• McLaren Northern Michigan Deploys Vocera Solutions Across the Smart Hospital

    Local community funds future of caring and communication at new Offield Family Pavilion

    SAN JOSE, Calif.– Tuesday, August 31, 2021 (BUSINESS WIRE)– Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow, today announced that McLaren Northern Michigan has deployed Vocera solutions to connect care teams across the hospital, including its new 182,000-square-foot Offield Family Pavilion. The new hospital wing, which features 104 private inpatient rooms in a new intensive care unit (ICU), cardiovascular unit, and surgical unit, boasts many technologies and innovative services, many of which were funded by local donations to enhance the patient and staff experience.

    “We are fortunate to have a caring and supportive community that enabled us to implement essential solutions and build a modern facility to match our world-class care,” said Jennifer Woods, MSN, RN, CENP, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services at McLaren Northern Michigan. “Our clinicians and staff deserve the best tools and technologies.”

    Focusing on the safety and well-being of their staff and community, a multi-disciplinary team of leaders at McLaren Northern Michigan partnered to ensure the right infrastructure was in place to build an ideal working and healing environment. A critical foundation of the project, called “Building the Future of Health Care,” focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem of connectivity and transparency. McLaren Health Care System chose Vocera solutions to standardize care team collaboration and communication at every point of care.

    At McLaren Northern Michigan nurses, physicians and other care team members throughout the hospital are equipped with the Vocera Vina smartphone application and the wearable, voice-controlled Vocera Smartbadge to quickly communicate and collaborate. The intuitive Vocera Smartbadge and Vina app enable healthcare workers to connect quickly with the right person or group using simple voice commands like “call 201 nurse,” “call ICU pharmacist” or “call trauma team.” The mobile solutions also enable team members to send and receive secure messages and easily manage alert and alarm notifications. The Vocera Engage intelligent workflow engine prioritizes and routes notifications with actionable information to the right clinician on their device of choice, including the Spectralink Versity smartphone running the Vina app.

    Care team members can also reach safety and security personnel instantly with the dedicated panic buttons on the Vocera Smartbadge and Spectralink Versity. Additionally, McLaren Northern Michigan is actively working to integrate the Vocera solutions with the hospital’s real time location system (RTLS), nurse call, physiologic monitors, digital whiteboards, electronic health record (EHR) system, and smart beds to simplify workflows, reduce interruptions, mitigate cognitive overload, and speed up response times.

    “Vocera provides an excellent platform for safe and efficient clinical communication and advanced integrated workflows,” Shari Schult, MSN, RN, Vice President of Operations at McLaren Northern Michigan said. “We are very proud of the hospital we built and the many technologically advanced solutions we implemented to best serve our patients today and into the future.”

     

    About McLaren Northern Michigan

    McLaren Northern Michigan is a 202-bed regional hospital located in Petoskey, Michigan serving residents in 22 counties across northern Michigan and the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula. More than 230 physicians represent nearly all medical and surgical specialties, enabling full-service care with an emphasis on cardiology, cancer, orthopedics, and neurosciences. McLaren Northern Michigan has a network of primary care providers and specialty care clinics throughout the region, and an outpatient surgery center in Cheboygan. It has achieved Magnet® status for nursing excellence, been named a Top 50 heart hospital and Top 100 Hospital in the U.S. by IBM/Watson Health, and received the highest national ratings from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for quality and safety. For more information, visit www.mclaren.org.

     

    About Vocera

    The mission of Vocera Communications, Inc. is to improve the lives of healthcare professionals, patients, and families. Founded in 2000, Vocera provides solutions that help protect and connect team members, simplify workflows, increase efficiency, enhance quality of care and safety, and humanize the healthcare experience. More than 2,300 facilities worldwide, including nearly 1,900 hospitals and healthcare facilities, have selected Vocera solutions to enable their workforce to communicate and collaborate with co-workers and engage with patients and families. Mobile workers can choose the right device for their role or task, including smartphones or one of the company’s wearable communication devices, and use voice commands to easily reach people by name, role, or group. The hands-free Vocera Smartbadge was named to TIME’s list of the 100 Best Inventions of 2020. Vocera solutions can integrate with more than 150 clinical and operational systems, including electronic health records, nurse call systems, ventilators, physiological monitors, and more. In addition to healthcare, Vocera solutions are found in aged care facilities, veterinary hospitals, schools, luxury hotels, retail stores, power facilities, and more. Visit www.vocera.com to learn more, and follow @VoceraComm on Twitter.

    Vocera® and the Vocera logo are trademarks of Vocera Communications, Inc. registered in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks appearing in this release are the property of their respective owners.

    Shanna Hearon
    Vocera Communications, Inc.
    669-999-3368
    [email protected]

    Posted 8.31.2021

  • Cerner Announces Appointment of David Feinberg, M.D. as President and Chief Executive Officer

    Highly Accomplished Visionary with Proven Track Record of Leading Healthcare Businesses

    Cerner Board Separates Chairman and CEO Roles and Names William Zollars Chairman of Board of Directors

    August 19, 2021 Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed David Feinberg, M.D., MBA, as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2021. He succeeds Brent Shafer, who previously announced his decision to transition from chairman and CEO. Dr. Feinberg will serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Cerner’s current President, Donald Trigg, will leave Cerner. Cerner’s Board of Directors also announced that it will separate the roles of chairman and Chief Executive Officer and has appointed William Zollars as independent chairman, also effective October 1, 2021.

    Dr. Feinberg, 59, has served in numerous senior leadership roles during his more than 25-year career in healthcare, and joins Cerner from Google. Since 2019, Dr. Feinberg was the Vice President of Google Health, where he led Google’s worldwide health efforts, bringing together groups from across Google and Alphabet that used artificial intelligence, product expertise and hardware to tackle some of healthcare’s biggest challenges, and was responsible for organizing and innovating Google’s various healthcare initiatives. Prior to Google, he served as President and CEO of Geisinger Health—a physician-led health system, and one of the nation’s most innovative health services organizations. At Geisinger, Dr. Feinberg led an operational turnaround, and pushed the use of new platforms and tools, including an IT system called a Unified Data Architecture that allowed the company to integrate big data into existing data analytics and management systems. During his Geisinger tenure, Dr. Feinberg also introduced programs and services to put a greater focus on precision medicine and better patient care. Prior to Geisinger, Dr. Feinberg worked at UCLA for more than 20 years and served in a number of leadership roles, including President, CEO and Associate Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, Vice Chancellor and CEO for the UCLA Hospital System, and CEO of UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center. Throughout his career, Dr. Feinberg has been driven by a passion to leverage technology to better-enable providers to deliver the very best clinical care.

    “Over the past few months, our Board conducted an extensive search for a CEO candidate with the expertise and ability to effectively capitalize on the opportunities in the market we serve,” said Mitch Daniels, member of the Cerner Board and Chair of the Nominating, Governance and Public Policy Committee. “With his exceptional track record of leading and innovating programs to improve patient care, technology experience, and industry expertise, we believe Dr. Feinberg is the ideal CEO to lead Cerner in its next chapter of growth and success.”

    “On behalf of the entire Cerner Board and organization, I want to thank Brent for his dedicated service and commitment to transforming Cerner over the last three-plus years and express our appreciation that he will ensure a smooth transition,” said William Zollars, lead independent director and incoming chairman of the Board. “We are fortunate to have someone with Dr. Feinberg’s skills, vision and operational expertise to lead Cerner at such a pivotal time in our evolution. We are thrilled to welcome him to the Cerner family and look forward to benefiting from his insights and leadership as we continue evolving and executing our strategies.”

    “I am honored to join Cerner and look forward to working closely with Cerner’s talented associates as we continue to profitably grow the business by driving global healthcare transformation,” Dr. Feinberg said. “Throughout my career, I’ve been guided by the goal of improving patient health and reducing the complexity of the healthcare system. I am thrilled to join a company that is so uniquely well-positioned to provide technology solutions that enable clinicians to take better care of patients while driving better clinical, operational, and financial outcomes for organizations of all sizes. I look forward to expanding opportunities for Cerner clients and associates while affecting real change in healthcare and enhancing value for our shareholders.”

    “Cerner will be well-served under Dr. Feinberg’s capable leadership,” Mr. Shafer said. “Dr. Feinberg has had an exceptional career in healthcare, and his industry expertise, patient-centric mindset, and organizational leadership experience make him ideally qualified to lead the company through its next chapter. I am delighted to work closely with Dr. Feinberg as we begin the transition.”

    Mr. Zollars said, “I would like to thank Don for his impact at Cerner. He has helped shape the trajectory of the company and our role within the industry. We wish him the best in his future endeavors.”

    About David Feinberg, M.D.
    In his most recent role, Dr. Feinberg served as Vice President of Google Health. Prior to that role Dr. Feinberg was President & CEO of Geisinger, one of the nation’s most innovative health services organizations. While at Geisinger, David oversaw 13 hospital campuses, a 600,000-member health plan, research centers, and various initiatives aimed at better engaging patients around their health and well-being. Prior to Geisinger, Dr. Feinberg served as CEO of UCLA’s hospitals and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, as well as president of UCLA Health System. Dr. Feinberg earned his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated with distinction from the University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School. He completed an internship in pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center, and residency and fellowship training in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. A well-known national speaker and author of numerous articles and co-author of “ProvenCare,” Dr. Feinberg is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, a Distinguished Fellow of American Psychiatric Association and received the Cancro Academic Leadership Award from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

    About William Zollars
    Mr. Zollars has been a member of the Cerner Board of Directors since May 2005 and has served as lead independent director since April 2019. Mr. Zollars is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of YRC Worldwide (now known as YRC Freight). YRC Freight provides transportation and global logistics services. He was president of Yellow Transportation, Inc., from September 1996 through November 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Zollars was senior vice president of Ryder Integrated Logistics. He also held various executive positions with Eastman Kodak and serves on the board of directors of Prologis, Inc. Mr. Zollars has a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Minnesota and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

    Cerner’s Board of Directors retained Heidrick & Struggles, a leading global executive search firm, to assist in its search process.

    Posted 8.30.2021

  • Cerner Announces Appointment of David Feinberg, M.D. as President and Chief Executive Officer

    Highly Accomplished Visionary with Proven Track Record of Leading Healthcare Businesses

    Cerner Board Separates Chairman and CEO Roles and Names William Zollars Chairman of Board of Directors

    Cerner Corporation Published on August 19, 2021 (Nasdaq: CERN) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed David Feinberg, M.D., MBA, as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2021. He succeeds Brent Shafer, who previously announced his decision to transition from chairman and CEO. Dr. Feinberg will serve as a member of the Board of Directors. Cerner’s current President, Donald Trigg, will leave Cerner. Cerner’s Board of Directors also announced that it will separate the roles of chairman and Chief Executive Officer and has appointed William Zollars as independent chairman, also effective October 1, 2021.

    Dr. Feinberg, 59, has served in numerous senior leadership roles during his more than 25-year career in healthcare, and joins Cerner from Google. Since 2019, Dr. Feinberg was the Vice President of Google Health, where he led Google’s worldwide health efforts, bringing together groups from across Google and Alphabet that used artificial intelligence, product expertise and hardware to tackle some of healthcare’s biggest challenges, and was responsible for organizing and innovating Google’s various healthcare initiatives. Prior to Google, he served as President and CEO of Geisinger Health—a physician-led health system, and one of the nation’s most innovative health services organizations. At Geisinger, Dr. Feinberg led an operational turnaround, and pushed the use of new platforms and tools, including an IT system called a Unified Data Architecture that allowed the company to integrate big data into existing data analytics and management systems. During his Geisinger tenure, Dr. Feinberg also introduced programs and services to put a greater focus on precision medicine and better patient care. Prior to Geisinger, Dr. Feinberg worked at UCLA for more than 20 years and served in a number of leadership roles, including President, CEO and Associate Vice Chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, Vice Chancellor and CEO for the UCLA Hospital System, and CEO of UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center. Throughout his career, Dr. Feinberg has been driven by a passion to leverage technology to better-enable providers to deliver the very best clinical care.

    “Over the past few months, our Board conducted an extensive search for a CEO candidate with the expertise and ability to effectively capitalize on the opportunities in the market we serve,” said Mitch Daniels, member of the Cerner Board and Chair of the Nominating, Governance and Public Policy Committee. “With his exceptional track record of leading and innovating programs to improve patient care, technology experience, and industry expertise, we believe Dr. Feinberg is the ideal CEO to lead Cerner in its next chapter of growth and success.”

    “On behalf of the entire Cerner Board and organization, I want to thank Brent for his dedicated service and commitment to transforming Cerner over the last three-plus years and express our appreciation that he will ensure a smooth transition,” said William Zollars, lead independent director and incoming chairman of the Board. “We are fortunate to have someone with Dr. Feinberg’s skills, vision and operational expertise to lead Cerner at such a pivotal time in our evolution. We are thrilled to welcome him to the Cerner family and look forward to benefiting from his insights and leadership as we continue evolving and executing our strategies.”

    “I am honored to join Cerner and look forward to working closely with Cerner’s talented associates as we continue to profitably grow the business by driving global healthcare transformation,” Dr. Feinberg said. “Throughout my career, I’ve been guided by the goal of improving patient health and reducing the complexity of the healthcare system. I am thrilled to join a company that is so uniquely well-positioned to provide technology solutions that enable clinicians to take better care of patients while driving better clinical, operational, and financial outcomes for organizations of all sizes. I look forward to expanding opportunities for Cerner clients and associates while affecting real change in healthcare and enhancing value for our shareholders.”

    “Cerner will be well-served under Dr. Feinberg’s capable leadership,” Mr. Shafer said. “Dr. Feinberg has had an exceptional career in healthcare, and his industry expertise, patient-centric mindset, and organizational leadership experience make him ideally qualified to lead the company through its next chapter. I am delighted to work closely with Dr. Feinberg as we begin the transition.”

    Mr. Zollars said, “I would like to thank Don for his impact at Cerner. He has helped shape the trajectory of the company and our role within the industry. We wish him the best in his future endeavors.”

    About David Feinberg, M.D.
    In his most recent role, Dr. Feinberg served as Vice President of Google Health. Prior to that role Dr. Feinberg was President & CEO of Geisinger, one of the nation’s most innovative health services organizations. While at Geisinger, David oversaw 13 hospital campuses, a 600,000-member health plan, research centers, and various initiatives aimed at better engaging patients around their health and well-being. Prior to Geisinger, Dr. Feinberg served as CEO of UCLA’s hospitals and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences, as well as president of UCLA Health System. Dr. Feinberg earned his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley. He graduated with distinction from the University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School. He completed an internship in pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center, and residency and fellowship training in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. A well-known national speaker and author of numerous articles and co-author of “ProvenCare,” Dr. Feinberg is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, a Distinguished Fellow of American Psychiatric Association and received the Cancro Academic Leadership Award from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

    About William Zollars
    Mr. Zollars has been a member of the Cerner Board of Directors since May 2005 and has served as lead independent director since April 2019. Mr. Zollars is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of YRC Worldwide (now known as YRC Freight). YRC Freight provides transportation and global logistics services. He was president of Yellow Transportation, Inc., from September 1996 through November 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Zollars was senior vice president of Ryder Integrated Logistics. He also held various executive positions with Eastman Kodak and serves on the board of directors of Prologis, Inc. Mr. Zollars has a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Minnesota and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

    Cerner’s Board of Directors retained Heidrick & Struggles, a leading global executive search firm, to assist in its search process.

    Posted 8.27.2021

  • Clearsense Expands Leadership Team with Top-level Talent

    Market growth drives leadership expansion in operations, process improvement, and strategic marketing.

    JACKSONVILLE, FL – August 26, 2021 – Clearsense, an AI-enabled data and analytics platform company that transforms and translates healthcare data into highly consumable insights, today announced the addition of two healthcare industry veterans to its management team: Kimberly (Kay) Dickason, RN, MBA, CHCIO joins as Chief Operating Officer, and Pamela Fowler signs on as Chief Marketing Officer.

    Clearsense CEO Gene Scheurer stated, “Many innovative healthcare provider organizations understand the value of using their own data to solve mounting healthcare challenges. Unfortunately, too many lack a way for their decision makers to access this data with precision, speed, and ease. With Kay and Pam’s leadership and experience we hope to educate the market about the new data tools available so we can help healthcare organizations unlock their data value.”

    With more than 30 years of strategic healthcare leadership experience, Dickason brings a unique and broad perspective to her new role. She will guide daily operations of the company and implement growth-driven strategies, procedures, and business plans while delivering on the mission and vision.  Dickason’s role includes responsibility for human resources, client delivery, implementation, and post-delivery customer support. Most recently Dickason held senior IT leadership roles at prestigious organizations such as Cleveland Clinic and before that NYU Langone Medical Center. In addition to being a registered nurse she is a recognized process improvement specialist and lean-sigma black belt, fluent in agile methodology.

    As a veteran marketer who has guided the growth of diverse organizations across the changing healthcare landscape, Fowler is using her decades of experience to champion the use of data to unleash decisive, decision making in healthcare. At Clearsense, Fowler is leading all marketing activities to grow the business and build the Clearsense brand, including go-to market strategy, product marketing, corporate marketing, and analyst relations. Fowler’s career spans over 25 years, primarily in provider and payer healthcare IT, and includes senior leadership positions at start-ups and established brands such as CVS Health/Aetna, Medscape, CA Technologies, and PwC. In addition, Fowler served as a Board of Trustee for six years at Northwest Hospital/UW Medicine and at the UW Practice Plan (Seattle) and on the Advisory Board for State of Washington’s Health Insurance Exchange.

    Earlier this year, Clearsense secured $30 million in new funding from Health Catalyst Capital to fuel its innovation and growth. Since 2017, company revenue increased by over 250%, and is on a path for more exponential growth in 2021.

     

    About Clearsense

    Clearsense transforms healthcare data into ready-to-use insights for all. The data and analytics platform is cloud-based, AI-enabled, and HITRUST-certified. By actively managing how data is ingested, organized, translated, enriched, and governed, data accuracy and quality are confirmed. A full suite of advisory services led by project managers, industry, and clinical experts ensures that data governance, implementation, and analytics are rapidly mainstreamed. A growing list of leading health systems use the Clearsense end-to-end platform to drive faster and better clinical, financial, and operational outcomes. For more information, visit Clearsense.com.

     

    Media Contact

    Cheryl Isen, for Clearsense

    C: 425-233-9032 │E: [email protected]

    Posted 8.26.2021

  • DrFirst’s Medication Management Suite and Backline Care Collaboration Platform Earn High Marks from Customers in KLAS First Look Report

    KLAS explores how the solutions work together and separately to improve patient safety

    Rockville, Md., August 25, 2021 — Healthcare pioneer DrFirst announced today how customers rate its Medication Management Suite (MMS) and Backline care collaboration platform, as reported in KLAS Research’s First Look report.

    KLAS is a leading healthcare IT research firm that provides transparent and impartial insights. Its First Look report reveals an unbiased view of how MMS and Backline perform and shows how the solutions help improve patient outcomes.

    Medication Management Suite

    For MMS, KLAS surveyed customers at hospitals and health systems of all sizes and found that:

    • 100% of customers are highly satisfied (73%) or satisfied (27%)
    • 100% of customers would buy it again
    • 66% of customers saw outcomes immediately, and 28% within six months
    • Customers rate the suite of solutions A to A- in all four performance indicators

    MMS combines the medication history power of MedHx with the price transparency of myBenefitCheck and the automated prescription notifications of RxInform to help customers improve medication reconciliation and adherence, reducing risks of readmissions and unnecessary costs. Customers reported high satisfaction with MedHx for its ability to increase the accessibility and accuracy of medication history and with RxInform for the ability to send patient prescription reminders.

    KLAS Research Analyst Mike Davis focused on MedHx’s ability to “collect the most current medication information on patients to ensure the medication history is complete.” He notes that “collecting this information from medication claims and local pharmacies improves the accuracy of patients’ medication history files. Using an AI solution to fill in missing data from sigs supports dosing alerts and adverse drug event processes. Improving the workflow for reviewing medication history during transition of patient care ultimately improves patient care and safety.”

    Backline Care Collaboration Platform

    For Backline, KLAS surveyed customers at hospitals and health systems of all sizes, as well as clinics, long-term care facilities, and payers, and found that:

    • 100% of customers report seeing outcomes immediately (43%) or within six months (57%)
    • 82% of customers would buy it again

    Backline is a comprehensive care collaboration and telehealth platform that improves communication within the healthcare environment for all transitions of care. It provides seamless and secure communications with internal and external clinical teams as well as patients and their family caregivers.

    KLAS notes that customers appreciate Backline’s seamless electronic medical record (EMR) integration and proactive enhancements and its easy implementation.

    “Backline is a well-designed platform for supporting care collaboration for patients within and outside of a healthcare enterprise. The secure HIPAA-compliant text messaging, which includes alerts and notification functionality, provides a good foundation for improving communication among providers and with patients. Additionally, the functionality for document signing and sharing, care team chats, and telehealth contribute to a broad platform that improves patient care coordination. The ability to collaborate and communicate with non-related organizations delivers additional benefits,” says Davis in his analysis.

    To download a complimentary copy of the KLAS First Look report, click here.

     

    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.

     

    DrFirst Media Contact

    Katlyn Nesvold

    Amendola Communications for DrFirst

    715-559-0046

    [email protected]

    Posted 8.25.2021

  • Innovaccer Unveils the Innovation Accelerator Program at #HIMSS21

    The program launches with 14 digital health innovators to accelerate healthcare transformation

    SAN FRANCISCO and LAS VEGAS Aug. 11, 2021—Today, Innovaccer Inc. launched the Innovation Accelerator program, an exciting new partner and marketplace ecosystem aimed at helping digital health innovators rapidly create breakthrough clinical, financial, and operational solutions through the power of the Innovaccer Health Cloud. The announcement took place at the 2021 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, booth 2443.

    The Innovation Accelerator program empowers partners and digital health innovators to create truly interoperable solutions and enhancements that leverage the Innovaccer Health Cloud’s unparalleled ability to swiftly collect, connect, and activate healthcare data from virtually any source—including more than 100 EHRs, HIEs, payers, pharmacies, labs, and partners.

    “Our data model is unique because it’s fundamentally organized around the whole patient,” said Abhinav Shashank, CEO at Innovaccer. “The unified patient record—a single source of clinical and financial truth—is at the center of the Innovaccer Health Cloud’s ecosystem. And that’s what makes this program distinctive. We’re bringing the industry together around a common vision and mission to help healthcare care as one.”

    Program partners gain access to the Innovaccer Health Cloud’s managed infrastructure; developer-ready platform compliant with the latest FHIR standard; more than 150 plug-and-play integrations and 800 analytical models; reusable analytical, clinical, and business workflows; 200 turnkey connectors; 30 FHIR APIs; 3,000 healthcare data points; and 400 search parameters. Partners will also benefit from the Innovaccer Health Cloud’s enterprise-grade security, including HITRUST certification; SOC 2 Type 2 certification, ENAC P&S accreditation, NIST CSF and HIPAA compliance; and PHI/PII security, including ACL and security-specific attribution for access control.

    “Providing more solutions customers need faster is always of interest in our work,” said Kristi Kempe, VP of Partnership at Aunt Bertha. “We’re enthusiastic about the partnership opportunities the Innovation Accelerator program opens up for us and other leading digital health innovators, to speed up time to value by building and integrating intelligent, scalable, interoperable healthcare solutions that ultimately meet the needs of those seeking help.”

    In addition to rapidly building interoperable solutions, partners can spark new business opportunities through the Innovaccer Health Cloud’s Marketplace. Their solutions will be promoted and available to Innovaccer’s customer base of more than 37,000 health systems. Partners also get guidance from Innovaccer’s healthcare IT experts—including David Nace, M.D., David Nash, M.D., Paul Grundy, M.D.—as well as commercial support to help them take advantage of the immense market opportunities made possible by the Innovaccer Health Cloud.

    The result: Partners can quickly build or evolve new solutions that give payers, providers, and life sciences organizations a “single source of truth” that promotes whole-person care. This unified patient record, unique to and activated by the Innovaccer Health Cloud, consolidates all of a person’s healthcare data from sources previously scattered across myriad healthcare IT systems.

    Fourteen industry innovators have already partnered with us to take advantage of the Innovaccer Health Cloud:

    • Acclivity is a trusted healthcare technology company with a mission to improve access to appropriate health care for patients with advanced illnesses.
    • Aunt Bertha is the leading referral platform for social services in America, serving the biggest cities and smallest towns. It connects people seeking help and the verified social care providers that serve them, with dignity and ease.
    • well Connected Health is a healthcare technology company providing platform services comprising five core capabilities that work together to enable health systems, payers, and employers with a configurable and personalized digital health experience for their populations.
    • CareSignal Deviceless Remote Patient Monitoring™ is a scalable, evidence-based remote monitoring solution that improves payer and provider performance in value-based care by engaging and identifying rising-risk patients.
    • DocSpera is a HIPAA-compliant leading software platform for surgeons and surgical staff, DocSpera’s platform is used by thousands of surgeons and care teams across many leading institutions to coordinate and manage pre-and post-operative patient care and drive better efficiency and outcome.
    • Healthwise, a leader in evidence-based health education, technology, and services, is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions.
    • Jvion, a leader in clinical artificial intelligence, enables providers, payers, and other healthcare entities to identify and prevent avoidable patient harm, utilization and costs.
    • Nixxi, based in Phoenix, AZ, is a women’s health company with a mission to improve pregnancies and pregnancy outcomes.
    • PatientPing is an innovative care collaboration platform that reduces the cost of healthcare and improves patient outcomes by seamlessly connecting providers to coordinate patient care.
    • PeerWell is a musculoskeletal recovery platform that has helped thousands of patients prepare for surgery or avoid it altogether. By activating the patient, PeerWell lowers risk, speeds up recovery, and improves return-to-work times.
    • Perception Health is a healthcare analytics and data modeling company that identifies the provider relationships that drive revenue, cost, and quality within care networks and predicts future disease diagnosis for patients.
    • RubiconMD advances its mission to democratize medical expertise by connecting primary care clinicians to top specialists. Through its digital platform, RubiconMD enables the remote exchange of insights between clinicians that eliminates unnecessary referrals and services, reduces patient wait time and travel burdens, and allows primary care to practice at the top of their license.
    • Suki is the leader in voice technology for healthcare, providing AI-powered voice solutions for clinicians and administrators.
    • Wysa is a global leader in AI-driven mental health support, available both to individuals and through employer benefits programs.

    “We are passionate about innovating and enhancing the processes that will lead to improved health and economic vitality in our communities,” said Alisha Fehrenbacher, FACHE, CEO of Elevate Health and OnePierce Community Resiliency Fund. “Partnering with Innovaccer is part of our broader effort to engage with the relevant technology providers to advance our collaborative whole-person health model and bridge gaps in health equity. The Innovaccer Health Cloud plays a central role in how we support our provider network as it delivers coordinated care for the residents of Pierce County and the measurement of health outcomes in our region.”

     

    About Innovaccer

    Innovaccer Inc. is a leading San Francisco-based healthcare technology company committed to helping healthcare care as one. The Innovaccer Health Cloud unifies patient data across systems and settings, and empowers healthcare organizations to rapidly develop scalable, modern applications that improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. Innovaccer’s solutions have been deployed across more than 1,000 care settings in the U.S., enabling more than 37,000 providers to transform care delivery and work collaboratively with payers and life sciences companies. Innovaccer has helped organizations integrate medical records for more than 24 million people and generate more than $600 million in savings. Innovaccer is recognized as a Best in KLAS vendor for 2021 in population health management, and is No. 1 customer-rated vendor by Black Book.

    For more information, please visit innovaccer.com.

    Press Contact:

    Sachin Saxena

    Innovaccer Inc.

    [email protected]

    415-504-3851

    Posted 8.11.2021

  • Medigate Wins Seven Awards in 2021, Continues to Advance Healthcare Cybersecurity

    Healthcare focused company recognized for achievements in IoMT security and operational excellence

    Brooklyn, New York, August 10, 2021 – Medigate, creator of a healthcare-specific platform that orchestrates and integrates connected device security programs, has been recognized by winning seven industry awards so far in 2021. Medigate’s award wins include CRN’s Emerging Vendor in the Security category and Channel’s Visionary Spotlight Award. Additionally, Cyber Defense Magazine recognized Medigate as winner of its Global InfoSec Award. By protecting a growing number of hospitals throughout the world from ransomware attacks, these awards recognize the value of Medgate’s contributions to healthcare’s fast paced cybersecurity solution space.

    “It’s an honor for Medigate to be recognized with these industry awards, and we take it as validation that our solutions are making a demonstrable impact for our customers,” said Jonathan Langer, CEO of Medigate. “Having a full understanding of clinical asset workflows and ensuring their security as part of the larger hospital ecosystem has never been more important. With ransomware attacks and other cyberthreats increasing each day, we are proud to provide an essential, clinically-designed solution that drives value and protects the safety of patients.”

    The seven awards Medigate has won this year honor the company’s commitment to keeping healthcare institutions and patients safe from external security threats. They include:

    • CRN’s Emerging Vendor in Security
    • CRN Partner Program Award Winner
    • CRN’s 10 Coolest IoT Security Companies
    • Cyber Defense Magazine’s Global InfoSec Award
    • Channel’s Visionary Spotlight Award
    • Golden Gate Best Healthcare Software Solution
    • 2021 Best in KLAS for Healthcare IoT Security

    Earlier this year, Medigate was named by KLAS Research as the market’s top performing company. The award acknowledges Medigate’s dedicated focus on healthcare and its close partnerships with customers. Based on customer interviews and their shared experiences, KLAS Research evaluates the overall performance of each company’s products and services assessed in its reports. In addition, it grades vendors based on culture, product effectiveness, customer loyalty and overall operations.

    Cyber Defense Magazine and The Channel Company also provided statements as to why Medigate was chosen to receive these awards.

    “Medigate embodies three major features we judges look for to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution and innovating in unexpected ways that can help stop the next breach,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

    “The CRN 2021 Emerging Vendors list honors forward-thinking technology suppliers that are redefining IT channel success by focusing on innovative products that help customers overcome the complex and ever-changing IT demands,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “Medigate completes all of these criteria plus more, The Channel Company is happy to recognize such an innovative company.”

    You can find more information about Medigate and their healthcare-focused cybersecurity solutions here: https://www.medigate.io/

     

    About Medigate   

    Medigate’s solutions are dedicated to making connected health secure, efficient to manage, and safe for patients. Medigate fuses its knowledge of authorized device operations with the realities of today’s cybersecurity threats. With Medigate, hospital networks can safely operate all medical devices on their network, enabling deployment of existing and new devices to patients while ensuring privacy and safety.

     

    Media Contact:  

    Hannah Rogers

    LEWIS

    815-236-8526

    [email protected]

    Posted 8.11.2021

  • Vocera Customers Selected to Speak at HIMSS21

    Clinical leaders to share communication strategies to protect and connect patients and care teams

    Thursday, August 5, 2021 – SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that two customers will speak at the 2021 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, August 9-13 in Las Vegas. During these educational sessions, clinical leaders will share frontline experiences and offer solutions to improve the safety and well-being of patients and care teams.

    • Improving Communication, Patient Care and Staff Well-Being
      Speaker: Deanna Parker, MBA, MHA, BSN, RN, Assistant Vice President, Emergency Services, at Baptist Health Hardin
      Tuesday, Aug. 10, 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. PT (Venetian, San Polo 3401)

      In 2018, when Baptist Health Hardin doubled the size of its emergency department (ED) and added more team members, hospital leaders knew they needed a better communication solution to keep care team members connected. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, hospital leaders were grateful they had implemented a hands-free communication system. Discover how the Vocera Badge can simplify clinical workflows, improve throughput, reduce left without being seen rates, and protect the safety and well-being of patients and care teams, especially during a pandemic.

    • Connected Care Team Saves Brain Cells, Time, and Stroke Patient Lives
      Speakers: Augusto Elias, MD, Medical Director of Neurointerventional and Comprehensive Stroke Services, and Dillon Fassett, BS, MSA, Program Coordinator, Process Improvement and Integration, at Metro Health – University of Michigan Health
      Wednesday, Aug. 11, 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. PT (Venetian, San Polo 3401)

      Saving time is critical to saving brain cells and saving lives. Care team members inside and outside Metro Health – University of Michigan Health use Vocera solutions to improve door-to-needle time and dramatically improve outcomes for stroke patients. Hear how emergency medical services (EMS) teams collaborate with specialists in neurology, radiology, nursing, laboratory, and pharmacy using the hands-free Vocera Badge and Vocera smartphone app to activate the right people and prepare life-saving drugs before the ambulance arrives at the ED.

    Visit this HIMSS21 webpage to learn more about these customer stories, get a closer look at Vocera solutions, and request a virtual product demonstration. You can also follow Vocera on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for regular updates and news.

     

    About Vocera

    The mission of Vocera Communications, Inc. is to improve the lives of healthcare professionals, patients, and families. Founded in 2000, Vocera provides solutions that help protect and connect team members, simplify workflows, increase efficiency, enhance quality of care and safety, and humanize the healthcare experience. More than 2,300 facilities worldwide, including nearly 1,900 hospitals and healthcare facilities, have selected Vocera solutions to enable their workforce to communicate and collaborate with co-workers and engage with patients and families. Mobile workers can choose the right device for their role or task, including smartphones or one of the company’s wearable communication devices, and use voice commands to easily reach people by name, role, or group. The hands-free Vocera Smartbadge was named to TIME’s list of the 100 Best Inventions of 2020. The Vocera Platform can integrate with more than 150 clinical and operational systems, including electronic health records, nurse call systems, ventilators, physiological monitors, and more. In addition to healthcare, Vocera solutions are found in aged care facilities, veterinary hospitals, schools, luxury hotels, retail stores, power facilities, and more. Visit www.vocera.com to learn more, and follow @VoceraComm on Twitter.

    Shanna Hearon
    Vocera Communications, Inc.
    669-999-3368
    [email protected]

    Source: Vocera Communications, Inc.

    Posted 8.11.2021

  • Paddy Padmanabhan, Damo Consulting CEO to Speak on Enterprise Digital Transformation at HIMSS21

    Padmanabhan to take the stage August 10, 2021 at the Las Vegas conference.

    LAS VEGAS (PRWEB) AUGUST 04, 2021

    Paddy Padmanabhan, CEO of Damo Consulting and author of “Healthcare Digital Transformation: How Consumerization, Technology, And Pandemic Are Accelerating The Future,” will present at the 2021 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition. HIMSS21 event is being held during August 9-13, 2021, at the Venetian-Sands Expo Center, Caesars Forum Conference Center, and Wynn, Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Padmanabhan will be presenting Enterprise Digital Transformation: The Geisinger Experience with Karen Murphy, PhD, RN, Chief Innovation Office of Geisinger, on August 10, 2021, at 1:00 pm PST. They will identify best practices and learnings from how a large integrated health system is driving a multi-year digital transformation roadmap, how technology is enabling digital transformation at the front and back end of healthcare operations. The speakers will also discuss best practices in technology strategy and technology partner selection, and how centralized governance can accelerate transformation and maximize value from technology investments. This is a HIMSS Executive Circle designated session.

    Additionally, Padmanabhan will moderate a panel discussion titled What Did Pharma Learn from the COVID-19 Vaccine Development? at the Pharma forum on August 10, 2021, at 11:00 am PST. The session will cover lessons learned by pharma during the pandemic and the role digital health, interoperability, and real-world evidence will play in reshaping clinical trials and accelerating drug development.

    The successful development of the COVID-19 vaccines in record time has created a transformative moment for the pharmaceutical industry, providing it an opportunity to reintroduce itself to the marketplace as a powerful, positive force for health and patient well-being.

    “I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak at the HIMSS Annual Conference this year,” said Padmanabhan, who has also spoken at previous conferences. “HIMSS is one of the most influential organizations in healthcare. The conference provides an unmatched platform for sharing best practices and learning about the latest advances in technology-led in innovation in healthcare.”

    This year HIMSS21 annual conference is being hosted in-person, and digitally for remote participants. The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition brings together information and technology professionals, healthcare executives and clinicians, consultants, entrepreneurs, and market suppliers from around the world. Exceptional education, world-class speakers, cutting-edge products and powerful networking are hallmarks of this industry-leading conference.

     

    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.

     

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    [email protected] or Tess Woods | [email protected] | 617-942-0336

    Posted 8.5.2021