• Max Healthcare launches MyHealth patient application suite, powered by MphRx’s Minerva platform

    September 27, 2018 – MphRx announces today that Max Healthcare, one of the leading chains of hospitals in North India, has launched MyHealth, a patient facing application available on Web, Android and Apple devices. Powered by our FHIR based digital health platform – Minerva, MyHealth is an integrated patient engagement application that provides an aggregated view of patient’s health data across the network’s hospitals and enables online booking of health care services and physician appointments.

    Max Healthcare had created a strategic direction to launch an integrated offering to provide its consumers with a digital health experience. The Minerva platform provides a unified and scalable infrastructure to expand their digital services with a seamless user experience across all digital touchpoints.

    “Minerva’s open platform approach enabled us to simplify our IT infrastructure and establish a strong base to execute our digital health strategy,” says Sumit Puri, Chief Information Officer, Max Healthcare. “MyHealth is a unified application that allows patients to book and manage appointments, home care services, and at-home sample collection services across all our network hospitals. Patients can also access their historical lab and radiology reports with this app regardless of the MHC facility they visited. We are excited to roll out this solution to our patients and look forward to scaling up MyHealth to drive personalized and innovative health services.”

    “This is a big milestone in our continued relationship with Max Healthcare as one of their key technology partners,” says Mahesh Uberoi, President, and CEO of MphRx. “Minerva’s core value proposition is its ability to simplify the complexities of a health system’s IT landscape and provide unified consumer-facing applications. With Minerva as the underlying platform, Max Healthcare can unify all their digital assets and deploy innovative digital health services for their patients and physicians.”

    MphRx has been a technology partner with Max Healthcare since 2012, with over 700,000 patients and 6 million lab reports delivered across their network of 14 hospitals.

    About MphRx

    MphRx, Inc. is a rapidly growing healthcare technology company headquartered in New York, with offices in Princeton, London, Singapore and New Delhi. MphRx has built Minerva, a Digital Health platform with deep interoperability at its core. The platform has been deployed in over 20 countries with health systems leveraging its capabilities to drive their Interoperability and Digital Health initiatives for over 80M patients. MphRx is an EN ISO 13485:2012 and ISO 9001:2008 certified organization. For more details, visit www.mphrx.com or contact us at [email protected].

    About Max Healthcare

    With over 2100 beds and 12 hospitals, Max Healthcare is one of the leading chains of hospitals in North India. It has a team of over 2100 world-class doctors and over 6000 support staff with 275 ICU beds. With their state-of-the-art infrastructure and NABH and ISO accredited hospitals offering best in class services to our patients, Max Healthcare is considered one of the best hospitals in India.
    https://www.maxhealthcare.in/

     

    Posted 9.27.2018

  • Protenus Recognized by Gartner in Two 2018 ‘Hype Cycles’

    Protenus compliance analytics and enterprise fraud and misuse management improve ability to detect inappropriate activity in the EHR

     

    Baltimore, MD – September 27, 2018 – (Newswire.com) – Protenus, the market-leading healthcare compliance analytics platform, announced today that it was mentioned as a Sample Vendor in two July 2018 Gartner Hype Cycle Reports: the Hype Cycle for Risk Management, 2018 and the Hype Cycle for Real-Time Health Systems, 2018.

    Recognizing the ever-increasing threat to patient privacy as patient data becomes increasingly interconnected and more freely available, we believe Gartner is leading the way in highlighting the importance of next-generation privacy monitoring technologies to the modern Real-Time Health System. According to Gartner, in its Hype Cycle for Real-Time Health System Technologies, EFMM is “beginning to be used more regularly to detect internal fraud and unauthorized data access within healthcare provider organizations,” as industry standards require proactive monitoring of all accesses to patient data.

    As health systems move to the true Real-Time Health System (RTHS) model, necessitating the easy availability and interconnection of a wide array of patient data, they must transform their ability to detect fraud and misuse of this data, which becomes more common every day. The 143 publicly disclosed health data breaches in Q2 2018 further emphasize the need for next-generation solutions to tackle the ongoing challenge of protecting patient privacy in healthcare, underscoring the critical need for EFMM technologies.  

    Advanced analytics must review 100 percent of accesses, better detect threats to highly sensitive data, and deliver all-new capabilities and value to end-users. Gartner notes that such technologies “will see increased adoption over the next several years as healthcare providers concentrate on strategies, policies and technical controls to mitigate risk in response to increased data breach activity in healthcare in recent years and more rigorous compliance scrutiny and enforcement.” The note observes three key benefits that accrue to organizations who deploy these technologies:

    Regulatory Compliance: Gartner notes that the “U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has increased the pressure on healthcare providers through increased HIPAA and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act compliance audit activity, and by imposing more significant fines and penalties on transgressors… These technologies assure compliance with these ever-more-stringent requirements.”

    Actionable Insight: Furthermore, Gartner notes that “most healthcare providers do not have mature log management in place — and if they do, they struggle to extract meaningful and actionable information from this data. To combat the rising tide of fraud and misuse, healthcare provider CIOs and compliance officers should track and monitor user access to patient data by routinely examining the application log entries that are generated by their critical business and clinical systems.” New technologies in the space offer mature capabilities that allow for accurate, comprehensive review.

    Reduce Risk: Gartner notes that, overall, these technologies “improve a healthcare provider’s overall IT governance, risk and compliance posture and, specifically, to reduce the risk of fraud and misuse related to unauthorized disclosures and access to PHI, as well as significant fines, penalties and damage to brand and reputation that might result.” By detecting threats earlier and changing culture, future threats can be prevented.

    “At Protenus, we’re committed to delivering a next-generation compliance analytics solution that comprehensively reviews every access to patient data and accurately detects the misuse of that data, wherever it is housed. We are gratified to be recognized in these reports and proud to be part of this evolving landscape. It is exciting to see market adoption of new privacy monitoring solutions, as we know how important it is that advanced capabilities emerge in this important field, offering new possibilities to health system CIOs, CISOs and privacy officers,” said Robert Lord, Protenus President and Co-Founder.

    Gartner Disclaimer
    Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner¢s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

     

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    Posted 9.27.2018

  • Interview with HCI CEO Ricky Caplin: Tough Times Call for Bold Leadership from CIOs

    9.27.2018
    Candace Stuart – Director, Communications & Public Relations

     

    In an era of thin margins, consolidations and ever-growing complexity and challenges, what can senior healthcare IT executives do to ensure the long-term success of their health organizations? Be bold, advises Ricky Caplin, CEO of The HCI Group.

    Operating margins dropped to 2.7 percent in nonprofit hospitals in 2016, according the credit rating firm Moody’s Investor Service, the result of higher expenses and slower revenue growth across the industry. Under those circumstances, health systems might hunker down, freeze or trim budgets and make do with existing resources. That short-term solution might acerbate the problem in the long run, though.

    “A lot of hospital CEOs get caught in managing the business and dealing with the day-to-day storms vs. looking 10 years in advance and making long-term decisions,” Caplin observed. Health IT departments caught in this cycle may look for quick fixes that don’t align with the larger system or meet future needs.

    As the experts in healthcare IT and the potential benefits it can bring, CIOs and senior healthcare IT executives are positioned to help their executive teams become proactive rather than reactive. They can provide a strategic vision that leverages the opportunities using healthcare IT. Caplin recommends that IT leaders start by creating a digital charter and strategic roadmap, if they don’t have them already. These documents will articulate the long-term strategic vision for the organization and include the digital opportunities, anticipated advancements, challenges and risks.

    Some CIOs are looking at managed services and Cloud-based solutions as opportunities to lighten burdens and save money. They also are reviewing and renegotiating contracts to lower costs. These strategies may give them more time and resources to focus on their long-term strategy and digital charter.

    Based on his interactions with health systems globally, Caplin notes that those cutting-edge organizations that invest the most in technology and leverage technology the most also are posting margins up to 10 percent. It is not simply having more money to spend but spending strategically based on their digital charter, road map and long-term vision. “I believe those organizations are leveraging technology in a way that is a differentiator and it is allowing them to maintain their margins,” he said.

    CIO and senior healthcare IT executives can steer their organizations in the direction of their high-performing peers by demonstrating a bold vision to the CFO and CEO. The specifics depend on the organization, its needs and the opportunities that meet the strategic vision.

    Caplin describes the conversation this way: “’I will add $10 million in upfront savings and I want to keep that money and invest it in these (technologies) which will provide strategic benefits to our organization. It is actually not going to cost you anything.’ You will look strategic and build a lot of capital with your leadership team.

    “That is bold leadership. Instead of just running things, you are changing things.”

    More Inside CHIME

    Posted 9.27.2018

  • Leadership from the Edge Speaker Daniel Barchi to Share How Speed Can Be Beneficial

    9.27.2018
    Candace Stuart – Director, Communications & Public Relations

     

    Daniel Barchi currently serves NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as senior vice president and CIO, yet a decade and a half ago, he found himself driving a 600-foot-long, 10,000-ton Navy cruiser with 400 personnel on board at 35 knots across the Mediterranean to reach a Tomahawk missile launch zone in the Red Sea. For the young naval officer, it was a hair-raising but exhilarating experience. And oddly safe, because at that speed the only unlikely threat was hitting another ship dead ahead.

    Fast forward a few years, to a civilian job and a $1 billion project building data centers around the world. Barchi and his team are once again working fast and furious at a pace that keeps accelerating. Déjà vu.

    His experience at sea has proven to be a life lesson that guides Barchi’s approach as a leader, although he didn’t realize it until years later. “I found that as we sped up the schedule, it really framed the decisions,” Barchi recalled. “It did not give anybody the flexibility to overthink anything. I then thought back, ‘Where did I see this before?’ and I realized it was at sea. After that, I knew I could be successful and my teams could be successful and get more done by focusing on execution and not on perfection.”

    “Challenging situations are not a problem, they are generally an opportunity,” he said. “You have guiding principles and react in the moment that aligns with your principles. By doing so, I have been able to survive and make progress for myself and my institutions in these challenging situations and come out for the better.”

    Humility plays a critical role in success as well. A leader has to recognize that he or she will sometimes make a wrong decision and will need to pivot and recalibrate rather than stubbornly plow forward with a flawed idea. “Humility goes hand in hand with flexibility and decisiveness,” Barchi said.  

    In his presentation “From Speed and Humility Come Mission Achievement” at the 2018 CHIME Fall CIO Forum on Oct. 31, Barchi will share the lessons that shaped his career. His is one of three presentations in Leadership from the Edge, a program that features short, TED-like out-of-the-box talks.

    Barchi will also be the keynote speaker at the AEHIA/AEHIS/AEHIT Fall Summit, which will be held nearby at the Omni San Diego Hotel on Oct. 31. AEHIA, AEHIS and AEHIT are associations affiliated with CHIME that serve healthcare IT executives who specialize in applications, security and technology.

    The CHIME Fall CIO Forum will take place Oct. 30-Nov. 2 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego. The forum will also include keynote speakers Daniel Pink, author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, Emily Chang, anchor of “Bloomberg Technology” and author of Brotopia, and Sanjay Gupta, MD, chief medical correspondent for CNN. There are also numerous networking events, a reception on the USS Midway, CIO-led track sessions, focus groups, Sunrise Sessions, and a CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired awards presentation on the closing day.  

    For more information and to register for CHIME18, go here. For more information about AEHIA, AEHIS and AEHIT, go here.

    More Inside CHIME

    Posted 9.27.2018

  • TransformIT: Data Driven Strategy

    9.27.2018
    Spenser Staebler – Specialist, Membership & Professional Development

     

    Earlier this year, CHIME launched our TransformIT tool supported by HIMSS Analytics. TransformIT allows you to benchmark your facility’s technology strategy and financials across the industry, including colleague contact information to collaborate. Check your email as invites to TransformIT have been sent out, and over 450 CHIME members are already participating. The TransformIT portal gives you the ability to control your organization’s data so you know it is accurate and up-to-date. Once you’re registered with the tool you can update your organization’s information, including your Contact information, organization EMR, Hospital Financial metrics and now your EMRAM score.

    HIMSS Analytics has developed a strategic roadmap, Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), for EMR implementations that is available for members to benchmark and update as part of CHIME’s TransformIT tool. For over a decade HIMSS Analytics has guided healthcare organizations around the globe in EMR adoption and implementation. With updated criteria for 2018, move your organization closer to achieving a near-paperless environment that harnesses technology to support optimized patient care by completing each stage. Expert advisers are available with helpful tools to move your organization along its journey. Receive and update your EMRAM score here.

    More Inside CHIME

    Posted 9.27.2018

  • Centric Home Health & Hospice Advances Care Coordination with Backline, DrFirst’s Secure Communication Platform

    Backline facilitates rapid, real-time communication for mobile care team members

     

    Rockville, MD. – September 26, 2018 – DrFirst, a nationally ranked provider of medication management and secure communications solutions, today announced that Centric Home Health & Hospice has successfully implemented Backline, DrFirst’s secure messaging application that supports HIPAA and Joint Commission compliance for secure texting. Backline allows Centric’s large mobile home health and hospice staff to deliver optimal patient care through efficient and secure communication and collaboration across onsite and remote clinical care teams, family members, and caregivers.

    Rapid, real-time, and secure communication is critical for Centric’s field staff who often must consult with team members to ensure patients receive timely and effective treatment. Relying on phone calls or getting access to an internet connection can lead to inefficiencies and treatment delays. Security is an especially high priority for the company because employees must exchange Protected Health Information (PHI), which cannot be sent through traditional communications such as email or text messages.

    “Having most of our team providing care in a variety of locations created communication challenges that had to be overcome,” said Jim Holloman, administrator at Centric. “Backline is the backbone of our company. I don’t know how we would do business without it. It has connected our team, putting our patients at the center, in a way that was not possible before. Now, our providers are always up-to-date on changing conditions or transitions of care.”


    Enhanced collaboration and communication
    Backline’s ability to create patient-specific work groups has enhanced collaboration and communication between Centric’s physicians and remote clinical staff. “For example, a CNA (certified nurse assistant) saw a patient recently,” Holloman explained. “She sent a Backline message saying the patient seemed depressed. The assigned social worker saw the message, responded, and made an unscheduled visit that day to check on the patient. This allows Centric to provide a higher level of patient care while making it possible to expand its business into Oklahoma.”


    Increased productivity and laser-focused patient care
    “Centric’s successful Backline implementation is a testament to the organization’s commitment to superb communication and the delivery of quality patient care,” said G. Cameron Deemer, president of DrFirst. “When team members are delivering care in the field, they need immediate, secure access to co-workers to collaborate on treatment or share critical patient information. I commend Centric for leveraging Backline to improve staff productivity and workflows so they can remain focused on patients—and providing the care that they deserve.”

    Backline allows users to quickly identify which co-workers are available to chat, as well as share patient-related audio, video, and photo files. One essential feature Centric uses is the ability to create multiple work groups within Backline for clinical and non-clinical communications. This includes a company-wide group for sharing personnel updates, weather-related warnings, organizational news, marketing updates, and new referrals. The emphasis on technology and collaboration has helped Centric recruit and retain top notch doctors and nurses.

    As a result of using Backline, Centric’s entire clinical and support staff can communicate across all locations, regardless of whether or not they are in the office. Backline meets the needs of the entire team with a desktop application for office-based staff and a mobile app for remote employees. This fosters ease-of-use, accessibility, and better collaboration.

     

    To learn more about how Centric has achieved real-time, secure communication by adopting Backline, please click here.

    About DrFirst
    DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and medication management solutions, enables stakeholders across the healthcare industry to intelligently use comprehensive real-time data and connectivity to increase their patient safety ratings, efficiency, and profitability. Today, more than 170,000 healthcare professionals and more than 60% of electronic health record vendors, depend on DrFirst’s innovative software solutions to improve clinical workflows, expedite secure collaboration across a patient’s care team, and drive better health outcomes. The company’s integrated technologies include its award-winning electronic prescribing platform, the most comprehensive medication history available, clinically specialized secure messaging, as well as patient medication adherence monitoring and benefits checking. In addition, DrFirst was the first to offer e-prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), which is considered the industry standard for providers nationwide. For more information, please visit www.drfirst.com or connect with us @DrFirst

     

     DrFirst Media Contact:
    Jenna Warner
    Amendola Communications
    480-664-8412 x 19
    [email protected]

     

     

    Posted 9.26.2018

  • Brown University Selects Novarad for PACS, RIS

    Medical software company enters into contract with university health services

     

    Providence, RI. – September 25, 2018 – Novarad Corporation, a leader in the development of medical imaging software, has recently entered into contract with Brown University Health Services to provide its PACS and RIS software. Reasons for selecting Novarad included greater control over study information and an increased capacity for collaborative care both inside and outside of the facility, especially in regards to referring physicians.

    Brown University Health Services provides students with varied healthcare options. From their website, Health Services and its affiliated departments aim to provide primary care that is patient-centered, high quality, confidential, easily accessible and responsive to students’ needs.

    Novarad offers PACS, RIS, cardiology, orthopaedic, and mammography systems and has more than 1000 installations worldwide. To learn more about Novarad, follow the company on Twitter @NovaradCorp, or visit www.novarad.net.

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    Founded by a radiologist over 20 years ago, Novarad has demonstrated Best in KLAS expertise in the three phases of enterprise imaging—viewing, workflow, and storage—which allows it to customize meaningful enterprise imaging solutions to fit the unique needs of each healthcare professional. Providing both easily deployed modular products and fully customizable enterprise imaging solutions, the company has installed over 1000 systems globally with KLAS-confirmed, market-leading retention rates. The company is best known for product functionality and constant development; its products have a reputation for being easy to learn and use, yet feature-rich for even the most advanced users. Visit Novarad.net to learn more.

    Media Contact:
    Kristi Alvarado
    Media Relations Contact at Novarad
    801.642.1001
    [email protected]

    Posted 9.25.2018

  • Top Academic Medical Centers Partner with CynergisTek to Improve Security and Privacy Programs

    Leading Cybersecurity Firm Sees Increased Demand from Country’s Top AMCs for Range of Services Including Risk Analysis, Incident Response, Compliance Offerings and Information Security

     

    Austin, TX – September 24, 2018 – CynergisTek, (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity and information assurance, today announced that over the past month, five large Academic Medical Center (AMC) clients have selected the company to help develop and implement programs to ensure security, privacy, and compliance alignment. CynergisTek also announced that several of its existing AMC clients have recently expanded their contracts to incorporate additional CynergisTek services to maintain and enhance security, privacy, and compliance programs.

    This news highlights the unprecedented demand CynergisTek is seeing from AMCs across the country, specifically for its Professional Services and Compliance Assist Partner Program (CAPP). CynergisTek has also seen increased interest from AMCs for additional services that address security and privacy, including:

    • Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO): This service provides organizations with an information security resource that is integrated into the existing security program without the added expense and administrative overhead of hiring and training new staff members.
    • Incident Response (IR): This service improves an organization’s ability to respond to a security incident and ensures organizations have the right technologies, people and processes in place to respond in an efficient and effective manner.
    • HIPAA Risk Assessment: Using a NIST-based methodology, this service addresses regulatory requirements and supports awareness and development of data security programs, allowing organizations to properly achieve business goals and implement ongoing risk management programs.

    These service offerings supply AMCs with the resources and guidance they need to effectively maintain and manage security and privacy programs across the entire enterprise while helping them meet compliance goals and ensure maximum readiness for potential threats.

    “Given academic medical centers’ mission of not only providing quality medical care but also providing  medical education and conducting ongoing research, they face unique data and privacy challenges and the added difficulty of hiring cybersecurity professionals that truly understand the nuances of the AMC environment,” says Mac McMillan, CEO and President, CynergisTek. “The demand we are seeing from AMCs across the country is a testament to CynergisTek’s proven expertise in understanding and tackling the specific privacy and security challenges brought forth in this dynamic healthcare landscape.”

     
    About CynergisTek
    CynergisTek is a top-ranked cybersecurity firm dedicated to serving the information assurance needs of the healthcare industry. CynergisTek offers specialized services and solutions to help organizations achieve privacy, security, compliance, and document output goals. Since 2004, the company has served as a partner to hundreds of healthcare organizations and is dedicated to supporting and educating the industry by contributing to relevant industry associations. The company has been recognized by KLAS in the 2016 and 2018 Cybersecurity reports as a top performing firm in healthcare cybersecurity as well as the 2017 Best in KLAS winner for Cybersecurity Advisory Services.

     Forward-Looking Statements
    This release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to the business of CynergisTek that can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “may” or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties relating to product/service development, long and uncertain sales cycles, the ability to obtain or maintain patent or other proprietary intellectual property protection, market acceptance, future capital requirements, competition from other providers, the ability of our vendors to continue supplying the company with equipment, parts, supplies and services at comparable terms and prices and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are or will be described in greater detail in our Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at http://www.sec.gov. CynergisTek is under no obligation (and expressly disclaims any such obligation) to update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

     

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    CynergisTek Investor Relations Contact:
    CynergisTek, Inc.
    Bryan Flynn
    (949) 357-3914
    [email protected]

     Media Contact:
    Aria Marketing
    Danielle Johns
    (617) 332-9999 x241
    [email protected]

     

     

    Posted 9.24.2018

  • emids Taps Seasoned Healthcare Information Technology Executive Tim McMullen to Lead Provider Solutions Business

    Nashville, TN – September 19, 2018 – emids, a global leader in digital solutions for healthcare, today announced key leadership appointments for its Provider business, including proven growth agent Tim McMullen as president and Dan Critchley as vice president.

    McMullen brings 30-plus years’ experience building and leading high-performing teams around the globe for Fortune 500 and entrepreneurial enterprises, most recently as a member of the Global Healthcare Leadership Team for Texas-based NTT Data Services where he helped lead the successful $3 billion acquisition and merger of Dell Services. McMullen also served as senior vice president of NTT’s Healthcare and Life Sciences division, driving the growth and expansion of the consulting operation’s practice areas, solution offerings, and new business pipeline and sales. McMullen will replace Tom Niehaus, who is set to retire later this month.

    “Tim has deep industry expertise and understands intimately the strategic changes our hospital, health system and provider clients are currently experiencing,” said emids Founder and CEO Saurabh Sinha. “Tim has extensive experience in, and a proven track record of, helping clients be successful by utilizing our services, which include advisory, implementation, managed services and digital solutions. We are excited to have him on board to help lead and grow the team and the business.”

    Prior to NTT Data Services McMullen was president, CEO and founding partner of Franklin-based OneCore, executive vice president for Leidos Health (formerly SAIC), executive vice president for sales and marketing at Vitalize Consulting Services (VCS), senior vice president for sales and marketing at maxIT Healthcare and national vice president for First Consulting Group (FSG). He also is actively engaged in moving the industry forward. McMullen was a founding member of the College of Health Information Management Executives (CHIME) Foundation, has served on a number of CHIME planning committees through the years, and is a member of the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the Health Research and Development Institute, and the Scottdale Institute.

    McMullen began his transition into the role this week. Filling a key leadership position on his team is Critchley, who brings 20 years’ experience in clinical and financial operations across multiple hospitals and health systems, including CIO of the University of Arizona Health Network (2013-2016), director of Clinical Applications and Informatics for Essentia Health (2007-2011), and director of Cardiovascular Service for Regions Health (St. Paul, MN, 2006-2007). This is a homecoming of sorts for Critchley, who was a senior consultant for Encore Health Resources from 2011-2013 prior to its acquisition by emids in
    2017. He most recently served as CEO, Managed Services for Optimum Healthcare IT.

    “I’ve worked with and long respected Tim and Dan, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the talent, the leadership and the passion for the work that they bring to the team as emids transitions, grows and evolves its unique offering to the market,” said Niehaus, who announced his retirement after nearly a decade with the company, more than 30 years in the industry and the successful merger and integration of Encore following last year’s acquisition.

    McMullen’s succession as president of emids Provider Solutions comes at a time of what he calls a “sea
    change” in the industry.

    “I feel we have a bit of a sea change about every seven years in healthcare, and with the changes happening today, it’s never been more critical for payers and providers to be able to leverage technology and data to drive the required financial and clinical outcomes,” McMullen said. “To me, there’s real power when you look at a company like emids that isn’t tied to any particular baggage in terms of any one area or product, but instead is an advisory, tech and solutions company that can leverage its knowledge, experience, and credibility against specific customer challenges. It really is a unique and envious position.”

    About emids
    emids is a global provider of healthcare technology expertise and consulting services and solutions that serve payers, providers and tech enablers. Headquartered in Nashville, emids helps bridge the critical gaps in accessible, affordable, high-quality healthcare by providing advisory consulting services, custom application development, and data solutions. Services include EHR application deployment and management, analytics, data integration and governance, digital solutions, software development and testing, and business intelligence. Visit emids.com.

    Contact:
    Libby Werner
    (615) 332-7701
    [email protected]

    Posted 9.19.2018

  • Allina Health Deploys Vocera Software to Connect Clinical and Communication Systems

    Interoperability platform improves workflows and reduces alarm fatigue

     

    San Jose, CA – September 19, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Allina Health is deploying Vocera interoperability software to connect nurse call systems and patient monitors with the health system’s communication infrastructure. Connectivity between disparate systems will help simplify clinical workflows, improve staff response times, and reduce alarm fatigue.

    These integrations mark a large expansion of Vocera technology across Allina Health, an award-winning 12-hospital system with locations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In August 2018, Allina Health’s Abbott Northwestern, Mercy and United hospitals were ranked first, second and fourth, respectively, in the Twin Cities on the U.S. News & World Report 2018-19 Best Hospitals list. Abbott Northwestern was also ranked first in Twin Cities and second in all of Minnesota for the sixth year in a row.

    “At Allina Health, the human element is central to our care model, and human centered care starts with trusted communication,” said Jonathan Shoemaker, senior vice president and chief information officer at Allina Health. “We needed a secure and reliable way to connect multiple people, systems and information faster and easier, and that is what the Vocera software does.”

    Using staff assignments and intelligent workflow design, the Vocera software prioritizes alerts from patient monitors, nurse call and other systems and sends contextual notifications to the right care team members via their mobile devices, landline phones or workstations, depending of their preferences. The Vocera software integrates with more than 140 clinical and operational systems, helping improve patient care, safety and experience. For more than 10 years, care teams at Allina Health Abbott Northwestern Heart Hospital have used the hands-free, voice-controlled Vocera Badge for communication and collaboration.

    “Our mission at Vocera is to design and deploy technology solutions that help our customers like Allina Health improve the lives of patients, families and care teams,” said Brent Lang, president and CEO of Vocera. “Having a single, integrated solution for system connectivity and alarm management is key to alleviating interruption fatigue and creating an ideal healing and working environment.”

    About Allina Health
    Allina Health is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of illness and enhancing the greater health of individuals, families and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A not-for-profit health care system, Allina Health cares for patients from beginning to end-of-life through its 90+ clinics, 12 hospitals, 15 retail pharmacies, specialty care centers and specialty medical services, home care, home oxygen and medical equipment and emergency medical transportation services.

    About Vocera
    The mission of Vocera Communications, Inc. is to simplify and improve the lives of healthcare professionals and patients, while enabling hospitals to enhance quality of care and operational efficiency. In 2000, when the company was founded, we began to forever change the way care teams communicate. Today, Vocera continues to offer the leading platform for clinical communication and workflow. More than 1,700 facilities worldwide, including nearly 1,500 hospitals and healthcare facilities, have selected our solutions for team members to text securely using smartphones or make calls with our hands-free, wearable Vocera Badge. Interoperability between Vocera and more than 140 clinical and operational systems helps reduce alarm fatigue, speed up staff response times, and improve patient care, safety and experience. In addition to healthcare, Vocera is at home in luxury hotels, aged care facilities, nuclear facilities, libraries, retail stores and more. Vocera makes a difference in any industry where workers are on the move and need to connect instantly with team members and access resources or information quickly. In 2017, Vocera made the list of Forbes 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America. Learn more at www.vocera.com, and follow @VoceraComm on Twitter.

    Vocera® and the Vocera logo are trademarks 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.

    CONTACT
    Shanna Hearon
    Vocera Communications, Inc.
    669.999.3368
    [email protected]

    Posted 9.19.2018

  • Kirby Partners named to Forbes’ List of Best Executive Recruiting Firms for Second Consecutive Year

    Lake Mary, FL – September 19, 2018 – Kirby Partners, a retained executive search firm focusing in healthcare and cybersecurity, was named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms for 2018.  This marks the second consecutive year that Kirby Partners has made the Forbes list, which highlights the top 250 best recruiting firms in the nation.

    “We are honored to be recognized again on such a prestigious list. Kirby Partners celebrated its 29th birthday this year, and I attribute our long-term success to the meaningful relationships we’ve cultivated with our clients and candidates,” stated Judy Kirby, CEO of Kirby Partners. “We are deeply committed to exceeding expectations while providing superior value—this is why the Kirby Partners team has achieved national recognition for our work,” Kirby said.

    Kirby Partners Vice President, Bryan Kirby, added, “One of the factors setting Kirby Partners apart is our industry expertise.  We’ve been contributing members of HIMSS since 1998 and the CHIME foundation since 2003, and have frequently been called upon to share our knowledge in these forums. This in-depth industry knowledge allows us to serve as valued strategic partners to our clients and make an impact in the healthcare industry.”


    A    bout Kirby Partners
    Kirby Partners, with offices in Lake Mary, Florida outside of Orlando, conducts executive searches for CIOs, CMIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and other senior positions exclusively in healthcare and cybersecurity. Since 1989, leading healthcare systems, consulting firms, and corporations have relied on Kirby Partners to fill their strategically significant positions and provide interim leadership. Our team is committed to having a positive impact not only through the executive search clients and candidates we serve, but also through team member volunteering, board member participation, and contributions to non-profit organizations.  Learn more at kirbypartners.com.

    About the Forbes List
    Forbes, in partnership with Statista, compiled the list after reviewing an online survey completed by 6,500 recruiters, employees and HR managers. Respondents were asked to recommend up to 10 executive search firms (excluding their own). A total of 14,500 nominations were collected.

    Contact
    Heather Lujan
    Vice President of Marketing
    Kirby Partners
    407.788.7305
    [email protected]

    Posted 9.19.2018

  • La Clinica de Familia & its 155 Providers Transition to the eClinicalWorks cloud-centric EHR

    Health Center in New Mexico to implement eClinicalWorks EHR for medical, dental and behavioral health

     

    Westborough, MA – September 19, 2018 – eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announces that La Clinica de Familia (LCDF), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, will transition to the eClinicalWorks cloud-centric EHR solution for its 155 providers across 19 locations, including five school-based clinics. Use of the cloud-based technology will support care coordination between providers, staff and patients to enhance communication and improve the delivery of care.

    “LCDF seeks to systematically connect its primary care, dental care, behavioral health, and ancillary services to better meet all of the patient’s health needs,” said Virgil Medina, CEO of La Clinica de Familia. “eClinicalWorks provides the means to make that happen. No matter where the patient presents in our system, the personal health record is accessible for the providers and staff. We selected eClinicalWorks because of its proven success with community health centers and its commitment to providing evidence-based care to medically underserved populations. We look forward to working with eClinicalWorks to advance quality outcomes for the 34,000 patients that we serve annually, including 4,500 behavioral health patients.”

    eClinicalWorks V11, with a new core will provide LCDF with innovative tools to streamline and improve overall efficiency and communications and encourage preventive care for its patients. V11 will create cycles of care that help the organization better understand patient needs, accurately gauge risk, and promote more effective treatment and better outcomes.

    The eClinicalWorks cloud-centric EHR solution is the software that includes an Electronic Medical Record, Electronic Dental Record, and behavioral health services record — providing a fully integrated technology platform with each patient’s records. The solution will improve LCDF’s operational efficiencies and provide a high-quality, evidence-based care for its patient populations, regardless of the setting.

    “eClinicalWorks is dedicated to assisting traditionally underserved communities,” said Girish Navani, CEO and co-founder of eClinicalWorks. “La Clinica de Familia will join the more than 800 health centers nationwide already utilizing eClinicalWorks technologies to deliver affordable, evidence-based care to effectively treat patients across settings.”

     

    About La Clinica de Familia
    Serving the community since 1978, LCDF provides health care for people of all cultures through a system of seven medical clinics, seven dental clinics, five school-based clinics, behavioral health specialties, and family services, including Early Head Start and Healthy Start. LCDF’s programs are funded by grants, contracts, and fee-for-service.

    About eClinicalWorks
    eClinicalWorks® is a privately held leader in healthcare IT solutions. With more than 130,000 physicians and nurse practitioners using its solutions, customers include ACOs, physician practices, hospitals, community health centers, departments of health, and convenient care clinics. During the past ten years, 19 eClinicalWorks customers have received the prestigious HIMSS Davies Award, honoring excellence in Electronic Health Record implementation. The company is second largest in the country for e-prescribing. Based in Westborough, Mass., eClinicalWorks has additional offices in Austin, New York City, Chicago, California, Georgia, London, India, and Dubai. For more information, please visit www.eclinicalworks.com, Facebook, Twitter or call 866-888-6929.

    Posted 9.19.2018
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