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• Vocera to Present at 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

  SAN JOSE, CA – December 27, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that the company’s President and CEO Brent Lang and its Chief Financial Officer Justin Spencer will be presenting at the 37^th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at 8 a.m. PT in San Francisco.

  The presentation will be available as a webcast, both live and archived, through the Vocera website at investors.vocera.com. The replay will be available for 90 days following the live broadcast.

  Important Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

  Comments or responses to questions at the conference may contain forward-looking information, including statements regarding projected operating results and anticipated market opportunities for Vocera. This forward-looking information is subject to risks and uncertainties described in Vocera’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and actual results or events may differ materially.

  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.

   CONTACTS:

  Investors and Analysts:                                                       
  Sue Dooley                 
  Vocera                                                                  
  408.882.5971                                                     
  [email protected]

  Media:
  Philip Anast
  Amendola Communications
  440.225.9595
  [email protected]

  Posted 12.31.2018

• Top Three Most Common Health System Patient Data Security Weaknesses Revealed by Clearwater CyberIntelligence™ Institute

  NASHVILLE, TN – December 20, 2018 – The three most critical and common high-security cyber risks facing healthcare delivery organizations and their partners have been uncovered in a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Clearwater CyberIntelligence™ Institute (CCI). CCI was formed earlier this year to leverage insights from Clearwater’s proprietary database created by IRM|Analysis™. The database, containing millions of risk records accumulated during the completion of comprehensive, NIST-based risk analyses for hundreds of Clearwater customers over the last six years, is the industry’s largest and most complete database focused exclusively on the unique cybersecurity risk profiles of hospitals, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) and business associates.

  At the top of the patient data breach vulnerability list is User Authentication Deficiencies, followed by Endpoint Leakage and Excessive User Permissions, the CCI analysis revealed. Together, the top three areas of vulnerability account for nearly 37 percent of all critical risk scenarios.

  “Hospital executives should direct their immediate attention to these three top vulnerabilities and consider action to reduce their organization’s risk profile,” said Clearwater’s Jon Stone, who leads CCI and serves as senior vice president for Product Innovation. “It is critically important that hospitals and health systems evaluate their organization’s information systems to determine their specific risk ratings on these three critical vulnerabilities and take the necessary steps to close any gaps.”

  For context, User Authentication Deficiencies are weaknesses in the process used by an organization to uniquely identify and verify a user. Examples of deficiencies include such things as use of generic User IDs and/or passwords, posting user passwords on monitors or under keyboards, and emailing user credentials unencrypted over external networks. Some of the most common technology associated with these gaps include servers and SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solutions. Complete findings can be found in the first edition of the Clearwater CyberIntelligence Insight Bulletin.

  CCI was established earlier this year as a response to the exponentially growing threat surface from the Internet of Things (IoT) and the proliferation of attackers in healthcare. The data mining and informatics team at the Institute uses advanced analytics techniques to identify common security weaknesses found in hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations and provide actionable steps they can take to better protect themselves and their patient data from cyber attack. CCI leverages the enormous data set of cyber risk information stored in its proprietary IRM|Analysis™ database, which was built over the last six years from millions of risk records collected from hundreds of hospitals, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) and business associates while completing comprehensive, NIST-based cybersecurity Risk Analyses.

  “IRM|Analysis has become the industry’s gold standard for performing an OCR-Quality Risk Analysis, and with so many hospitals now using the software, we are accumulating an enormous amount of data,” noted Steve Cagle, CEO of Clearwater. “Clearwater will continue to leverage this data to provide insights and best practices to its Customers, as we continue to build upon reputation of thought leadership in risk analysis and cyber risk management.”

  About Clearwater CyberIntelligence™ Institute (CCI)

  CCI harnesses the power of a database populated by healthcare organizations that contain millions of risk records from hospitals, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) and business associates to safeguard patient safety and private organizations against cyber threats. Launched in 2018, CCI was established as a response to the exponentially growing threat surface from the Internet of Things and the proliferation of attackers in healthcare. The data mining and informatics team at the CCI institute uses advanced analytics techniques to provide useful publications to identify common security weaknesses found in hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations. Hospital executives can direct their immediate attention to threats, vulnerabilities and control deficiencies identified by CCI and perhaps take immediate action to reduce their organization’s risk profile.

  About Clearwater

  Clearwater provides the most complete and trusted, enterprise-class cyber risk management solution available. Designed for healthcare providers and their partners, Clearwater’s IRM|Pro™ platform and experienced professional services team provide insights and actions to address compliance, cyber and patient safety risks. Clearwater is a 2017 Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company, the 2018 Best in KLAS winner in Cybersecurity Advisory Services, the 2017 and 2018 Black Book Marketing Research winner in Compliance and Risk Management Solutions, and exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association as well as numerous state hospital associations. Clearwater solutions have been deployed within hundreds of hospitals and health systems, Fortune 100 organizations, and federal government institutions. More information about Clearwater is at clearwatercompliance.com.

  Contacts

  Kriste Goad | [email protected] | (615) 440-9049

  Posted 12.20.2018

• 19th U.S. Surgeon General to Kick Off 2019 CHIME HIMSS CIO Forum

  12.20.2018 Tim Stettheimer – VP, Education

  We are pleased to announce that the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., will set the stage for the CHIME HIMSS CIO Forum in Orlando, Fla., with an overview of national and global health trends along with crisis points and major issues. He will be the first of four keynote speakers who will inspire us all to take health and care to new heights.

  The forum will be Feb. 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Hotel in Orlando. We will hold a welcoming reception on Feb. 10 in true CHIME style, followed by a breakfast and our speakers on Feb. 11. Members also can participate in Foundation Focus Groups during the week of the HIMSS annual conference. You will have the option to attend up to 14 Focus Groups between Feb.12 and 14.

  As the nation’s 19th surgeon general, Murthy made it his mission to modernize the role of “America’s Doctor” by bringing in 21st century approaches and technology. He issued the first Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health, and his last Surgeon General’s Report was on e-cigarettes and youth. He launched the TurnTheTideRx campaign to address the nation’s opioid epidemic and was the first surgeon general to issue a call-to-action letter to health professionals across the nation to reduce opioid addiction and overdose deaths.

  Prior to becoming surgeon general, he practiced and taught internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. During his career, he co-founded Visions, a peer-to-peer HIV/AIDS education program in India and the U.S., which he led for eight years. He also co-founded the Swasthya project (“health and wellbeing” in Sanskrit), a community health partnership in rural India to train women to be health providers and educators; TrialNetworks, a software technology company that developed collaborative technology for accelerating clinical trials (acquired by DrugDev in 2014); and Doctors for America, a nonprofit that organizes physicians across the U.S. to advocate for high-quality, affordable healthcare for all.

  We look forward to sharing more details about the forum in coming weeks. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet up with your CHIME colleagues, network and learn from internationally renowned healthcare leaders like Murthy. More information about the forum, the hotel and registration is available here.

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  More Inside CHIME:

  • Busy Year in D.C. Includes Progress on Health IT Policies and Legislation – Leslie Krigstein & Mari Savickis
  • 2018 Proves to be Year of Many ‘Firsts’ for CHIME – Cletis Earle

  Posted 12.20.2018

• Busy Year in D.C. Includes Progress on Health IT Policies and Legislation

  	12.20.2018 Leslie Krigstein – VP, Congressional Affairs
  	Mari Savickis – VP, Federal Affairs

  In yet another hectic policy year, health IT managed to grab headlines and at the same time receive bipartisan support from policymakers. Our ability to participate in these policy discussions would not have been possible without the support of some very dedicated CHIME members.

  From the outset of 2018, we saw the Office of American Innovation and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prioritize interoperability and patient access in a dramatic fashion as we anxiously await rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on these topics. The Meaningful Use program saw a name change as well as a structural overhaul, something CHIME had long-advocated for. And, hopes are high after a series of requests for information (RFIs) from CMS and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) point to potential future rulemaking which could allow for the donation of cybersecurity services and other technologies necessary to further the move to value-based care. And, Medicare will now reimburse separately for technology-based services.

  Despite being an election year, Capitol Hill held up their end of the bargain with the passage of some notable health IT provisions, including the removal of the “more stringent over time” Meaningful Use program mandate. Congress also greenlighted the expansion of telehealth in specific disease states, the treatment of substance use disorder (SUD), and in Medicare Advantage. The Hill continued to encourage the administration to work with the private sector on patient matching, a long-time CHIME priority. Cybersecurity issues received consideration as Congress considered pandemics and hazards, while also watching consumer protection and data privacy rise to prominence, poised to take center stage in the 116th Congress.

  CHIME members provided feedback in congressional hearings, at White House meetings and in countless other forums with policymakers in 2018. With the help of the CHIME Policy Steering Committee and numerous other CHIME members, the public policy team submitted more than 40 written responses to the administration and Capitol Hill. These tireless volunteers were invaluable in sharing their perspectives for the betterment of policy and healthcare nationwide.

  Thanks to the PSC leadership for the extra hours they put in reviewing regulations, legislation and helping with our comments:

  • Liz Johnson, chair
  • Marc Probst, vice chair
  • Daniel Barchi
  • Marc Chasin
  • Chuck Christian
  • Rodney Dykehouse
  • Cletis Earle
  • Neal Ganguly
  • John Kravitz
  • Michael Martz
  • Randy McCleese
  • Pam McNutt
  • Albert Oriol
  • Shafiq Rab
  • Craig Richardville
  • Bill Spooner

  We are excited to announce that the PSC is growing in 2019, adding:

  • Julie Bonello
  • Casey Bryson
  • David Chou
  • Justin Owens
  • Randi Terry
  • Denise Webb
  • Rusty Yeager

  We look forward to carrying forward the momentum we’ve gained into 2019, to continue our advocacy efforts to better enable you, the CHIME membership, to leverage health information technology to transform patient care.

  For more details about CHIME’s public policy efforts, go here. If you want to learn how you can get more engaged in CHIME’s public policy initiatives, email [email protected].

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  More Inside CHIME:

  • 19th U.S. Surgeon General to Kick Off 2019 CHIME HIMSS CIO Forum – Tim Stettheimer
  • 2018 Proves to be Year of Many ‘Firsts’ for CHIME – Cletis Earle

  Posted 12.20.2018

• 2018 Proves to be Year of Many ‘Firsts’ for CHIME

   

  12.20.2018 Cletis Earle – Chair, CHIME Board; SVP & CIO Information Technology, Kaleida Health

  It is hard to believe that my year as board chair is almost over. It has been a pleasure and privilege to represent our members and help establish a path for CHIME’s future growth. I am especially honored to have had the opportunity to work with my fellow board members and bring in new programs.

  This year CHIME launched our first Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. The program reflected CHIME’s commitment to be a collaborative partner and advocate for our members. The presenters included policy makers in Congress and federal agencies who are involved in heath IT-related initiatives. We also had members from CHIME’s Policy Steering Committee and the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Security (AEHIS) serve as panelists and moderators. The summit solidified CHIME as the preeminent source for policy thought leadership on topics like cybersecurity, telehealth, interoperability and IT-related approaches to address the opioid epidemic.

  This was also CHIME’s first year to oversee the HealthCare’s Most Wired survey and recognition program. CHIME revised and updated the survey to better align questions with current practice and relevant outcomes, and then set a high bar to qualify for the Most Wired title. The survey will be reviewed and revised again in 2019 to capture advancements in the industry, and the threshold for recognition may be recalibrated as well. The goal is to drive excellence across our industry globally.

  We also launched the CHIME Diversity Committee and held a Sunrise Session at the 2018 CHIME Fall CIO Forum in San Diego to discuss initiatives to create a broadly inclusive workforce by encouraging people from all races, ethnicities and belief systems to pursue careers in healthcare IT. As chair, I look forward to working with CHIME members and CHIME Foundation firm members to help build a diverse pipeline of talented heath IT employees who can serve as the next generation of CIOs and senior healthcare IT executives. We also will explore workplace strategies to attract and retain diverse teams in our IT departments and C-suites.

  As part of our diversity initiative, we created the myCHIME Diversity Community on CHIME’s website as a social platform and resource for members. You can participate in discussion groups, engage members, access informational white papers and other resources through the myCHIME Diversity Community. Click here to join the conversation.

  Thank you for your support throughout the year. We made great strides in 2018 but we face many challenges as our jobs continue to evolve. I encourage you to get involved in any of the activities that CHIME offers in 2019 and take advantage of this great community we have created through CHIME. In the meantime, I hope you have joyous holidays and a wonderful New Year.

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  More Inside CHIME:

  • Busy Year in D.C. Includes Progress on Health IT Policies and Legislation – Leslie Krigstein & Mari Savickis
  • 19th U.S. Surgeon General to Kick Off 2019 CHIME HIMSS CIO Forum – Tim Stettheimer

  Posted 12.20.2018

• 3M to Acquire M*Modal’s Technology Business

  Acquisition Expands 3M’s Health Information Systems’ Capabilities

  ST. PAUL, MN & FRANKLIN, TN – December 19, 2018 – 3M today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the technology business of M*Modal, for a total enterprise value of $1.0 billion. M*Modal is a leading healthcare technology provider of cloud-based, conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered systems that help physicians efficiently capture and improve the patient narrative so they can spend more time with their patients and provide higher quality of care.

  “This acquisition builds on our strategic commitment to invest in our Health Information Systems business and expands the capabilities of our revenue cycle management and population health priority growth platform,” said Mike Vale, executive vice president, 3M Health Care Business Group. “Together, we will enable doctors to improve the patient experience, while enhancing documentation accuracy and operational efficiency for both providers and payers.”

  “We are excited that we can further accelerate our mission of creating time to care for more clients with the resources and global reach of 3M,” said Michael Finke, president of M*Modal. “By combining capabilities, we can more quickly deliver on our mission of bringing conversational AI and ambient intelligence directly into clinical workflows. This is a great outcome for our clients, partners and team.”

  3M will maintain a strategic business relationship with M*Modal’s remaining transcription, scribing and coding services business, which is not part of this transaction, to help ensure continuity and strong customer support. Annual revenue of M*Modal’s technology business is estimated to be approximately $200 million.

  3M Health Information Systems (HIS) business works with more than 8,000 healthcare organizations worldwide, both providers and payers, to deliver software and services across the continuum of care. 3M HIS offerings – which include the 3MTM 360 EncompassTM software platform – combine clinical documentation systems and risk assessment methodologies to help accurately capture, analyze and advance patient information.

  On a GAAP reported basis, 3M estimates the acquisition to be $0.10 dilutive to earnings in the first 12 months following completion of the transaction. Excluding purchase accounting adjustments and anticipated one-time expenses related to the transaction and integration, 3M estimates the acquisition to be neutral to earnings over the same period.

  The effective enterprise value multiple is approximately 10 times estimated annual adjusted EBITDA for the first 12 months following completion of the transaction, including expected run rate synergies.

  The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2019, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

  Approximately 750 employees supporting the technology business of M*Modal are expected to join 3M upon completion of the transaction. The business is based in Pittsburgh, Penn.

  Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as the financial advisor to 3M and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP acted as legal counsel to 3M. TripleTree LLC acted as the financial advisor to M*Modal and Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal counsel to M*Modal.

  Forward-Looking Statements

  This news release contains forward-looking information about 3M’s financial results and estimates and business prospects that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “aim,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “target,” “forecast” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance or business plans or prospects. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company’s control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company’s credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company’s information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company’s funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (the “Reports”). Changes in such assumptions or factors could produce significantly different results. A further description of these factors is located in the Reports under “Cautionary Note Concerning Factors That May Affect Future Results” and “Risk Factors” in Part I, Items 1 and 1A (Annual Report) and in Part I, Item 2 and Part II, Item 1A (Quarterly Reports). The information contained in this news release is as of the date indicated. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this news release as a result of new information or future events or developments.

  About M*Modal

  M*Modal is a leading healthcare technology provider of advanced clinical documentation solutions, enabling hospitals and physicians to enrich the content of patient electronic health records (EHR) for improved healthcare and comprehensive billing integrity. As one of the largest clinical transcription service providers in the U.S., with a global network of medical editors, M*Modal also provides advanced cloud-based Speech Understanding™ technology and data analytics that enable physicians and clinicians to include the context of their patient narratives into electronic health records in a single step, further enhancing their productivity and the cost-saving efficiency and quality of patient care at the point of care. For more information, please visit www.mmodal.com, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

  About 3M

  At 3M, we apply science in collaborative ways to improve lives daily. With $32 billion in sales, our 91,000 employees connect with customers all around the world. Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M or @3MNews.

  Contact:

  3M Investor Contacts:
  Bruce Jermeland, 651-733-1807
  or
  Tony Riter, 651-733-1141

  Media Contacts:
  3M
  Lori Anderson, 651-733-0831
  or
  M*Modal
  Aparna Prabhakar, 267-535-7680

  Posted 12.19.2018

• Nuance’s AI-Powered Clinical Documentation Solution Helps Advance “Joy of Johns Hopkins Medicine” Initiative

  Leading U.S. health system collaborates with Nuance to reduce clinician, caregiver burnout and improve satisfaction and engagement
  with AI-powered clinical documentation solutions

  BURLINGTON, MA – December 18, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that it is honored to have its conversational artificial intelligence (AI)-powered clinical documentation solutions selected to help advance “Joy at Johns Hopkins Medicine,” a comprehensive, multi-year initiative developed and launched by Johns Hopkins Medicine to help combat clinician and caregiver burnout by enabling them to rediscover the true joy that comes from treating and healing patients.

  Burnout is an industry-wide epidemic that is severely affecting the quality of care physicians are able to provide to their patients. According to Medscape’s annual survey, about 51 percent of physicians reported feelings of burnout in 2017 – an increase of more than 40 percent from 2013¹. Studies have also shown that a high percentage of physician stress results from daily administrative tasks as over half of a physician’s work day is spent entering data, while only 27 percent of their time is spent with patients².

  In an effort to address these challenges, leaders at Johns Hopkins Medicine established the Joy in Medicine Task Force, a multi-disciplinary, system-wide initiative to adopt support systems to help reduce burnout, maximize engagement and help clinicians and caregivers achieve professional goals. Johns Hopkins Medicine also implemented an electronic health record (EHR) optimization team to minimize the stresses of learning EHR systems. According to leaders at Johns Hopkins, they chose to implement Nuance’s conversational AI-powered clinical documentation solutions – including Dragon Medical One and Dragon Medical Advisor – to foster greater physician productivity and satisfaction, improve quality metrics for reporting and maximize physician-patient interactions by easing the documentation burden on physicians.

  With Dragon Medical One, an industry leading HITRUST CSF certified healthcare speech recognition platform hosted on the Microsoft Azure HITRUST CSF certified platform, physicians at Johns Hopkins Medicine will be able to dictate patient stories anywhere, anytime, in turn reducing clinical documentation time and placing a greater emphasis on patient-provider interactions.

  Johns Hopkins Medicine also selected Nuance’s Dragon Medical Advisor, an in-workflow Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD) solution that presents physicians with real-time advice for the specificity of diagnoses so that encounters can be properly coded, which accelerates billing, reduces denials and improves risk adjustment. The system’s enterprise-wide agreement also includes Dragon Medical embedded in Epic Haiku and Canto to further optimize the organization’s EHR and provide dictation options for clinicians on the go, and PowerMic Mobile to provide clinicians with increased documentation mobility through a secure wireless microphone app.

  “Johns Hopkins Medicine is a pioneer in addressing physician satisfaction with their Joy at Johns Hopkins Medicine initiative. The common values shared between our teams has made this initiative even more meaningful, as we both place great importance on the need for solutions that reduce physician burnout and enable physicians to easily capture the full patient story,” said Michael Clark, senior vice president and general manager, Provider Solutions, Nuance. “Our technology is focused on augmenting the physician’s role for an improved experience for both patients and physicians, with the goal of getting physicians as close to a natural workflow as possible. We’re looking forward to continuing to collaborate with Johns Hopkins Medicine to make this goal a reality.”

  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.

  Press Contact Information
  Julie Sculley (for Nuance)
  FleishmanHillard
  M: 617-986-5730
  [email protected] 

  ¹ Medscape Annual Survey, 2017

  ₂ Annals of Internal Medicine, “Tethered to the EHR: Primary Care Physician Workload Assessment Using EHR Event Log Data and Time-Motion Observations,” September/October 2017

  Posted 12.18.2018

• 19th Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy to Speak at Spring CIO Forum

  ANN ARBOR, MI, Dec. 18, 2018 – Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., who served as the 19th surgeon general of the United States from December 2014 to April 2017, will be the opening keynote speaker on Feb. 11 at the CHIME HIMSS CIO Forum in Orlando, Fla. Murthy is credited with modernizing the role of surgeon general with 21st century approaches and technology.

  As surgeon general, he made improving health his top priority. He issued the first Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health, and his last Surgeon General’s Report was on e-cigarettes and youth. He launched the TurnTheTideRx campaign to address the nation’s opioid epidemic and was the first surgeon general to issue a call-to-action letter to health professionals across the nation to reduce opioid addiction and overdose deaths.

  Prior to becoming surgeon general, he practiced and taught internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. During his career, he co-founded Visions, a peer-to-peer HIV/AIDS education program in India and the U.S., which he led for eight years. He also co-founded the Swasthya project (“health and wellbeing” in Sanskrit), a community health partnership in rural India to train women to be health providers and educators; TrialNetworks, a software technology company that developed collaborative technology for accelerating clinical trials (acquired by DrugDev in 2014); and Doctors for America, a nonprofit that organizes physicians across the U.S. to advocate for high-quality, affordable healthcare for all.

  “Dr. Murthy’s vision for a healthy America and a healthy world mirrors what we at CHIME want to achieve using healthcare IT,” said CHIME Chair-Elect Shafiq Rab, M.D., senior vice president and CIO at Rush University Medical Center. “As surgeon general, he put a spotlight on factors that need to be addressed to combat epidemics like obesity and opioid addiction. We are honored to have Dr. Murthy kick off our spring forum.”

  The CHIME HIMSS CIO Forum will take place Feb. 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Hotel in Orlando. More information about the forum and registration is available here.

  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 12.18.2018

• CPES 2018

   

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  • CHIME PARTNER EDUCATION SUMMIT

    Invest in your career and strengthen your business relationships.

    The CHIME Partner Education Summit (CPES) provides CHIME Foundation firms with a unique educational opportunity to learn about IT strategies and partnership values directly from prominent CHIME CIO’s. The education will include dialogue on the compelling challenges healthcare IT executives face in their daily roles as well as recommendations on how to address their needs associated with the continual transformation of healthcare IT.

    Topics covered during prior CPES events include:

    • Establishing & Maintaining Long-Term Strategic Partnerships
    • The C-Suite Dynamic
    • Ask the CIOs Panel
    • Understanding the Buying Cycle, Platform Selection & Purchasing Processes
    • Public Policy Impacts & Regulatory Updates

    At CHIME Foundation’s annual CPES event, leading provider CIOs will take Foundation firms on a deep dive into the world of delivery system transformation and what they need to be successful.  It is an excellent venue for bringing together sales and marketing teams to learn directly from their target customers – how to build and maintain long term strategic partnerships in the world of health IT.

    Over 150 Foundation firm individual members attended last year’s event – representing 44 Foundation firm organizations.

    CPES 2018 will take place September 5-7, at the Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel. See ‘Registration’ tab for more logistical details.

    By attending the CHIME Partner Education Summit, you will earn 15 CEU’s.

  • FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

    What is the CHIME Partner Education Summit? The CHIME Partner Education Summit (CPES) is an exciting new program exclusively available to CHIME Foundation firm representatives. The objective of CPES is to provide educational and professional development opportunities for Foundation representatives in support of CHIME’s mission: Exceptional Leaders Transforming Healthcare.

    View our webinar for an overview of the program.

    Why should I attend?
    At CHIME Foundation’s annual CPES event, leading provider CIOs will take Foundation firms on a deep dive into the world of delivery system transformation and what they need to be successful.  This is an education event targeted directly for Foundation firm members taught by a faculty of prominent CIO’s.  It is an excellent venue for bringing together sales and marketing teams to learn directly from their target customers – how to build and maintain long term strategic partnerships in the world of health IT. It’s time to be recognized as a trusted partner, and not just another vendor!
    

    When is the event, where is it and how long will it last?
    CPES 2018 will take place September 5-7, at the Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel. 

    How much does it cost?
    $995 per person. There are group discounts available for those sending 5-9 team members (10% discount) or 10+ team members (15% discount). Email the Foundation for your team’s code.
    

    Where can I register?
    Registration is open and you can register here.

    Is there a limit on the number of registrations our company can use?
    There is no registration limit per Foundation firm. Anyone from a CHIME Foundation firm with a vested interest in learning directly from the healthcare IT leaders of CHIME is encouraged to attend.

    Who is presenting and what will the conference cover?
    Educational sessions will be presented by healthcare IT leaders – members (CIOs and CMIOs) of CHIME. Educational sessions are designed specifically for Foundation firms. Topics covered during prior CPES events include:

    • Public Policy Impacts & Regulatory Updates
    • The C-Suite Dynamic
    • ‘Ask the CIOs’ Panel
    • Understanding the Buying Cycle, Platform Selection & Purchasing Processes
    • Establishing & Maintaining Long-Term Strategic Partnerships

    What is the format?
    CPES18 will be a blended format of panel discussions, roundtables, general session speakers, as well as receptions.

    Is there a conference dress code?
    It is recommended that you dress business casual for CPES.

    Can I earn educational credits that will count towards my CFCHE (CHIME Foundation Certified Healthcare Executive) certification?
    Yes, by attending CPES18, you can earn CEUs towards your CFCHE certification. For those not yet CFCHE certified, exam opportunities will be available at CPES18. The CFCHE designation serves to recognize those who understand the various responsibilities and strategic vision of a healthcare leader, and who can successfully evaluate and implement strategies to produce the best results for their organization and business partners. LEARN MORE

    Why should I go to CPES when I was already planning on going to the CHIME CIO Fall Forum?
    CPES is designed from the ground up specifically for you and your team. While the Fall CIO Forum is the perfect avenue for you to reach and network with our CHIME members (CIOs)- CPES is the perfect opportunity to prepare and strengthen your skills to better serve the members of CHIME.

  • Agenda

    Wednesday, September 5

    3:00 pm – 3:15 pm	Welcome & Introductions
    3:15 pm – 3:30 pm	Opening Remarks
    3:30 pm – 4:15 pm	Envisioning the Future: Forecasting Provider Needs – Rusty Yeager & Shafiq Rab
    4:15 pm – 5:30 pm	Creating a Trust Relationship – Donna Roach and Tim Zoph
    5:45 pm – 7:30 pm	Networking Reception

     

    Thursday, September 6

    7:30 am – 8:20 am	Breakfast
    7:30 am – 8:30 am	(Optional Breakfast session) Why CFCHE? Certification Overview – Jennifer Ramstrom
    8:30 am – 9:30 am	Partnership: Cooperating to Advance a Mutual Interest – Carina Edwards & John Kravitz
    9:30 am – 10:15 am	Breakout Sessions- International Partnerships: Working with Providers on International Needs – Carina Edwards  Conducting an Engaging Partner Conversation – Cyndi Cahill & Cara Babachicos Why CFCHE? Learn More About Certification – Jennifer Ramstrom
    10:15 am – 10:30 am	Break
    10:30 am – 11:30am	Panel- Working with the C-Suite: Perspectives from CFO, CEO, CIO and CMIOs
    11:30 am – 12:30 pm	Cybersecurity Preparedness: Are You Ready? – Daniel Barchi & Theresa Meadows
    12:30 pm – 1:40 pm	Networking Luncheon
    1:45 pm – 2:45 pm	Washington and Beyond: Ever-Changing Political Climate and Future Direction – Cletis Earle
    3:00 pm – 3:45 pm	Breakout Sessions- Identifying Key Service Gaps: Opportunities for Consulting Firms – Kara Marx & Rusty Yeager  Understanding the Provider Buying Process 101 – Jennifer Greenman Understanding the Provider Buying Process 201 – David Finn
    3:45 pm – 4:15pm	Break
    4:15 pm – 5:00 pm	Way to Improve & Build Relationships- What Does the Data Reveal? – Kent Gale & Tim Zoph
    5:00 pm – 6:30 pm	Networking Reception with Chicago-area CIOs

     

    Friday, September 7

    7:30 am – 8:20 am	Breakfast
    8:30am – 9:30 am	Lessons Learned: Perspectives from CIOs and Foundation Firms – Drex DeFord & Sarah Richardson
    9:45 am – 10:45 am	The 4th Revolution– Russ Branzell, CEO/President at CHIME
    10:45 am – 11:00 am	Closing Remarks/Adjournment
    12:00 pm – 2:30 pm	CFCHE Exam

  • REGISTRATION INFORMATION 

    FEES & PAYMENT
    The registration fee for CPES18 is $995.00. The registration fee includes all program materials as well as breakfasts, lunches, and reception.

    All funds must be in US dollars. Checks should be made payable to the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and mailed to 710 Avis Drive, Suite 200, Ann Arbor, MI 48108.

    Group discounts are available for those teams sending 5-9 members (10% discount) or 10+ members (15% discount). Email the Foundation for your team’s code.

    Cancellation Policy:  Due to the limited capacity of this program, no refunds will be made for cancellations received on or after August 14, 2018.

    Please note: Attendance is not transferable to another person or to another offering of the program.

    Register for CPES
    

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    The CHIME Partner Education Summit is led by a faculty of healthcare CIOs who have demonstrated continued success, leadership, and organizational excellence in their careers.

    SPEAKERS PROFILES *Tentative

    Russell P. Branzell, FCHIME, CHCIO President & CEO – CHIME About Russell Prior to joining CHIME, Russ Branzell was the VP of IS/CIO, Poudre Valley Health System (PVHS) and the President/CEO of Innovation Enterprises (PVHS’ for profit IS entity). PVHS is an integrated health system with a reputation for excellence and innovative care. They most recently are the recipients of the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest Presidential honor given to US businesses and organizations that demonstrate performance excellence, the Colorado Performance Excellence Peak Award (first and only organization in the state), Solucient’s 100 Top Hospitals, Health Grades Distinguished Hospital Award, Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence designation, Avatar International 5 Star National Award, and US News and World Report-America’s 50 Best Hospitals. In addition to these honors and awards, the Information Services Division was recognized with Information Week Magazine’s Top 500 Award for innovative technology usage and also received the Business Technology Optimization Excellence Award for IT Governance Best Practices (2004). Prior to joining PVHS, he was the Regional Deputy CIO and Executive Director of Information Services for Sisters of Mercy Health System in St. Louis, MO. Before his time in St. Louis, Mr. Branzell served on active duty in the US Air Force and continues to serve in the Air Force Reserves. While on active duty, Mr. Branzell served in numerous healthcare administration positions including CIO for the Air Mobility Command Surgeon General’s Office. In 1996, he was selected for the Air Force Medical Service Fellowship program and completed a CIO Internship at the Unity Health System in St. Louis, MO. Mr. Branzell is a past member of the CHIME Board of Directors (2004-2008), past Chairperson of the CHIME Education Committee (2004-2008), and past Program Director for CHIME’s Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™ (2006 – 2009). He was instrumental in the development and ongoing success of CHIME’s LEAD Forum and CHIME Foundation Boot Camp education programs, serving both as Program Director and as a member of faculty for both since their inception. In addition, he has served as Chairperson of CHIME’s Spring and Fall CIO Forum Planning Committees and currently serves on the CHIME Education Foundation Board. Mr. Branzell is a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO), a fellow of CHIME and HIMSS, and board certified through the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He was awarded the 2005 ACHE Regent’s Award as the Young Healthcare Administrator of the Year for the State of Colorado. PVHS has received numerous industry awards in recognition of its commitment to the advancement of healthcare informatics. Russ serves on numerous editorial, volunteer, community and management boards. Additionally, he has been a speaker at regional, national, user groups and vendor conferences. A native of San Antonio, TX, Russ earned an undergraduate degree in business administration specializing in human resource management and labor relations from the University of Texas. In 1995, he earned a Master’s degree in Administrative Science from Embry-Riddle University with an emphasis in management.

    Frank A. Nydam, CPES Planning Committee Chair Healthcare VP & CTO at VMware About Frank Frank Nydam is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Healthcare at VMware, responsible for Healthcare strategy and solutions.  Frank joined VMware in 2002 and has been primarily focused on the application of virtualization technologies in the Life Sciences and Healthcare Provider industry segments.  In his current role Frank collaborates with a broad range of Healthcare ecosystem partners including hospitals, clinical application developers and industry groups to help deliver safer more efficient Healthcare solutions. As a member of VMware’s Office of the CTO, Frank is responsible for helping align product and technology strategy as well as incubating new solutions.  In 2014 Frank was elected by his industry peers to serve on the board of CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives).   Prior to joining VMware, Frank was the Director of Technology at a national Microsoft Business Solutions partner responsible for application development and infrastructure services.  Frank holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering/Management from Kent State University, Executive MBA’s certificates in Finance and Healthcare studies.

    Daniel Barchi SVP and CIO of New York Presbyterian About Daniel Daniel Barchi is SVP and CIO of New York-Presbyterian, one of the largest healthcare providers in the US and the university hospital of Columbia and Cornell. He leads 1,000 informatics and technology specialists who deliver the tools and data that physicians and nurses use to deliver acute care and manage population health. Daniel previously led healthcare technology as CIO at Yale and earlier as CIO of the Carilion Health System. He was President of the Carilion Biomedical Institute and Director of Technology for MCI WorldCom. Daniel graduated from Annapolis, began his career as a U.S. Naval officer at sea, and was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for leadership and the Southeast Asia Service Medal for Iraq operations in the Red Sea.

    Drex DeFord, FCHIME, FHIMSS, FACHE, LCHIME Digital Health Leader About Drex Drex is an independent consultant with a long career as a healthcare executive, including his experience as Co-Founder and CEO of Next Wave Connect; EVP and CIO at Steward Healthcare in Boston; SVP and CIO at Seattle Children’s Health System and Research Institute; and Corporate VP and CIO at Scripps Health in San Diego. Prior to that, he spent 20 years in the US Air Force, where he served as a regional CIO, a medical center CIO, and Chief Technology Officer for the USAF Health System’s World-Wide Operations. Besides his work as a healthcare executive, he’s spent significant time leading some of healthcare’s top provider associations – he’s served on the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) National Board of Directors, and is the Past-Chair of both CHIME and the CHIME Foundation. He’s also held state HIMSS leadership positions in both Virginia and Washington. Drex has a couple of masters degrees (Master of Science, Health Informatics from University of Alabama-Birmingham; Master of Public Administration, University of Oklahoma), he’s a Fellow in all the right organizations (HIMSS, CHIME, and ACHE), and he’s also a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO). Drex now spends his time bringing together trusted health systems, payers, associations, vendors, and investors to solve healthcare’s toughest problems.

    Cletis Earle, CHCIO CHIME Board Chair; VP & CIO at Kaleida Health About Cletis Cletis Earle was responsible for the hospital’s IT infrastructure, including security and the integration of Electronic Medical Records. Cletis spent much of his career with Brooklyn Queens Health Care, a multi-hospital, 1,000-bed acute-care system, where he served as Vice President, CIO and Privacy Officer. He began there 15 years earlier as a support manager and rose to the position of Director and then Vice President of IT. Over his time there, he created a multi-hospital information infrastructure to ensure patient information could be shared seamlessly between sites. In addition to holding a Master’s Degree in Information Systems from Strayer University. Cletis is currently on the Board of CHIME, a member of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Society for Information Management (SIM).

    Carina Edwards SVP, Customer Experience at Imprivata About Carina As Imprivata’s SVP of Customer Experience, Carina is responsible for all customer facing operations that fuel customer success including: world-wide professional services, world-wide customer support & advocacy, business development, and corporate IT. Carina brings 22 years of experience in the Healthcare Technology Industry. With a focus on speed to transformation, Carina brings a strong track record of helping companies realize their next stages of growth and creating customers for life by transforming customer insights into easy to experience solutions that fuel customer success. In January 2017, Carina was appointed to the board of directors of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Foundation to advance the roles of CIOs and senior healthcare IT leaders through education, collaboration and advocacy in support of improved health and healthcare in various communities. Prior to joining Imprivata, Carina served as the Vice President of Solutions Marketing for Nuance Healthcare, a division of Nuance Communications. Prior to Nuance Healthcare Carina held executive roles at Zynx Health (a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation), Philips Healthcare, Sapient, and Impact Innovations Group. Carina received her MBA from Boston College and her BS in Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences from George Mason University.

    Jennifer Greenman VP of Information Technology/CIO, Moffitt Cancer Center About Jennifer As Moffitt Cancer Center’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer since 2014, Jennifer Greenman provides leadership and strategic direction for technology initiatives that support Moffitt’s mission to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer.  She leads numerous teams responsible for the development, delivery and support of information technology systems used across the institution.  During her tenure, Moffitt was recognized by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics for achieving Stage 6 of its seven stage model for adoption of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.  Only 27 percent of the more than 5,400 U.S. hospitals tracked by HIMSS Analytics had reached this goal by December 2015.  Achieving this recognition demonstrates to patients and partners that Moffitt is using health information technology in a meaningful way to provide the highest levels of patient safety and coordinated, quality care. Greenman joined Moffitt in July 2013 as the Center’s Senior Director for Application Services and led Moffitt’s clinical and business systems teams, including the implementation of the organization’s EHR initiatives. Previously, Greenman worked for Bayfront Health System in a variety of IT management roles, including Chief Information Officer.  Prior to Bayfront, she worked as a Solution Delivery Consultant for Cerner.  She earned an MBA from the University of Florida, and is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives.

    John Kravitz, MHA, CHCIO Corporate CIO, Geisinger Health System About John John brings more than 25 years of Healthcare experienced to Geisinger Health System. He is the newly appointed Sr VP and CIO for Geisinger Health System responsible for IT strategy, growth as well as Geisinger’s advanced analytics platforms, including two Big Data platforms to support the Integrated Delivery Network. In addition, John is responsible for the regional health information exchange, KeyHIE, which currently connects organizations throughout Pennsylvania. John has been involved with the Care Connectivity Consortium, a group of healthcare providers which consists of Geisinger, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente and Mayo Clinic who are developing tools to support the Nationwide Health Information Exchange. Prior to joining Geisinger, John was VP/CIO for Good Shepherd Rehab Network located in Allentown, Pa. While at Good Shepherd he had the technology responsibility for Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a post-acute hospital and ambulatory clinic network through a joint venture with the University of Pennsylvania Health System located in downtown Philadelphia. He is a member of CHIME, Health Information Management System Society (HIMSS), and American Telemedicine Association (ATA), as well as serving on the Central Pennsylvania HIMSS Chapter Board, KINBER Board, which provides fiber optic connectivity throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    Kara Marx, RN, FACHE, FHIMSS VP Information Services of Sharp Healthcare About Kara Kara Marx, RN, MHS, FHIMSS, FACHE is the VP, Information Services, Applications at Sharp HealthCare. As VP IT she is responsible for all applications across the Sharp Healthcare enterprise.  Prior to joining Sharp HealthCare, Kara was VP, CIO at Methodist Hospital, where she provided vision and leadership on I.T., Informatics and telecommunications to the organization. She was a change agent for H.I.T. transformation for eight plus years. Previous to that Kara worked as a senior consultant with several consulting firms including IBM and First Consulting Group where she had the opportunity to engage with many leading health care organizations across the country to contribute to their strategic goals. Additionally, Kara has experience working with a major pharmaceutical vendor, and a global health care IT software vendor. This work has exposed her to healthcare venues across the country. Kara has held many different roles during her time with the aforementioned organizations which further expanded her unique background of clinical practice, consulting & software implementation.  Kara is a Registered Nurse, holds a Masters Degree in Healthcare Sciences from the New School of Social Research, in NY and is a Fellow with HIMSS and ACHE. As a RN Kara spent many years providing patient care in the ambulatory and acute care setting in the Upstate New York area. During this time she also held management positions establishing new service offerings to the community. Kara is actively involved in many industry organizations including HIMSS, CHIME, HFMA and ACHE. She frequently speaks at National Industry Conferences and is published in several trade journals. Kara has participated on several Advisory Boards including KLAS Research and Quest Diagnostics. Additionally, Kara has participated in the Cal State Fullerton Advisory Board for HIT and has instructed at USC, Price School of Public Policy.

    Theresa Meadows, RN, MS, CHCIO, FHIMSS, FACHE SVP & CIO of Cook Children’s Health Care System About Theresa Theresa Meadows, MS, RN, CHCIO, FHIMSS is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Cook Children’s Health Care System. Cook Children’s Health Care System, based in Fort Worth, TX, is a national award-winning, not-for-profit, integrated pediatric health care system comprised of nine companies. She leads a team of 200 members covering areas such as infrastructure, applications, telecommunications, and program management. The IS team currently supports 140 project initiatives that include deploying business intelligence, advanced clinical systems, and enterprise resource management. Ms. Meadows has led the organization through extensive improvements and modernization. In 2012, the organization received recognition as one of the “Most Improved Hospitals” as part of the Healthcare’s Most Wired™ award program and recognized as one of the “Information Week 500 innovators.” In 2013 and 2014, Cook Children’s received Healthcare’s Most Wired™ designation. Cook Children’s was recognized by Computerworld’s Honors program for their state-of-the-art distributed antenna system implementation. In addition, Ms. Meadows was also named one of Computerworld’s “Premier 100 IT Leaders” for 2013. Ms. Meadows’ department has been recognized as one of the “Best Hospital IT Departments to Work” by Healthcare IT News in 2013. Ms. Meadows has 20 years of experience leading efforts for incorporating information systems as a mechanism for facilitating process improvement and efficiency. Prior to joining Cook, Theresa was a Director for Ascension Health Information Services. In that role she leads the strategic direction for clinical information solutions that cross care settings for 10 facilities within Ascension Health. Ms. Meadows currently serves on the NetApp Healthcare Advisory Board and is a member of the McKesson Innovation Leadership Council. She served as chair for the North Texas Healthcare Information and Quality Collaborative (NTHIQC). Ms. Meadows has published several articles and her organization was the first to participate in the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) case study publications on their successful implementation of bar-coded medication verification. Ms. Meadows has a master’s degree in healthcare informatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham; a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is an active member of the Children’s Hospital Association CIO Council; is a Fellow in the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS); is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and is an active member of the CHIME. Ms. Meadows is a graduate of the CHIME Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™ and is a credentialed by CHIME as a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO).

    Shafiq Rab, MD, MPH, CHCIO CHIME Technologies Board Chair; SVP & CIO at Rush University Medical Center About Shafiq Dr. Rab joined Rush University Medical Center in December 2016 from Hackensack Meridian Health Center as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer and is currently spearheading digital care transformation. Previously he was at Greater Hudson Valley Health System in Middletown, New York, as their Vice President and Chief Information Officer since 2008. In his role at Hackensack Meridian Health, Dr. Rab spearheaded the IT and Clinical Engineering strategies in alignment with the network’s strategic priorities in the development of a clinically integrated health network comprised of ambulatory practices, the Hackensack Alliance ACO, the AllSpire Health Partners Alliance, hospital acquisitions and mergers, as well as academic expansion and research. Dr. Rab is a nationally recognized inspirational and visionary health information technology executive who has been named the Innovator of the year by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). He is a clinically and technologically trained executive with over 16 years of successful CIO experience leading the transformation of healthcare systems in becoming integrated care technology organizations in partnership with the organizations’ affiliates, new mergers and acquisitions. As a technology evangelist he specializes in consensus building between and amongst staff, physicians and stakeholders within complex and disparate environments by instilling trust and confidence. His specialized skillsets in leadership, governance, customer service and development of high performing teams results in creating organizational capacity to scale IT innovation and health care delivery. Dr. Rab is an unconventionally technically savvy consecutive “Becker’s Top 100 Hospital CIO’s to Know” with a unique blend of deep technical knowledge as well as excellent information technology and healthcare leadership skills. He is among the few CIOs that have successfully led two different hospital systems to attest and receive federal funding for meaningful use stage 1 as well as to achieve Stage 6 of the HIMSS EMR Adoption Model. Dr. Rab is on the forefront of healthcare cloud technologies and mobile health as he leads HackensackUMC into the services model for platform, data center and mobile healthcare software with the implementation of HackensackUMC’s private cloud delivering EHR as a service with a full complement of mHealth applications. He is an authentically compassionate and respectful relationship builder and an extraordinary motivational team builder with a passionate propensity for coaching and mentoring as evident in the successful development of several technology and healthcare leaders. His high-energy visionary personality is bent on business, technical and clinical alignment in fast-paced and agile environments with remarkable persistence and increased intensity in the face of adversity. Dr. Rab is a founding member and the current president of the New Jersey chapter of HIMSS. He is also an ONC Health IT Fellow as well as an active board member of the Jersey Health Connect HIE, a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO), a member of the CHIME board of trustees and a CHIME fellow, the American Health Information Management Association, and the New Jersey Public Health Association.

    Sarah Richardson, MBA, CHCIO, CPLC CA Market CIO at DaVita Medical Group About Sarah Sarah Richardson is a transformative, inspirational and results-driven business and technology executive who operates within large-scale healthcare and hospitality environments. She attains aggressive goals, catalyzes change and advances sustainability by designing and executing high performance-based strategies, cultivating top-tier talent, infusing expectations and accountabilities, instilling customer-centric practices and forging collaborative cultures. Sarah is one of those people who ‘gets things done’ and has a penchant for bringing out the best in people. With an enthusiastic and genuinely friendly attitude, Sarah radiates a sincere passion for delivering value and benefits to the teams she leads and serves. She has built award-winning teams and has been recognized by The Kansas City Business Journal as a ‘Woman Who Means Business’, a “Next Gen Leader’, and a ‘Rising Star’ by KC Business Magazine. With a B.S. in Hospitality Administration and a Master’s in Business, Sarah spent six years in the hotel and casino industry in Las Vegas, NV, before making the purposeful decision that she could create more meaningful results for more people if she moved into the healthcare industry. Her first 5 years in healthcare began as an IT Administrator at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV, where she then began her ten-year career with HCA (Hospital Corporation of America). Promoted three times in her ten-year tenure with HCA, culminating in a Division CIO position, Sarah’s contributions centered on leading the development and delivery of IT in a shared service model along with scalable operational programs and improvement activities. She is most proud that her work focused on building long-lasting, loyal relationships across the continuum, resulting in collaborative strategies to meet project delivery needs, productivity gains, and the use of technology to advance patient care resulting in better outcomes. Her ability to coordinate teams of technology experts, strategic business partners, physicians, and clinicians, has enabled her to repeatedly deliver programs, services, and tailored solutions in the healthcare setting. Currently, Sarah serves as the California Market CIO for DaVita Medical Group in El Segundo, CA. Since 1992, HealthCare Partners has been committed to developing innovative models of healthcare delivery that improve their patients’ quality of life while containing healthcare costs. Their strength is in their steadfast commitment to their guiding principle of coordinated care. Their physicians strive daily to bring the benefits of coordinated care to more than 600,000 managed care patients in California, who represent the diversity of cultures, socioeconomic groups, ages, and health statuses in the communities they serve. An active member of CHIME as a Certified Healthcare CIO (CHCIO) and current Vice President of Marketing & Communications for the Southern California chapter of HIMSS, Sarah regularly publishes industry relevant content on her website at www.conciergeleadership.com. She also volunteers her time as a board member with the Children’s Bureau and is currently enrolled at UCLA Extension, seeking a certification in Healthcare Management. She is an avid scuba diver and scuba diving instructor with a passion for conservation.

    Donna M. Roach, CHCIO, FCHIME, FHIMSS CIO for Ascension Information Services (AIS) About Donna Donna Roach is responsible for the Information Technology department and its functions for Via Christi Health, a 12 hospital system located in Central/ South Kansas. Prior to her CIO position at Via Christi she was the CIO for Borgess Health and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitals, both systems are under Ascension Health. With more than 30 years’ experience in the healthcare industry, Roach has focused on healthcare information technology for the past 25 years. Before joining Ascension, she was CIO/VP of Information Services for Bronson Health in Kalamazoo, Michigan and previous to this the CIO/VP of IT at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Illinois. Her past experience includes W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital, Adventist Health System, Resurrection Health Care, Central DuPage Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration. Roach earned her Bachelor of Science Degree, Health Administration, from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and her Master of Science in Health Systems Management from Rush Medical College in Chicago. She completed her Fellowship at the North Chicago Veterans Administration. Roach is a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer, a Fellow within the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, a Board Member for the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and active as a StateNet CHIME coordinator. Previously, she was the President of the Michigan Chapter of Healthcare Information Management Systems Society and Chair for the Michigan Hospital Association Technology Board. She has taught at the University of Illinois – Circle Campus, Rush University, Department of Health Systems Management, and UCONN, Health Administration.

    Rusty Yeager, CHCIO SVP & CIO at Encompass Health About Rusty Rusty Yeager is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Encompass Health (formerly HealthSouth) and has more than 25 years of healthcare information technology experience and over 17 years of increasing responsibilities in information technology leadership at Encompass Health. Additionally, he served as a Medical Service Corps officer specializing in healthcare information technology and cyber security for the United States Air Force for 20 years. Rusty holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio, a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Texas A&M University-Kingsville and an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Rusty’s team supports all IT operations for Encompass Health, one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute healthcare services, offering both facility-based and home-based post-acute services in 33 states and Puerto Rico through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, home health agencies, and hospice agencies. Currently, Rusty’s team supports 128 Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospitals, ~230 Home Health/Hospice locations with ~ 37,000 employees. As a market leader in post-acute healthcare services, we have devoted substantial effort and expertise to leveraging technology to improve patient care and operating efficiencies. We have developed and implemented information technology, such as our rehabilitation-specific electronic clinical information system from Cerner Corp. which we call ACE IT (Advancing Clinical Excellence through Information Technology) and our internally developed management reporting system which we then leverage to enhance our clinical and business processes. ACE IT is improving patient care and safety, streamline operating efficiencies, and enhance staff recruitment and retention, making it a key competitive differentiator. Currently 86 Hospitals of our hospitals have achieved level 6 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model. Rusty has been named as one of CIO magazine’s “Ones to Watch” and Encompass Health’s Information Technology Group was named to the magazine’s “Top 100” list for the implementation of its Beacon business intelligence and reporting system. Rusty is a Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO), a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), holds a Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from the National Association of Corporate Directors and a member of numerous professional organizations including the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and is a senior member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). He also holds or has held numerous IT and IT security certifications or credentials. Rusty participates in his community as an Executive Committee member of Birmingham Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, serves on the Alabama Advisory Board to TechBridge, a nonprofit that drives community impact by bringing affordable technology & business expertise to other nonprofits, a Founding Member of the Alabama CIO Association, and as President of his community’s Homeowner’s Association.

    Tim Zoph Client Executive and Strategist at Impact Advisors| About Tim Tim serves as a Senior Vice President for Northwestern Medicine. He has management responsibility for the Facility Design and Construction team and Enterprise Project Management Office. Tim has oversight of $750M of new facility projects in process. He recently transitioned his CIO responsibilities to focus on the execution of the new facility project portfolio. Tim served as Northwestern’s CIO and technology leader for 20 years and has been a CIO for 29 years. He has earned graduate business degrees from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University and the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Tim completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Utah. Through Tim’s leadership, Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been awarded one of the 100 Most Wired Hospitals for 12 years. In December 2012, he received the Legacy Award from the Board of Trustees of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) for his decade of commitment to training over 875 emerging technology leaders as Program Director and faculty member of the Healthcare CIO Boot Camp™. Tim is the recipient the John Gall CIO of the Year award co-sponsored by the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and CHIME in 2003. He was named the 2008 CIO of the Year by the Executives’ Club of Chicago along with the Association of Information Technology Professionals. Tim serves on the Board of Trustees for the Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Notebaert Museum. He is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Executives’ Club of Chicago. In the 2014 ranking of the nation’s “Best Hospitals” published by U.S. News & World Report, Northwestern Memorial ranks 10th among hospitals to make this years Honor Roll. Tim and his wife Jodi have been married 23 years and have one son Barret. Tim is a cyclist with VisionQuest Coaching Team and races locally and nationally.

  • HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

    Loews Chicago O’Hare
    5300 North River Road
    Rosemont, IL  60018
    Telephone:  847-544-5300

    RESERVATIONS:  You may book online or call 1-773-380-9600. Be sure to mention that you are with the CHIME Partner Education Summit (CPES18).

    The reservation cut-off is August 14^th. A one-night room and tax deposit is required to hold the reservation. Reservations received after the cut-off will be on a rate and space-available basis only. Make your reservations EARLY!

    ROOM RATE: A block of rooms has been reserved for CHIME members at the special rate of $159.00 per night for single/double occupancy. Additional Charges include current room tax of 14%

    Check-in time is 4:00 p.m. and check-out time is 12:00 p.m.

    CANCELLATION POLICY: Should you need to cancel your reservation, you must do so no later than 72-hours prior to the date of your arrival to receive a full refund of your deposit.

    LOCATION: The resort is located approximately 2 miles from the Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD).

    Transportation:  The hotel provides a complimentary shuttle service to and from the terminals.

    Visit the Loews Hotel website for more transportation details and options.

  • CHIME FOUNDATION CERTIFIED HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE (CFCHE)

    

    Certification testing is available on-site at the CHIME Partner Education Summit on Friday, September 7th. A separate enrollment is required for the CHIME Foundation Certified Healthcare Executive (CFCHE) Program. 

    Attendees are eligible to receive up to 15 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) toward the CFCHE Program.

    To learn more about the CFCHE program, click here.

     

  • TESTIMONIALS

    “CPES was an INVALUABLE experience for me and for my team members who attended because it gave us the opportunity to get real time info and opinions on the industry from CIO’s in the trenches.  The time spent in Chicago was well worth it!  

    Cyndi Cahill, Senior Vice President at Atos Healthcare

     

     

    Other Foundation firm attendees shared positive reviews:

    “Good to hear real world problems and approaches.”   

    “Excellent speakers. Extremely helpful to better understand the mission.”   

    “We are very much looking forward to the third year of CPES, as each time we gain insights into the industry from key healthcare executives.”

    “Great event, best I have attended so far. A lot more people from my company should attend next time around.”

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  Please contact [email protected] with any questions about the CHIME Partner Education Summit.

  Posted 12.18.2018

• Health Catalyst Named One of Utah’s Best Places to Work for 4th Year in a Row

  Regional publication honors Health Catalyst for supportive work culture that encourages personal growth.

  SALT LAKE CITY, UT – December 14, 2018 – Health Catalyst, Inc., a next-generation data, analytics, and decision-support company, has been named one of the “Best Companies to Work For” by Utah Business.

  Working with a third party that gathered anonymous feedback directly from employees, the regional publication honored Health Catalyst as one of the best large companies to work for in the state. Winners were selected based on a review of the company’s benefits and compensation, growth opportunities, company culture and management, as well as employee survey responses.  

  Health Catalyst is among just 12 companies to be recognized in its category, and one of the few to be named to the list four years in a row. Any large business in the state of Utah was eligible for the award.

  “We are honored to be recognized by Utah Business as one of the best employers in the state,” said Dan Burton, CEO of Health Catalyst. “Our mission is to be a catalyst for massive, sustained improvements in healthcare performance, and the health of patients. A central part of fulfilling that goal involves attracting and retaining talented team members—individuals who share our mission, enthusiasm and commitment. We appreciate every team member for the great work they perform every day, in an effort to improve healthcare outcomes.”

  In its findings, Utah Business noted that Health Catalyst employees expressed happiness with work-life balance and the company’s supportive leadership. The magazine highlighted Health Catalyst’s benefits including unlimited paid time off, paid parental leave, fully-covered health insurance, stock options, and fitness reimbursement.

  The Utah Business honor is the latest in a string of workplace awards for Health Catalyst.  Other “best place to work” awards received by Health Catalyst in 2018 include:

  • The 2018 Gallup Great Workplace Award. For the third year in a row, Health Catalyst is one of 39 global companies to receive the award, which was created to recognize organizations for their ability to create engaged workplace cultures that drive business outcomes.
  • magazine’s Top 50 Best Workplaces for 2017. For the second year in a row, Health Catalyst was named to the list of the nation’s best private companies.
  • The Computerworld 2018 Best Places to Work in IT. For the second year in a row, Health Catalyst was recognized as one of 100 top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation.
  • Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare. For the 6^th time, Health Catalyst was recognized as one of the best healthcare employers in the country, based on an assessment conducted by the Best Companies Group.

  Utah Business announced the full list of winners in the December 2018 issue of the magazine.

  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 us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

   For more information contact:
  Todd Stein
  Amendola Communications
  916.346.4213
  [email protected]

  Posted 12.14.2018

• University of Iowa Health Care Chooses Zingbox to Achieve Holistic Risk Visibility and Operational Benefits

  Leading IoT Security Company Provides Real-time Assessment of Risk Across University of Iowa Health Care’s Network of IoT Devices With Alerts and Guidance for Threat Response

  Mountain View, CA – December 13, 2018 – Zingbox, the provider of the most widely deployed healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform, today announced that University of Iowa Health Care has deployed Zingbox’s IoT Guardian to protect and monitor their network of connected medical devices.

  The operational availability of University of Iowa Health Care’s more than 45,000 connected medical devices is a top priority for its security team. The team needed a solution that would allow them to identify all devices without relying on highly manual inventory processes; assess network-wide risk in real time to comply with federal regulations, and optimize the operation and maintenance of thousands of connected medical devices.

  Zingbox demonstrated the value of IoT Guardian during the proof-of-concept and subsequent deployment. Zingbox IoT Guardian uncovered unauthorized communications from medical devices with the same vector used to perpetrate WannaCry and NotPetya attacks, enabling University of Iowa Health to notify the device manufacturer to correct the vulnerability.

  In addition to securing the health system against threats and cyberattacks, IoT Guardian also helped optimize biomedical operations. Engineers can quickly see whether a device is being used disproportionately compared with other devices and whether usage can be rotated to increase the life of all devices. And when devices get recalled, engineers can use IoT Guardian to quickly locate and replace them throughout the entire health system.

  With IoT Guardian, University of Iowa Health Care now has:

  • A real-time inventory of all devices running on the network at any given time, as well as details about each device’s status, behavior and classification
  • Real-time, holistic assessment of network risk, with alerts and guidance for threat response
  • Visibility into potential bioengineering operational efficiencies and cost savings

  “From a security perspective, we always want to know what’s out there,” said University of Iowa Health Care’s Chief Information Security Officer Shari Lewison. “Zingbox helps us understand the security of everything in our environment. There’s very low management required on our side because the information is intuitively presented, and there’s no training necessary.”

  “By providing a holistic, proactive and real-time solution, Zingbox helps University of Iowa Health Care to protect and optimize devices across its entire community,” said Xu Zou, CEO and co-founder of Zingbox. “Security and an operational foundation powered by artificial intelligence are critical as healthcare providers aim to ensure patient safety and quality of care delivery.”

  For more information on how University of Iowa Health Care is protecting their medical devices with Zingbox, visit: www.zingbox.com/resources/univ-iowa/

  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

  Laura Ruark, 540-599-7886
  [email protected]

  Posted 12.13.2018

• Vocera Improves Clinical Workflows at a North Carolina Hospital

  Technology helps enhance surveillance monitoring and patient experience

  SAN JOSE, CA – Dec. 12, 2018 –  Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Wake Forest Baptist Health deployed Vocera technology at a second hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Health Davie Medical Center, to improve clinical workflows, enhance patient surveillance, and elevate patient and staff experience.

  In response to The Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert on the safe use of opioids in hospitals, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center initiated surveillance monitoring as the standard for most patients.

  Integration between the hospital’s patient monitors and the Vocera system was critical to the surveillance program. This interoperability enabled direct and contextual notifications to be sent to the patient’s nurse when vital signs cross alarm thresholds for specified duration, which triggers timely patient assessment and treatment if indicated. Alarm thresholds and durations are set to help reduce alarm fatigue. Alarm notifications sent directly to a care team member, rather than incessantly sounding in a patient’s room, help create a quieter, more healing environment.

  Interoperability is a key component of the communication strategy at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Davie Medical Center is integrating the Vocera solution with the hospital’s nurse call systems and patient monitors. Using staff assignments and intelligent workflow design, the Vocera software prioritizes alerts from these systems and sends contextual notifications to clinicians via their preferred mobile devices. The Vocera software can integrate with more than 140 clinical and operational systems, helping improve patient care, safety and experience.

  “It’s exciting to see how Wake Forest is expanding Vocera technology to transform care and improve both patient and staff experiences,” said Brent Lang, president and CEO of Vocera. “It is a great example of how intelligent integrations can help build real-time health systems.”

  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 12.12.2018