• MultiScale Health Networks Prioritizes Security and Privacy with CynergisTek Engagement

    MultiScale Selects Leading Cybersecurity Firm’s Services to Proactively Protect Client Data

    Austin, TX – November 15, 2018 – CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity and information assurance, today announced that MultiScale Health Networks, a pioneer in bringing real-time problem-solving innovations to healthcare, has selected CynergisTek’s signature service, Compliance Assist Partner Program (CAPP). MultiScale will leverage CynergisTek’s expertise and comprehensive risk assessments to proactively secure the MultiScale Hive solution, which enables clinicians to securely communicate and collaborate with EHR and health operations data to address issues in real-time before they become problems.

    MultiScale Health Networks will leverage CynergisTek’s expertise & comprehensive risk assessments to proactively secure the MultiScale Hive solution

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    In order for MultiScale to provide healthcare systems with the most effective and efficient real-time access to electronic health record (EHR) data, the data platform’s security is mission critical. Since MultiScale Hive enhances access to information contained in a health system’s EHR, the company selected CynergisTek’s CAPP offering, which provides privacy, security, and compliance expertise, to refine and strengthen its platform data security through required assessments, testing, and ongoing advisory services.

    “With MultiScale Hive, we see immense opportunity to empower clinicians with the data they need to address problems before they happen and work together to improve quality, drive more efficiency, and help health systems positively impact the bottom-line,” said Jim Harding, CEO, MultiScale Health Networks. “When evaluating vendors who could help us proactively secure our solutions both today and tomorrow, CynergisTek was the clear choice given the company’s unsurpassed knowledge of the unique security and privacy challenges in the healthcare industry.”

    Both provider organizations and healthcare vendors can augment existing security and privacy programs by engaging with CynergisTek and implementing its suite of cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance services. CynergisTek’s CAPP solution is fully customizable to meet the unique needs of each organization it works with, and provides holistic, ongoing support for all of its clients in order to maintain vigilance in security and privacy programs.

    “Healthcare continues to be a top target for cybercriminals. With innovation and increased data interoperability, now is the time for making security precautions a critical component going to market,” said Mac McMillan, CEO and President, CynergisTek. “We are honored to be working with MultiScale Health Networks to provide guidance and support to address the shifting threat landscape as the company continues to transform how clinicians are able to utilize EHR clinical and operational data in a safe and secure manner.”

    About MultiScale Health Networks

    Founded in 2012, MultiScale Health Networks is a pioneer in reimagining health data by applying new technologies to old approaches. MultiScale Hive brings the vision of real-time health system (RTHS) to healthcare by leveraging the proven technologies that have transformed countless industries into real-time operations. Hive enables clinicians to securely communicate and collaborate with EHR and health operations data to address issues in real-time before they become problems. This empowers clinicians with what they need to improve care quality, drive efficiency and reduce costs. Privately-held MultiScale is a joint venture between industry powerhouses Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH), one of the largest non-for-profit health systems in the US, Johnson & Johnson, and Sabey Healthcare Holdings.

    About CynergisTek, Inc.

    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 security, privacy, 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.

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    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. Some 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]
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    CynergisTek Media Contact:
    Aria Marketing
    Danielle Johns
    (617) 332-9999 x241
    [email protected]
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    MultiScale Health Networks Media Contact:
    MultiScale
    Cheryl Isen
    (425) 233-9032
    [email protected]

    Posted 11.15.2018

  • New Perth Children’s Hospital Standardizes Care Team Communication with Vocera Technology

    Clinicians can easily connect and collaborate on patient cases in real-time

    San Jose, CA – November 14, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) has implemented Vocera Collaboration Suite throughout its new facility to improve care team communication and clinical workflows. Clinicians and staff across the hospital can communicate hands-free with wearable Vocera badges, text securely using the Vocera smartphone app, and communicate at their workstations via a web console. 

    The 298-bed multi-specialty pediatric hospital in Nedlands, Australia, opened in June 2018, replacing Princess Margaret Hospital as the state’s dedicated children’s hospital. Because emergency department clinicians at Princess Margaret Hospital were efficiently and effectively using the Vocera system, leaders at PCH decided to standardize communication enterprise-wide with the solution at the new hospital, which is much larger and more technologically advanced.

    “We needed an innovative and intelligent communication system to match our state-of the art hospital. The last thing we wanted to do was use outdated technology,” said ICT Director Darren Mathers, Child and Adolescent Health Service. “We also wanted a communication solution that is purpose built for healthcare to quickly and easily connect highly mobile clinicians anywhere. As we evaluated our options, it became apparent that Vocera had the unified messaging platform we needed.”

    Using the Vocera system, PCH clinicians don’t need to worry about remembering phone numbers, names, or who is on call. They can simply text or say a specific group or individual role. For example, the voice command “call 1A Bed 1” routes the call directly to the nurse assigned to patient room 1 on ward 1A at that time. Fast and easy communication drives faster response times. Optimizing clinical workflows, health IT leaders at PCH worked closely with the clinical commissioning governance group to ensure accurate role-based communication.

    Perth Children’s Hospital planned to deploy the Vocera system in the emergency and oncology departments of the new hospital, but realized its potential, and expanded the technology to an enterprise-wide, intelligent unified communication solution that enables voice, texting, alerting and integrations. So far, PCH has integrated the Vocera solution with the hospital’s nurse call, telephony, fire alarm and building management systems. There is a unique integration that sends alerts to certain staff when refrigerator temperatures reach risk levels. The IT team is working on an integration between the Vocera solution and the building management system that would proactively send an alert to IT staff if the temperature in the computer business centre reached a certain degree.

    “The innovation, infrastructure and services of the new Perth Children’s Hospital are impressive,” said Brent Lang, president and CEO of Vocera. “We are honored to provide the solution of choice for care team communication and help PCH clinicians deliver high-quality, compassionate care to children from across Western Australia.”

    About Perth Children’s Hospital

    Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) opened June 2018, replacing Princess Margaret Hospital as Western Australia’s specialist pediatric hospital and trauma center, providing medical care to children and adolescents up to 16 years of age. The new 298-bed hospital provides treatment for the most serious medical cases, as well as secondary services including inpatient, outpatient and day-stay care. PCH delivers world-class care to children and families with state-of the-art facilities. Designed to reflect the natural healing beauty of the neighboring Kings Park and Botanic Garden, PCH places children, young people, families and caregivers at the center of the services it provides. PCH is part of the Child and Adolescent Health Service, which also incorporates community and mental health services in the Perth metropolitan area. For more information, visit www.pch.health.wa.gov.au.

     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 11.15.2018

  • Health Catalyst Adds World-Class Expertise in AI and Life Sciences

    Appointments mark a major step toward diversification across markets, and leveraging AI to derive actionable knowledge

    Salt Lake City, UT – November 14, 2018 – Health Catalyst, Inc., a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, today announced two important additions to its senior team—Jason Jones, PhD, and Elia Stupka, PhD.

    Jason Jones will serve in a new role as Chief Data Scientist at Health Catalyst. Jones formerly held senior analytics leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente, recognized as one of America’s leading healthcare providers and not-for-profit health plans, as well as positions at Intermountain Healthcare, and Bayer Healthcare. Elia Stupka will serve as Health Catalyst’s Senior Vice President, Life Sciences Business, Chief Analytics Officer. Stupka comes to the company from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Health Catalyst client, where he led data science and bioinformatics, and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, where he led computational biology.

    “We are excited and deeply grateful that Jason and Elia joined us; with their skills and backgrounds, they could work anywhere,” said Dale Sanders, President of Technology for Health Catalyst. “As they both indicated during the lead-up to joining, they see Health Catalyst as being in a very unique position, poised for an impressive future. It’s one thing for me, with all my biases, to feel that way, but quite another for these two to feel the same and commit to joining the team when their career options were literally unlimited. They will take us to a new level of capability.”

    Elia Stupka is a visionary leader with a passion for innovation in health and life sciences and 20 years of experience across industry, academic and clinical settings. In his new role at Health Catalyst, Stupka is leveraging the company’s data to advance the life sciences—from drug discovery to understanding the patient impact of specific medications—as well as helping existing clients to build new research data ecosystems integrated with the existing operational ecosystems.

    In his role at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, one of the world’s leading cancer organizations, Stupka brought together research, clinical and operational data to improve patient outcomes and the discovery of new treatments. He started his career as a member of the first team to assemble the human genome in Cambridge, U.K., in 2001. He then worked with Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner to build the first genome research group in Singapore.

    Subsequently, Stupka worked at several key European research organizations, including the Telethon Institute of Genetics in Naples, Italy; University College London; and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, where he was director of computational biology and genomics. He also co-directed a genomics research center at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, where he contributed to the successful development and completion of the first commercially viable gene therapy clinical trials. He has published 100+ peer reviewed articles, cited 35,000+ times across the fields of bioinformatics, genomics, drug discovery, and ethics. His work has contributed to the understanding of the human genome and transcriptome, the diagnosis of rare disease patients, the development of gene therapy and novel drugs on the market and the development of ethics frameworks pertaining to the fast-changing world of big data in health and biology.

    Jason Jones is passionate about achieving the Quadruple Aim through better and easier use of data in healthcare, including helping organizations to find analytic focus; helping providers feel that the systems they work for have their backs; and helping people to understand and have their goals and preferences respected for the hopefully brief periods during which they are “patients.”   He sees Health Catalyst as a unique organization in which to bring this passion to life. 

    “Interest in health and healthcare-related analytics has increased dramatically over the last decade, but few organizations have shown the focus on fundamentals and commitment to each client’s success as Health Catalyst over that time period,” said Jones.

    Previously, Jones served as Vice President, Information Support for Care Transformation, at Kaiser Permanente (KP). In that capacity, he brought together and co-led the national Hospital and Healthplan Quality and Finance analytic functions and led development of national quality strategy and care delivery IT investments.  Prior to that, he was KP’s Executive Director of Clinical Intelligence and Decision Support and a Research Scientist in KP’s Southern California region.

    Before joining KP, Jones was a Senior Medical Informaticist for Intermountain Healthcare. He also held analytic and marketing positions at Bayer Healthcare in Wayne, N.J., and Ingenix (now Optum) Pharmaceutical Information Products in Salt Lake City, where he developed a model for converting United Healthcare data into a saleable asset for external customers conducting outcomes research.

    Throughout his career, Jones has taught graduate courses in statistics to medical informaticists at the University of Southern California and at the University of Utah. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed papers in medicine, predictive modeling, and outcomes improvement.

    To download photos of the new Health Catalyst team members, please click on the links: Jason Jones, PhD, and Elia Stupka, PhD.

    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. 

    For more information contact:

    Todd Stein
    Amendola Communications
    510-417-0612
    [email protected]

    Posted 11.15.2018

  • Nuance PowerScribe Lung Cancer Screening Helps Baptist Health South Florida Detect Cancer Sooner

    Establishing a routine screening program having a profound impact on patients

    Burlington, MA – November 15, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. today in conjunction with Baptist Health South Florida’s Miami Cancer Institute (MCI) announced that MCI has established a Lung Cancer Screening program that supports early diagnosis and thus more effective treatment of the disease.

    The Lung Cancer Screening program at MCI is one of the busiest in the nation. MCI selected Nuance solutions for the ability to track eligible patients; manage and enable communications with patients; create diagnostic reports; and seamlessly connect to pathology, Electronic Health Records (“EHRs”) and cancer registries. MCI adopted PowerScribe Lung Cancer Screening, PowerScribe 360 Reporting, PowerScribe Workflow Orchestration, and PowerConnect Communicator to support its high-volume, high-value community lung cancer screening program.

    “You need a system that’s HIPAA-compliant, can talk to your EHR, accurately renders the radiologist’s narrative, and keep all reports and imaging together. Nuance is the glue that keeps this all together for us,” says Dr. Juan Batlle, chief of thoracic imaging at Baptist Health South Florida and the Miami Cancer Institute. “Nuance helps us to make sure no cancer diagnosis falls through the cracks.”

    In the program’s first three-and-a-half years, MCI scanned nearly 2,500 patients, with 3 percent of them requiring follow-up testing. Of those, MCI found and treated 26 proven cancers, 86 percent of which were early-stage.

    “It is an honor to work with organizations like the Miami Cancer Institute. They’re having a profound impact on patients’ lives, and we are proud to support their successful program with technology that offers a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for detecting lung cancer,” says Karen Holzberger, vice president and general manager of Nuance Healthcare’s Diagnostic Division.

    To read the complete story about the Lung Cancer Screening Program at MCI, download the case study here.

    About Baptist Health South Florida 
    Baptist Health South Florida is the largest healthcare organization in the region, with 10 hospitals (Baptist Hospital, Baptist Children’s Hospital, Bethesda Hospital East, Bethesda Hospital West, Doctors Hospital, Fishermen’s Community Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital, South Miami Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital), more than 40 physician practices, 50 outpatient and urgent care facilities, Baptist Health Medical Group, Baptist Health Quality Network and internationally renowned centers of excellence spanning across Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. A not-for-profit organization supported by philanthropy and committed to our faith-based charitable mission of medical excellence, Baptist Health has more than 19,500 employees and more than 3,000 affiliated physicians. Baptist Health South Florida has been recognized by Fortune as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America and by Ethisphere as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. For more information, visit BaptistHealth.net/newsroom.

    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. 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.

    Trademark reference: Nuance and the Nuance logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

    Media Contact Information
    Palmer Reuther
    Corporate Communications
    Nuance Healthcare
    M: 978-697-9227
    [email protected]

    Posted 11.15.2018

  • CHIME Foundation Names Philips Winner of 2018 Partner Award

    ANN ARBOR, MI, Nov. 14, 2018 – A hospital has its highly publicized go-live threatened by a burst pipe that destroys critical monitoring technology. Another hospital has a double-whammy of circumstances that grinds central monitoring and automatic data charting in its EHR to a halt. A hospital looks for a partner who is willing to customize its technology for its pediatric population. In each case, Philips stepped up to the plate, according to the senior healthcare IT executives who experienced these situations.

    Philips rushed to replace the damaged monitors before the go-live, developed workarounds to maintain clinical workflow until a patch was available and offered a custom pediatric program with state-of-the art equipment that was cost effective. These examples, all submitted by members of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), have earned Philips their customers’ highest praise and the 2018 CHIME Foundation Partner Award.

    “Our CHIME members rely on partners in industry to deliver patient care,” said Liz Johnson, CHIME Foundation Board chair and chief innovation officer at Tenet Health. “Having a partner like Philips with a mission and culture that aligns with our organizations helps us all succeed.”

    The award recognizes a CHIME Foundation firm that has made outstanding contributions and demonstrated exceptional dedication and support to the healthcare IT industry. It was announced today at the 2018 CHIME Fall CIO Forum in San Diego.

    “Over the past few years, Philips has transitioned to a strategy that focuses specifically on healthcare technology,” said Sara Coulter, Global Leader, Medical Affairs and Clinical Innovation at Philips. “Central to that strategy is a commitment to be true partners with our customers in every way. We are honored that our provider customers in CHIME value our relationships as much as we do.”

    Philips has been a longtime CHIME Foundation firm, and Coulter has been a strong advocate for CHIME and CHIME’s mission. Coulter served on the CHIME and CHIME Foundation boards and helped launch and expand CHIME’s international initiative.

    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 2,800 members in 51 countries and over 150 healthcare IT business partners and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs; and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and healthcare in the communities they serve. For more information, please visit chimecentral.org.

    Contact
    Candace Stuart
    Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
    734.665.0000
    [email protected]

    Posted 11.14.2018

  • Nuance’s AI-Powered Diagnostic Solutions Help Curb Radiologist Burnout

    Empowered with Nuance’s AI-powered solutions, radiologists improve efficiency and accuracy while effectively managing and prioritizing workloads

    Burlington, MA – November 13, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered diagnostic solutions is helping curb radiologist burnout, a critical issue that is compounded by inefficient processes and mounting volumes of work. Nuance is enabling radiologists to improve the efficiency and accuracy of disease detection, diagnosis and treatment with AI-powered diagnostic workflow and reporting solutions, real-time image sharing and communication, powerful performance and analytics tools and an open platform for sharing AI algorithms.

    As radiologists face mounting pressure and stress, due to an ever-growing volume of exams, more complicated reporting requirements, a decrease in reimbursements and the need to demonstrate greater patient and clinical value, many are struggling to find enough time to complete their work in an already long day. It is common for radiologists to spend more time on lower-value, routine processes than they do reviewing patient exams, providing actionable insights and follow-up recommendations to referring physicians. This unrelenting cycle increasingly leads to higher rates of burnout. In 2018, the burnout rate in radiology became the 7th highest among all medical specialties.

    Nuance engineered its AI-powered solutions to help clients like Jefferson Health, Orlando Health, FF Thompson Hospital and Yale New Haven Health, overcome inefficient practices and enable their radiologists to optimize their current workflows to improve the efficiency of disease detection, reporting and patient follow-up.

    • “We knew we needed a solution that would allow us to consolidate and intelligently manage radiology workflow across our growing enterprise,” said Chris Tomlinson, MBA, CRA, FAHRA, VP of enterprise imaging at Jefferson Health. “The comprehensive workflow orchestration solution will allow us to make optimal use of our subspecialists while streamlining work distribution across disparate sites and prioritizing patient care – ultimately supporting our vision of a single, unified radiology service line. With the addition of a robust lung cancer screening and follow-up recommendation platform, we are more proactively and effectively managing patient care and ensuring our patients get the recommended follow-up care they need.”
    • “To continue providing our patients with the best radiology services throughout our healthcare system, it’s critical that we equip our team with state-of-the-art technology solutions,” said Michael Gurian, MD, Medical Center Radiology Group physician project champion in partnership with Orlando Health. “We chose Nuance because they provide a true end-to-end workflow solution with a robust communication and collaboration platform. Their highly configurable product allows us to reduce operational inefficiencies and prioritize patient care to ensure every exam reaches the right specialist every single time.”
    • “Nuance understands the value-based challenges that radiologists currently face and how to harness technology to address them. When used to augment a radiologist’s work, Nuance’s mPower Clinical Analytics platform can triple the positive impact of recommendation tracking systems,” said Ben Wandtke, MD, MS, chief of diagnostic imaging, FF Thompson Hospital. “Not only does this cloud-based technology help optimize productivity and efficiency, it also improves compliance and increases technical revenue for radiology practices.”
    • “PowerScribe Workflow Orchestration consolidates and streamlines our radiology workflow, eliminating the need to hop between multiple systems to determine what comes next,” said Matthew Zawalich, director, clinical imaging technologies, Yale New Haven Health. “The work is organized, prioritized and delivered in a thoughtful and intelligent manner – it’s saving time, increasing efficiencies, and allowing our radiologists to focus on the important work of reading patient exams and delivering the best possible care.”

    “The momentum we’re experiencing in the diagnostic market points to our understanding of radiologists’ day-to-day responsibilities and our purpose-built solutions that help them overcome the time-consuming challenges that can lead to burnout and take time away from their patients,” said Karen Holzberger, vice president and general manager, Healthcare Diagnostics, Nuance. “Our industry leading solutions are powered by AI to equip radiologists to work more efficiently, drive productivity, enhance accuracy and improve patient outcomes. We will remain relentless in our mission to transform diagnostic imaging to meet the needs of the industry today and tomorrow.”

    Nuance will be showcasing its commitment to AI innovation in diagnostic imaging at the 2018 RSNA Annual Meeting at booth #2700 in South Hall A at McCormick Place, November 25 – 30 in Chicago, IL.

    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.

    Trademark reference: Nuance and the Nuance logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

    Media Contact Information
    Palmer Reuther
    Corporate Communications
    Nuance Healthcare
    M: 978-697-9227
    [email protected]

    Posted 11.13.2018

  • Foundation Partners Get to Join in Most Wired’s Top 10 Unveiling

    11.13.2018
    Caitlin Kelly, Director, Strategic Partnerships

     

    Leaders from four Foundation firms participated in the Most Wired celebrations on Nov. 2 in San Diego by taking to the stage to announce the top 10 recipients. Although each recipient knew their healthcare organization had made the top 10 list, they did not know the order in advance.  

    And if that was not dramatic enough, their names were called out starting with No. 10 and ending with No. 1.  

    The Foundation firm announcers were Gus Malezis from Imprivata, Dick Flanigan from Cerner, Steve Cagle from Clearwater Compliance and Ricky Caplin from The HCI Group. As platinum supporters of the Most Wired program in 2018, they had the pleasure of calling recipients on stage to join Bill Spooner, chair of the Most Wired Governing Board, Michelle Patterson, CHIME’s vice president of operations, and Russ Branzell, CHIME’s president and CEO, to accept their plaques.  

    The top 10 recipients were: 

    1. Nicklaus Children’s Health System in Miami, Fla. 
    2. Baptist Health South Florida in Coral Gables, Fla. 
    3. Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Penn. 
    4. Altru Health System in Grand Forks, N.D. 
    5. Avera Health, Sioux Falls, S.D. 
    6. Atrium Health in Charlotte, N.C. 
    7. Sheridan Memorial Hospital in Sheridan, Wyo. 
    8. Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles, Calif. 
    9. Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Mich. 
    10. UCLA Health in Los Angeles, Calif. 

    A supplement published jointly by CHIME and Modern Healthcare Custom Media includes the full list of recipients. The supplement is available here and an industry trends report based on survey data is available here.   

    Please look for more information about the CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired program and how you can get involved in the coming months. Feel free to email me at [email protected] in you have questions or need anything. 

    Posted 11.13.2018

  • Nuance Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Document Imaging Division to Kofax

    Enables Nuance to sharpen focus on its conversational AI- and cloud-related technologies, simplify its business, and improve its growth profile

    Burlington, MA – November 12, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced the company has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Document Imaging division to Kofax, Inc. The sale enables Nuance to focus the business entirely on its conversational AI- and cloud- based solutions while simplifying the organization and improving its growth profile. For Kofax, the Document Imaging division bolsters the company’s leadership in Intelligent Automation technologies. Total consideration for the transaction is $400 million in cash. The deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close by the end of Nuance’s second fiscal quarter.

    “Nuance is entering the next phase of our organization’s growth and while selling the Document Imaging division was not an easy decision given its many years of contributions and dedication of our Imaging associates, it became clear in our portfolio reviews that this is the right outcome,” said Mark Benjamin, chief executive officer of Nuance. “Selling the Imaging division enables us to sharpen focus on our conversational AI- and cloud-related portfolio and accelerate the transformation well underway at the Company.”   

    Nuance Document Imaging provides the software solutions and expertise required by professionals and organizations to more securely and efficiently optimize information-centric processes. The Company’s expansive portfolio enables strict compliance with information security policies and regulations while enabling organizations to streamline and eliminate gaps across the full spectrum of workflows spanning the lifecycle of their documents from origin to archiving. For users, Nuance’s Imaging solutions deliver an experience that is consistent, familiar and intuitive for more efficient, natural, and intelligent interactions with technologies used to create, capture, and process documents.

    “Through the acquisition of Nuance’s Document Imaging division, Kofax will drive customer value by adding key technologies, including cloud compatibility, scan-to-archive, scan-to-workflow, print management and document security, to our end-to-end Intelligent Automation platform,” said Reynolds C. Bish, Chief Executive Officer of Kofax. “In addition, we will now be able to combine the best capture capabilities available in the market into one product portfolio.”

    Additional details will be discussed on the Company’s November 19, 2018 fourth quarter earnings call. BofA Merrill Lynch served as Nuance’s financial advisor, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Baker McKenzie served as Nuance’s legal advisors on the transaction.

    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 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.

    Trademark reference: Nuance and the Nuance logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

    Investor and Press contact:
    Richard Mack
    Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Tel: 781-565-5055
    Email: [email protected]

    Press contact:
    Kelby Troutman
    Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Tel: 781-791-8935
    Email: [email protected]

    Posted 11.12.2018

  • CHIME and AuiG Announce Plans to Launch Chapter in German-speaking Communities

    ANN ARBOR, MI, Nov. 9, 2018 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and Akademie für Unternehmensführung und IT-Service Management in der Gesundheitswirtschaft (AuiG) announced today that they have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to establish a CHIME chapter in German-speaking communities in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
     
    “We are honored to partner with colleagues who clearly share our drive to improve healthcare using information technology,” said Russell Branzell, president and CEO of CHIME. “Like CHIME, AuiG values international collaborations that bring many perspectives to the challenging issues we face in our industry today.”
     
    “CHIME’s philosophy, educational programs and international certification align perfectly with AuiG’s mission to serve our VuiG members by helping them network and develop skills to become healthcare leaders,” said Dr. Pierre-Michael Meier, executive vice president and CFO of VuiG e.V. AuiG is VuiG e.V’s educational arm. “Although we may have different approaches to healthcare, we share the same challenges, technological opportunities and organizational frameworks. We see this partnership as a great opportunity for both organizations to share experiences and grow together.”
     
    CHIME is a membership-based organization serving more than 2,800 chief information officers (CIOs) and senior healthcare executives in 51 countries. CHIME offers online and in-person educational and networking opportunities as well as accreditation through a domestic and international CHIME Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) program. VuiG e.V represents German-speaking CIOs in the ENTSCHEIDERFABRIK Network, which is a community that includes 33 user associations, over 800 hospitals and over 120 industry partners and exclusively selected consultancies.
     
    This marks the third establishment of an international chapter outside the U.S. for CHIME. Earlier this year, CHIME signed an LOI to open a chapter in Italy and in 2017 CHIME launched a chapter in India. 
     
    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 2,800 members in 51 countries and over 150 healthcare IT business partners 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.
     
    About AuiG, VuiG e. V. and the ENTSCHEIDERFABRIK Network
    VuiG e.V. is the home of CIOs in 33 user associations in the ENTSCHEIDERFABRIK Network. The network develops digitized solutions in the healthcare sector, provides hospital decision makers with tools to be successful, and serves as an incubator to test innovations. Membership into VuiG e.V. is by title as a part of an executive team or by qualification. AuiG is VuiG e.V.’s educational arm and validates the qualification of VuiG e.V. members.
     
    Contacts
    Candace Stuart
    Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME
    734.665.0000
     
    Iris Meier
    General Manager, AuiG
    +49 2182 8865382
    Posted 11.9.2018

  • Nuance Announces Corporate Governance Enhancement by Adopting Provision for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting

    Burlington, MA – November 9, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that its Board of Directors has adopted amendments to the Company’s Bylaws that allow shareholders holding at least 20 percent of shares of Nuance common stock outstanding to call a special meeting of shareholders. The threshold was informed by a recent shareholder outreach program conducted by the Company’s chairman of the Board and Compensation Committee chairman.

    “In the past two months, we have had interactions with nearly 50% of our holders, all designed to better understand their views on our governance and compensation practices, in keeping with the Company’s commitment to improve its shareholder engagement,” said Lloyd Carney, chairman of the Board of Nuance. “We will continue this outreach, which has been a highly beneficial learning process for our Board, and we appreciate the candid feedback and input that these discussions provided, as they helped shape the provisions of this amendment.”

    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.

    Trademark reference: Nuance and the Nuance logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.

    Contact Information
    Richard Mack
    Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Tel: 781-565-5000
    Email:[email protected]

    Posted 11.9.2018

  • Upstate University Hospital Reimagines Physician-Patient Experience with Vocera Solution

    Vocera Rounds provides real-time feedback to improve hospitalist communication

    San Jose, CA – November 7, 2018 –  Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that physicians at Upstate University Hospital in New York identified a unique way to improve communication and patient experience using real-time feedback captured with the Vocera Rounds solution.

    “Solid communication and trust between physicians and patients enhances the patient experience, increases medication compliance, reduces readmission rates and improves clinical outcomes,” said Amit Dhamoon, MD, PhD, internist at Upstate University Hospital and associate professor of medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University. “The Vocera Rounds solution is helping our residents and attending physicians have meaningful conversations with patients and their families, which helps improve engagement, education and understanding.”

    Focused on improving physician communication and patient experience, Dr. Dhamoon and team use the Vocera Rounds solution to collect data about hospitalists’ behaviors during patient interactions and provide real-time feedback. The digital assessment is customized using Vocera Rounds, a mobile application that enables clinicians to customize patient-centric questions, easily capture answers and observations, and track trends per clinician and department.

    Clinicians and quality leaders at Upstate University Hospital worked closely with the care experience team at Vocera to design questions that address core communication tenets for physicians to follow. During a hospitalist-patient interaction, a medical resident observes the physician’s behaviors and captures observations in the app using an iPad. Residents and physicians also use the app to conduct a brief patient survey after the encounter.

    “The power of this professional teaching program is the combination of immediate feedback from patients and colleagues,” said Dr. Dhamoon, who is studying the effectiveness of this training approach and its impact on patient satisfaction measured by Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys.

    SUNY Upstate Medical University

    SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY, is the only academic medical center in Central New York and is the region’s largest employer with more than 10,000 employees. Affiliated with the State University of New York, Upstate’s mission is to improve the health of the community through education, biomedical research and health care. Upstate’s educational mission is anchored by its four colleges—Medicine, Nursing, Health Professions and Graduate Studies. As a biomedical research enterprise, Upstate focuses on the most prevalent human diseases, including cancer, diabetes, heart disease, nervous system disorders, vision, and infectious diseases. The Upstate University Health System serves 1.8 million people, often the most seriously ill and injured, and includes Upstate University Hospital, Upstate University Hospital at Community Campus, Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital, and numerous satellite sites. Stretching north to Canada and south to the Pennsylvania, Upstate’s sphere of influence can be felt across a wide swath of New York. Education programs in various locations across the state help train medical professionals in their home communities. Physicians use telemedicine to cover medical specialist shortages in rural communities. Upstate New York Poison Center, from its hub in Syracuse, provides poison information and support for millions of New Yorkers.

     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.

     MEDIA CONTACTS

    Kathleen Paice Froio
    SUNY Upstate Medical University
    [email protected] 

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

    Posted 11.8.2018

  • Spok Ranked #1 in Secure Communications for Hospital Systems by Black Book Market Research

    Spok Care Connect® platform rated highest for best-of-breed technology and ‘overwhelming client satisfaction’ in annual healthcare industry report

    November 07, 2018 10:40 AM Eastern Standard Time

    Springfield, VA – November 7, 2018 – Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) and a global leader in healthcare communications, announced that it has earned honors as the top overall healthcare technology vendor for secure communications platforms in an annual report published by Black Book Market Research. Spok also received the highest scores in the categories of best-of-breed technology and process improvement; trust, accountability, transparency, and ethics; viability and managerial stability, training and education; and tech support and customer care.

    “We are proud to be a trusted partner for more than 1,900 healthcare organizations to support the delivery of exceptional, compassionate care”

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    “The research indicates that ninety-seven percent of hospitals are budgeting for or investing in comprehensive clinical communication platforms this year, and the Spok Care Connect platform is the solution of choice in this category,” said Vincent D. Kelly, president and chief executive officer of Spok Holdings, Inc. “Enterprise technology that fully supports care team collaboration and decision-making is key to the evolution of real-time health systems and improving patient safety and outcomes, and Spok continues to build an industry-leading reputation in this area by consistently exceeding customer expectations.”

    Spok Care Connect is the industry’s leading clinical communication platform that combines a contact center solution, centralized and integrated directory and scheduling, alarm management, critical test result notifications, secure messaging, and paging to fully support multimodal, real-time communication among all of those responsible for patient care.

    “Healthcare leaders are not looking for simple point solutions for communication anymore, and the top ranking Spok received reflects a preference for a vendor that can do it all—secure communications across the entire organization, from the care teams on patient floors to the contact center to emergency response teams,” said Doug Brown, president of Black Book. “Spok has been a top player in this space for a long time, and their consistently positive feedback indicates that there are no disconnects between their promises and delivery.”

    Black Book polled more than 2,000 healthcare professionals in Q4 2017 and Q1 2018 to develop this comprehensive industry report on the state of secure communications. The independent healthcare research firm recognizes top-performing vendors based on client experience and customer satisfaction indicators.

    “We are proud to be a trusted partner for more than 1,900 healthcare organizations to support the delivery of exceptional, compassionate care,” said Hemant Goel, president of Spok, Inc. “As we develop the next evolution of the Spok Care Connect platform, we look forward to continuing our tradition of trustworthy technology that administrators, clinicians, and patients alike can rely on when it matters most.”

    About Spok

    Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK), headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, is proud to be a global leader in healthcare communications. We deliver clinical information to care teams when and where it matters most to improve patient outcomes. Top hospitals rely on the Spok Care Connect® platform to enhance workflows for clinicians, support administrative compliance, and provide a better experience for patients. Our customers send over 100 million messages each month through their Spok® solutions. When seconds count, count on Spok. For more information, visit spok.com or follow @spoktweets on Twitter.

    Spok is a trademark of Spok Holdings, Inc. Spok Care Connect is a trademark of Spok, Inc.

    Contacts:
    Spok, Inc.
    Jill Asby, +1 952-230-5363
    [email protected]

    Posted 11.8.2018
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