.
“Clients around the globe trust Kroll to help identify, investigate, and mitigate complex cyber incidents; this partnership enables us to take our early detection and response capabilities to an even higher level,” said Jason Smolanoff, Senior Managing Director and Global Cyber Security Practice Leader for Kroll. “As cyber risk continues to increase, Kroll is raising the bar in ensuring our clients have the most advanced and innovative resources available to reduce their information security risks efficiently and effectively.”
“This partnership brings together two critical elements of an effective cyber security program – rapid identification and validation of actual threats, with seasoned incident responders at the ready to advise and assist organizations with containment and remediation,” said Marc Brawner, Principal in Kroll’s Cyber Security and Investigations Practice. “Kroll CyberDetectER® Endpoint Powered by Red Canary can supplement the capabilities of sophisticated internal cyber security teams burdened with alert review and triage, as well as provide an accessible, comprehensive solution for companies of all sizes that are looking to significantly enhance their cyber defense posture.”
“We’re excited to partner with Kroll to combine our hunting and operations expertise with Kroll’s deep experience mitigating information security risks for organizations worldwide,” said Keith McCammon, Red Canary’s Chief Security Officer. “After years of working together, our team has developed a great respect for the work that Kroll performs. Together, we share a fundamental and core belief that our respective organizations exist to help our clients improve their security. We are excited to strengthen our relationship and look forward to a very successful partnership.”
About Kroll:
Kroll is the leading global provider of risk solutions. For more than 40 years, Kroll has helped clients make confident risk management decisions about people, assets, operations and security through a wide range of investigations, cyber security, due diligence and compliance, physical and operational security and data and information management services. Headquartered in New York with more than 35 offices in 20 countries, Kroll has a multidisciplinary team of nearly 1,000 employees and serves a global clientele of law firms, financial institutions, corporations, non-profit institutions, government agencies and individuals. For more information visit www.kroll.com.
About Red Canary
Red Canary is the leader in continuous threat hunting and response. Founded by a team of cybersecurity and big data processing experts in 2013, Red Canary brings together leaders in security operations, threat hunting, and massive scale data processing to enable a dramatic leap forward in customers’ security maturity. Headquartered in Denver, Red Canary empowers the best security teams around the globe to stop breaches. To learn more visit www.redcanary.com
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Nuance’s Quality Management and Coding Solutions Both Named #1 Category Leaders in 2018 Best in KLAS Report
Client Feedback Demonstrates Nuance’s Quality Management and Coding are Top Performing Solutions
Burlington, MA. – January 30, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced its Quality Management and Coding solutions, also known as Clintegrity, have been named vendor category leader in two categories by the independent research company, KLAS. For the fourth consecutive year, Nuance’s Quality Management solution has been ranked the #1 Quality Management Category Leader. Nuance has held this ranking since KLAS began evaluating vendors’ quality management solutions. In addition, Nuance’s Coding solution has been ranked the #1 Medical Records Coding 2018 Category Leader. KLAS conducts independent evaluations with healthcare providers on vendor performance recognizing companies like Nuance that excel in helping providers deliver better care as top performers in the Best in KLAS: Software & Services report.
Quality Documentation Needed for Value-Based Care
Accurate clinical documentation and quality reporting are increasingly critical as the healthcare industry transitions to a value-based care model. Nuance enables its clients to focus on the quality of each patient’s care by delivering rich, reliable insights on core measures and quality performance required by regulatory agencies. This includes a full range of solutions including hospital inpatient, outpatient and electronic measure reporting and physician quality measures reporting, clinical and financial analytics, risk management, and patient safety organization reporting. As health systems navigate new quality reporting mandates, Nuance solutions, including its’ four-time #1 category leader Quality Management solution, helps hospitals and clinicians with these challenges by capturing and improving clinical documentation, coding and quality analysis across the care continuum.“As we shift how we practice and pay for healthcare, Nuance solutions help us pull timely data and customized reports in ways that are meaningful to our physicians, nurses, and health information management to continually improve patient care,” said Deborah Larkin Carny, vice president of quality at RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey’s largest integrated healthcare delivery system. “These tools enable us to maintain our focus on our patients while making it easy to maintain the accuracy and management of our data.”
Nuance’s Coding Solution #1 in Medical Records Coding
With today’s complex and evolving compliance requirements, coding professionals need an easy-to-understand application that provides critical clinical, financial and regulatory information essential for accurate reimbursement. Recognized by KLAS as a leader in its category, Nuance Coding is an intuitive, single platform solution that enables coding professionals to more accurately, efficiently and confidently code, ensuring compliance, improving coding productivity and accelerating the revenue cycle.“It is an honor that our Quality Documentation and Coding solutions are repeatedly recognized for their ability to equip our clients to meet today’s quality reporting challenges and offer the support health systems need to provide high-quality care,” said Satish Maripuri, executive vice president and general manager of the Healthcare Division, Nuance. “Our suite of solutions is designed to streamline workflows, increase productivity and reduce costs, with the goal of allowing physicians to spend meaningful time with their patients instead of with data.”
“Category Leader is more than a ranking. It is a recognition of vendors committed to delivering superior solutions, said Adam Gale, President of KLAS. “It gives voice to thousands of providers who are demanding better performance, usability, and interoperability in healthcare technology.”
More information is available in the 2018 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report including vendor comparisons, the #1 KLAS Category Leader for Quality Management chart and the #1 KLAS Category Leader for Medical Records Coding chart. Additionally, Nuance will be demonstrating its Quality Management and Coding solutions and other solutions that help clinicians provide better patient care through improved documentation at booth # 1143 at the HIMSS Convention and Exhibits in Las Vegas, March 4-9, 2018.
About KLAS
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers and payers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS gathers insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver timely reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly represents the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS and the insights we provide, visit www.KLASresearch.com.About Nuance Healthcare
Nuance provides intelligent systems that support a more natural and insightful approach to clinical documentation, freeing clinicians to spend more time caring for patients. Nuance healthcare solutions capture, improve and communicate more than 300 million patient stories each year helping more than 500,000 clinicians in 10,000 global healthcare organizations to drive meaningful clinical and financial outcomes. Nuance’s award-winning clinical speech recognition, medical transcription, CDI, coding, quality and medical imaging solutions provide a more complete and accurate view of patient care.About Nuance Communications, Inc.
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider of voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven applications. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.Trademark reference: Nuance and the Nuance logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.
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Corporate Communications, Healthcare
978-697-9227
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Stoltenberg Consulting Earns 2018 Best in KLAS for Partial IT Outsourcing
PITTSBURGH, PA, – January 30, 2018 – Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., a leading healthcare information technology consulting firm, announced today it has been named Best in KLAS for Partial IT Outsourcing in the 2018 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report.
KLAS is a healthcare technology research firm that specializes in monitoring and reporting the performance of software, services and medical equipment vendors. Through KLAS’ research, Stoltenberg Consulting ranked #1 2018 Best in KLAS in Partial IT Outsourcing with a score of 91.7 out of 100.*
“KLAS’ impartial research is highly recognized within the healthcare industry, enabling healthcare providers to make significant informed technology decisions for their health systems,” Stoltenberg Consulting CEO Sheri Stoltenberg said. “Earning a 2018 Best in KLAS award for Partial IT Outsourcing is an incredible honor that reflects our commitment to superior flexible legacy support and help desk services catered to each client’s needs.”
Today’s award serves as Stoltenberg’s third Best in KLAS recognition overall, including awards for Partial IT Outsourcing and Clinical Implementation Supportive in 2014. **
“The on-site staff members are experienced IT professionals who are well versed in their area of expertise,” an IT director stated about Stoltenberg in 2017 Partial IT Outsourcing commentary collected by KLAS. “They also have a broad background in healthcare, which allows them to understand the issues behind requests.” ***
Annual Best in KLAS reports independently monitor vendor performance through the active participation of healthcare executives, managers and clinicians. For a complete view of commentaries related to these services, visit KLASresearch.com.
Stoltenberg will accept its award at the Best in KLAS Reception on March 5 during HIMSS18 in Las Vegas. The firm will also be exhibiting at HIMSS18 in booth #2815.
About Stoltenberg Consulting
Founded in 1995, Pittsburgh-based Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc., delivers information technology and business consulting services, including system selection, project management, implementation, legacy and help desk support, optimization and integration between systems, to healthcare provider organizations. Averaging 15 years of experience, Stoltenberg consultants hold skills in both financial and clinical systems, offering expertise for Cerner Millennium, Cerner Soarian, Epic, MEDITECH, NextGen, Allscripts and McKesson customers. For more information call (412) 854-5688 or visit www.stoltenberg.com.About KLAS
KLAS is a data-driven company on a mission to improve the world’s healthcare by enabling provider and payer voices to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS collects insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly reflects the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS, visit www.KLASresearch.com.* “2018 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services,” January 2018. © 2018 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com.
** “2014 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services,” January 2015. © 2015 KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com.
*** The above selected commentary may not represent the whole of provider sentiment related to this product or service. Visit KLASresearch.com for a complete view. Collected about Partial IT Outsourcing, by KLAS in February 2017 © KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com.
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Stoltenberg Consulting
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Impact Advisors Named Best in KLAS, Category Leader by KLAS
Firm earns top recognition in three categories
Chicago, IL – January 30, 2018 – Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, announced today that it has been named Best in KLAS: HIT Enterprise Implementation Leadership and earned Leader Awards for Clinical Optimization and Revenue Cycle Optimization in the 2018 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. Best in KLAS rankings celebrate vendors receiving highest provider scores for software, professional services and medical equipment.
“As a firm, we are honored to be ranked by KLAS for our commitment to serving our clients and empowering them with the tools they need to achieve long-term success,” said Peter Smith, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Impact Advisors. “We are truly grateful for the ongoing support of our clients and will continue to provide healthcare information technology services with the highest level of quality and value.”
“Best in KLAS is more than a ranking. It is a recognition of vendors committed to delivering superior solutions, said Adam Gale, President of KLAS. It gives voice to thousands of providers who are demanding better performance, usability and interoperability in healthcare technology.”
The Best in KLAS: HIT Enterprise Implementation Leadership designation is reserved for vendor solutions that lead the software and services market segments with the broadest operational and clinical impact on healthcare organizations.
The Clinical Optimization and Revenue Cycle Optimization Category Leader designation is reserved for vendor solutions that lead select market segments in which at least two products meet a minimum level of “KLAS Konfidence.”
Impact Advisors has received Best in KLAS or Category Leader awards for 11 consecutive years, including Best in KLAS Overall IT Services Firm for four years straight. For a full list of 2018 Best in
KLAS: Software & Services winners, visit http://www.klasresearch.com/.
KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS gathers insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver timely reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly represents the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS and the insights we provide, visit www.KLASresearch.com.
About Impact Advisors
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. Our comprehensive suite of patient access, clinical and revenue cycle services span the lifecycle of our clients’ needs. Our 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 nine 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 www.impact-advisors.com.
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Telmediq Ranked No. 1 for Secure Healthcare Communications Platforms by KLAS Research
Seattle, WA – January 30, 2018 — Healthcare communications company Telmediq has won the prestigious 2018 Category Leader award for Secure Communications Platforms from KLAS, a research and insights firm that gathers data and delivers reports on healthcare technology.
The award is part of the “2018 Best in KLAS: Software and Services” report, which was released today. Every year, KLAS interviews thousands of healthcare professionals about the products and services their organizations use. The company shares the information online in real time so other providers can benefit from their peers’ experience. The “Best in KLAS” report reflects data compiled over the past year.
Telmediq won the 2018 Category Leader Designation for the Secure Communications Platform market segment. The award recognizes the highest rated company for each category based on live data from the KLAS website. “Category Leader is more than a ranking,” says Adam Gale, President of KLAS. “It is a recognition of vendors committed to delivering superior solutions. It gives voice to thousands of providers who are demanding better performance, usability and interoperability in healthcare technology.”
Healthcare organizations rely on Telmediq to help them solve their communications problems while remaining compliant with HIPAA. The company offers a unified communications solution that includes secure messaging, pager replacement, care coordination, alarm management and documentation. On the KLAS website, one chief information officer (CIO) said, “Everyone is quickly catching on to Telmediq. Everybody is demanding it and wants it now … Physicians are raving about it.”
Another CIO noted that “Telmediq is one of the more successful things I have promoted here. Everybody was clamoring for secure texting, but we really needed a platform. I wanted something that was integrated into the workflow, had messaging templates, and automatically populated with things related to the care team and patient location.”
(The above commentary was collected about Telmediq Secure Communications by KLAS in December 2017; visit klasresearch.com for a complete view.)
“We are honored to be considered the top secure communications company in the country,” says Ben Moore, CEO and Founder of Telmediq. “We appreciate KLAS’ dedication to helping raise the bar, for not only companies like ours, but the industry. KLAS shines a light on both what is working but also areas for needed improvement for all IT solutions across healthcare, and we are honored and excited to achieve the best score in our category.”
About KLAS
KLAS is a data-driven company on a mission to improve the world’s healthcare by enabling provider and payer voices to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS collects insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly reflects the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS and the insights it provides, visit klasresearch.com
About Telmediq
Telmediq is a leader in healthcare communications solutions for large hospital systems and acute-care facilities. Telmediq provides a unified clinical communication platform that integrates more than 20 clinical systems (EHR, scheduling, lab, nurse call) and helps match technology with the way people work. Telmediq provides an integration and consolidation roadmap to reduce software and support costs, improve workflows and provide a single source for analytics, auditing and reporting. Our clients reduce patient wait times, improve patient handover times and improve physicians’ work environment. www.telmediq.com
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QliqSOFT Rated As a Top-Performing Vendor in 2017 KLAS Secure Communication Report
DALLAS, TX – January 29, 2018 – QliqSOFT Inc., a leading provider of clinical collaboration and secure texting solutions for the healthcare industry announced that it was selected as a top-performing vendor by KLAS Research in its Secure Communications Report.
The report by KLAS Research ranks QliqSOFT as the second highest scoring vendor among 15 companies with an overall score of 89.7. KLAS analysts interviewed healthcare providers to evaluate both their satisfaction with the secure communication technology as well as the service and support of each vendor. They also identified the market leaders that deliver more than basic HIPAA-compliant secure texting with a collaboration platform that supports clinical workflows, on-call scheduling, and integration with EMRs and telecom systems.
“The high rating by KLAS reflects the partnership approach QliqSOFT takes with our customers,” notes QliqSOFT CEO, Krishna Kurapati. “We understand the unique goals of each customer whether it is to support regulatory requirements with secure texting or improving clinical workflows by enabling secure communications between different healthcare organizations.”
QliqSOFT’s solution enables healthcare providers to securely exchange messages, images, and documents using apps on smartphones and desktop computers. It offers advanced APIs to support integration with Active Directory, EMR/EHR systems, document management systems, fax servers and telecom systems. The solution also features secure document scanning and electronic signing capabilities, as well as an integrated on-call schedule.
“QliqSOFT has greatly increased communication in our clinical workflows,” said Michael Conner, Director of Business Systems at Arnot Health. “This is especially valuable when admitting a patient through the ER. When we are communicating with all the healthcare providers and checking that the room is ready, there is no need to make calls, wait on hold or leave voice messages. By using Qliq, we can communicate directly, decrease the door to room time during admission and save precious minutes with each patient.”
A webinar hosted by HealtySystemCIO.com and KLAS and sponsored by QliqSOFT will take place on Tuesday, February 20th to review the full results of the Secure Communication Report. Those healthcare leaders wishing to attend can register HERE.
About QliqSOFT:
With its unique cloud pass-thru architecture, QliqSOFT’s Secure Texting, On-Call Scheduling, and Clinical Collaboration solutions are trusted by over 1,000 Hospitals, Home Health, and Hospice Organizations to deliver HIPAA-compliant, reliable, and real-time communication between doctors, nurses, caregivers, and patients. To learn more or to request a demo, visit www.qliqsoft.com.
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The HCI Group Acquires Infinity HIT – MEDITECH READY Certified Firm; Expands Digital Healthcare Capabilities and Service Offerings
JACKSONVILLE, FL – January 29, 2018 – The HCI Group, KLAS top ranked global healthcare IT consulting firm, announced today its acquisition of Infinity HIT, a MEDITECH READY Partner. The combination will be focused on driving innovation and digital transformation for healthcare providers.
This new relationship is strategically designed to bring together HCI’s proven ability at driving innovation and digital transformation with Infinity HIT’s position as a MEDITECH READY Certified Firm in healthcare technology consulting.
“We are excited about partnering with Infinity HIT. Their track record in the MEDITECH space, combined with our growing portfolio of clinical and infrastructure IT solutions, allows our clients to experience unrivaled value. HCI is well-positioned to provide a combination of disruptive innovation and cost reduction solutions with MEDITECH and their clients.” said Ricky Caplin, CEO, The HCI Group.
HCI has proven how our innovation can help MEDITECH clients optimize their solution. “As a CIO of a large health system utilizing the MEDITECH platform in several of our locations, I’m glad to see digital healthcare organizations like The HCI Group partnering with MEDITECH to bring innovative services and solutions to the marketplace,“ SVP & CIO CHRISTUS Health George Conklin.
Infinity HIT is recognized as a MEDITECH READY-Certified Consulting Firm for READY Levels 1-4 and Client/Server 5.6 to 6.1 Pathway Implementations. As a result of the acquisition , The HCI Group will be able to leverage Infinity HIT’s credentials and be recognized as a MEDITECH READY Certified organization.
“The Infinity HIT team is excited to join The HCI Group to continue bringing innovative solutions and services to our clients and MEDITECH clients. Healthcare is demanding solutions which deliver operational efficiencies while improving the bottom line. We are confident that combining Infinity HIT’s MEDITECH experience with HCI’s innovation will deliver significant value,” Brian Calnan of Infinity HIT.
About The HCI Group
The HCI Group is a global leader in healthcare IT consulting committed to helping organizations reduce IT operating costs and drive digital transformation initiatives. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, The HCI Group’s broad scope of healthcare IT solutions have reached more than 10 countries in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific.The HCI Group’s services include enterprise-wide advisory services, infrastructure management, application development, IT system implementation and training, as well as specialty service lines in integration, testing, go-live, clinical adoption, optimization, clinical transformation and HIMSS EMRAM consulting and cyber security. Learn more about the HCI Group by visiting www.thehcigroup.com
About Infinity HIT
Infinity HIT, a MEDITECH READY Certified Firm, provides consulting, implementation, optimization, staffing and support services to hospitals and health systems utilizing MEDITECH’s platforms. We partner with our customers to maximize the benefits of healthcare information technology, enabling patient outcomes, improved clinical care and operational effectiveness by focusing on the integration of clinical and operational workflows with technology. Infinity HIT’s staff and leadership averages 23 years in healthcare, with 15 years in information technology roles, predominantly working with MEDITECH systems. Our extensive operational experiences and credentialed consultants are the foundation of knowledge and strategic foresight required to succeed in this industry. Infinity HIT values collaboration and hard work in order to deliver valuable solutions with honesty, transparency and humility.Media Contact
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Clearwater Compliance Announces Investment by Altaris Capital Partners, LLC
Investment In Healthcare Cyber Risk Management Company To Further Accelerate Clearwater’s Rapid Growth
NEW YORK,NY & NASHVILLE, TN – Clearwater Compliance, a top-ranked, award-winning healthcare cyber risk management and regulatory compliance company today announced it has raised capital through an investment from Altaris Capital Partners, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The investment will allow Clearwater to further accelerate its already exceptional growth. Last year, Clearwater made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. private companies and was named one of the country’s fastest-growing firms by Consulting magazine.
Clearwater’s solutions, which include both cyber risk management software as well as professional services, are exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association and multiple state hospital associations. The company has a proven track record for helping hospitals and health systems of all sizes—including over 40 of the top Integrated Delivery Networks in the country, Fortune 100 organizations and federal government institutions. Clearwater’s comprehensive portfolio of state hospital association endorsements now includes close to 800 hospitals. Clearwater’s partnerships include Intel and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership at NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.
Bob Chaput, founder and CEO of Clearwater Compliance said, “The Clearwater team is passionate about patient safety and managing cyber risk to improve access to care, timely care and quality care. The investment by Altaris will help us further expand our purpose-driven approach to assisting our customers, as Altaris is an exceptional partner with a proven track record of successfully investing in high growth healthcare companies.”
George Aitken-Davies, Managing Director and co-founder of Altaris said, “We are delighted to invest in Clearwater, a true leader in cybersecurity for healthcare organizations, and to be a working partner with them in their next stage of growth.”
Silvermark Partners LLC, and Bass Berry & Sims PLC advised Clearwater on the transaction.
About Clearwater Compliance
Clearwater Compliance, LLC is a leading provider of hospital and health system compliance and cyber risk management solutions. Its mission is to empower hospitals and health systems to successfully manage healthcare’s evolving cybersecurity risks and ensure patient safety. Exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association, Clearwater solutions have been deployed within hundreds of hospitals and health systems, Fortune 100 organizations and federal government institutions. More information about Clearwater Compliance is at http://www.Clearwatercompliance.com
About Altaris Capital Partners, LLC
Altaris is an investment firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry. With $2.3 billion of equity capital under active management, Altaris invests in businesses that deliver value to the healthcare system by improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, increasing efficiency and aligning stakeholder incentives. Altaris is based in New York, NY. For more information on Altaris, visit www.altariscap.com.
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Clearwater Compliance, LLC
Kelly Motley, 615-483-0365
[email protected]Posted 1.24.2018 -
Divurgent’s Liz Keller Promoted to Vice President, Client Services
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – January 23, 2018 – Divurgent, a nationally recognized healthcare IT consulting company, announced that Liz Keller has been promoted to Vice President of Client Services. As a tenured Divurgent team member, Keller continues to expand Divurgent’s strategic healthcare IT projects and build on the firm’s reputation for excellence among its current and future clients.
“When I first joined Divurgent in 2013, I knew they had something special and that I wanted to be part of their growth; since then, I’ve moved up through various client service roles and have experienced first-hand the impact of Divurgent’s work. My experience has only made me more passionate about finding and delivering innovative solutions to my client’s most challenging healthcare IT projects,” said Keller.
In Keller’s new role, she will focus on and manage Divurgent’s strategic client relationships across the nation, and expand the company’s reach into essential markets and solution areas. In her leadership role, she will embody Divurgent’s ELITE values of Excellence, Learning, Innovation, Trust, and Enthusiasm.
“From her first role with Divurgent as an inside sales manager, to her recent role as Client Services Director, Liz has shown unwavering resourcefulness and tenacity in everything she does for Divurgent and for her clients. Liz takes on challenges without hesitation and has proven to build lasting relationships with her clients. We’re excited to see what she does in this new role.” said Steve Eckert, President and Chief Revenue Officer.
Keller presents creative, effective, and efficient solutions for every initiative, and works diligently to ensure every client need is met from day one of a project. She has 10 years’ experience working in strategic client services roles across the healthcare industry, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Old Dominion University. Keller is an active member of CHIME and HIMSS. Learn more about her at www.divurgent.com/about/leadership/liz-keller
About Divurgent
Divurgent is not the typical healthcare consulting firm. As a nationally recognized company focused on the business of hospitals, health systems, payers, and affiliated providers, we are committed to healthcare IT evolution, deploying customized, scalable solutions that help our clients achieve improved operational effectiveness, financial performance, and quality of patient care. Our experienced, hands-on team continuously evaluates and addresses the industry and market trends to align client goals with the future market state.
Divurgent’s proactive solutions to today’s top health IT challenges provide strong project management methodologies based on the collective experience of our tenured consultants and leaders. Bringing on the industry’s best practitioners in healthcare evolution, IT strategy, cybersecurity, reimbursement reform, and technology implementations deliver a deep repository of engagement experience, innovative project approaches, and true thought leadership to our clients. Utilizing proven industry methodologies and a culture of strong knowledge sharing, Divurgent offers a level of expertise that is unbeatable. www.divurgent.com
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Posted 1.23.2018