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LeanTaaS Helps Leading U.S. Health Systems Effectively Manage Operating Room Capacity and Recover from COVID-19 Pandemic
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — May 04, 2021 — LeanTaaS, Inc., a leading Silicon Valley based software innovator that increases patient access and transforms operational performance for healthcare providers, today announced strong results for health systems and hospitals using iQueue for Operating Rooms in 2,000+ operating rooms and for over a million surgeries annually. Based on a study of 57 hospitals that have been live on the product for over a year, average case volume went up by 6 percent, staffed room utilization by 7 percent, prime-time utilization by 4 percent and block utilization by 5 percent1.
During a tumultuous year for the healthcare industry, hospitals and health systems across the country experienced financial and operational strain as elective surgeries were significantly reduced or eliminated to release resources needed to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. As surgeries are the financial backbone of most hospitals and health systems, healthcare organizations relied on technology from LeanTaaS to help navigate the reduction in operating room capacity as well as the subsequent backlog of cases.
As the pandemic spread to the U.S., Novant Health (Novant), a non-profit integrated healthcare network headquartered in North Carolina with 15 hospitals and 134 operating rooms across multiple states (123 of which utilize iQueue for Operating Rooms on a daily basis), was already seeking a solution to address the frustrating yet common challenges of optimizing operating room capacity.
“We knew there had to be a better way to reach our patients and our surgeons,” said Dr. John Mann, President and Chief Operating Officer, Novant Health Clemmons Medical Center and System Physician Executive for the Surgical Institute Novant Health. “We had to be especially aggressive post-COVID and capture as many postponed cases as possible. We decided to partner with LeanTaaS to implement iQueue in our operating rooms. This was the right decision. It appears our return on the investment will be well worth it, and our patients and surgeons have benefited in very uncertain times”.
Novant recognized the value iQueue for Operating Rooms could provide not only in addressing its scheduling and access challenges in a competitive market but also in potentially helping to navigate the pending impact of the pandemic. Novant signed on with LeanTaaS in April of 2020 and successfully implemented the lightweight IT solution entirely remotely. As a result of implementing and deploying LeanTaaS’ tools during the pandemic, Novant realized a 3.8% YoY increase in OR minutes, which represents 330,000 additional minutes; a 2.6% increase in surgical volume, which represents 1,800 additional cases, and a 9% YoY increase in volume from splitter surgeons, alone, across the most competitive market. This is especially impressive considering a 31% drop in OR minutes March-May 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Novant has garnered an impressive 6x ROI, along with a greater breadth of engagement from surgeons and their practice administrators by using LeanTaaS’ iQueue for Operating Rooms software and team.
Additionally, one of LeanTaaS’ earliest customers also reported strong performance despite being in the epicenter of the U.S.’s first wave of COVID-19. In March 2020, MultiCare, a not-for-profit healthcare system serving the Washington state community, became acutely focused on the acquisition and retention of PPE, telemedicine, and centralized coordination of patients. As the organization emerged from the first wave, it faced not only the daily challenges of the unknown but also a significant backlog of elective surgery cases. MultiCare leveraged its partnership with LeanTaaS and the iQueue for Operating Rooms solution to flex OR capacity as much as possible to accommodate its elective surgery backlog.
“iQueue for Operating Rooms gave the entire health system a scalable, cost-effective solution that integrated with MultiCare’s Epic EHR, providing cloud-based access on mobile and web browsers,” said Dr. Michael Meyer, cardiothoracic surgeon at MultiCare. “LeanTaaS has not only helped our existing surgeons eliminate their case backlogs, but also has provided ease of access to open time for surgeons who were looking to bring new or more cases to MultiCare.”
LeanTaaS’ solutions have now been deployed in more than 300 hospitals across the U.S., including 12 of the top 20 hospitals in the U.S according to U.S. News & World Report. These hospitals use the iQueue platform to optimize capacity utilization in infusion centers, operating rooms, and inpatient beds. iQueue for Infusion Centers is used by 8,000+ chairs across 300+ infusion centers including 70 percent of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and more than 50 percent of National Cancer Institute (NCI) hospitals. iQueue for Operating Rooms is used by more than 2,000 ORs across 36 health systems to perform more surgical cases during business hours, increase competitiveness in the marketplace, and improve the patient experience. Lastly, iQueue for Inpatient Beds is the company’s newest platform, which was developed to combat the key issues hospitals are facing, including poor visibility into the current and future bed capacity, reactive decision-making, lack of end-to-end digital workflow and variable demand being met with limited supply.
1Based on the results of a LeanTaaS study using paired t-tests to compare the means before and after deploying iQueue for Operating Rooms.
About LeanTaaS
LeanTaaS provides software solutions that combine lean principles, predictive analytics, and machine learning to transform hospital and infusion center operations. The company’s software is being used by over 100 health systems across the nation which all rely on the iQueue cloud-based solutions to increase patient access, decrease wait times, reduce healthcare delivery costs, and improve revenue. LeanTaaS is based in Santa Clara, California, and Charlotte, North Carolina. For more information about LeanTaaS, please visit https://leantaas.com/, and connect on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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DrFirst’s SmartSuite Wins ‘AI Innovation Award’ in 2021 MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program
Annual Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Health & Medical Technology Products and Companies
LOS ANGELES – May 6, 2021 – MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global health and medical technology market, today announced that health technology pioneer DrFirst has been selected as the winner of the “Artificial Intelligence Innovation Award” in the fifth annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program, recognizing DrFirst’s SmartSuite solution.
Despite decades of progress in digitization and standardization, healthcare still has a problem making data functional within electronic health records (EHR) and pharmacy management systems. SmartSuite solves that problem within the clinical workflow by converting free text from external systems into a user system’s unique terminology and presenting the data discretely into appropriate fields. This maximizes functionality within the EHR and saves time for clinicians. The AI also codifies prescriptions and refill requests, and reconciles medication histories when exchanged between EHR systems, payers, pharmacies and HIEs.
In addition, SmartSuite processes continuity of care documents from legacy EHR conversions to create normalized and importable medication history from previously unusable data. Using clinical and statistical context, SmartSuite’s patented AI engine cleans and structures data beyond standard neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). It also deciphers clinical language and interprets missing clinical details that are implied but not present.
“SmartSuite AI is built on the principle that ‘it’s better to give no answer than to give the wrong answer.’ With higher-quality and structured data, the EHR can more accurately trigger critical safety checks, such as drug interactions and allergy alerts. This can help reduce adverse drug events, which are the cause of more than 100,000 deaths per year,” said G. Cameron Deemer, president at DrFirst. “We are extremely pleased to receive this industry recognition for our patented AI technology with the SmartSuite solution.”
“Data sharing is essential to a patient’s transition from one clinician to another and SmartSuite is an enormous leap forward in quality in this area, making that data usable across non-connected systems, helping clinicians spend less time reconciling free text manually, and freeing them up to focus on patient safety and throughput,” said James Johnson, managing director, MedTech Breakthrough. “We extend our sincere congratulations to DrFirst on their well-deserved ‘AI Innovation Award’ win in our 2021 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program.”
The mission of the MedTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of health and medical technology categories, including Robotics, Clinical Administration, Telehealth, Patient Engagement, Electronic Health Records (EHR), mHealth, Medical Devices, Medical Data and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 3,850 nominations from over 17 different countries throughout the world.
About DrFirst
Since 2000, DrFirst has pioneered healthcare technology solutions and consulting services that securely connect people at touchpoints of care to improve patient outcomes. We create unconventional solutions that solve care collaboration, medication management, price transparency, and adherence challenges faced in healthcare. We unite the Healthiverse—the interconnected healthcare universe—by providing our clients with real-time access to the information they need, exactly when and how they need it, so patients get the best care possible. DrFirst solutions are used by nearly 300,000 healthcare professionals, including more than 100,000 prescribers, nearly half of the EHRs in the U.S., and more than 1,400 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more, visit www.DrFirst.com or follow @DrFirst.
About MedTech Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is an independent program devoted to honoring excellence in medical and health related technology companies, products, services and people. The MedTech Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough health and medical companies and products in categories that include Patient Engagement, mHealth, Health & Fitness, Clinical Administration, Healthcare IoT, Medical Data, Healthcare Cybersecurity and more. For more information visit MedTechBreakthrough.com.
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Fortified Health Security Named “Best Overall Healthcare Cybersecurity Company” in 2021 MedTech Breakthrough
Annual Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Health & Medical Technology Products and Companies
FRANKLIN, Tenn., – May 6, 2021 – Fortified Health Security, Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Partner® (“Fortified”), today announced that it has been selected as the winner of the “Best Overall Healthcare Cybersecurity Company” award in the fifth annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global health and medical technology market.
As a managed security service provider, Fortified works as an extension of the healthcare organization’s team to build tailored programs designed to leverage their prior cybersecurity investments and current processes, while implementing new solutions intended to reduce risk over time and improve their security posture.
Through a multi-faceted approach, Fortified, using its understanding of the healthcare environment, provides strategic advice to improve cybersecurity processes and organizational culture, while confirming the right technology is identified, implemented and purpose-built to their clients’ specific needs. Fortified’s high-touch engagements and customized recommendations provide actionable information which can reduce the risk of cyber events.
“Fortified is committed to creating a stronger healthcare cybersecurity landscape that benefits more clients, protects more patient data, and reduces more risk throughout the healthcare ecosystem,” said Dan L. Dodson, CEO of Fortified Health Security. “Thank you to MedTech Breakthrough for this incredible honor. We are deeply humbled to receive this recognition and award.”
The mission of the MedTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of health and medical technology categories, including Robotics, Clinical Administration, Telehealth, Patient Engagement, Electronic Health Records (EHR), mHealth, Medical Devices, Medical Data and many more. This year’s program attracted more than 3,850 nominations from over 17 different countries throughout the world.
“Fortified Health Security is a leader in cybersecurity, set apart by its exclusive focus on the healthcare market, and they are delivering a breakthrough solution for helping healthcare providers, payers and businesses protect their patient data,” said James Johnson, managing director, MedTech Breakthrough. “We are pleased to see Fortified’s laser focus on healthcare cybersecurity and privacy and we are thrilled to name them our ‘Best Overall Healthcare Cybersecurity Company’ for the 2021 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program.”
Since 2017, Fortified has produced two bi-annual comprehensive guides – the Horizon Report and the Mid-Year Horizon Report. These reports are offered free of cost to the industry and provide an inclusive look at current key statistics regarding security breaches and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) activity; market dynamics, such as incident response plans; tools rationalization; and security beyond the walls of the hospital. Both reports underline the importance of cybersecurity within a healthcare organization, and include an analysis of predictions made the year prior, along with new predictions for the coming year.
About Fortified Health Security
Fortified is Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Partner® – protecting patient data and reducing risk throughout the healthcare ecosystem. As a managed security service provider, Fortified works alongside healthcare organizations to build tailored programs designed to leverage their prior security investments and current processes while implementing new solutions intended to reduce risk and increase their security posture over time. Fortified’s high-touch engagements and customized recommendations provide return on investment and result in actionable information to help reduce the risk of cyber events.
For more information, contact [email protected], (615) 600-4002 or visit FortifiedHealthSecurity.com.
About MedTech Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is an independent program devoted to honoring excellence in medica9l and health related technology companies, products, services and people. The MedTech Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough health and medical companies and products in categories that include Patient Engagement, mHealth, Health & Fitness, Clinical Administration, Healthcare IoT, Medical Data, Healthcare Cybersecurity and more. For more information visit MedTechBreakthrough.com.
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Allscripts announces ADP Empower to help amplify diverse voices in the healthcare technology industry
CHICAGO – May 5, 2021 – Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) today announced its team that leads the Allscripts Developer Program (ADP) has launched ADP Empower, a new program designed to amplify diverse voices in the healthcare technology industry and offer valuable resources to underrepresented entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and accelerate innovation.
The Allscripts Developer Program helps build a culture of innovation by reducing barriers and risk associated with installing and using innovative healthcare technology. The company partners with developers to help deliver the tools they need to connect their innovation to Allscripts’ clients and achieve desired outcomes. Through ADP Empower, Allscripts will create a community of innovators that represents the perspectives, cultures and needs of its clients and their patients.
This initiative includes an empowerment package at no additional cost to minority-owned or led healthcare technology companies. This package includes an official Allscripts partnership, one-on-one guidance for technical, marketing and business development best practices, and client-facing opportunities to support lead generation. The goal is to provide Allscripts’ leadership, expertise, resources, technology, and support to underrepresented entrepreneurs, as well as facilitate a diverse community for fellowship and mentorship.
“Allscripts is determined to do our part to support diversity, equity and inclusion—both within Allscripts and beyond our walls,” said Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Paul Black. “As an extension of all the work we are doing inside Allscripts to nurture a workplace of DE&I, ADP Empower will help underrepresented entrepreneurs by supporting new technology, engaging with a diverse community, educating to fuel innovation and deploying integrated solutions to patients and providers.”
Allscripts is currently accepting applications for the upcoming ADP Empower cohort through May 28, 2021. The cohort will be announced in June, along with the ADP Empower kick-off event. Learn more at www.allscripts.com/ADPEmpower.
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Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) is a leader in healthcare information technology solutions that advance clinical, financial and operational results. Our innovative solutions connect people, places and data across an Open, Connected Community of Health™. Connectivity empowers caregivers to make better decisions and deliver better care for healthier populations. To learn more, visit www.allscripts.com, Twitter, YouTube and It Takes A Community: The Allscripts Blog.
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Damo Consulting launches digital maturity model for health systems
Damo Consulting launches DigiMTM, a digital maturity model and an online self-assessment tool for health systems. With this first-of-its-kind maturity assessment tool, health systems can benchmark their digital transformation programs against peer health systems at an enterprise level.
CHICAGO (PRWEB) APRIL 13, 2021
Damo Consulting, the leading digital transformation and growth advisory firm for healthcare enterprises and technology firms, today announced the launch of DigiMTM, an online assessment tool for health systems looking to benchmark their digital transformation efforts.
The assessment tool is linked to a digital maturity framework that categorizes the digital transformation strategy of health systems based on four model stages. Model 1 enterprises rely exclusively on their EHR platforms to drive digital strategy. Model 2 entities go beyond EHR platforms to assess best-in-class stand-alone tools to drive digital patient engagement. Models 3 and 4 represent health systems that appoint a dedicated digital transformation leader and drive digital initiatives as part of a comprehensive, enterprise-wide strategy that addresses the front-end and back-end aspects of technology-enabled digital transformation.
“The early findings from the assessments indicate that while leading health systems have made significant progress with dedicated leadership and budgets for a comprehensive digital roadmap, many continue to drive digital initiatives as an extension of their EHR implementation and optimization efforts,” said Paddy Padmanabhan, CEO of Damo Consulting and co-author of Healthcare Digital Transformation: How Consumerism, Technology, And Pandemic Are Accelerating the Future.
“We have seen strong interest for the DigiMTM maturity assessment tool which is based on the 4-stage maturity model that we had developed earlier. Digital leaders are interested in a tool that could help them evaluate the maturity levels of their digital transformation programs relative to their peers in the marketplace using the 4-stage model as a reference point,” continued Padmanabhan.
“The industry as a whole is still in the early stages of the digital transformation journey,” said Sara Vaezy, Chief Digital Strategy Officer of Providence. “As consumerism begins to take hold, standardized models and assessment tools that enable healthcare leaders to benchmark their performance against best-in-class—both within and beyond the healthcare sector—will become increasingly important.”
“Health systems that have taken our DigiMTM assessment have always appreciated the level of insight they get out of the benchmarking data. The assessment tool has served as a catalyst for validating and rethinking priorities for enterprise digital roadmaps,” added Padmanabhan. “Based on the responses we have had to date, we are able to analyze data across health systems of various sizes across the country and develop benchmarking insights that are helping digital leaders evaluate evolve their own digital transformation journeys.”
To learn more about the DigiMTM maturity model and assessment tool, visit: https://www.damoconsulting.net/2021/02/12/assessing-digital-maturity-the-digimtm-digital-maturity-model-for-health-systems/#formid
About Damo Consulting
Damo Consulting provides digital transformation advisory services to enable healthcare organizations navigate the technology-enabled transition to telehealth and virtual care. We bring deep industry knowledge, market insights and technology skills to help develop and implement enterprise digital roadmaps. We work with healthcare IT and digital health firms to develop and execute market growth strategies.For media inquiries, write to:
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DrFirst’s SmartSuite Earns Honorable Mentions for Improving Patient Care in AI & Data and Health Categories of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards
From a cleaner freight train to an automated beehive, a way to recycle fabric, and other bold, new technologies, the 5th annual awards honor the products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet
New York, May 4, 2021 — The winners of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation when it comes to solving health and climate crises, social injustice, or economic inequality.
SmartSuite from DrFirst, a patented AI engine that analyzes inconsistencies and gaps in medication records, earned honorable mentions in the AI & Data and Health categories. SmartSuite uses neuro-linguistic programming and machine learning to translate, normalize, and prepopulate healthcare data in a number of clinical workflow scenarios. For example, it translates medication data from multiple sources into consistent terms to trigger allergy and drug reaction alerts, safely infers missing prescription instructions (called sigs) to avoid manual entry, and processes information from different electronic health record (EHR) systems to create clinically actionable medication history data. As a result, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists can readily access complete patient medication histories, saving valuable time and improving patient safety.
Now in its fifth year, the World Changing Ideas Awards showcase 33 winners, more than 400 finalists, and more than 800 honorable mentions—with Health and Wellness, AI & Data among the most popular categories. A panel of eminent Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists from a pool of more than 4,000 entries across transportation, education, food, politics, technology, and more. Plus, several new categories were added, including Pandemic Response, Urban Design, and Architecture. The 2021 awards feature entries from across the globe, from Brazil to Denmark to Vietnam.
Showcasing some of the world’s most inventive entrepreneurs and companies tackling exigent global challenges, Fast Company’s Summer 2021 issue (on newsstands May 10) highlights, among others, a lifesaving bassinet; the world’s largest carbon sink, thanks to carbon-eating concrete; 3D-printed schools; an at-home COVID-19 testing kit; a mobile voting app; and the world’s cleanest milk.
“As the healthcare industry grapples with the massive volume of patient data that’s been created and collected over decades, there is a pressing need for new tools that can make this vital information usable by EHRs and other systems,” said G. Cameron Deemer, president of DrFirst. “We’re pleased that Fast Company has recognized SmartSuite for its unique ability to harness artificial intelligence and machine learning to standardize data and help prevent medication errors while reducing clinician burnout.”
“There is no question our society and planet are facing deeply troubling times. So, it’s important to recognize organizations that are using their ingenuity, impact, design, scalability, and passion to solve these problems,” says Stephanie Mehta, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “Our journalists, under the leadership of senior editor Morgan Clendaniel, have discovered some of the most groundbreaking projects that have launched since the start of 2020.”
About the World Changing Ideas Awards
World Changing Ideas is one of Fast Company’s major annual awards programs and is focused on social good, seeking to elevate finished products and brave concepts that make the world better. A panel of judges from across sectors choose winners, finalists, and honorable mentions based on feasibility and the potential for impact. With the goals of awarding ingenuity and fostering innovation, Fast Company draws attention to ideas with great potential and helps them expand their reach to inspire more people to start working on solving the problems that affect us all.
About DrFirst
Since 2000, DrFirst has pioneered healthcare technology solutions and consulting services that securely connect people at touchpoints of care to improve patient outcomes. We create unconventional solutions that solve care collaboration, medication management, price transparency, and adherence challenges faced in healthcare. We unite the Healthiverse—the interconnected healthcare universe—by providing our clients with real-time access to the information they need, exactly when and how they need it, so patients get the best care possible. DrFirst solutions are used by nearly 300,000 healthcare professionals, including more than 100,000 prescribers, nearly half of the EHRs in the U.S., and more than 1,400 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more, visit www.DrFirst.com and follow @DrFirst.
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Optimum Healthcare IT Again Named to Modern Healthcare’s Largest IT Consulting Firms List
Firm recognized for third consecutive year
Optimum Healthcare IT, a Best in KLAS healthcare staffing and consulting services firm, has been named one of Modern Healthcare’s Largest IT Consulting Firms for 2021. This is the third consecutive year the firm has been included on the list.
The Modern Healthcare list was published in April 2021 and is in its third year of publication. For the 2021 list, Modern Healthcare chose 10 IT companies from across the country based on 2020 revenue, health IT contracts, and the number of employed healthcare consultants. Optimum Healthcare IT ranked highly in all categories and was ranked seventh.
It continues to be an incredible honor to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as of of the largest Healthcare IT Consulting Firms in the country, said Jason Jarrett, CEO of Optimum Healthcare IT. As we continue to grow, we are expanding our service offerings to meet our client’s needs, and we look forward to continued growth and success.
With close to 10 years of experience in healthcare IT staffing and consulting services, Optimum Healthcare IT is a trusted provider to clients across the United States. Optimum provides world-class professional staffing services and consulting services that include advisory, EHR implementation, training and activation, managed services, enterprise resource planning, technical services, and ServiceNow® – supporting our client’s needs through the continuum of care. .
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, managed services, enterprise resource planning, technical services, and ServiceNow® – supporting our client’s needs through the continuum of care. Our leadership team has 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 solution offerings.
Posted 5.4.2021