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Wellcentive & Sage Leaders Present “What’s the Cost of Inaction?” Webinar to Help Providers Ramp Up to Value-Based Care
September 22, 2015 – Wellcentive leaders Mason Beard, chief product officer and co-founder of Wellcentive, and Ty Tolbert, vice president of solutions, join Stephanie Kovalick, senior vice president, practice leader, Sage Growth Partners, to co-host a complimentary webinar titled “What’s the Cost of Inaction?” to help hospitals, health systems, physician practices and other provider organizations get up to speed quickly adapting new care delivery models – or face significant financial loss.
Learn moreCynergisTek Executives to Present Three Educational Sessions on Privacy & Security at AHIMA National Conference
September 21, 2015 – CynergisTek today announced that its CEO, Mac McMillan, and Vice President of Compliance, David Holtzman, have been selected to present educational sessions on privacy and security at the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) 2015 Convention and Exhibit in New Orleans, LA. The sessions will draw from the presenters’ in-depth knowledge and firsthand experience to detail imminent regulatory enforcement activity, current cyber security trends, and how to prepare for Meaningful Use audits.
Learn moreVoalte Names Sean Friel SVP of Sales & Marketing
September 23, 2015 – Voalte, the leader in healthcare communication technology, today announced that Sean Friel has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Friel brings more than 30 years of sales, client relations, consulting and implementation experience to Voalte. In this position, he will expand hospital engagement and partnerships to improve patient care and streamline workflow with enterprise-wide mobile healthcare communication solutions.
Learn moreifa Systems AG & Merge Healthcare Collaborate to Provide Ophthalmic Imaging Solutions
September 21, 2015 – Merge Healthcare Incorporated today announced a collaboration with ifa Systems AG to deliver high quality, affordable eye care technology services to the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC), which manages more than 300,000 outpatient visits and 26,000 day surgeries annually. This collaboration will improve ophthalmologists’ ability to review and digitize patient documentation leading to greater productivity and efficiency.
Learn moreHealth Catalyst Wins Utah Ethical Leadership Award
September 17, 2015 – Health Catalyst has won the 2015 Utah Ethical Leadership Award in recognition of its culture of integrity and transparency.
Learn moreAre New Technologies in Women’s Imaging Delivering Desired Results?
September 15, 2015 – 3D tomosynthesis is the latest technology to provide clearer images during screening and diagnostic procedures; however, it has not always been widely available. Hologic was the only vendor with FDA approval until April of this year, when Siemens received the much-awaited green light to sell their product in the United States. In the KLAS report Women’s Imaging 2015: Are New Technologies Delivering Promised Benefits? published today,data shows Hologic is still dominating the 3D tomosynthesis marketplace but is facing competition from Siemens and GE.
Learn moreImpact Advisors Recognized as one of Consulting Magazine’s Best Small Firms to Work For in 2015
September 14, 2015 – Impact Advisor is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of Consulting Magazine’s Best Small Firms to Work For. The firm is ranked sixth and this is also the sixth time Impact Advisors has been recognized on the list.
Learn moreBaptist Health System Selects Merge Healthcare to Further Enhance Cardiology Care
14 September 2015 – Merge Healthcare Incorporated entered into an agreement to provide its Merge Hemo™ solution to Baptist Health System of Birmingham, Alabama.
Learn moreKLAS Publishes Inaugural Healthcare IT Security & Risk Analysis Report
September 10, 2015 – Keeping patients’ sensitive information confidential is paramount to healthcare providers, but it’s becoming more difficult in a digital world. In order to better understand the security vendor landscape, KLAS interviewed approximately 75 providers about the systems they are currently using and what measures they employ to mitigate security breaches.
Learn moreMerge & RAD-AID Team Up to Help Developing Countries
September 10, 2015 – Merge Healthcare today announced a new global collaboration with the nonprofit organization, RAD-AID International, o bring vital radiology and health information technologies to medically underserved and poor regions of the world. The collaboration—RAD-AID Merge International Imaging Informatics Initiative —leverages Merge’s leadership in radiology information technologies with RAD-AID’s global health outreach network, including 3,500 volunteers, 14 country-outreach programs, 33 university-based chapters and affiliation with the United Nations’ World Health Organization.
Learn morePartners Healthcare, Health Catalyst Announce Strategic Collaboration to Improve Patient Care
September 10, 2015 – Partners HealthCare and Health Catalyst have established a strategic collaboration aimed at fostering and accelerating the adoption of population health management (PHM) strategies and practices nationally to improve the quality of health care and lowering costs while meeting the needs of patients, providers and payors. The $30 million initiative will enable the development and testing of innovative PHM strategies at Partners and, in collaboration with Health Catalyst, facilitate the transfer of the knowledge generated to other health care providers.
Learn moreMEDENT® Enhances All-In-One EMR/EHR with CoverMyMeds’ ePA Functionality
September 10, 2015- MEDENT today announced a partnership with CoverMyMeds, the nation’s largest electronic prior authorization (ePA) platform. The partnership will integrate CoverMyMeds’ ePA technology into MEDENT’s® platform to facilitate electronic prior authorization requests in the E-Prescribing workflow of all 8,000 prescribers using the MEDENT® system to maintain patient medical records.
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