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24 January 2017 - In a move to adopt a single vendor information and image-sharing platform for its system-wide collaborative needs, South Carolina’s Greenville Health System (GHS) recently signed an agreement with Agfa HealthCare for its Enterprise Imaging platform. The suite of solutions will allow it to seamlessly connect its facilities with patient imaging and textual data across the Upstate of South Carolina. Agfa HealthCare’s North American headquarters is located right in GHS’ backyard, in downtown Greenville.
24 January 2017 - While the expectations of healthcare providers from their vendor neutral archive* (VNA) and universal viewer vendors have risen in the past year, says a new report by KLAS, Agfa HealthCare customers are increasingly satisfied with the company’s Enterprise Imaging solution.
January 18, 2017 - Spok today announced the company's expansion of its Minneapolis/St. Paul presence by approximately 45 percent, with the addition of more than 60 employees over the next two years, the majority of which will be added in 2017. As part of Spok's ongoing capital allocation strategy, which includes making key strategic investments in its product solutions and infrastructure, the company is increasing its world-class team to enhance Spok Care Connect®, a unique healthcare communications platform that is transforming how hospitals coordinate care.
January 18, 2017 - Health Catalyst has been named one of the 30 Best Workplaces in Technology by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work. Health Catalyst ranked No. 9 on the annual list among companies with fewer than 1,000 employees, and is the only healthcare technology company to make the 2017 list.
January 18, 2017 -Next Wave Health Advisors announced today that Greg Walton has joined the firm as its newest advisor.
January 17, 2017 - Auxilio announced today that it acquired Austin, TX based CynergisTek for initial consideration of approximately $26.8 million in combined cash, stock, and seller debt. Additional “earn outs” may be paid of up to $7.5 million over the next five years based on certain financial criteria being met. The acquisition will enable the Company to meet growing demand from healthcare customers for comprehensive IT security solutions that reduce risk and deliver long-term value.
January 17, 2017 - International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra announces that John Muir Health has purchased an archive to store radiology and cardiology studies in the cloud. All images in the enterprise will be archived in three geographically separate areas with fail-over capabilities. Integration with the Epic EMR will allow physicians to access comprehensive patient records through the Sectra Universal Viewer
January 17, 2017 – GetWellNetwork announced today that it has achieved silver-level Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool certification for their product, the GetWellNetwork All-In-One PatientLife Console.
January 12, 2017 - Sectra announces that the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, has entered into a multi-year agreement to utilize Sectra PACS for all their breast imaging workflow.
January 11, 2017 - Santa Rosa Consulting, Inc. today announced another highly successful MEDITECH 6.15 migration. Memorial Health System (MHS) in Marietta, Ohio, selected Santa Rosa as their lead migration partner from MEDITECH Acute 6.0 to MEDITECH 6.15. Santa Rosa has emerged as the leading MEDITECH implementation partner for MEDITECH’s 6.15 Ambulatory platform, with the largest and most complex implementation to date completed and 5 additional implementations underway.
January 10, 2017 – To help streamline clinical workflows, Iatric Systems, Inc., today launched FlexButton™, expanding its robust suite of solutions aimed at increasing access to patient data. FlexButton works with an array of EHR systems, alerting clinicians to key patient information in various healthcare IT systems and bringing it into the EHR workflow so clinicians avoid the burden of managing multiple sign-ons and passwords.
January 9, 2017 – CTG today announced it has appointed Hamish Stewart-Smith as the Managing Director of Sales for the company’s North American healthcare business unit.
January 5, 2017 - Vocera Communication today announced that Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health) selected the Vocera Communication Platform for secure text messaging, voice communication and alerts. Island Health chose the Vocera smartphone solution after collaborative research conducted by the Pharmacy Department and the Information Technology Department showed the mobile application reduced interruptions to patient care and significantly improved clinical communication, workflow and physician response time.
January, 4, 2017 - Vocera Communications , announced that it was awarded a $14 million contract from the US Department of Defense (DoD), and deployments will begin in January 2017 in US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) facilities around the world. This agreement with the DoD marks the largest contract in Vocera’s history. Under the terms of the contract, Vocera will equip care team members with its unique wireless, hands-free communication solution in 23 facilities across MEDCOM.
January 4, 2017 - CynergisTek today announced exceptional growth in 2016, with a 27 percent increase in client projects. Notably, the company signed Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Baptist Health and Faith Regional Health Services; and expanded existing relationships with Asante Health System and Gibson Area Health System. The company also closed several deals with business associates in 2016, including Clearsense, DataFile Technologies and SI-BONE.
January 4, 2017 - The respected healthcare technology research firm KLAS has rated Health Catalyst the highest among early “preliminary data” population health companies profiled in its new report, “Population Health Management 2016: The Training Wheels Are Off,” released Jan. 3.
December 22, 2016 - Orion Health announced today that John Halamka, MD, MS, has joined the company as an independent director.
December 19, 2016 – Iatric Systems and Hospira today announced a formal partnership to develop interoperability between Hospira’s smart infusion devices and Iatric Systems Accelero Connect integration software solution. Hospira and Iatric Systems have signed a development agreement and are currently piloting smart pump-EMR interoperability at an undisclosed US hospital.
December 15, 2016 - Orion Health announced today that it has signed a new expanded agreement with Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE) in Pennsylvania. KeyHIE is an existing customer that currently uses Orion Health’s platform to enable information to be shared between healthcare providers.
December 15, 2016 - GetWellNetwork announced today that the company will be participating in the 2017 Telehealth Education Delivered (TED) Program. TED is a mobile demonstration vehicle created by Iron Bow Technologies to increase the use of telehealth within the Department of Veterans Affairs by raising awareness of how these technologies can improve overall efficiency while enhancing patient access, outcomes and experiences.
