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WESTWOOD, MA - April 2, 2019 - MEDITECH is excited to announce MaaS (MEDITECH as a Service) is now available to community health systems. Offered initially to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), larger community health systems now have the opportunity to utilize MaaS and the many benefits that come with a cost-effective subscription to MEDITECH Expanse.
BALTIMORE, MD - April 2, 2019 - Protenus, the healthcare compliance analytics platform that protects patient privacy for the nation’s leading health systems, announces today that it is the top-performing provider in the 2019 KLAS Patient Privacy Monitoring report, with an overall score of 96.6.
Salt Lake City, UT—March 27, 2019—Novarad, a leader in the development of medical imaging software, announced today that it has appointed Paul Jensen as company president.
Austin, TX —March 27, 2019 – CynergisTek, Inc., (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance, today announced that it has added a new suite of Managed Security Services to its portfolio to assist organizations with monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and management of ongoing cybersecurity risks.
Salt Lake City, UT - March 27, 2019 – Health Catalyst, Inc. a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, leads the healthcare analytics market in product capabilities and market execution, according to the Chilmark 2019 Healthcare Provider Analytics Market Trends Report, released this month.
SPRINGFIELD, VA - March 26, 2019 - Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) and a global leader in healthcare communications, announced that Vail Health has improved care team communication with Spok Care Connect, and continues to expand the fully integrated communication platform enterprise-wide. Vail Health includes a 56-bed community hospital accredited by The Joint Commission, Shaw Cancer Center, Howard Head Sports Medicine, two urgent care clinics, medical centers and clinics throughout Eagle and Summit counties, Colorado. Howard Head Sports Medicine is the Official Medical Provider for world-class athletes, including the U.S. Ski, Snowboarding, Free Skiing, and USA Climbing teams.
DOVER, OH - March 25, 2019 – Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital (CCUH) selected Novarad, a leader in the development of medical imaging software, to provide its facility with its Ncompass Enterprise Imaging® System and specialized image management of both DICOM and non-DICOM with the company’s SnapView® mobile app.
Austin, TX — March 20, 2019 – CynergisTek, Inc., (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance, today announced that it has closed a transaction to sell the assets used in its Managed Print Services (MPS) business division for $30 million to Vereco, LLC, a leading independent provider of healthcare document services. CynergisTek management believes that this transaction will enable CynergisTek to prioritize its core cybersecurity and privacy services.
PITTSBURGH, PA - March 20, 2019 - In the seventh annual Health IT Industry Outlook Survey conducted by Stoltenberg Consulting Inc., a leading healthcare information technology consulting firm, 42 percent of health IT leaders rate updating technology to improve the patient experience as the top objective for 2019, followed by measuring improvement in patient care (33 percent).
COLUMBUS, OH - March 20, 2019 - According to the newly-released ePA National Adoption Scorecard and the Real-Time Benefit Check National Adoption Scorecard, most EHRs, health systems, payers and pharmacies have committed to electronic prior authorization (ePA) and real-time benefit check solutions; however, attaining patient-benefit from these platforms relies on broader provider utilization.
Virginia Beach, VA - March 19, 2018 - Divurgent, a nationally recognized healthcare IT consulting company, announced today that the company has launched and successfully delivered a software-driven solution to support the industry’s focus on addressing provider burnout, a costly challenge many healthcare organizations are facing.
MADISON, WS – March 13, 2019 - Bluetree, an Epic consulting and strategy solutions company for healthcare providers, went live on February 26 with Johns Hopkins Health System on its Service Center program. Bluetree’s Service Center fields calls from healthcare organization end users and physicians and is led by ex-Epic and ServiceNow veterans.
March 7, 2019 - Seven hospitals in Mississippi and Alabama have collaborated to form the Mississippi MEDITECH CIO Collaborative — a group that shares common goals, challenges, and a dedication to improving healthcare with EHR technologies.
ROCKVILLE, MD - March 12, 2019 - DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing, price transparency, and medication management solutions, announced today that it has successfully implemented an interoperability gateway with Missouri Health Connection (MHC) that will give clinicians easy access to the deepest, most reliable sources of medication history. As one of the largest health information exchange (HIE) networks in the United States, MHC is the only secure, statewide HIE in Missouri. Expanding into the Midwest, MHC provides over 8,000 clinicians, hundreds of clinics and community health centers and more than 75 hospitals, and health plans with access to comprehensive patient health records for more than 20+ million patients.
Jacksonville Beach, FL – March 12, 2019 – Optimum Healthcare IT, a Best in KLAS healthcare staffing and consulting services firm, announced today that the company had expanded its service lines to include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in the healthcare market. Optimum recognizes a growing need in the market for services to select, implement, and optimize ERP solutions. The organization’s team members bring a deep understanding of healthcare business processes and unique challenges that allow for services that are designed specifically for the healthcare industry.
LAKE MARY, FL - March 11, 2019 - Kirby Partners proudly announces that they are celebrating 30 years of serving top health systems and corporations as a strategic hiring partner. While the company has evolved substantially over the last 30 years, they remain true to their mission of providing the highest quality executive search services by building deep relationships and partnerships. Kirby Partners offers a variety of recruiting solutions including interim leadership placement, cybersecurity and healthcare executive search, as well as leadership evaluation.
CHICAGO, IL - March 7, 2019 - Impact Advisors, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, has expanded its Telehealth Services practice to meet burgeoning market demand. Its enhanced practice will be led by Jay Backstrom, who was recently hired as Digital Imaging and Telehealth Practice Leader. Backstrom brings more than 12 years of Telehealth consulting experience in helping clients plan, design and implement Telehealth services and build successful programs.
ROCKVILLE, MD — March 5, 2019 — DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing, price transparency, and medication management solutions, today announced that its flagship Rcopia® product has been certified compliant with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) mandated NCPDP SCRIPT 2017071 (Script 2017) e-prescribing standard.
Jacksonville Beach, FL – March 5, 2019 – Optimum Healthcare IT, a Best in KLAS healthcare staffing and consulting services firm, announced today that the company’s Training and Activation practice had surpassed 100 electronic health record (EHR) go-live projects. Optimum’s dedicated practice provides project coordination, onboarding, logistics, training, and more to meet an organization’s project needs.
NASHVILLE, TN- February 27, 2019 - Endpoint data loss, excessive user permissions, and dormant accounts make up 70 percent of all high and critical risk scenarios for laptop vulnerabilities at hospitals and health systems across the country, according to new findings released by the Clearwater CyberIntelligence Institute (CCI), which leverages insights from Clearwater’s proprietary database—the industry’s largest and most complete database focused exclusively on the unique cybersecurity risk profiles of hospitals, Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) and business associates.
