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Sanford Health chooses Sectra for enterprise-wide imaging
Shelton, CT – June 5, 2018 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has been awarded a contract to install their enterprise imaging PACS throughout Sanford Health. The Sectra solution, integrated with the Epic EMR, will enable access and sharing of images and information across the entire clinical pathway.
Learn moreNew Policy Paper Demonstrates the Impact of Corruption on Internationally Protected Human Rights
Corruption is fundamentally incompatible with the full enjoyment of human rights, according to a new policy paper1 written by the Universal Rights Group (URG), financial investigations expert Angela Barkhouse, and Kroll, the leading global provider of risk mitigation and investigative services. The paper, Corruption: A Human Rights Impact Assessment, partially funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), shows that corruption, especially grand corruption, has major negative implications, both direct and indirect, for the enjoyment of human rights and the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDG) call that ‘no one [should be] left behind.’
Learn moreImpact Advisors Named to CRN’s 2018 Solution Provider 500 List
Chicago, IL – June 5, 2018 – Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Impact Advisors to its 2018 Solution Provider 500 list. The Solution Provider 500 is CRN’s annual ranking of the largest technology integrators, solution providers and IT consultants in North America by revenue.
Learn moreImpact Advisors Recognized as Quality Leader in KLAS HIT Assessment and Strategic Planning Report
Chicago, IL – June 5, 2018 – Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, announced today that it has been recognized as a top performer in the KLAS HIT Assessment & Strategic Planning 2018 report, earning an overall score of 95.6. The report surveyed healthcare leaders to reveal those firms that consistently exceed clients’ expectations.
Learn moreNational Bank of Kuwait Children’s Hospital to improve care team communication clinical workflows and patient satisfaction with Vocera solution
June 4, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, announced the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) Children’s Hospital at Sabah Medical District is deploying Vocera technology throughout its new oncology building to improve care team communication and create a quieter, more healing environment for patients. Physicians, nurses, managers and support staff will be using the hands-free Vocera Badge and secure texting via the Vocera mobile app in its new center for hematology, cancer, and stem cell treatments. The project was timely executed in cooperation with Al Essa Group in Kuwait, a technology reseller in Kuwait.
Learn moreProtenus & CynergisTek to Present at American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting
Chicago, IL – June 4, 2018 – (Newswire.com) – New ways of approaching behavioral analytics and how healthcare organizations use such tools are necessary because auditing every access is now a possibility, thanks to artificial intelligence. Robert Lord, president and co-founder of Protenus, the world’s leading healthcare compliance analytics platform, will present with David Holtzman, the vice president of compliance strategies for CynergisTek, on the use of User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) to identify anomalous and potentially risky behaviors within healthcare information systems.
Learn moreImpact Advisors Named to Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare List for Ninth Consecutive Year
Chicago, IL – May 15, 2018 – Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare strategy and implementation services, is pleased to announce that it has been selected, for the ninth consecutive year, as one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare. Specific rankings will be revealed during Modern Healthcare’s awards gala in Dallas on September 27.
Learn moreImpact Advisors Named a Leading Cybersecurity Consulting Firm by Black Book
Chicago, IL – May 21, 2018 – Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, announced today that it has been recognized as a top-ranking supplier for cybersecurity advisory and consulting services in Black Book’s Annual Cybersecurity Survey.
Learn moreNuance Launches Cloud-Based Dragon Medical One in Canada
Vancouver, B.C., Canada – May 30, 2018 – At the eHealth Conference booth #235 today, Nuance Communications, Inc. launched its universal cloud-based speech recognition platform, Dragon® Medical One to the Canadian market. Dragon Medical One, brings the power of speech directly to electronic health records (EHRs), enabling physicians to quickly and conveniently capture a patient’s complete story at the point of care. To support the launch and assist with compliance with Canadian federal and provincial patient privacy regulations, Dragon Medical One is hosted in Microsoft Azure, HITRUST CSF certified hosting infrastructures.
Learn moreProtenus President to Discuss the Latest Trends and Technologies Transforming Healthcare Privacy and Security
CHAPEL HILL, NC – May 30, 2018 – Healthcare organizations increasingly find their names in the headlines. Unfortunately, it’s not because of their groundbreaking medical research, but due to data breaches that expose the sensitive information of thousands of patients, according to Robert Lord, President and Co-founder of Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics platform detecting inappropriate activity in electronic health record (EHR) systems. Lord, who is speaking as part of a roundtable discussion at the 14th North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA) AMC Privacy and Security Conference, will cover this topic, as well as the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare compliance, and strategies healthcare organizations can use to get ahead of the data breaches that are affecting healthcare.
Learn moreSouth Okanagan General Hospital Strengthens the Best Possible Medication Histories Using DrFirst’s Patient Medication History Service with PharmaNet Data in MEDITECH EHR
Rockville, MD – May 25, 2018 – DrFirst Healthcare Innovations, Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of DrFirst, a leading provider of patient medication management solutions, announced that South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver, British Columbia, has deployed MedHx, DrFirst’s electronic patient medication history service, integrated within the hospital’s MEDITECH Enterprise Health Record (EHR). MedHx allows physicians, nurses, and pharmacists to electronically retrieve patient medication histories from PharmaNet, British Columbia’s province-wide prescription network, and download the information directly into MEDITECH, creating more complete medication histories for enhanced patient safety and streamlined workflows.
Learn moreDrFirst Showcases Medication Management Best Practices at the 2018 International Medical Users Software Exchange (MUSE) Conference
Rockville, MD – May 29, 2018 – DrFirst, a nationally ranked provider of medication management and secure communications solutions, is pleased to announce it will be exhibiting at the 2018 International MUSE Conference held at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., from May 29th to June 1st. The Medical Users Software Exchange (MUSE) is a non-profit organization of facilities that use the MEDITECH EHR and is the largest independent MEDITECH users group in the world. This conference offers attendees a wide variety of opportunities to network, learn, and engage with peers and experts all sharing a common connection to the same EHR solutions. DrFirst will showcase its suite of physician workflow applications that are designed to address the patient safety and workflow efficiencies of medication management. DrFirst’s solutions complement MEDITECH™ hospital information systems with nearly 900 MEDITECH facilities across North America and Canada sending almost 14 million e-prescriptions via DrFirst technology since June 1, 2017.
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