• Nuance Supports American College of Radiology’s ACR AI-LAB™ Initiative to Democratize Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

    Leveraging Nuance’s AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging, Algorithm Developers can Rapidly Deploy their AI Models into the Existing Production Workflow of over 70% of all Radiologists in the U.S.

    BURLINGTON, MA – April 8, 2019 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), an industry- leading provider of AI-powered solutions, today announced its support of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute’s ACR AI-LAB™ initiative to rapidly scale and democratize the use of AI in healthcare.

    Through the ACR AI-LAB, radiologists and developers will collaborate to develop high-quality AI algorithms that address clinical needs at local levels. Users of the Nuance AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging (AI Marketplace), which provides AI developers with direct access to over 70 percent of radiologists across more than 5,800 connected healthcare facilities, will be able to use the new ACR AI-LAB initiative to develop valuable AI solutions for their practices/facilities and take the solutions to scale. In addition, using Nuance PowerScribe One, AI Marketplace subscribers can readily access the largest storefront of AI imaging algorithms and easily integrate the algorithms directly into their existing radiology reporting workflows, providing a collaborative feedback channel to ensure superior results.

    “We applaud the ACR for making concrete strides toward the democratization of AI across the healthcare industry,” said Karen Holzberger, Vice President and General Manager, Healthcare Diagnostics, Nuance. “ACR AI-LAB opens doors for developers and radiologists to rapidly build, test and customize high-quality AI models. The Nuance AI Marketplace can then take these innovations to the next level, providing a gateway to deliver AI models directly into the daily clinical workflow for the vast majority of radiologists around the country.”

    “Based on a long history of working with Nuance to pioneer innovations such as ACR Assist, we are extremely excited to be working with them on our newest initiative,” said Mike Tilkin, Chief Information Officer, ACR. “By utilizing Nuance’s AI Marketplace, developers who are using ACR AI-LAB can rapidly deploy the AI models they build into the existing production interpretation and reporting workflows of our members without having to worry about any of the last mile connections.”

    The AI marketplace is powered by NVIDIA’s Clara AI platform to scale out deployment of AI algorithms on-premises and in the cloud, giving developers and subscribers superior performance and flexibility.

    “Bringing AI to radiology departments everywhere is incredibly important work that will take an ecosystem of partners,” said Kimberly Powell, Vice President, Healthcare, NVIDIA. “With the Nuance AI Marketplace powered by NVIDIA Clara, AI can be seamlessly integrated into the practice of radiology, providing immediate benefits to radiologists and their patients.”

    Nuance senior leaders will continue conversations related to the democratization of AI at this year’s World Medical Innovation Forum in Boston:

    • Mark Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer, Nuance, will participate in a fireside chat, April 9, 2-2:30pm ET, with moderator Peter Slavin, MD, President, MGH; Professor, Health Care Policy, HMS. The fireside discussion will dive deeper into the “why” behind burnout and how AI solutions can help curb the epidemic.
    • Peter Durlach, Senior Vice President, Nuance, will participate in a discovery café session, April 9, 11:45am-1pm ET titled, “Last Mile: Fully Implementing AI in Healthcare,” and speak to how radiology and pathology specialties are currently applying AI in the clinic.

    About Nuance Healthcare
    Nuance provides intelligent systems that support a more natural and insightful approach to clinical documentation, freeing clinicians to spend more time caring for patients. Nuance healthcare solutions capture, improve and communicate more than 300 million patient stories each year, helping more than 500,000 clinicians in 10,000 global healthcare organizations to drive meaningful clinical and financial outcomes. Nuance’s award-winning clinical speech recognition, medical transcription, CDI, coding, quality and medical imaging solutions provide a more complete and accurate view of patient care.

    About Nuance Communications, Inc. 
    Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is the pioneer and leader in conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to everyday work and life. The company delivers solutions that can understand, analyze and respond to human language to increase productivity and amplify human intelligence. With decades of domain and artificial intelligence expertise, Nuance works with thousands of organizations – in global industries that include healthcare, telecommunications, automotive, financial services, and retail – to create stronger relationships and better experiences for their customers and workforce. For more information, please visit www.nuance.com.

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

    Media Contact Information
    Finley Hines
    Senior Manager, Corporate Communications – Healthcare
    Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Tel: 781-565-5438
    Email: [email protected]

    Posted 4.8.2019

  • Impact Advisors Named to Forbes’ List of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms

    Firm ranked among North America’s most highly rated consultancies

    CHICAGO, IL – April 4, 2019 – Impact Advisors, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, announced today that Forbes has named the firm to its list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for 2019. This list is Forbes’ annual ranking of the highest-rated consultancies across all sectors, including IT and healthcare, in North America.

    To develop the list, Forbes partners with the market research firm, Statista. The list is compiled by surveying 7,500 partners and executives of management consultancies, as well as 1,000 senior executives who worked with such firms over the last four years. Data then gets divided into 16 sectors, including technology and healthcare, and 16 functional areas including strategy, sustainability and digital transformation. Impact Advisors is one of 216 firms recognized on this year’s list.The complete Forbes list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for 2019 is available online at: www.forbes.com/best-management-consulting-firms.

    “We are honored to be included on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms,” said Andy Smith, President of Impact Advisors. “Our firm is committed to helping our clients solve their toughest challenges through technology-enabled process improvement. This recognition reflects our dedication to helping our clients exceed their expectations and meet their healthcare goals.”

    Impact Advisors adds this honor to a growing list of industry and workplace awards that includes being named Best in KLAS for 12 consecutive years, Modern Healthcare’s Largest Healthcare IT Consulting Firms, Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare and Becker’s Hospital Review’s 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare.

    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 4.4.2019

  • Clearwater Further Streamlines Enterprise Risk Analysis for Health Systems with Its New “Component Expert System” Technology, an Enhancement to Its IRM|Analysis™ Software

    NASHVILLE, TN – April 4, 2019 – As the healthcare industry continues to be targeted by cyber attacks, Clearwater has released new, breakthrough technology that provides hospitals and health systems with a more intelligent view into all of the processes, people, locations, technology and components that can pose a data security risk to an information system. Clearwater’s new Component Expert System (CES), embedded in its IRM|Analysis™ software, enables hospitals and health systems to complete the security risk analysis (SRA) process more efficiently across the enterprise by logically grouping similar information system components based on their properties and associated controls. The patent-pending technology automatically identifies relevant cyber and information risk scenarios, thereby facilitating a more effective risk assessment process.

    “For a large and complex hospital or healthcare system, it can be daunting to try to perform a comprehensive cyber risk analysis,” said Clearwater’s Jon Stone, senior vice president for Product Innovation. “IRM|Analysis™ with CES technology, offers health systems advanced decision support technology that provides them with a view of the entire threat surface, fully adapted to address the specific vulnerabilities and risk scenarios that are related to their specific technologies and systems.”

    For context, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported more than 400 hacks of health data systems in 2018, an increase of more nearly 25 percent. Despite the increasing threats, the most recent CHIME survey of healthcare leaders found only 16 percent reported having a fully functioning cybersecurity program. Many cite complexity as a barrier to completing a comprehensive cyber risk analysis.

    By leveraging intuitive wizards, IRM|Analysis™ with CES further streamlines the investigative process, by adding a simple set of intuitive questions to identify the precise set of vulnerabilities, threats and controls that must be addressed in order to implement a comprehensive cyber risk management program.

    Clearwater CEO Steve Cagle noted, “Effective data security always starts with a comprehensive risk analysis. Our CES technology takes cyber risk analysis to the next level. The advanced functionality of IRM|Analysis™ with CES creates a more accurate and efficient process of conducting an enterprise-wide risk analysis and gives hospitals and health systems the exact roadmap they need to immediately strengthen risk management and cybersecurity.”

    IRM|Analysis™ has been deployed by hundreds of hospitals and health systems, and ensures appropriate identification of and response to high risks. It offers integrated workflow and dashboard reporting that facilitates management of critical risk remediation actions. IRM|Analysis™ helps hospitals and health systems to improve their security posture, optimize budgets and resources, and achieve HIPAA compliance by providing visibility to each organization’s cybersecurity exposures. IRM|Analysis™ meets all nine requirements of a Security Risk Analysis based on the Office for Civil Rights Guidance Publication. OCR has accepted Risk Analyses conducted with IRM|Analysis 100 percent of the time when performed in accordance or in conjunction with Clearwater’s recommendations and advice. CES is configured as an out-of-the-box enhancement to the IRM|Analysis™ software tool and is designed for fast and efficient installation to empower hospitals and health systems to quickly bolster their cyber risk management systems.

    In addition to increasing the risk of a breach, an insufficient risk analysis may lead to OCR fines and reputational damage. In fact, 89 percent of OCR enforcement actions involving ePHI cite failure to perform a sufficient risk analysis as a primary deficiency. Leading healthcare organizations such as Sentara, Advocate, CHRISTUS, and Baptist Health South Florida, have solved these critical cyber risk challenges by implementing Clearwater’s IRM|Analysis software.

    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 endorsed by 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 4.4.2019

  • CHIME Opens 2019 Most Wired Survey for Healthcare Organizations

    ANN ARBOR, MI, April 4, 2019 – The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) launched the 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired survey today and will keep the survey open for two months. This is the second year that CHIME has overseen the program, which measures excellence in the use of healthcare IT and honors health organizations that meet Most Wired’s high standards.
     
    “With so many advanced and emerging technologies now available to hospitals and health systems, it is important to track what works best and share that knowledge with the industry,” said Shafiq Rab, MD, chair of the CHIME Board and senior vice president and CIO at Rush University Medical Center. “The survey lets CHIME measure if and how participants use innovation and gives them an unbiased look at how they compare with their peers.”
     
    Most Wired is designed to capture best practices in the use of healthcare IT through a survey that is updated annually. Annual revisions ensure that the survey accurately reflects current use of technology. The survey and recognition program are overseen by a Governing Board with no active CIOs as members to avoid any perceived conflicts of interest or bias. Like the survey, the threshold for earning a Most Wired title is reviewed and recalibrated each year.
     
    Each participating organization will receive a benchmarking report that highlights strengths and gaps. In addition, CHIME will publish a publicly available industry trends report based on Most Wired data. CHIME will announce the names of participating healthcare organizations that meet or surpass the threshold and will hold a recognition event at the CHIME Fall CIO Forum, which is scheduled for Nov. 3-6 in Phoenix.
     
    “Healthcare organizations that participate in Most Wired show they are committed to quality care,” said Russell Branzell, president and CEO of CHIME. “The recognition is well deserved, but for many the real honor is knowing they are making a difference in patients’ lives, and the lives of their families.”  
     
    This year CHIME will offer surveys to three groups of participants: hospitals and health systems in the U.S.; hospitals and health systems outside the U.S.; and ambulatory/outpatient health organizations. CHIME will stagger the release and closing of the three surveys, with the domestic survey opening today, followed by international, and then ambulatory/outpatient.
     
    In 2018, 647 surveys representing 2,190 hospitals in nine countries were submitted, with 254 participants being named Most Wired. A list of the 2018 recipients, the 2018 Industry Trends Report and more information about the CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired program are 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 care 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 4.4.2019

  • Meet U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson – The CIO in Congress


    4.4.2019
    Leslie Krigstein – VP, Congressional Affairs

    How did a former director of the Air Force’s Chief Information Officer Staff at U.S. Special Operations Command become the voice for telehealth in the U.S. House of Representatives? U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson will discuss his journey from CIO to congressman at the CHIME Advocacy Summit June 26-28 in Washington, D.C. Here is some background on Congressman Johnson, one of five keynote speakers who will present at CHIME’s second annual Advocacy Summit.

    A Career before Congress

    Congressman Johnson grew up in rural North Carolina on a family farm. He entered the U.S. Air Force in 1973 and retired as a lieutenant colonel after a distinguished military career of more than 26 years. As director of the Air Force’s Chief Information Officer Staff at U.S. Special Operations Command, Johnson worked directly with senior congressional and Secretary of Defense representatives, as well as top leaders within the various U.S. intelligence communities, to ensure America’s Special Operations forces were adequately equipped to carry out critical national security missions.

    During his tenure in the U.S. Air Force, Johnson was recognized as a Distinguished Graduate from the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Squadron Officers School and Air Command & Staff College. He is also a recipient of the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

    Following his retirement from military service, Johnson turned to creating and building high technology businesses. He co-founded Johnson-Schley Management Group, Inc., an IT consulting company that increased revenues by more than 200 percent in just three years under his leadership. In 2003 he left Johnson-Schley to form J2 Business Solutions, Inc., where he focused on providing executive level IT support as a defense contractor to the U.S. military.

    From 2006 through 2010, Johnson served as CIO of a global manufacturer of highly engineered electronic components for the transportation industry headquartered in Northeast Ohio. As a member of the executive leadership team, he managed a multi-million-dollar departmental budget.

    He was elected to serve the sixth district of Ohio in 2010. He now sits on the House Committee on Energy & Commerce, serving on the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, among others. He also serves on the House Budget Committee.

    Johnson as a Health IT Leader

    Since joining Congress, Johnson has been a leading voice on technology issues. He has been a telehealth leader, serving on both the Energy & Commerce Telehealth Working Group and the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Telehealth Caucus that recently issued a request for information to stakeholders on how to expand access to telehealth and remote patient monitoring.

    He’s sponsored a number of telehealth bills in recent years, including:

    He has also been a leading voice in efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. His legislation, the Training, Education, and Community Help (TEACH) to Combat Addiction Act was signed into law with the broader opioid package last fall.

    This distinguished congressman will be joined by Rusty Yeager, senior vice president and CIO at Encompass Health and a former Medical Service Corps officer specializing in healthcare IT and cybersecurity for the U.S. Air Force, for a fireside chat. To see our impressive list of speakers and to register, click here.

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    Posted 4.4.2019

  • News of Note

    4.4.2019
    Candace Stuart – Director, Communications & Public Relations

    CHIME and AISIS open a chapter in Italy, marking a first for Europe: CHIME and Associazione Italiana Sistemi Informativi in Sanita (AISIS) have opened a CHIME chapter in Italy. This is the first CHIME chapter to be launched in Europe and the second international chapter to be established under CHIME. Read more here.

    Track session, Leadership from the Edge proposals due by April 12: CHIME has extended the deadline to 5 p.m. EST April 12 for CHIME and CHIME Foundation members to submit proposals for 2019 CHIME Fall CIO Forum track sessions and Leadership from the Edge presentations. Sixteen track session proposals and three Leadership from the Edge talks will be selected for presentations that will be scheduled on either Nov. 4 or 5 during the 2019 CHIME Fall CIO Forum in Phoenix. Click here to learn more and submit proposals.

    Debrief now available in an audio format: CHIME has added another benefit for members who want a policy update but don’t have the time to read the weekly Debrief. Members can now get the latest summary provided by CHIME’s public policy team by going onto CHIME’s media page. You can check it out here (sign-in required). Want to link over to a document mentioned in the report? No problem. You can access the full Debrief with links on the media page.

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    Posted 4.4.2019

  • Most Wired Survey Now Open; Look for an Email with Log-in Information


    04.4.2019
    Michelle Patterson – VP, Operations

    We are pleased to announce that the 2019 CHIME HealthCare’s Most Wired survey is now open. The Most Wired team today began sending emails to members and other prospective participants with a custom log-in to the survey, instructions and information about available resources. We encourage every member of CHIME to participate.

    This is the second year that CHIME has overseen the program, which measures excellence in the use of healthcare IT and honors health organizations that meet Most Wired’s high standards. There are many benefits to participating, including getting a customized benchmarking report and the opportunity for your organization to be recognized as a healthcare leader. Beyond that, you will know that your team is contributing to a global effort to improve health and care.

    The 2019 survey has been revised to incorporate the latest innovations and best practices. This year CHIME will offer surveys to three groups of participants: hospitals and health systems in the U.S.; hospitals and health systems outside the U.S.; and ambulatory/outpatient health organizations. U.S.-based organizations with both inpatient and outpatient services are encouraged to complete both types of surveys. CHIME will stagger the release and closing of the three surveys, with the domestic survey opening today, followed by international, and then ambulatory/outpatient. Each type of survey will remain open for two months.

    Besides updating the survey, the Governing Board has recalibrated the threshold for being named Most Wired. CHIME will announce the names of the 2019 Most Wired recipients and hold a recognition event at the CHIME Fall CIO Forum, which is scheduled for Nov. 3-6 in Phoenix.

    If you do not see an email from us, or if you know of a hospital, health system or ambulatory organization that would like to participate, please email us at [email protected]. The Most Wired team is available to answer any questions and to help set up log-in access.

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    Posted 4.4.2019

  • CHIME Applauds Introduction of Bills to Align Part 2 with HIPAA

    ANN ARBOR, MI, April 3, 2019 – Below is a statement from CHIME CEO and President Russell Branzell on introduction of the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety (OPPS) Act and the Protecting Jessica Grubb’s Legacy Act:
     
    It is essential that healthcare providers have a complete medical history with all relevant information that will help them treat patients. To ensure the highest quality of care, information pertaining to substance use disorder (SUD) history must be shared. Unfortunately, under current law, 42 CFR Part 2, SUD treatment and diagnoses are kept confidential from other providers, which can be extremely problematic when a clinician is attempting to treat someone but is unaware of their prior addiction history. Our members strongly support synchronizing these consent policies, which will save lives,reduce the burdens imposed by these two different sets of rules and facilitate consent for the purposes of treatment, payment and healthcare operations under HIPAA.
     
    With the help of CHIME’s Opioid Task Force, we stand ready to work toward the passage of this important legislation that will help clinicians treat those patients struggling with addiction.
     
    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 care 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 4.3.2019

  • Nordic welcomes Jim Costanzo as CEO

    MADISON, WI – April 3, 2019 – Nordic is proud to announce that Jim Costanzo will join Nordic as chief executive officer starting July 1. He will succeed current CEO Bruce Cerullo, who, this past fall, announced his plan to shift roles to active chairman of the board. Costanzo comes to Nordic from Ernst & Young, where he served as both global health leader and Americas health advisory leader.

    Costanzo has well over 30 years of experience in the healthcare provider and payor sectors, ranging from full life-cycle systems development through capacity planning, execution, maintenance, and operations. He has spent time with industry and government leaders all over the world, understanding the health issues they face and helping them find solutions to their most complex issues. His experience includes large-scale business transformation for all aspects of health organizations.

    “We could not have asked for a better successor to guide Nordic’s continued evolution,” Cerullo commented. “Jim has unparalleled healthcare experience and, equally as important, he shares Nordic’s family values and is a down-to-earth guy. He is exactly the kind of leader our client partners, employees, and our award-winning culture need to continue Nordic’s success.”

    Jim joins during Nordic’s ongoing evolution, in which the firm has been complementing its high-caliber health IT staff augmentation business with strategic services, performance improvement offerings, a leading managed services division and expansion into Canada via the recent acquisition of Healthtech Consultants.

    “Few consulting organizations have done something as special as Nordic,” Costanzo said. “They have an incredible hunger to do professional services the right way. I’m excited to be a part of this next chapter.”

    Recognized by KLAS as the firm most mentioned by healthcare organizations as a true partner, Nordic’s award-winning team provides consulting services focused on strategy, technology, and operations, as well as managed services, that result in a stronger business and better patient outcomes.

    Media Contact

    John Pollard
    [email protected]

    Posted 4.3.2019

  • Hospital de la Concepcion Deploys FormFast eSignature Technology to Enhance Registration Processes

    Puerto Rican Hospital Cuts Paper Processes and Eliminates Scanning with FormFast’s Electronic Signature Capture Solution

    ST. LOUIS, MO – March 19, 2019 – FormFast, the leading eSignature vendor for the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce the addition of Hospital de la Concepcion in San German, Puerto Rico to their growing customer base.

    To streamline critical document workflows in their registration department, Hospital de la Concepcion implemented FormFast to complement and enhance their MEDITECH Enterprise Health Record (EHR). “With FormFast, we can ensure that each consent is properly archived. We no longer need to track down pieces of paper and manually scan them for archival. The eForms are electronically signed and instantly archived into MEDITECH with one simple click,” said Juan Caban, Director Departamento Sistemas de Información at Hospital de la Concepción.

    FormFast enables electronic signature capture on a digital signature device or mobile tablet at Hospital de la Concepcion. The e-signed documents are routed directly to Hospital de la Concepcion’s EHR (MEDITECH), accelerating the archival process. With FormFast, their electronic forms are organized and accessible in an online repository, imprinted dynamically for archival, and can be printed as needed by the hospital’s clinical staff.

    Another key to the successful implementation of FormFast at Hospital de la Concepcion was the positive relationship between the hospital’s staff and the FormFast team. “Our end users were quick to adopt and embrace FormFast technology due to the user-friendly products, and the high-quality of professional support and guidance from their team during implementation,” adds Caban.

    “We are very excited to expand FormFast’s presence in Puerto Rico. We welcome Hospital de la Concepcion to the FormFast family and we look forward to growing the relationship,” said Randy Campbell, FormFast President.

    ABOUT FORMFAST

    With over 26 years exclusively focused on healthcare needs and over 1,100 healthcare clients, FormFast is recognized as an industry leader in electronic forms and document workflow technology. FormFast’s enterprise software platform integrates with EHRs and other core systems to automate required documents, capturing data and accelerating workflows associated with them. By using FormFast, healthcare organizations achieve new levels of standardization and operational efficiency, allowing them to focus on their core mission – delivering quality care.

    ABOUT HOSPITAL DE LA CONCEPCION

    Established in San Germán, the Hospital de la Concepción is considered a world-class hospital that provides state-of-the-art technology and an experienced medical team in a welcoming environment with modern facilities.

    Mission:

    Provide, with the gift of joy, health services of the highest quality to meet the physical and spiritual needs of our patients according to the principles of Catholic ethics.

    View:

    To be the first alternative in the selection of health services in Puerto Rico and create difference through the participation of a committed team with a high sense of the human value and dignity of the person. To provide the community with services of excellence aimed at the prevention, promotion and compassionate maintenance of health from conception to natural death. To be leaders in clinical and technological innovations and organizational development to strengthen our position as an advanced organization in the community.

    Media Contact:
    Lauren Ziegler
    314-677-3765
    [email protected]

    Posted 4.2.2019

  • MEDITECH Announces Widespread Market Availability for MaaS

    MEDITECH’s EHR subscription offering is now available to organizations beyond Critical Access Hospitals

    WESTWOOD, MA – April 2, 2019 – MEDITECH is excited to announce MaaS (MEDITECH as a Service) is now available to community health systems. Offered initially to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), larger community health systems now have the opportunity to utilize MaaS and the many benefits that come with a cost-effective subscription to MEDITECH Expanse.

    MaaS is a cloud-based EHR subscription that provides health systems with full access to Expanse, MEDITECH’s web-based platform. Specifically designed to reduce the complexity and cost of procuring, hosting, and maintaining a cutting-edge EHR system while improving efficiency and ensuring quality patient care, MaaS is an attractive option for organizations facing the many challenges within the current healthcare landscape.

    “We are so excited to extend this offering to our customers and prospects beyond the CAH space,” MEDITECH President and CEO Howard Messing said. “We understand that the focus should be on the patient, on providing quality care — not on IT. MaaS empowers organizations to maintain that focus.”

    One of the most notable aspects of MaaS is a streamlined implementation. Using best practices, community health systems will be able to go LIVE with Expanse in an expedited time frame. MEDITECH’s hands-on approach accelerates end-user training and optimizes the software build phase, while a remotely-hosted data center significantly decreases any strain on the organization’s technical resources.

    MaaS provides community health systems with an opportunity to strike the right balance between autonomy and maintainability. Expanse’s interoperability reduces the complexity of exchanging data with other systems and offers organizations more control than other hosted vendors. With MEDITECH maintaining the software and an experienced cloud operations staff overseeing the data center, organizations can focus on caring for their community.

    “MaaS represents a meaningful step in driving EHR access and adoption for organizations of all sizes,” MEDITECH Executive Vice President Helen Waters said. “The cloud-based EHR subscription service equips organizations with the technology needed to improve organizational efficiency and ensure quality patient care.”

    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 4.2.2019

  • Protenus is Top-Performing Solution in KLAS Patient Privacy Monitoring Report

    Healthcare compliance analytics company achieves highest scores in every category after survey of nationwide customers

    BALTIMORE, MD – April 2, 2019 – Protenus, the healthcare compliance analytics platform that protects patient privacy for the nation’s leading health systems, announces today that it is the top-performing provider in the 2019 KLAS Patient Privacy Monitoring report, with an overall score of 96.6.

    Protenus uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze 100 percent of actions taking place inside a hospital’s EHR and ancillary systems. These advanced analytics proactively detect inappropriate access to patient data and provide health systems full insight into how health data is used throughout their organizations, often for the first time. AI-powered analytics allow healthcare privacy teams to rest assured that their patient data is safe and allows them to focus on the true threats to their organization and patients, reducing institutional risk over time.

    Protenus was recently named the 2019 KLAS Category Leader in Patient Privacy Monitoring. Protenus was also named one of the 2018 Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare and Protenus co-founders were recognized on a list of Becker’s Hospital Review Rising Stars in Healthcare in 2018.

    “We considered several other organizations, but Protenus offered a substantially better product. We are a large organization with multiple hospitals, so we needed to ensure that our EMRs were safe. Keeping tabs on our many providers and patients is a monumental effort, so we needed to find a tool to do much of that legwork,” said a KLAS survey respondent, June 2018.

    KLAS Research is a healthcare IT data and insights company providing the industry with accurate, honest and impartial research on the software and services used by providers and payers worldwide. KLAS partners with healthcare professionals to foster an atmosphere of transparency surrounding the state of healthcare and highlight the services and solutions that are having an impact.

    “We are humbled to be recognized as the top-performing patient privacy monitoring vendor by our customers and KLAS Research,” stated Robert Lord, Protenus president and co-founder. “Our team strives to consistently exceed customer expectations. We look forward to continuing to partner with our current and future customers to reduce organizational risk and enable privacy and security teams to focus on what’s most important to them.”

    The Protenus platform will be showcased at the upcoming HCCA Compliance Institute at booth #701 from April 7-11, 2019, in Boston. To schedule a meeting, contact our events team at [email protected].

    To access and review the KLAS Patient Privacy Monitoring report, please visit https://klasresearch.com/report/patient-privacy-monitoring-2019/1516.

    About KLAS

    KLAS is a data-driven company on a mission to improve the world’s healthcare by enabling provider and payer voices to be heard and counted. Working with thousands of healthcare professionals, KLAS collects insights on software, services and medical equipment to deliver reports, trending data and statistical overviews. KLAS data is accurate, honest and impartial. The research directly reflects the voice of healthcare professionals and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. To learn more about KLAS and the insights we provide, visit https://KLASresearch.com.

    About Protenus

    The Protenus healthcare compliance analytics platform uses artificial intelligence to audit every access to patient data for the nation’s leading health systems, providing healthcare leaders full insight into how health data is being used and alerting privacy, security and compliance teams to inappropriate activity. Protenus helps our partner hospitals make decisions about how to better protect their data, their patients and their institutions. Learn more at Protenus.com and follow us on Twitter @Protenus.

    Media Contact:
    Kira Caban
    Director of Strategic Communications
    [email protected]

    Posted 4.2.2019
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