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Halo Honors Chicago’s ‘Heroes of Medicine’
First Annual Halo Awards set for Oct. 25 in Chicago
Chicago, IL – October 25, 2018 – Celebrating Chicago’s “Heroes of Medicine,” Halo, the first online partnering platform that connects scientists from academia and industry, is hosting a Grammy-style awards event on Thursday, Oct. 25, to honor three local scientists working to advance their research into treatments that help people live better lives.
Halo’s inaugural “Heroes of Medicine” will honor:
● Teresa K. Woodruff Ph.D: The Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Northwestern University and a trailblazer in the study of fertility preservation in cancer patients. She pioneered a new interdisciplinary field of medical research she coined “oncofertility” that combines elements of oncology and fertility. In August 2018, she helped pass Illinois legislation requiring that health insurance companies cover egg freezing for cancer patients.
● Andrea Domenighetti Ph.D: Research Scientist at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab studying muscle tissue and stem cell dysfunction in patients with neurological conditions. He discovered that an already approved drug used to treat a form of blood cancer may cure muscle contractures in children with cerebral palsy.
● Eugene B. Chang, MD: Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago globally-recognized for his research on the microbiome. Dr. Chang is an expert in “gut health” and its impact on a wide variety of diseases, from diabetes to depression. He also co-founded and serves as Chief Medical Officer of AVNovum, a biotech startup exploring the role microbial interactions play in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
“Congratulations to our inaugural ‘Heroes of Medicine’ who exemplify Halo’s mission to turn more research into treatments by bringing academia and industry closer together,” said Kevin Leland, CEO and Founder of Halo. “The Halo Awards were created to recognize those exceptional scientists who have transcended the traditional role of academic scientist by working to advance their discoveries from their lab and into patients.”
Halo helps scientists fund their labs by connecting them to biotech and pharmaceutical companies for research collaborations. These collaborations occur today on an ad hoc basis and are largely the result of chance encounters at conferences, established institutional relationships or geographic proximity. By matching investigators directly with industry-sponsored research projects, Halo aims to democratize access to corporate funding just as government funding has become increasingly scarce.
This funding shortage is especially severe for translational research, a necessary stage of drug development sometimes referred to as the “valley of death” because so many promising discoveries fail to advance into a clinical setting, a result of various “gaps” in knowledge, expertise and resources.
“In this era of unprecedented scientific advances and technology, we are only beginning to close the gap between discovery and clinical application,” Dr. Chang said. “There has never been more purpose and urgency to leverage this knowledge to find ways to cure disease and maintain health and well-being.”
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) is the first hospital in the nation to focus exclusively on translational research, where it has discovery scientists and clinicians working side-by-side to apply research in real time.
“I am truly honored to receive this award from Halo,” said Dr. Domenighetti. “It is a recognition of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s translational approach to research, to sparking collaboration between clinicians and scientists with vastly different backgrounds and ideas in the name of better, faster recoveries for our patients.”
“The promise of basic science in medicine is that tomorrow’s patient will be treated better than today’s. This is my motto for the work my lab and I do and this has meant the transition of science from bench to bedside to babies,” Dr. Woodruff said. “I am delighted that biomedical research is being highlighted in this first ever award type and look forward to supporting the visionary Halo Awards for years to come.”.
The Halo Awards will be held on Thursday, Oct. 25, at MATTER, a health-tech incubator in the Merchandise Mart, and begins at 5 p.m. with a cocktail reception featuring Beyond Curie, a traveling art exhibition by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, a neuroscientist-turned-designer and two-time TED speaker.
Programming begins at 6 p.m. with host Lisa Allen of 101.9 FM “The Mix” and will feature performances by Northwestern acapella group Purple Haze, drum ensemble Boomshaka and harpist Autumn Selover. An after-party at Sunda in River North will follow at 8 p.m. with medicinal-themed cocktails. Proceeds from the Halo Awards will be evenly distributed to the three award winners to help fund their ongoing research projects.
For more details on the Halo Awards, visit events.halocures.com/haloawards.
About Halo Cures
Originally founded as a crowdfunding platform for medical research, Halo is bringing academia and industry closer together to fund and advance promising research. To further its mission, Halo is creating the first online partnering platform for the biotech industry. For academic investigators, Halo will make it easy to identify companies looking to fund research within their area of expertise. For industry, Halo will match them with investigators that have the desired skills and track record to execute on specific research projects.
To learn more about Halo, visit halocures.com.
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(312) 343-0572Posted 10.26.2018 -
CynergisTek Appoints New Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Cybersecurity Executive Jon Hilfiger to Drive Business Development Strategy, Enhance Customer Experience for Leading Security Firm
Austin, TX – October 25, 2018 – CynergisTek, (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity and information assurance, today announced that it has appointed Jon Hilfiger as the company’s new Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Hilfiger brings more than twenty years of experience in global sales and business development to this role where he will lead client retention initiatives and drive new client acquisitions. Hilfiger will also provide strategic insights to support CynergisTek’s expansion of cybersecurity and managed services that meet the needs of the company’s clients.
Prior to CynergisTek, Hilfiger was the Vice President of Sales for PhishLabs, a global cybersecurity and digital risk protection firm, a position he held for more than five years. Before that, he spent over a decade at SecureWorks, where he held various roles that contributed to the company’s growth and successful acquisition by Dell in 2011. During his time there, Hilfiger led expansion efforts into new industries, driving growth at various Fortune 1000 accounts including healthcare and other critical industries.
“Jon brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our executive leadership team and we are looking forward to him driving our marketing and sales efforts to new heights,” said Mac McMillan, CEO and President of CynergisTek. “Hilfiger’s cybersecurity and information security background and experience will be a valuable asset to the leadership team as our company seeks to accelerate its growth year after year. We’re thrilled to welcome Jon to the team.”
“I am excited to join CynergisTek, a company that has such a profound reputation for being the leader in information assurance and delivering superior services to its clients,” said Hilfiger. “I am looking forward to sharing my vast experiences and tapping into my deep security knowledge to continue to drive CynergisTek’s growth in the market and ensure continuous and optimal client support.”
Hilfiger will officially join CynergisTek as its Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing on November 5, 2018.
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.
CynergisTek Investor Relations Contact:
CynergisTek, Inc.
Bryan Flynn
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Former Board Chair Lynn Vogel Shares Lessons Learned in ‘Who Knew?’
10.24.2018
Candace Stuart – Director, Communications & Public Relations
Lynn Vogel recognized he had the perfect title for his book “Who Knew? Inside the Complexity of American Health Care,” when the president described healthcare as “unbelievably complicated. Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated.” As a founding member of CHIME, former Board chair and a longtime healthcare IT executive, Vogel has been navigating the gnarly terrain of healthcare for more than 35 years. He decided it was time to share the knowledge he gained on that journey to help others better understand the industry.He had already written several white papers as a founding advisor at Next Wave Health Advisors, now part of the Huntzinger Management Group. His initial goal was to reach early- and mid-stage startup companies that offered healthcare solutions but had a limited understanding of the industry. Some of those papers evolved into full-blown chapters that now make up his first book.
The book explores factors that make healthcare arguably the most complex industry in our economy –including the challenging patient population, the role of physicians, data management and interoperability, security and privacy, national and organizational politics, business models, markets and more. Vogel, whose career includes several academic appointments and CIO positions, used his skills as a researcher and educator to make the book steeped in evidence but not overly technical.
“I decided to write for a rather diverse audience because I felt that understanding healthcare was a challenge faced by many groups,” Vogel said. “These include CEOs, COOS and CFOs in healthcare organizations. In addition, they include board members, vendors, investors, and politicians who seem to be absolutely clueless about what to do about healthcare. Although it is essential that IT professionals understand just how complex healthcare is, the audience actually became much broader than IT.”
Vogel spent several years writing “Who Knew,” which he did while continuing his consulting work. “The challenge with these things is that once you get a couple of chapters done, you think maybe there is one other piece that should be included, so you add another chapter. … And then you say here’s another thing that is very important and should be its own chapter. It ended up, with the introduction and conclusion, being 11 chapters.”
The book will be published near the end of November by Productivity Press, which is part of Routledge Taylor Francis Group. It is available for pre-order from the publisher and on Amazon.
More Inside CHIME
- CHIME18 Keynoter Emily Chang Weighs in on IT, Workplace Issues and More – By Candace Stuart
- News of Note – By Candace Stuart
Posted 10.25.2018 -
News of Note
10.24.2018
Candace Stuart – Director, Communications & Public RelationsHere is a roundup from CHIME of recent news and upcoming events:
CHIME and AISIS announce plans to launch a chapter in Italy: CHIME and Associazione Italiana Sistemi Informativi in Sanità (AISIS) announced that they have signed a letter of intent to establish a CHIME chapter in Italy. This will be the first CHIME chapter to open in Europe.
Be your favorite superhero at CHIME18’s Halloween reception: Those attending CHIME18 are encouraged to join the CHIME team as they dress up superheroes during the CHIME18 Halloween reception. Whether you’re just stopping by or hanging out for the evening, join in the fun and come dressed as your favorite superhero.
More Inside CHIME
- CHIME18 Keynoter Emily Chang Weighs in on IT, Workplace Issues and More – By Candace Stuart
- Former Board Chair Lynn Vogel Shares Lessons Learned in ‘Who Knew?’– By Candace Stuart
Posted 10.25.2018 -
CHIME18 Keynoter Emily Chang Weighs in on IT, Workplace Issues and More
10.24.2018
Candace Stuart – Director, Communications & Public RelationsEmily Chang, host of “Bloomberg Technology” and a keynote speaker at the 2018 CHIME Fall CIO Forum, discusses trends in healthcare IT, women in the IT workplace, the value of programs like Women of CHIME and diversity initiatives in a Q &A.
What notable trends have emerged in healthcare IT recently? What is driving those trends?
Artificial Intelligence is perhaps the most exciting thing that’s happened to healthcare IT in a generation. AI is powering more seamless interaction between doctor and patient, more personalized treatments and new drug discovery. This can be as simple as a digital app that shares information between patient and doctor or as transformational as curing diseases one at a time. DNA testing has become faster and cheaper while imaging technology has greatly improved, all unlocking troves of data, a virtual goldmine to patients, doctors and researchers. The healthcare industry will need to develop much more efficient ways to ingest, analyze, move and share that data safely, so that valuable information can be exploited while privacy is secured.
Within the information technology world, are there certain specialties that are more open to hiring women and diverse populations? If so, why?
In the technology industry, women are far better represented in business and marketing roles than they are in technical roles. Stereotypes of what makes a good computer engineer or programmer run deep and those stereotypes favor men. Employers are pattern matching for people who look like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Jeff Bezos, none of whom are women. Furthermore, the tech industry bills itself as a meritocracy where anyone can succeed, however, a true meritocracy is impossible to achieve. There are some sectors where women entrepreneurs have broken out but overall, women are still very underrepresented across the industry.
CHIME created a Women of CHIME program in recent years to support female members. How important is it that such a group exist?
Employee resource groups to support workers of all backgrounds are incredibly important. Such groups give employees an opportunity to connect, network and even collaborate on broader diversity and inclusion initiatives and explore problems facing certain communities. They provide a safe space for workers to feel comfortable expressing their views and can also provide crucial leads on recruiting. Leadership should remain engaged in such groups in order for them to have a real voice and remain connected to the company, and the overall goal should be to include all workers within the whole company regardless of lower-level networking opportunities.
This year CHIME is launching a diversity initiative to encourage a broad swath of students to consider health IT careers. Has this approach been successful in Silicon Valley? If so, how and why?
Outreach to students and next generation workers is critical to keep the pipeline open from schools to industry. But making sure those young workers feel included and motivated once they arrive is just as critical. Many big tech companies have committed millions of dollars to encourage more students to study computer science, but the diversity statistics at these companies are not changing. Tech companies also need to reform their hiring and promotion processes and re-set their cultural values to make sure the pipeline can flow freely.
What advice would you give a young person who is considering a career in healthcare IT?
You can do it! And, we need you! Look for a company where you feel you will have a voice, where you can find your team, colleagues who will advocate for and mentor you, and where you can not only be challenged, but be yourself. With work and life becoming increasingly intertwined, don’t just choose a job, choose life.
Editor’s note: Emily Chang will speak at 8:30 a.m. PST at the CHIME Fall CIO Forum in San Diego. Her presentation will be live streamed for members who cannot attend.
More Inside CHIME
- Former Board Chair Lynn Vogel Shares Lessons Learned in ‘Who Knew?’– By Candace Stuart
- News of Note – By Candace Stuart
Posted 10.25.2018 -
Nuance Ranked #1 in 2018 Healthcare Industry Report from Black Book Research
Nuance rated highest for client experience, satisfaction and loyalty by hospitals, physicians, inpatient facilities and ambulatory care organizations
Burlington, MA – October 24, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that it has been ranked #1 for the sixth consecutive year in an annual healthcare report published by Black Book Research. Nuance was ranked first in End to End Coding, CAC, clinical documentation improvement (CDI) and HIM Solutions: Inpatient Hospitals and Health Systems as well as the Physician Practices, Groups, Clinics and Ambulatory Care. In addition, Nuance was rated highest in client experience, satisfaction and loyalty among inpatient facilities, ambulatory care organizations and physician practices and groups. The top rank achievement comes on the heels of Nuance’s launch of AI-powered CDE One, a cloud-based workflow management, collaboration and insight system designed for CDI teams. CDE One reflects Nuance’s commitment to provide CDI teams with highly innovative solutions to enhance care team collaboration, satisfaction and efficiency.
Black Book surveys healthcare executives and frontline users about their current technology and services partners, and awards top-performing vendors based on indicators of client experience, loyalty and customer satisfaction. The rankings are a result of the 2018 survey responses from 2,920 healthcare providers and organizations.
The Black Book survey of hospital technology, financial and physician leaders found coding and clinical documentation improvements are now imperative. 85 percent of hospitals surveyed and 95 percent of physician practices report cutting transcription costs in half or more while improving the transparency of dictation and transcription processes within one year of implementing end-to-end coding, CDI and transcription software tools. 90 percent of providers realized operational efficiencies without impacting clinician workflows. 82 percent of hospital chief financial officers who participated in the Black Book Survey reported that comprehensive coding, CDI and transcription programs delivered among the most rapid return on all technology investments in 2017-2018.
“In today’s healthcare environment, the need for proper clinical documentation improvement technology has never been more essential as it can dramatically improve operational efficiency in healthcare organizations,” said Doug Brown, managing partner of Black Book. “Achieving the top rank for six years running demonstrates the effectiveness of Nuance’s CDI solutions in helping accelerate workflows and accurate, more timely reimbursements for its clients.”
“Black Book Research is a well-respected firm in the healthcare industry and we are honored that our AI-powered, end-to-end clinical documentation solutions are repeatedly ranked number one for their ability to offer clinicians and care teams the in-workflow intelligence they need to provide the highest quality care,” said Michael Clark, senior vice president and general manager of Provider Solutions at Nuance. “Our solutions help clinicians and care teams reduce the amount of time they spend documenting each patient encounter, one of the leading causes of burnout. Not only are they saving time that can be reinvested in patient care, but they’re able to document the complete patient story at the point of care with our AI-powered solutions which supports them getting paid for the care they provided.”
Nuance achieved the highest scores on the majority of the 18 performance indicators measured among hospitals, inpatient facilities, and physician practices, groups and clinics. The coding-centric, key performance indicators measured by Black Book are: Strategic Alignment of Client Goals including value-based care and MACRA; Innovation & Optimization; Training; Client relationships and cultural fit; Trust, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics; Breadth of offerings, client types, delivery excellence; Deployment and outsourcing implementation; Customization; Integration and interfaces; Scalability, client adaptability, flexible pricing; Compensation and employee performance; Reliability; Brand image and marketing communications; Marginal value adds and modules; Financial and Managerial Viability; Cybersecurity; Support and customer care; and Best-of-breed technology and process improvement.
Click here for Black Book’s press release announcing Nuance’s #1 rank in End to End Coding, CAC, CDI and HIM Solutions: Inpatient Hospitals and Health Systems and Physician Practices, Groups, Clinics and Ambulatory Care.
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 the pioneer and leader in conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to everyday work and life. The company delivers solutions that can understand, analyze and respond to human language to increase productivity and amplify human intelligence. With decades of domain and artificial intelligence expertise, Nuance works with thousands of organizations – in global industries that include healthcare, telecommunications, automotive, financial services, and retail – to create stronger relationships and better experiences for their customers and workforce. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.
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nuance.com/healthcarePosted 10.24.2018 -
Health Catalyst Expands Senior Team with Health System and Industry Veterans
Salt Lake City, UT – October 24, 2018 – Health Catalyst, Inc., a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, announced four new members of its leadership team, adding decades of experience in driving positive transformation at some of the nation’s largest health systems, and building on Health Catalyst’s strengths in healthcare outcomes improvement.
The new hires are: William Caldwell, MD, MBA, former senior vice president of clinical integration at Novant Health; Cathy R Menkiena, MBA, BSN, RN-BC, former senior director of EHR Solutions at Encore Health Resources, an emids company; Ryan Smith, MBA, former chief information officer (CIO) at Banner Health; and Steven Vance, MBA, FHFMA, former regional chief financial officer and compliance officer at Intermountain Healthcare.
“We are excited to welcome Will, Cathy, Ryan and Steve, each of whom brings unique and highly valuable skills and experience to Health Catalyst that will help our clients improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes,” said Tom Burton, president of professional services and co-founder of Health Catalyst. “Their broad and deep experience in enterprise-wide healthcare information systems and process improvement within some of the country’s most successful health systems will be vital to helping our clients realize their clinical outcome and financial goals.”
Ryan Smith brings nearly 25 years of health information technology and leadership experience from two of the largest non-profit integrated healthcare delivery networks in the country: Intermountain Healthcare and Banner Health. As CIO at Banner Health—a 28-hospital health system that provides services in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming—Smith led the development and implementation of key technologies and strategies that positioned Banner as an industry leader in healthcare innovation.
As senior vice president of client engagement at Health Catalyst, Smith will work directly with client CIOs across the country to help them design strategies to consolidate point-solution analytics, increase the efficiency of information delivery, and accelerate improvement by leveraging the Health Catalyst Analytics Platform and library of advanced analytic tools.
Dr. Will Caldwell has received over 26 awards for clinical excellence during his 17-year career as a clinician. He led the development of the Clinically Integrated Network at Novant Health, a leading healthcare provider with 15 hospitals and more than 350 physician practices across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. As medical director and chairman of the CIN from its inception in 2016, Dr. Caldwell grew the value-based platform to 2,800 physicians, transitioned the first payer product with 72,000 attributed lives, and built its business capabilities including IT connectivity, referrals and scheduling, internal and external communications, provider education, and legal compliance.
As senior vice president of physician and market development at Health Catalyst, Dr. Caldwell will advise clients on the tools and capabilities needed to transition from traditional fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based care, including how to set up physician networks, create value-based clinical pathways and protocols, overlay technology to drive success in those pathways, and aggregate data to report on outcomes.
Cathy Menkiena brings over 30 years of combined experience in information systems, healthcare operations, administration, nursing management, analytics and consulting spanning Cerner, Epic, Eclipsys (now Allscripts), Healthlink, IBM Global Business Services and a number of healthcare providers including Tenet Healthcare and BayCare Health System in Tampa, FL. At Encore, Menkiena led a team of over 200 application consultants and was a member of the executive leadership team with responsibility for full lifecycle IT implementations, solution development, market positioning and differentiation.
As senior vice president of professional services for Health Catalyst, Menkiena will work directly with clients, exercising her passion for using data to transform healthcare.
Steven Vance spent eight of his nearly 25 years at Utah’s Intermountain Healthcare as director of strategic planning in the southwest region, working with and implementing the principles of Dr. Brent James and Dr. David Burton, the process improvement team credited with turning Intermountain into a national leader in high-quality low-cost care. That experience influenced his most recent role as CFO of Intermountain’s southwest region, which includes three hospitals and generates over $1 billion in annual gross revenue.
As senior vice president of professional services at Health Catalyst, Vance will help clients across the nation optimize their use of the company’s accountable care and financial solutions, as well as advance their overall process improvement efforts.
To download a photo of all four Health Catalyst team members, please click here.
About Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst, Inc. 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 unleash and integrate data from across the healthcare ecosystem. Our Health Catalyst Data Operating System (DOS™)—a next-generation data warehouse and application development platform powered by data from more than 100 million patients, and encompassing over 1 trillion facts—helps improve quality, add efficiency and lower costs for organizations ranging from the largest US health system to forward-thinking physician practices. Our technology and professional services can help you keep patients engaged and healthy in their homes, communities, and workplaces, and we can help you optimize care delivery to those patients 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 @HealthCatalyst on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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[email protected]Posted 10.24.2018 -
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Partners With Zingbox on Medical Device Security Project
Mountain View, CA – October 24, 2018 – Zingbox, provider of the most widely deployed healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform and a leader in healthcare IoT research, today announced that it has been chosen to work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) on a consortium to develop practical, interoperable cybersecurity solutions for healthcare delivery organizations.
Zingbox is one of 11 companies chosen to be part of the consortium, called the NCCoE Securing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector Use Case Consortium. Their collaboration will result in the NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, a detailed, publicly available guide for implementing cybersecurity in the healthcare industry.
By accelerating dissemination and use of these integrated tools and technologies for protecting IT assets, the NCCoE hopes to reduce risk for companies and individuals using IT systems, encourage the development of job-creating cybersecurity products and services, and enhance trust in U.S. IT communications, data and storage systems.
“It’s an honor to be selected as a NIST collaborator and the one company to represent IoT healthcare monitoring solutions in the consortium. We are excited to offer our expertise and insights from years of research and development and real-world deployment to this much-needed initiative. We look forward to working closely with NCCoE and other collaborators on the common goal to protect our healthcare industry and ensure patient safety,” said Dr. May Wang, Zingbox CTO and co-founder.
The technology vendors selected to participate in this project submitted their capabilities in response to a notice in the Federal Register. Companies with relevant products were invited to sign a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with NIST, allowing them to participate in a consortium to build an example implementation.
Additional information on the NCCoE Securing PACS Cybersecurity for the Healthcare Sector Use Case Consortium can be found at: https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/use-cases/health-it/pacs
Certain commercial entities, equipment, products or materials may be identified in order to describe an experimental procedure or concept adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST or NCCoE, nor is it intended to imply that the entities, equipment, products or materials are necessarily the best available for the purpose.
About Zingbox
Zingbox is the provider of the most widely deployed healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform. Recently named a “Cool Vendor in IoT Security” by Gartner and recipient of the Stevie Award for Most Innovative Company, Zingbox helps hospitals realize the full potential of their IoT medical devices, delivering a new standard for uninterrupted quality care through device inventory, management, security and optimization for the entire IoT environment. The company’s device-specific AI-powered machine learning platform uses the first real-time deep behavioral learning technology for connected medical devices. For more information, please visit http://www.zingbox.com.
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[email protected]Posted 10.24.2018 -
eClinicalWorks Develops Opioid Risk Tool to Effectively Assess Patient Risk for Opioid Misuse
The eClinicalWorks Opioid Risk Tool will increase safety of prescribing for controlled substances and prevent and detect opioid misuse and abuse
Westborough, MA – October 23, 2018 – eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announced the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT), a smart form to assess and address a patient’s risk for opioid misuse and to improve physician adherence to treatment protocols. More than 11.5 million Americans, aged 12 or older, reported misusing prescription opioids in 2016.[1] ORT will ensure providers have a solution to combat drug misuse, and specifically the opioid epidemic, leading to better and safer medicine across the nation.
eClinicalWorks developed the ORT to improve how opioids are prescribed and to reduce related harm and deaths. The ORT includes a clinical decision support system that estimates a patient’s risk and provides suggestions prescribing alternatives to opioids or opioid antagonists. ORT includes a sophisticated tool which calculates the morphine milliequivalents (MME) for patients and alerts the provider when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended opioid dose has been exceeded. Patients prescribed opioids will receive educational notifications providing drug information and instructions for safe storage and disposal. By empowering adherence to treatment protocols, the tool will increase safety of prescribing for controlled substances and prevent and detect opioid misuse and abuse.
eClinicalWorks supports Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS), and in association with Appriss Health, eClinicalWorks has built a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) integration that allows physicians to access state databases at the point of care. The partnership automatically integrates into the EHR, streamlining PDMP data access for providers, offering a solution to combat drug misuse, and specifically the opioid epidemic. Currently, 33 states are integrated through Appriss with PDMP and providers have already taken steps to manage improper prescribing and dispensing for controlled substances. The ORT will now further enhance access of PDMP data in real time for earlier identification and intervention, minimizing opioid misuse and improving clinical outcomes.
“The opioid epidemic is a problem of significant proportions that is only getting worse. At eClinicalWorks, we have a joint responsibility with healthcare providers towards developing solutions to improve patient care,” said Girish Navani, CEO and cofounder of eClinicalWorks. “The Opioid Risk Tool will assist in combating the opioid epidemic, ensuring patients have access to safer treatment for chronic pain and reduce the misuse of these drugs. We can do our part to limit the number of pills in circulation and believe the ORT will lead to progress in providing better and safer medicine across the nation.”
The Opioid Risk tool was developed based on recent research and the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2018-cdc-drug-surveillance-report.pdf
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 10.23.2018 -
Vocera Addresses the Intersection of Technology and Humanity at CXO Roundtable
A focus on patient-led design and innovation will reshape the future of caring
San Jose, CA – October 22, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that its Experience Innovation Network will convene its 15th Chief Experience Officer (CXO) Roundtable October 23-24, 2018, in San Francisco. This invitation-only event will focus on ways to empower patients and families to lead human-centered design innovation in partnership with clinicians.
Research published by the Experience Innovation Network shows that many health systems are getting better at including patients in traditional improvement strategies, but more work is needed to deeply engage patients and families as co-architects in all aspects of care. This milestone CXO Roundtable will kick off with an interactive discovery and design workshop with six patients. Partnering with Nick Dawson, Chair of the Executive Board at Stanford MedicineX, this workshop will teach participants the principles and practices of a successful patient-led design process to reshape the future of caring.
“Healing healthcare starts by empowering patients with the tools they need to lead design innovation and continues with engaging healthcare leaders to give them the power to use those tools,” said Bridget Duffy, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Vocera and co-founder of the Experience Innovation Network. “It is time to transcend traditional ideas, break down silos, and reimagine new ways care teams work together with patients and families.”
Keynote speakers for the CXO Roundtable are Chip Conley, MBA, author of “Wisdom @ Work: The Making of a Modern Elder,” and Patch Adams, MD, founder Gesundheit! Institute. Conley, the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality and strategic advisor for hospitality and leadership at Airbnb, recently founded the Modern Elder Academy to help people reframe and repurpose their lifetime of experiences to add greater good to the world. He is also collaborating with the Experience Innovation Network to create an academy cohort for healthcare professionals to mentor the next generation of leaders.
For more than 40 years, Dr. Adams has devoted his life to changing healthcare and healing people with joy and creativity. In 1971, he founded Gesundheit! Institute and has been relentless in his mission to care for others without a voice. His work has helped inspire global discussions about healthcare delivery with a focus on compassion and service to ease the suffering of humanity.
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.
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CONTACT
Shanna Hearon
Vocera Communications, Inc.
669.999.3368
[email protected]Posted 10.22.2018 -
CITI is Pleased to Announce the Success of the First Annual Advisory Meeting
Falls Church, VA – October, 18, 2018 – CITI is pleased to announce the success of the First Annual Advisory Meeting held on October 2, 2018. During this event, CITI demonstrated key products to the Advisory Panel for feedback and suggestions.
“The CHIME Advisory Meeting was an exciting opportunity to work with these highly respected and influential CIOs. This meeting helped our team gain insight and learn some ways to optimize CITI’s solutions and services which will help our Healthcare Business Unit continue to grow at the rapid pace we have experienced”, said Sunil Kolhekar, President and CEO of CITI.
The following products were showcased
DRIS – CITI’s Data Retention and Interoperability Solution, a product designed to allow organizations to access all of their legacy data in one easy to use application while significantly reducing the cost of maintaining expensive legacy systems.
manageID – CITI’s ICAM solution is designed to provide both physical and logical security. manageID is a fully integrated Identity and Credential Management System.
CITI SharePoint Services – CITI supports a full complement of SharePoint solutions and services, from architecture and platform administration, to migrations and upgrades, collaboration tools, content management, social media tools, product integration, and custom application development. The end result is always to distinctively improve the organizations’ productivity and process efficiency.
During the entire day the team discussed objectives and detailed visions for each of the products which will over time enhance their effectiveness and vastly improve their relevance towards future goals.
CITI would like to formally thank the following members of the Advisory Panel for their honest approach and in depth professional feedback on all of our products.
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 2,700 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.
CHIME Technologies
CHIME Technologies, Inc. is a for-profit entity that supports innovative new products and services from the healthcare industry. CHIME Technologies facilitates the development of new value-added services that benefit CHIME members and the industry. Its offerings include a Speakers Bureau, Advisory Services, Cooperative Member Services and a Leadership Academy. For more information, please contact [email protected]
CHIME Advisory Services provides firms with an advisory team of practicing CIOs who are members of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and other senior healthcare IT leaders to gain perspectives on the industry and the company’s product and service offerings. Advisory Services is run by CHIME Technologies, Inc.
Posted 10.18.2018 -
Zingbox Reveals Details of the Vulnerabilities in Telepresence Robots
Leading IoT Security Provider Releases Important Vulnerability Details
Mountain View, CA – October 17, 2018 – Zingbox, the provider of the most widely deployed healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform, today announced research detailing the vulnerabilities in telepresence robots that can be leveraged by hackers to access sensitive data such as chat conversations, images and live video streams.
“I commend the quick actions by the device manufacturers, which enable us to share additional details regarding this vulnerability and educate the industry on the latest cyber threats.”
Following the initial findings showcased at the RSA conference in April 2018, Zingbox security researchers continued to work with the manufacturers. These efforts resulted in five Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) outlining various vulnerabilities, ranging from unprotected credentials to unauthorized remote access. Zingbox is now releasing the details of the vulnerabilities after the manufacturers had an opportunity to address the issues.
“While much of the burden of ensuring device security falls on the healthcare providers, the collaboration between device manufacturers and security vendors is a critical component to assist healthcare providers,” said Daniel Regalado, principal security researcher at Zingbox and co-author of Gray Hat Hacking. “I commend the quick actions by the device manufacturers, which enable us to share additional details regarding this vulnerability and educate the industry on the latest cyber threats.”
The research provides details on how a telepresence robot can initially be targeted by intercepting firmware updates or gaining access via remote hacking. In addition to the theft of sensitive data, the report also details how a hacker can gain access to video recordings.
For more details, the full report is available here.
About Zingbox
Zingbox is the provider of the most widely deployed healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform. Recently named a Cool Vendor in IoT Security by Gartner and recipient of the Stevie Award for Most Innovative Company, Zingbox helps hospitals realize the full potential of their IoT medical devices, delivering a new standard for uninterrupted quality care through device inventory, management, security, and optimization for the entire IoT environment. The company’s device-specific AI-powered machine learning platform uses the first real-time deep behavioral learning technology for connected medical devices. For more information, please visit http://www.zingbox.com.
Contacts
For Zingbox
Laura Ruark, 540-599-7886
[email protected]Posted 10.18.2018