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HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER ADDS CARDIOLOGY TO SECTRA ENTERPRISE IMAGING SOLUTION
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Andrea Sowitch, Vice President of Marketing, Sectra, Inc.
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Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO, Sectra AB
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Phone: +46 705 23 5227
Shelton, CT – February 6, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa to add cardiology to their existing enterprise imaging solution. This new configuration will provide physicians a complete patient overview and standardize all imaging on one platform.
“It is very rewarding to have long-time radiology customers, such as Hillcrest, grow their enterprise imaging platform with Sectra. As we increase our market presence in cardiology, we look to our existing users who appreciate our extraordinary customer service and support,” says Mikael Anden, President of Sectra, Inc.
Hillcrest Medical Center is a 620-bed hospital offering a wide-range of inpatient and outpatient services including Oklahoma’s most comprehensive heart program. All cardiology studies will utilize the existing radiology archive for efficiency and economies of scale. The cardiology contract signed in December 2019 includes workflow for cardiac catheterization, ultrasound echo, nuclear medicine and invasive vascular studies.
Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution provides a unified strategy for high production environments and supports the goal of shortened report turnaround times, enhanced result distribution workflows, and improved communication between departments. Read more about Sectra and why Sectra PACS is ‘Best in KLAS’ at https://medical.sectra.com/.
Meet Sectra at HIMSS 2020
Visit booth #6248 at HIMSS to learn more about the complete enterprise imaging solution with Sectra VNA and our Best-in-KLAS PACS for radiology, pathology and cardiology at its core. For more information and to book a meeting, visit: https://medical.sectra.com/himss
About Sectra Medical Imaging Solutions
With 30 years of innovation and approaching 2,000 installations worldwide, Sectra is a leading global provider of imaging IT solutions that support healthcare in achieving patient-centric care. Sectra offers an enterprise imaging solution comprising PACS for imaging-intense departments (radiology, pathology, cardiology and orthopedics), VNA, and share and collaborate solutions.
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Now Accepting Proposals for 2020 CHIME Fall Forum
2.06.2020
By Christopher Hargrett, Education Coordinator
Revised 05.13.2020
The call for proposals has begun! Eligible CHIME provider members, individually or in teams, as well as CHIME members who collaborate with Foundation partners, may begin submitting proposals for Leadership from the Edge (LFTE) and track sessions for the CHIME20 Fall Forum. This year’s forum will take place Nov. 9-12 in San Antonio, Texas.
The Fall Forum, historically the largest annual event by CHIME, provides multiple educational presentations taught by members. The majority of these presentations are proposals submitted by members and approved by a subcommittee of their peers. CHIME members have the opportunity to share their knowledge, insight and expertise with more than 800 digital healthcare executives during the forum program.
Leadership from the Edge Proposals
LFTE is designed to look toward the future of healthcare and create an innovative vision for leadership to achieve new successes. LFTE will consist of three 20-minute presentations, similar to TED Talks, that offer compelling and innovative views into the future of healthcare and the role of the HIT leader. The selected speakers present to all forum attendees, without agenda competition.LFTE sessions are reviewed and selected by a subcommittee of the Fall Forum Planning Committee. The subcommittee will look for:
- A developed idea with a view toward what lies ahead, the possibilities and potential and how the future state may look.
- Topics that leave the audience feeling inspired about their work and their leadership in a new and different way.
- Presentations that focus on the ways in which healthcare delivery and leadership may change because of new, disruptive organizational approaches and technologies.
- Presenters who tell a compelling story that challenges assumptions, delivers new concepts and ideas.
- And much more.
Visit the CHIME20 Call for Leadership from the Edge Proposals on the CHIME website for more information and submission requirements.
Track Session Proposals
CHIME members and Foundation partners may have the opportunity to share knowledge, insight and expertise with their peers. Selected presentations will be featured across multiple tracks during the CHIME20 Fall Forum program.The Track Session Subcommittee of the Fall Forum Planning Committee will have the responsibility of reviewing the track session proposals and are looking the best educational proposals to be featured at the forum. Each completed and eligible proposal is carefully reviewed and evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Completion of ALL submission requirements
- Clearly stated and concise proposal description and learning objectives
- Proposal content addresses title
- Proposal content is current and provides valued information
- Content and concepts are practical and innovative
- Presentation design is creative and supports audience interaction
- The proposal includes one or more CHIME provider executives
- And ask the question: Would you attend this session?
Proposals must emphasize conveying the solution process rather than the solution itself.
Things will be done differently this year for submitting proposals, in that members are no longer required to select a specific track category for a presentation. CHIME is looking for the best educational proposals to be featured during track sessions; they can be based on a variety of topics, including strategy and leadership, business and care transformation, emerging technologies, cybersecurity, diversity and much more.
For more details and requirements about submitting track session proposals, visit the CHIME20 Fall Forum Track Session Proposals on the CHIME website.
The deadline to submit all proposals is Friday, Jun. 26, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Don’t delay; start developing your proposal today!
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Proposed Telehealth Act Aligns with CHIME’s Goals to Improve Access and Connected Care
ANN ARBOR, MI, Feb. 5, 2020 – Today U.S. Reps. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation to facilitate the use of telehealth across the U.S. The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) supports the National Telehealth Strategy and Data Advancement Act, whose introduction moves health and care one step closer to realizing the promise of telehealth and connected care.If passed, the act would establish a framework and evidence base around telehealth to help transform how care is delivered in the U.S. Rather than requiring the patient to come to a healthcare organization, the system would take care to the patient.“Ultimately, this is about improving access to care and extending the reach of the American healthcare system all while leveraging modern-day technology,” said Russell Branzell, president and CEO of CHIME. “We commend Congressman Gianforte and Congresswoman Eshoo for their leadership on this issue.”The National Telehealth Strategy and Data Advancement Act will improve federal coordination among the various federal agencies and departments that presently are involved with funding telehealth. This legislation creates a cohesive pathway forward, which ultimately can be used to make informed funding decisions around telehealth in the future. Understanding where federal monies are being spent and where telehealth is providing value will drive better care outcomes and efficiencies.“Little or no coordination between federal agencies hampers our ability to extend the reach of telehealth services, and too often the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. My bill fixes this,” said Gianforte.Eshoo built on this by adding, “Telehealth has the potential to transform healthcare for every American. This bipartisan legislation will improve the way telehealth is delivered by providers and accessed by patients so all Americans, regardless of whether they live in rural towns or urban centers, can benefit from accessible, affordable telehealth.”About CHIMEThe 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), chief innovation officers (CIOs), chief digital officers (CDOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 3,200 members in 56 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.ContactCandace StuartDirector of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME734.665.0000Posted 2.5.2020 -
Spring Forum’s Keynotes Offer Perspectives on Change through Innovation
2.05.2020
By Candace Stuart, Director, Communications & Public Relations
Given the fast pace of technological change, today’s digital healthcare executives must not only command a strong understanding of current technologies but also of the cutting-edge innovations that could transform health and care in the future. 5G, quantum computing, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, wearable devices, precision medicine … the list goes on and on. The 2020 CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum will provide a framework that will position members to successfully lead their organizations through change.
The program includes:
- Opening keynote speaker James L. Madara, MD, CEO and executive vice president of the American Medical Association (AMA), describing the coming challenges on the healthcare horizon
- Midmorning keynote speaker Robin Farmanfarmaian, an entrepreneur and angel investor, focusing on cutting-edge healthcare and biotech companies that are poised to impact 100 million patients
- Midafternoon keynotes through “Innovation beyond the Edge,” real-world examples presented by CHIME members who brought advanced technology to health and care. Presenters are Marc Probst, vice president and CIO at Intermountain Healthcare; Natalie Pageler, MD, CMIO at Stanford Children’s Health; and Daniel Barchi, senior vice president and CIO at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Closing keynote speaker John K. Coyle, Olympian, founder of Design Thinking Academy and a world-leading expert in innovation, talking about optimizing strengths, building resiliency and fostering innovation
As the leader of the nation’s most influential physician organization, Madara has a broad perspective that is informed by his AMA membership as well as his personal experiences as a pathologist, professor of pathology, researcher and more. He will bring that expertise to bear in his opening keynote, which will serve as an overview of the healthcare landscape.
He lists the high cost of care and increasing administrative burdens on physicians as top imperatives, and ones that judicious use of technology can help to alleviate. High costs put tremendous pressure on the healthcare system and patients alike, he noted, while physicians now spend a disproportionate number of hours on unnecessary paperwork and EHR-related tasks rather than face-to-face time with patients.
“How can we use technology to ease the administrative burdens on physicians so they can spend more time on patient care?” Madara asked. “That’s what physicians and patients want.”
In pathology, automated cell counting freed up clinicians’ time for higher-level duties, he noted. Today, virtual scribes can do the same for physicians. “I see these as tools to help (clinicians) and bring down costs,” Madara said. “They replace tasks but not jobs.”
Farmanfarmaian will bring the insights of a patient and technology entrepreneur to her midmorning keynote presentation. Author of The Patient as CEO: How Technology Empowers the Healthcare Consumer, she took control of her own health and care after a misdiagnosis at 16 led to multiple surgeries. She is currently the CEO and co-founder of ArO, a dynamic vision correction and eye health monitoring company, and has invested in Invicta Medical, a medical technology company for sleep apnea, and Aerami Therapeutics, inhaled insulin with a smart, connected device. She published a second book, The Thought Leader Formula: Strategically Leverage Your Expertise to Drive Business & Career Goals, in 2019.
AI stands out among today’s advanced technologies for its potential to transform healthcare. “AI is one of the most disruptive of all of the technologies right now,” she said. “It really is a combination, though. It never is just one thing that will change a $3.5 trillion industry in the U.S. It is more about the fact that the clinical-grade sensors that have passed the FDA now can collect clinical-grade data, which builds up the databases where we can use artificial intelligence and come up with new insights or predictions. The databases are frequently cloud based, because the datasets are too large for normal computers. Add in connectivity like 5G and it’s a convergence of many technologies working together.”
An angel investor, she has had a preview of many innovative technologies that could surface in the future. Looking three to five years out, she sees ear buds and eyeglasses with audio and visual functionality start to make the smartphone obsolete, and novel in vitro assays for testing drugs on a patient’s tumor cells to assess the drug’s efficacy before starting treatment. Longer term, tissue engineering of organs will be on-demand, made from the patient’s own stem cells.
“If science can be in animal trials in three to four years, hopefully that means in 15 years we will start to see it going into patients in the clinic,” Farmanfarmaian said.
The midafternoon keynotes, Innovation beyond the Edge, are inspired by the fall forum’s Leadership from the Edge series. Leadership from the Edge features TED-like presentations by CHIME members who are pushing the envelope in health and care. Innovation beyond the Edge will showcase CHIME members’ experiences and challenges bringing advanced technology to health and care.
Coyle will conclude the day with a keynote on Design Thinking, a discipline that helped him win an Olympic medal in speedskating and build a career that includes serving as senior vice president at an innovation consultancy, and head of innovation for a fortune 500 telecom company. He is the author of two books, Design for Strengths: Applying Design Thinking to Individual and Team Strengths and The Art of Really Living Manifesto. He currently is working on a third book on chronoception, which is the study of how humans process time.
An expert in innovation and Design Thinking, Coyle sees innovation as the intersection of an unmet and usually unarticulated need in the marketplace, an idea that solves that need, and then the clear expression and communication around that solution. Innovation is both a process and a mindset, he said.
“A lot of people work on the process part,” Coyle said. “I will go back to Design Thinking, which is my roots. If you don’t have a designer’s mindset, it doesn’t matter if you have a process because you are not going to fundamentally think about things in a way that will allow you to solve complex problems.”
The problem-solving stage should be approached dispassionately, being agnostic to how a problem might be solved; but then get passionate about the human elements that the idea aims to serve.
“My belief is that most complex problems do not have a simple solution, at least not one that is obvious,” he said. “From a Design Thinking standpoint, a complex problem probably has a complex set of standards and rigor around it that you have to understand. You want to be dispassionate about that, and then you want to figure out how to solve the problem with a human-centric perspective.”
The keynotes will be presented on March 9 at the 2020 CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum in Orlando, Fla. The forum will open on March 8 with an evening reception. For more information about the forum, videos of the speakers and registration information, go here.
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News of Note
2.05.2020
By Candace Stuart, Director, Communications & Public Relations
Marc Probst earns CIO of the Year title: CHIME and HIMSS named Intermountain Healthcare’s Marc Probst the 2019 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year. Read about the announcement here and stay tuned for more in-depth coverage in an upcoming issue of Inside CHIME.
Spring forum rates will increase on Feb. 11: The registration rates to attend the 2020 CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum are set to increase on Feb. 11. Members can take advantage of the advance registration rates through 11:59 CST on Feb. 10. For hotel and registration information, go here.
CHIME supports telehealth bill introduced in Congress: U.S. Reps. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) introduced bipartisan legislation this week to facilitate the use of telehealth across the U.S. Learn more about the bill and how it aligns with CHIME’s policy priorities here.
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TransformativeMed Partners with UAB Health System to Streamline Clinical Workflows and Prevent Clinician Burnout
SEATTLE, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — TransformativeMed announced today a partnership with University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System to improve clinical workflow efficiency, support high-quality patient care and increase provider satisfaction to reduce the risk of burnout.
TransformativeMed transforms electronic health records (EHRs) with apps directly embedded within the EHRs. UAB is one of the top academic medical centers in the nation and a recognized leader in quality patient care, research and training. Located in Birmingham, Ala., UAB Hospital is consistently named among the “Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report, which also ranks many of its medical specialties among the best programs of their kind in the United States.
TransformativeMed’s Core Work Manager App, Core Work Manager Mobile App and Core Notify App will be implemented in UAB Hospital. Founded in 1945 as a teaching hospital, UAB Hospital is a 1,157-bed facility for the UAB School of Medicine. One of the largest and most advanced in the nation, UAB Hospital is the centerpiece of a sprawling medical campus that includes numerous research labs and clinics.
UAB believes TransformativeMed will help physicians, residents and other clinicians work more intuitively and efficiently, which helps alleviate the technological burdens associated with EHR usability and the cognitive overload leading to clinician burnout. According to recent research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, unfavorable productivity and associated burnout rates are costing U.S. health systems more than $4.6 billion a year in physician turnover and reduced clinical hours. Similarly, a report published by the National Academy of Medicine in October 2019, “Taking Action Against Clinician Burnout: A Systems Approach to Professional Well-Being,” urges health systems to pursue several goals, among them: “improve the usability and relevance of health IT” and “reduce tasks that do not improve patient care.”
“As an academic medical center, we want to instill the principles of high-quality, compassionate and evidence-based patient care with our trainees, while minimizing the effects of professional stress that can lead to burnout,” said Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, Associate Designated Institutional Official for the Clinical Learning Environment at UAB. “We believe TransformativeMed will evolve our EHR, transforming it into technology that enhances clinicians’ training or practice, thus enabling them to deliver optimal patient care.”
A Unified Solution
The TransformativeMed applications that UAB is implementing are fully integrated, enabling residents and staff to quickly extract, evaluate, document and take action on data from multiple sources, regardless of their location. In greater detail, the applications are:- Core Work Manager App. Embedded in the EHR, the Core Work Manager App delivers rich, actionable information visually presented in a format unique to each specialty’s priorities. Clinical teams caring for a patient have accurate, timely and actionable information to organize rounds, convey discharge readiness and conduct handoffs. A list of patients includes the most recent list of issues and is organized based on the information that each team needs to maximize relevance.
- Core Work Manager Mobile App. Everything clinicians need is delivered through this mobile app that allows a bidirectional flow of information between the EHR and the clinician’s smartphone or another mobile device. Their team’s patient to-do list can be reviewed and updated with the latest information from a personalized patient list, and tasks can be created and edited with voice-to-text and then automatically uploaded to the EHR for the entire care team to see. This capability minimizes entering the same information multiple times and ensures the team is updated in real time. With HIPAA-compliant security built in, providers and patients can trust that personal health information (PHI), is secure and protected.
- Core Notify App. With Notify, clinicians can subscribe to specific alerts, ensuring faster response rates. While easily configured based on user or facility, the Notify app also automatically learns clinicians’ preferences, so their alerts are always relevant and actionable.
“We are excited to partner with an organization that recognizes that specialty-specific content and workflows are essential in helping providers spend less time hunting and pecking around their EHR for information,” said Doug Cusick, CEO at TransformativeMed. “We are proud to work with UAB as a leading healthcare organization and commend them for taking action to improve the lives of their clinicians, as well as the patients and families they serve.”
About TransformativeMed
TransformativeMed dramatically improves the usability of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), with specialty-specific and disease-specific workflows, which are embedded within the EHR. The Core Work Manager and Core Diabetes App securely synchronize clinical workflow, tasks, alerts, notifications and messages to harmonize the care team and create seamless communication across clinicians, using any device, including mobile. With TransformativeMed, clinicians are happier and clinical work is streamlined, more efficient, less costly and safer. Learn more at TransformativeMed.com.About UAB Medicine
UAB Medicine comprises the School of Medicine and the $4.3 billion UAB Health System that includes all of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s patient-care activities and 2,300 licensed beds in six hospitals, one of which is UAB Hospital—the third-largest public hospital in the United States, winner of the Women’s Choice award, and one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals. UAB is the state of Alabama’s largest single employer and an internationally renowned research university and academic health center; its professional schools and specialty patient-care programs are consistently ranked among the nation’s top 50. UAB is the largest academic medical center in Alabama and one of the top four largest academic medical centers in the United States. UAB is advancing innovative discoveries for better health as a two-time recipient of the prestigious Center for Translational Science Award. Find more information at www.uab.edu and www.uabmedicine.org.Media Contact:
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Impact Advisors Named Best in KLAS No. 1 HIT Implementation Leadership
Firm earns Best in KLAS recognitions for 13 consecutive years
CHICAGO (Feb. 4, 2020) – Impact Advisors, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has been named No. 1 Best in KLAS in HIT Implementation Leadership (Large) in the 2020 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. This recognition makes it the 13th consecutive year the firm has been recognized as Best in KLAS, with awards in a variety of services.
“At Impact Advisors, our primary mission is to empower our clients by providing a broad range of services and solutions with exceptional quality and value,” said Peter Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of Impact Advisors. “It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by KLAS, as it represents the collective voice of our clients. We are incredibly grateful for their ongoing support.”
The Best in KLAS designation is reserved for vendor solutions that lead those software and services market segments that have the broadest operational and clinical impact on healthcare organizations. These vendors earn the title of Best in KLAS – a recognition of their outstanding efforts to help healthcare professionals deliver better patient care. During the preparation of the annual Best in KLAS report, KLAS reviews more than 30,000 interviews conducted with health systems and payers that year.
The Best in KLAS HIT Implementation Leadership (Large) designation is reserved for vendors that provide outstanding efforts to help healthcare organizations deliver quality patient care. Impact Advisors scored a 93.9 in this category.
“Clinical and revenue cycle implementation projects are still a large part of our business and are services our clients continue to need expertise for,” said Andy Smith, President and Co-Founder of Impact Advisors. “It is our goal to partner with clients to understand their current environment and business objectives, define tangible project outcomes, and execute to meet those outcomes. This recognition is validation that we are living up to those expectations.”
“Providers and payers demand better performance, usability, and interoperability from their vendor partners every year. Best in KLAS winners set the standard of excellence in their market segment,” KLAS President Adam Gale said. “Earning a Best in KLAS award should both excite and humble the recipients. It serves as a signal to providers that they should expect only the best from the winning vendors.”
Impact Advisors will attend the Best in KLAS Awards Ceremony on March 9 in Orlando where they will be honored for their excellence.
About Impact Advisors
Impact Advisors is a nationally recognized healthcare consulting firm that is solving some of the toughest challenges in the industry by delivering strategic advisory, technology implementation and performance improvement services. Our comprehensive suite of digital health, clinical optimization 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, including Best in KLAS® for 13 consecutive years, Healthcare Informatics HCI 100, Crain’s Chicago Business Fast Fifty, 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.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 KLASresearch.com
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Spring CIO Forum Showcases AMA’s CEO, Entrepreneur, Design Thinking Expert and Digital Innovators
ANN ARBOR, MI, Feb. 4, 2020 – One day, four sessions, six speakers and infinite impact. The 2020 CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum will take digital healthcare executives on an educational journey that will prepare them to lead change through innovation. Hosted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) in conjunction with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the spring forum will feature three keynote speakers and three CHIME members who will share real-life experiences as healthcare innovators.They are:- Opening keynote speaker James L. Madara, MD, CEO and executive vice president of the American Medical Association, describing the coming challenges on the healthcare horizon
- Midmorning keynote speaker Robin Farmanfarmaian, an entrepreneur and angel investor, focusing on cutting-edge healthcare and biotech companies that are poised to impact 100 million patients
- Midafternoon keynotes through “Innovation beyond the Edge,” real-world examples presented by CHIME members who brought advanced technology to health and care. Presenters are Marc Probst, vice president and CIO at Intermountain Healthcare; Natalie Pageler, MD, CMIO at Stanford Children’s Health; and Daniel Barchi, senior vice president and CIO at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Closing keynote speaker John K. Coyle, Olympian, founder of The Art of Really Living and a world-leading expert in innovation and Design Thinking, talking about optimizing strengths, building resiliency and fostering innovation
“Each speaker brings a unique story that connects with others to paint a complete picture of our current healthcare landscape as well as what is on the horizon and how we can respond to transform health and care,” said Tim Stettheimer, CHIME’s vice president of education. “Dr. Madara will set the stage with an overview of the healthcare landscape, followed by Robin Farmanfarmaian, an entrepreneur whose personal healthcare experiences have led her to invest in and grow tech companies that empower patients. The afternoon starts with an exciting new program, Innovation beyond the Edge, with three of our most innovative members describing how they applied advanced technologies in their health systems. We close with John Coyle, who will share how Design Thinking helped him win an Olympic medal and Design Thinking strategies digital executives can use to lead change.”Madara took the reins at the AMA in 2011 and has helped sculpt the organization’s visionary long-term strategic plan. In addition to that role, he is an adjunct professor of pathology at Northwestern University and chairman of the innovation firm Health2047 Inc.Farmanfarmaian is currently the CEO and co-founder of ArO, a dynamic vision correction and eye health monitoring company. Recent investments include Invicta Medical, a medical technology company for sleep apnea, and Dance Biopharm, inhaled insulin with a smart, connected device. Her books include The Patient as CEO: How Technology Empowers the Healthcare Consumer (2015) and The Thought Leader Formula: Strategically Leverage Your Expertise to Drive Business & Career Goals (2019).Coyle is an Olympic speedskating silver medalist and the best-selling author of Design for Strengths: Applying Design Thinking to Individual and Team Strengths (2018) and The Art of Really Living Manifesto (2016). A graduate of Stanford University’s Product Design Program, he is an NBC sports analyst, two-time TEDx presenter and teaches innovation classes at Northwestern, Marquette and CEDIM University Graduate School in Mexico.Innovation beyond the Edge was inspired by the successful fall forum program, Leadership from the Edge, which features TED-like presentations by CHIME members who are pushing the envelope in health and care. Innovation beyond the Edge will showcase real-world examples of digital transformation, providing a roadmap for healthcare executives to drive innovation in their organizations.The 2020 CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum will take place March 8-9 in Orlando, Fla. It will open with a reception on March 8 and a full-day educational program on March 9. More information is available here.Editor’s note: Members of the media are welcome to attend the CHIME-HIMSS CIO Forum. To be added to the media list, please email Candace Stuart, CHIME’s director of communications and public relations, at [email protected] with your name, title and organization.About CHIMEThe 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), chief innovation officers (CIOs), chief digital officers (CDOs) and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 3,200 members in 56 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.ContactCandace StuartDirector of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME734.665.0000Posted 2.4.2020 -
SECTRA RANKED #1 BY CUSTOMERS IN US AND CANADA—WINS NEW AWARDS
Contact: Andrea Sowitch, Vice President of Marketing
Sectra, Inc.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 203 925 0899 ext. 268
Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO
Sectra AB
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +46 705 23 5227
Shelton, CT – January 31, 2020 – – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has won the prestigious customer satisfaction award ‘Best in KLAS’ for the seventh consecutive year in the US. Sectra has swept both segments (Large – 300K+ Studies and Small – <300K Studies). For the first time, the company was also ranked as number one in Canada and was awarded ‘Best in KLAS’ Global PACS (Canada). The awards are given by the healthcare IT data and insights company KLAS Research.
“When our customers improve their quality of healthcare and become more efficient by using our solution, we have succeeded,” says Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO of Sectra. “Happy users are the ultimate proof of customer satisfaction and it’s an honor to be acknowledged for it.”
The first Sectra PACS was installed in 1993 and today, the company is approaching 2,000 installations worldwide. Sectra PACS is an integral part of Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution comprising VNA and spanning image-intense departments such as radiology, breast imaging, pathology, cardiology, and orthopedics.
“Sectra listens. They frequently touch base. Their product is probably the best that we have seen. Our users are highly satisfied. And Sectra is very easy to work with,” says a US Director, October 2019.
Meet Sectra at HIMSS20 and ECR 2020
Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution, including Sectra PACS and Sectra VNA, will be showcased in March at HIMSS (booth #6248) and at ECR (booth #D11).
About ‘Best in KLAS’
2020 Best in KLAS—a recognition of outstanding efforts to help healthcare organizations in their quest to deliver quality patient care. The Best in KLAS designation is awarded only in those software and services market segments that have the broadest operational and clinical impact on healthcare organizations. To view the full 2020 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report, visit https://klasresearch.com/report/best-in-klas-2020-software-services/1629
About Sectra Imaging IT Solutions
With 30 years of innovation and approaching 2,000 installations worldwide, Sectra is a leading global provider of imaging IT solutions that support healthcare in achieving patient-centric care. Sectra offers an enterprise imaging solution comprising PACS for imaging-intense departments (radiology, pathology, cardiology, orthopedics), VNA, and share and collaborate solutions. Read more about Sectra and why Sectra PACS is “Best in KLAS” at https://medical.sectra.com/.
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PatientPing’s National Network of Next Generation ACO Providers Earns Over $150 Million in Savings for 2018
Care collaboration platform’s provider network achieves significant savings under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s Next Generation ACO Model
Boston—(February 3, 2020)— PatientPing, the nation’s leading care collaboration platform, today announced that its national network of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) partners generated over $150 million in shared savings under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s (CMMI) Next Generation ACO Model for 2018. In addition to the Next Generation ACOs, the care collaboration platform’s network includes thousands of providers that participate in numerous value-based care models, including the Medicare Shared Savings Program, Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced), Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease Care (CEC) Model among many others.
“PatientPing has provided us real-time insights in order to improve outcomes for patients across the continuum of care,” said Elissa Langley, VP, Chief Operating Officer at Triad HealthCare Network. “With real-time visibility into patients’ care events, we’re able to more effectively monitor their hospital and post-acute care events. This real-time intervention has contributed to our success under the Next Generation program, improved outcomes for our organization, and ensured patients receive the support and care they need. We look forward to PatientPing’s growth and our continued partnership.”
Over half of the top 20 ACOs that earned shared savings in 2018 under the Next Generation ACO Model are part of the PatientPing network. Overall, PatientPing’s network includes more than a quarter of all participating Next Generation ACOs, which generated a total of $151,683,858 in earned shared savings. PatientPing customers that earned shared savings also achieved an average pay-for-performance quality score of 94%. Through PatientPing’s comprehensive suite of solutions, providers participating in the Next Generation ACO Model are able to collaborate with one another on their shared patients through real-time information and critical patient context at the point of care. With access to this timely information, providers are able to reduce total cost of care while improving overall outcomes for the patients they serve.
“It is an honor to support the efforts of our Next Generation ACO partners, as well as those participating in other value-based care programs, to achieve quality improvement outcomes and financial success,” said Jay Desai, CEO of PatientPing. “As additional value-based care models are implemented and existing models continue to evolve, we look forward to supporting their care coordination efforts through our continuously evolving portfolio of products and services.”
PatientPing’s national network includes thousands of providers across hospitals, health systems, health plans, post-acutes and other entities, all of which are working together to collaborate with one another on their shared patients.
About PatientPing
PatientPing is a Boston-based care collaboration platform that reduces the cost of healthcare and improves patient outcomes by seamlessly connecting providers to coordinate patient care. The platform enables providers to collaborate on shared patients through a comprehensive suite of solutions and allows provider organizations, health plans, governments, individuals and the organizations supporting them to leverage this real-time data to reach their shared goals of improving the efficiency of our healthcare system. PatientPing is recognized as a High Performing Emerging Healthcare IT company by KLAS® Research. For more information, please visit www.patientping.com.
Posted 2.3.2020