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Introducing MEDITECH Greenfield, a New App Development Environment to Fuel the Building and Adoption of Mobile Apps
Westwood, MA – September 18, 2018 – Embracing the changes that continue to shape healthcare, MEDITECH, a leading Enterprise Health Record (EHR) vendor, is launching a new app development environment, MEDITECH Greenfield. Supported by RESTful APIs including FHIR, Greenfield is an open space for MEDITECH customers and third-party developers to cultivate homegrown applications that increase the value of their Expanse EHR via interoperability.
Learn moreHealth Catalyst Launches Patient Safety Organization for Hospitals and Health Systems
Salt Lake City, UT – September 11, 2018 – Health Catalyst today launched its federally-certified Health Catalyst Patient Safety Organization (HC PSO) that protects all-cause-harm patient safety data derived from the company’s Patient Safety Monitor™ suite of software applications. Health Catalyst Patient safety experts will work closely with clients to collect, detect, intervene, learn, and prevent all-cause patient harm, all within the legal-protection of the HC PSO.
Learn moreSurvey: Physician I.T. Leaders Say Recent Improvements to Medication Management in Hospitals Make Patients Safer
Rockville, MD – September 6, 2018—Nearly 100 percent of chief medical information officers (CMIOs) in U.S. hospitals believe medication management improvement initiatives are having a positive impact and that patient safety issues are less likely to occur today, as compared to 5 years ago, according to a new survey from the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS). The survey of physician leaders, sponsored by DrFirst, also revealed that CMIOs believe there is more work to be done to address gaps that could potentially impact patient safety.
Learn moreUniversity of Louisville Hospital, Physicians Select Health Catalyst to Drive Cost Reduction, Patient Safety Initiatives
Salt Lake City, UT AND Louisville, KY – September 6, 2018 – As part of an ongoing initiative to strengthen patient safety and reduce costs, University of Louisville Hospital and University of Louisville Physicians have partnered with Health Catalyst® to implement the Data Operating System (DOS™) and leverage the company’s outcomes’ improvement professional services.
Learn moreVocera Clinical Workflow Solutions Empower Care Teams to Make Informed Decisions
San Jose, CA. – September 5, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions recently released a new analytics solution that aggregates data about how and when care teams communicate. Intuitive dashboards and reports from the analytics solution provide holistic insight into the number of voice calls, texts, alarms and alerts clinicians receive. This information can help hospitals and health systems diagnose workflow trends, identify root cause of sentinel events, and improve operational and clinical efficiencies.
Learn moreZingbox Announces Partnership With the Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium
Mountain View, CA, September 5, 2018 – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Zingbox, the provider of the most widely deployed healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform, today announced a strategic partnership with the non-profit Medical Device Innovation, Safety and Security Consortium (MDISS). Working together, the two organizations will advance best practices for the acquisition and sharing of cyber risk data for medical devices. The partnership will deliver in real time key information to enable optimally configured and secured devices for patient safety and privacy.
Learn moreYuma Regional Medical Center Extends Vocera Technology from ED to Enterprise
San Jose, CA – September 4, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) in Arizona has expanded Vocera technology enterprise-wide. Initially used in the emergency department (ED), the Vocera solution is now being deployed throughout the 406-bed hospital, enabling physicians and nurses to collaborate quickly using secure texting and hands-free voice communication. The solution is also empowering YRMC patients, connecting them directly to caregivers during their hospital stay.
Learn moreWoman’s Hospital Selects Health Catalyst to Advance Quality Care and Population Health
Salt Lake City, UT – August 30, 2018 –Woman’s Hospital, a leading expert on pregnancy and childbirth, has selected Health Catalyst, a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, to help improve the health of the communities it serves. Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Woman’s will implement the Health Catalyst Data Operating System (DOS™) to solve the problem of information systems that hold critical data in silos, inhibiting population-based health management and thwarting the coordinatation of care across communities.
Learn moreRedox Awarded Patent for its Electronic Medical Record Integration Technology
Madison, WI – Aug. 29, 2018 – PRNewswire/ — Redox, healthcare’s leading integration platform, announced it has been granted U.S. Patent No. 9,996,664 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its systems and methods for translating messages between healthcare delivery organizations and technology vendors. Leveraging a series of reusable configuration records, Redox standardizes how medical record content is represented and enables true interoperability between entities that exchange data. The Redox Platform streamlines data exchange between members of the Redox Network.
Learn moreCitiusTech Makes Strategic Investment In FluidEdge Consulting, Expands Healthcare Consulting Services
Princeton, NJ – August 28, 2018 CitiusTech, a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions and services, announced today that it has made a strategic investment in FluidEdge Consulting (FluidEdge), a national healthcare management consulting company headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.
Learn moreNovarad Number One in Customer Satisfaction on Gartner Peer Insights VNA Category
Salt Lake City, UT – August 28, 2018
Novarad Healthcare Enterprise Imaging has taken the number one spot on Gartner’s Peer Insights technology review platform, outranking every other competitor in the Vendor-Neutral Archive (VNA) market category. Novarad has five times as many 5-Star reviews as the 2nd place vendor.
Montgomery General Hospital Signs for MEDITECH Expanse with Subscription-Based MaaS Model
Westwood, MA – August 22, 2018 Montgomery General Hospital (WV) will be the first customer to launch the contemporary, cloud-based subscription model, MEDITECH as a Service (MaaS). The modern tools, minimal hardware requirements, and streamlined implementation are some of the factors that led Montgomery to select the MaaS model to power MEDITECH’s Expanse Enterprise Health Record (EHR).
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