• Divurgent Introduces Data & Analytics Approach to Solving Physician Burnout

    Virginia Beach, VA – March 19, 2018 – Divurgent, a nationally recognized healthcare IT consulting company, announced today that the company has launched and successfully delivered a software-driven solution to support the industry’s focus on addressing provider burnout, a costly challenge many healthcare organizations are facing.

    Physician burnout is a substantial industry trend that is directly associated with the optimization, or lack thereof, of the technologies physicians are using day-to-day. Organizations are struggling to balance the importance of physician satisfaction with technology deployment and maintenance. Divurgent’s product-as-a-service approach pairs traditional hands-on consultative services with high-powered business intelligence tools, delivering insights into how organizations can improve provider satisfaction.

    Ralph Whalen, Divurgent’s Vice President of Consulting Services, first developed the company’s analytics and data-driven approach to reducing physician burnout and increasing physician efficiency. “Stepping out of the traditional consultative role with our clients was a big shift for us and them, but an essential one; as HIT consultants, we felt that the utilization of business intelligence tools and software analytics was long overdue,” said Whalen, “additionally, our clients appreciated seeing extremely tangible ROI from our consultative services, and saw first-hand how natural it is to blend traditional hands-on work with business intelligence applications.”

    “Our unique industry approach is truly evolving the way we think about healthcare IT – we’ve successfully, at multiple client sites, applied this approach to decrease physician burnout, increase patient throughput, reduce medical error, and increase patient satisfaction, saving our clients literally millions of dollars in revenue associated with physician turnover. We are continuing to build on our platform’s success by implementing layers of artificial intelligence to predict when a provider is experiencing burnout and suggest the best tactics for mitigation,” said Shane Danaher, Divurgent’s Chief Operating Officer.

    ABOUT DIVURGENT:

    Divurgent is not the typical healthcare consulting firm. As a nationally recognized company focused on the business of hospitals, health systems, payers, and affiliated providers, we are committed to healthcare IT evolution, deploying customized, scalable solutions that help our clients achieve improved operational effectiveness, financial performance, and quality of patient care. Learn more at www.divurgent.com.

    PRESS CONTACT:

    Megan Ailsworth

    Manager, Marketing | 757.213.6875

    www.divurgent.com

    Posted 3.19.2019

  • Programs Let Foundation Firms Work with Members to Shape Policy

    3.19.2019
    Leslie Krigstein – VP, Congressional Affairs
    Mari Savickis – VP, Federal Affairs

    The CHIME public policy team would like to hear from Foundation members as we prepare comments for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) about two recently released proposed rules. These rules will have significant implications for members and include a host of mandates on issues like admission, discharge and transfer under the Medicare Conditions of Participation, and guidelines around information blocking, to name a few. 

    We encourage anyone who is interested to join our work groups. We have four more work group calls scheduled this month. They are:  

    • March 21, 11 a.m. ET 
    • March 25, 12 p.m. ET 
    • March 27, 12 p.m. ET 
    • March 28, 11 a.m. ET 

    Email us to join the work group. The comment deadline is May 3, although given the complexity of the rules, CHIME and many other associations have asked that it be extended.  

    Participating in work groups is one of many ways you can interact with CHIME members and hear first-hand about their concerns, their proposed solutions and more. Foundation members also offer valuable insights that help us formulate responses and educate policy makers. For instance, thanks to input from our EHR representatives, we recommended CMS hit pause when they proposed an overly aggressive timeline requiring hospitals to comply with 2015 Edition of Certified EHR Technology.  

    Each Monday we send a policy newsletter, the Debrief, that provides a roundup of the past week’s health IT policy news, resources and opportunities to get involved. Email us if you aren’t already subscribed. 

    Foundation partners are welcome to join us for our monthly policy webinars, which are 2-2:30 p.m. EST on the third Wednesday of every month. Foundation firms can email us to be added to the distribution list.  

    For a deep dive into CHIME members’ top policy priorities, attend the CHIME Advocacy Summit on June 26-28 in Washington, D.C. You can network with the CHIME members who put policy into practice as well as leaders from federal agencies and government. Presenters will discuss patient privacy, value-based care, telehealth, cyber threats and how to manage them, interoperability and more. There is no limit on the number of representatives you can send. To learn more and to register, go here. 

    If you have anything policy–related you want to discuss, contact us. We take a 360-degree approach to advocacy and we want to hear from a wide variety of stakeholders before we take a position. We appreciate all that you do for CHIME, our members and the industry. 

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    Posted 3.19.2019

  • Insight Now Accepting Articles from CHIME Foundation Partners


    3.19.2019
    Chris Hargrett, Associate, CHIME Foundation

    Have you ever seen The King’s Speech with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush? It’s about how King George VI ascended to the throne in England with a speech impediment, with the help of his speech therapist Lionel Logue. It’s a great movie! There is one scene where King George and Logue are standing in Westminster Abbey having a heated argument. Logue says to King George, “Why should I listen to you?” and with a great loud voice King George responds, “Because I have a voice!” 

    So do our CHIME Foundation Partners. For this reason, the CHIME Foundation is now accepting article submissions for the monthly newsletter, Foundation Insight. Submitting articles for the Foundation Insight will allow all Foundation partners to share best practices with one another on specific topics or trends within the healthcare IT industry. At CHIME, we want to encourage conversations among Foundation partners that align with our vision of exceptional leaders collaborating to transform health and care. 

    Submission guidelines have been created to ensure that every Foundation partner has an opportunity to provide an article. These guidelines are located on the Foundation website. Here is a list of suggested topics and/or trends that articles should be based on: 

    • Professionalism – the conduct, aims or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person 
    • Communication – processes that facilitate clear and effective messaging to internal and external audiences 
    • Soft Skills – personality traits, behaviors and attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people 
    • Best Practices for Human Resource Management 
    • Importance of Building Relationships 
    • Creating and Maintaining an Organizational Culture 
    • And other noteworthy trends (NOTE: self-promoting articles and press releases will not be considered) 

    All articles submitted will be reviewed by the CHIME Foundation team for possible inclusion in the Insight newsletter. CHIME Foundation will contact authors by the second Monday of the month to inform them whether or not their articles have been selected for publication. If an article is considered suitable for an alternative CHIME medium, the CHIME team may give the author the option to publish there. The CHIME Foundation has the right to edit all submissions before publication. Articles should be submitted to [email protected]. 

    The parameters are set. What do you have to say? 

    Review the Article Submission Guidelines Here 

    Submit your article today at [email protected]

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    Posted 3.19.2019

  • What is CPES and Why Should My Team Attend?


    3.19.2019
    By Arika Lycan, Specialist, CHIME Foundation

    Many of our readers are new to CHIME Foundation or might not yet have had the chance to attend a CHIME Partner Education Summit (CPES). For those who might see the “CPES” name and wonder what the event entails, let’s demystify the acronym, the program and highlight the reasons your team might be interested in learning more. 

    CPES was created and debuted in 2016, the brainchild of one of our long-time CHIME Foundation supporters and former CHIME Board member Frank Nydam (VMware). He envisioned an exciting educational offering exclusively available to CHIME Foundation Partners. Three years later, the core value of the CPES program still lies in the education you’ll receive from attending. 

    CPES provides unique educational and professional development opportunities taught by senior executives in the health IT industry; the two and half day program allows you to learn directly from CHIME’s healthcare CIOs. CPES faculty are consistently a mix of “new” faculty and returning voices who were highly valued at previous programs.  

    Previous attendees have the following things to say about their experience at past CPES events: 

    “Good to hear real–world problems and approaches.”     

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

    “We are very much looking forward to 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.” 

    Considering pursuing the CFCHE (CHIME Foundation Certified Healthcare Executive) certification? At CPES19, you can attend educational sessions devoted to exam domains for the CFCHE credential, focused on three specific domains: Hospital and Healthcare Expertise (CFCHE Domain 5), Relationship Building and Collaboration (CFCHE Domain 6) and Technical Proficiency (CFCHE Domain 2). 

    To make CPES19 hyper-focused on the needs of your team, this year’s program is designed for several specific CHIME Foundation partner audiences:  

    • Healthcare Sales and Technical Executives – new and veteran 
    • Healthcare Marketing Executives 
    • Customer Success/Relationship Managers 

    CPES19 takes place Wednesday, Sept. 4 – Friday, Sept. 6 at The Loews Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. CHIME is currently offering an Early Bird Price of $795 (Regular Price is $995). Register as many representatives as you’d like! Special pricing is available for groups of 5-9 and 10+. 

    CPES19 enables you and your team to leave our event in Chicago with a better understanding of the shifting healthcare landscape and invaluable insight on strengthening customer/client relations. 
    Register today for CPES19!

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    Posted 3.19.2019

  • Hospital, Health System CEOs Find Value in Most Wired


    03.19.2019
    Michelle Patterson – VP, Operations

    “Most Wired” may not be a household name among Foundation firms, but providers see Most Wired as a badge of honor. CHIME conducted our first survey in 2018 and received 647 submissions representing 2,190 hospitals in nine countries. Of those, 254 qualified for a Most Wired title. Here is what a few of the CEOs in these high-performing hospitals had to say: 

    “This award is a testament to our team’s commitment to embracing innovative ways of delivering the highest levels of quality care and providing the best experience for our patients and providers.”— Kenneth A. Samet, president and CEO, MedStar Health 

    “Medical centers and health systems that are the Most Wired are also consistently higher performers on quality and safety measures. To be recognized … sends a signal to the diverse and widespread community that we are committed to providing excellent care to our patients and their families, and we’ll never stop innovating in order to deliver on that promise.” – Patrick J. Cawley, CEO, Medical University of South Carolina Health 

    “We have integrated technology into every part of our health system, from patient care to administrative operations. We are honored to have received this recognition.” – Mary Starmann-Harrison, president and CEO, Hospital Sisters Health System 

    So what is Most Wired and what does it have to do with our Foundation partners? Most Wired has existed for about 21 years, but only recently did it fall under CHIME. The program includes a survey that is designed to assess if and how effectively hospitals and health systems use healthcare IT to provide quality patient care. Each year, participants who meet a set threshold receive recognition. 

    We revised and updated the survey in 2018 to reflect current practices and capture the use of innovative and advanced technologies. We also raised the bar for receiving recognition and created a Governing Board with no active CIOs as members to eliminate any perceived conflicts of interest or bias. We have already revised the 2019 survey to make sure our questions keep pace with changes in the industry.  

    You can learn more about Most Wired here.  

    In April, we will open the 2019 survey and accept submissions for two months. As we did last year, we will provide each participant with a benchmarking report based on their responses that shows them where they excelled and where they could improve. We again will publish a free industry trends report based on the overall results and a special supplement in Modern Healthcare that announces the Most Wired recipients. You can access last year’s industry report here and the supplement here. We will hold a recognition event at the 2019 CHIME Fall CIO Forum in Phoenix in early November. 

    As a CHIME Foundation firm, you can participate in several ways. The Foundation offers sponsorship packages that include use of your logo, recognition and other benefits. This is a unique opportunity that will give you 12 months of recognition. You can augment that with additional co-branding and CIO forum engagement opportunities.  

    We will begin promoting Most Wired in the next few weeks and we expect provider and media interest to be even higher this year. We encourage Foundation partners to take advantage of these sponsorship opportunities early to get the maximum exposure and benefit.   

    You also can participate in a Most Wired Executive Roundtable. Health Data Management published an article based on last year’s roundtable. You can read the article here.   

    We offer advertising discounts with our media partner Modern Healthcare Custom Media. This is a great way to associate your company with all that Most Wired stands for. You can also buy ads in honor of your provider customers. We expect to announce the names if recipient organizations in the summer.  

    Please contact me if you have any questions about Most Wired. My email address is [email protected]. Jessica Hadley can help you with any sponsorship questions. Her email address is [email protected]. Both of us can be reached by phone at 734-665-0000.  

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    Posted 3.19.2019

  • Innovation Leader Darren Dworkin Joins CHIME’s Board of Trustees

    ANN ARBOR, MI, March 19, 2019 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is pleased to announce that Darren Dworkin, CIO and senior vice president of Enterprise Information Services at Cedars-Sinai, has joined the CHIME Board of Trustees. The position is effective immediately. He fills a vacated board position and will serve the remainder of the term to at least the end of 2021.  
     
    “We are thrilled to have Darren join the Board,” said Shafiq Rab, MD, chair of the CHIME Board and senior vice president and CIO at Rush University Medical Center. “Darren and his team at Cedars-Sinai have been leading the charge to bring emerging and advanced technology into healthcare. What they have achieved for their patients is truly inspiring.”
     
    Dworkin has more than 20 years of experience in information technology, including 13 years as CIO at Cedars-Sinai. His responsibilities there include leading the day-to-day strategy and technology operations for the information and clinical teams. He led the implementation of a comprehensive electronic medical record to help transform care using advanced technology, earning Cedars-Sinai a reputation as national leader in its use of technology at the point of care. In 2018, Cedars-Sinai was ranked No. 8 on the list of CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired recipients. The health system also placed top in the business continuity/disaster recovery category.
     
    Dworkin helped launch the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator program, which gives selected digital health startups access to key executives, clinicians and front-line staff at Cedars-Sinai. As one of the Cedars-Sinai mentors, Dworkin works with companies weekly to help them succeed. He also is a managing director at Summation Health Ventures, the strategic venture arm of Cedars-Sinai.
     
    “Darren has been a leader in innovation,” said Russell Branzell, president and CEO at CHIME. “His experience working with early stage companies – and co-founding his own digital health company – will help us put CHIME and our members at the forefront of innovation.”
     
    In 2013, Dworkin co-founded Stanson Health, a clinical decision support and analytics company. Before joining Cedars-Sinai in 2006, he was chief technology officer at Boston Medical Center and director of information technology at Unisource Canada, a division of Georgia-Pacific.
     
    “I look forward to working with CHIME and the Board to help our members lead their hospitals and health systems through this period of extraordinary change,” Dworkin said. “Healthcare IT is evolving quickly, and we need to be thoughtful about if and how we use it. Our members make these critical decisions every day.”
     
    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
     
     
    Posted 3.19.2019

  • Bluetree announces Service Center collaboration with Johns Hopkins Health System

    MADISON, WS – March 13, 2019 – Bluetree, an Epic consulting and strategy solutions company for healthcare providers, went live on February 26 with Johns Hopkins Health System on its Service Center program. Bluetree’s Service Center fields calls from healthcare organization end users and physicians and is led by ex-Epic and ServiceNow veterans.

    “The end goal is to solve issues for the end users faster and free up project team time to focus on the system,” said Bluetree Service Center Director, Joleen Johnson. “I think our clients will quickly take note of the benefits of having Service Center Specialists who are so ingrained with Epic and the clinical space. We think this solution is one of the few ways we can make end users’ lives easier so we can move toward a healthier, happier population.”

    Housed in Bluetree’s new, 15,000 square foot home on Madison’s Far West side, Bluetree’s Service Center bolsters the company’s expanding Managed Services division, a team of more than 80 cross-application specialists who have helped provide cost-effective, remote support to more than 25 Epic clients. The Service Center offers 24x7x365 support and is comprised of specialists trained on each customers’ workflows before building knowledge bases specific to each client. It also features:

    • Tiered pricing based on call volume for ultimate flexibility
    • A ServiceNow web portal for all clients for logging tickets
    • Standard industry Service Level Agreements and monthly performance summaries
    • Specialists trained on Epic via ex-Epic training executives

    About Bluetree: Bluetree was founded in 2012 and has a client base of more than 140 health systems nationwide, including eight of the 10 organizations listed in the 2018-19 US News and World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll rankings. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, and with offices in Denver and New York, Bluetree’s integrated team approach helps healthcare providers realize higher returns from their Epic platform investment. It was named the 2,059th fastest-growing private company in America by Inc. Magazine in August 2018 and received the United Way of Dane County 2017 Community Volunteer Business Award in May 2017.

    Media contact:
    Ryan Hill
    Marketing Manager
    [email protected]
    608.210.4567

    Posted 3.13.2019

  • CIO Collaborative Brings Valuable Strategies to Hospitals Using MEDITECH’s EHR

    Seven hospitals in Mississippi and Alabama have formed the Mississippi MEDITECH CIO Collaborative, sharing common goals, challenges, and a dedication to improving healthcare with EHR technologies.

    March 7, 2019 – Seven hospitals in Mississippi and Alabama have collaborated to form the Mississippi MEDITECH CIO Collaborative — a group that shares common goals, challenges, and a dedication to improving healthcare with EHR technologies.

    Those organizations participating in the collaborative routinely share ideas and strategies on ways to improve patient safety and efficiencies. They include leaders from:

    “This collaborative has been a great experience for our organization,” said Carl Smith, CIO at King’s Daughters Medical Center. “We’ve seen a lot of good come out of this strategic formation, including a valuable learning atmosphere, which in turn drills down to every level of our organization.”

    Having the opportunity to learn from peer organizations has helped the executives to streamline and get the most out of their IT initiatives. As the first organization in the state of Mississippi to go live with Expanse, and an early adopter of MEDITECH’s Point of Care solution, King’s Daughter’s Medical Center has been able to advise and support Anderson Regional Health System as they go through their Expanse implementation.

    “All of us are constantly learning and improving our processes through this collaborative,” said Steve Taylor, CIO of Anderson Regional. “It’s great to be working together, knowing that our clinicians and patients will benefit immensely from the time we’ve invested in this partnership.”

    Read more about IT strategies for CIOs on the MEDITECH blog.

    Contacts
    Paul Berthiaume
    Senior Manager, Marketing Communications
    MEDITECH
    781-774-5742
    [email protected]

    Liz Carroll
    Manager, Public Relations and Media Relations
    MEDITECH
    781-774-3297
    [email protected]

    Posted 3.12.2019

  • Missouri Health Connection and DrFirst Partner to Expand and Improve State-Wide Access to Life-Saving Medication History Data

    New data now available to increase patient safety and improve outcomes through access to extensive prescribing information at the point-of-care

    ROCKVILLE, MD – March 12, 2019 – DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing, price transparency, and medication management solutions, announced today that it has successfully implemented an interoperability gateway with Missouri Health Connection (MHC) that will give clinicians easy access to the deepest, most reliable sources of medication history. As one of the largest health information exchange (HIE) networks in the United States, MHC is the only secure, statewide HIE in Missouri.  Expanding into the Midwest, MHC provides over 8,000 clinicians, hundreds of clinics and community health centers and more than 75 hospitals, and health plans with access to comprehensive patient health records for more than 20+ million patients. 

    This exclusive partnership between MHC and DrFirst was created to offers clinicians turnkey access to a broad medication history database as well as the ability to share prescription data from their organization’s EHR, without involving their IT department.  The connection was built based on industry best practices, and the exchange of reliable data improves the timeliness, scope, and accuracy of the patient’s medication history to support safe and effective clinical decisions across the state.

    “DrFirst has proven to be a strong partner. Their expertise addresses standard HIE protocols and truly empowers our members with better data that enables them to remain laser-focused on patients and providing the best care,” said Angie Bass, President, and CEO of MHC. “In addition to obtaining medication history data and providing it to our users, MHC can now access additional data that wasn’t previously available to us thanks to DrFirst’s extensive and high-quality resources. This work will improve the efficiency of care and help ensure safer, better outcomes for our residents.”

    Overcoming Regional and State HIE Challenges

    HIEs are frequently limited to data only from their clinician and hospital members and/or compatible EHRs. By partnering with DrFirst, clinicians and hospitals are accessing the most comprehensive and timely data from HIE-member and non-member clinicians and EHRs, as well as pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and health insurers nationwide. Along with medication histories, data includes dosing instructions and fill history, which helps prescribing clinician determine medication adherence and identify higher-risk patients.

    “Helping patients achieve optimal health is challenging when medication history is incomplete, or worse, inaccurate,” said G. Cameron Deemer, President of DrFirst. “That’s why we are excited to help support clinicians throughout Missouri with access to the most comprehensive and timely medication history in the industry at the point-of-care. At the same time, we will capture the most current information and continue to enrich medication history data to support safe and more effective clinical decisions as well as continuity of care.”

    About DrFirst

    DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing, price transparency, and medication management solutions. They enable stakeholders across the healthcare industry to use comprehensive real-time data and connectivity to increase their patient safety ratings, efficiency, and profitability. Today, more than 220,000 healthcare professionals and more than 60% of electronic health record (EHR) vendors depend on DrFirst’s innovative software solutions to improve clinical workflows, expedite secure collaboration across a patient’s care team and drive better health outcomes. The company’s integrated technologies include its award-winning electronic prescribing platform, the most comprehensive medication history available, clinically specialized secure messaging, and patient medication adherence monitoring and benefits checking. In addition, DrFirst was the first to offer e-prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS) and is considered the industry standard for providers nationwide. For more information, please visit www.drfirst.com or connect with us @DrFirst.

    About Missouri Health Connection (MHC)

    MHC’s mission focuses on quality patient care, improving health outcomes, innovations to improve efficiencies and reducing costs for our Participants.  Members of MHC’s HIE network receive innovative, cost effective strategic services that provide a return on investment by transforming the delivery of care. MHC serves as an unbiased, vendor agnostic, trusted health information technology solution that provides an advanced technological framework enabling access to comprehensive electronic patient records across from multiple data sources in real-time.  MHC’s services are designed to support health care clinicians and payors with a more complete and accurate patient health records.  The electronic exchange of health records in the MHC network, enables clinicians to quickly and securely access and receive real-time comprehensive patient health records resulting in improved quality of health care delivery by coordinating care, reducing preventable errors and avoiding treatment duplication.  MHC’s service solutions improve health care outcomes and quality by supporting access to aggregated patient information to identify gaps in patient care and provide more clinical data to clinicians and care coordinators for enhanced clinical decision making. As the Midwest gateway, MHC is a nationally identified HIE gateway in the CMS supported Patient Centered Data Home initiative, facilitating the national exchange of clinical information across the country by connecting to more than 40 other HIEs.  Additionally, MHC is also connected to Veterans Administration and the Department of Defense. 

    DrFirst Media Contact:
    Jenn Cohen
    Amendola Communications
    404-759-3933
    [email protected]  

    Posted 3.12.2019

  • Optimum Healthcare IT Expands Service Offerings to Include ERP

    New service line meets growing industry need

    Jacksonville Beach, FL – March 12, 2019 – Optimum Healthcare IT, a Best in KLAS healthcare staffing and consulting services firm, announced today that the company had expanded its service lines to include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in the healthcare market. Optimum recognizes a growing need in the market for services to select, implement, and optimize ERP solutions. The organization’s team members bring a deep understanding of healthcare business processes and unique challenges that allow for services that are designed specifically for the healthcare industry.

    In today’s healthcare environment, controlling cost is an essential component of the business – but costs can’t be controlled unless they are correctly measured and made visible to decisions makers throughout the organization. With timely and accurate information, healthcare organizations can stay focused on improving the quality of care while making better decisions and lowering the costs of care to patients. Doing so requires a modern, well-deployed, and optimized ERP solution.  

    Industry veteran Brian G. Rosenberg is leading the design of the new service line for the organization. He brings over twenty years of experience in helping healthcare organizations with financial management, inventory, and supply chain management, human resources, back-office shared services and business process optimization.   

    Optimum Healthcare IT’s service lines currently bring expertise to hospitals at every stage of an electronic health record (EHR) implementation, training, go-live, and more. With their knowledge in the healthcare industry, Optimum can now assist with every stage of an ERP project, including selecting the right solution, developing an implementation strategy, hands-on assistance during the project, and optimizing the use of the application after go-live.

    “ERP applications are a critical system to hospital operations,” said Brian G. Rosenberg. “An increasing number of hospitals need to replace, upgrade, or improve the use of these solutions to make their operation more efficient and provide timely information to decision makers. Most ERP implementation firms serve many industries. Alternatively, Optimum’s healthcare expertise and strong position in the industry allows for a unique and innovative alternative.”

    “Our clients have expressed a need for ERP services and asked for us to expand our offerings to meet those needs.  Brian brings more than 20-years of experience leading software implementations for healthcare organizations to Optimum Healthcare IT, said Jason Jarrett, CEO of Optimum Healthcare IT. “He has been instrumental in the selection, and implementation of ERP software for many of the largest healthcare providers in the country and his expertise will help us develop an effective service line that helps our clients to overcome many of their challenges.”

    About Optimum Healthcare IT

    Optimum Healthcare IT is a Best in KLAS healthcare IT staffing and consulting services firm based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Optimum provides world-class professional staffing services to fill any need as well as consulting services that encompass advisory,  EHR implementation, training and activation, EHR optimization, community connect, managed services, enterprise resource planning, security, and ancillary services – supporting our client’s needs through the continuum of care. Our organization is led by a leadership team with extensive experience in providing expert healthcare staffing and consulting solutions to all types of organizations.

    Visit www.optimumhit.com or call 1.904.373.0831 to find out how your organization can take advantage of our service offerings.

    Contact:
    Larry Kaiser
    VP, Marketing
    Optimum Healthcare IT
    516.978.5487
    [email protected]

    Posted 3.12.2019

  • Executive Search Firm Kirby Partners Celebrates 30 Years

    LAKE MARY, FL – March 11, 2019 – Kirby Partners proudly announces that they are celebrating 30 years of serving top health systems and corporations as a strategic hiring partner. While the company has evolved substantially over the last 30 years, they remain true to their mission of providing the highest quality executive search services by building deep relationships and partnerships. Kirby Partners offers a variety of recruiting solutions including interim leadership placement, cybersecurity and healthcare executive search, as well as leadership evaluation.

    “It has been our honor and privilege to work with so many leading organizations to fill their key healthcare technology and cybersecurity positions,” said Judy Kirby, CEO of Kirby Partners.

    “We’ve seen a lot of changes in recruiting as the world has become increasingly digital,” Judy said. “Though accessing candidates has become easier than ever before, access doesn’t guarantee excellence. Clients rely on our expertise to find top-caliber leaders who will succeed and excel in their unique culture. With our thirty years of experience, we’re uniquely positioned to add value and serve as strategic advisors for our clients.”

    Kirby Partners remains a woman-led business committed to excellence and maintaining the highest levels of professional integrity. The company has received some incredible recognition for its work including earning a spot on Forbes’ “America’s Best Executive Search Firms” list in 2017 and 2018.

    “We pride ourselves on the personal attention we’re able to deliver and it’s extremely rewarding to earn national attention for the exceptional results we’ve achieved for our clients,” said Bryan Kirby, Vice President of Kirby Partners. “I strive to serve my clients and candidates well and it’s truly gratifying to help candidates achieve their career goals, whether it’s to find that next stepping stone in their career or find an ideal position that brings them home to family.”

    About Kirby Partners

    Kirby Partners is a retained executive search firm that places exceptional healthcare information technology and cybersecurity leaders. Kirby Partners has conducted over 60 executive searches in the last three years.

    For more information about Kirby Partners, please visit www.kirbypartners.com. 

    Contact

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

    Posted 3.11.2019

  • Impact Advisors Grows Telehealth Consulting Services

    Jay Backstrom chosen to lead expanded Telehealth practice

    CHICAGO, IL – March 7, 2019 – Impact Advisors, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, has expanded its Telehealth Services practice to meet burgeoning market demand. Its enhanced practice will be led by Jay Backstrom, who was recently hired as Digital Imaging and Telehealth Practice Leader. Backstrom brings more than 12 years of Telehealth consulting experience in helping clients plan, design and implement Telehealth services and build successful programs. 

    As healthcare costs increase and reimbursement rates decrease, healthcare organizations need to establish flexible and sustainable care models that expand access to care beyond current patient market boundaries. With a low barrier to entry, many organizations are developing Telehealth programs to address these needs. However, as Telehealth becomes more mainstream, leading healthcare organizations are realizing the limitations of siloed, departmental Telehealth programs.

    By moving to a more centralized, enterprise-wide approach, organizations can benefit from the full value a Telehealth program can provide, from increased market share and improved patient population management to more flexible and sustainable care coordination and increased revenue potential.

    “Telehealth can be a strategic game-changer for healthcare organizations wanting to transform care, drive new revenue and position themselves for the future of healthcare,” said Backstrom, Digital Imaging and Telehealth Practice Leader. “The challenge is determining where to start and making the shift in a sustainable, scalable way.”

    Success in Telehealth is proven to be directly related to proper strategy, planning and design of the services. Healthcare leaders who want to evolve with the market should first evaluate the status of their current Telehealth strategy.

    Impact Advisors utilizes an execution-focused approach that combines its broad clinical, technical, operational, and financial Telehealth expertise to help ensure its clients are successful moving from a single-service-focused Telehealth to comprehensive, coordinated Telehealth services. They can also help organizations optimize existing Telehealth services that are underperforming or underutilized.

    About Impact Advisors

    Impact Advisors is a nationally recognized healthcare consulting firm and trusted partner of industry leaders focused on delivering clinical, revenue cycle, and information technology services to solve some of healthcare’s toughest challenges. Our comprehensive suite of patient access, clinical and revenue cycle services spans the lifecycle of our clients’ needs. Our experienced team has a powerful combination of clinical, revenue, operations, consulting and IT experience. The firm has earned a number of prestigious industry and workplace awards: Best in KLAS® for 12 consecutive years, CRN Solution Provider and CRN Fast Growth 150, Modern Healthcare’s Largest Revenue Cycle Management Firms, Healthcare Informatics HCI 100, as well as “best place to work” awards from: Modern Healthcare, Consulting Magazine, Becker’s Hospital Review and Achievers. For more information about Impact Advisors, visit www.impact-advisors.com.

    Media Contact:
    Karli Smith
    Chartwell Agency
    815-977-5343
    [email protected]

    Posted 3.7.2019
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