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July 30, 2015 - Thousands of healthcare providers at physician offices, clinics, hospitals and IDNs in Northern America weighed in to provide feedback about healthcare technology software vendors in 93 market segments. The 2015 Midterm Performance Review: Software & Services report, released today, provides a summary of the insights and feedback by shining a light on current vendor performance.
July 29, 2015 - The Huntzinger Management Group, Inc. (HMG), a leading healthcare management consulting firm offering advisory and managed services, program implementation and staff augmentation services, announced the addition of Stephanie Wallace as National Sales Director. Founding Partner Bob Kitts, Chief Executive Officer of HMG, made the announcement.
July 28, 2015 - Vital Images, Inc. introduces VioSuite Image Management and Vitality Solutions Business Intelligence product families, which provide healthcare administrators with a robust set of tools to improve system-wide image access and image data analytics. VioSuite and Vitality Solutions, as well as the company’s flagship products VitreaAdvanced® and VitreaView® software, will be showcased at the annual RADaim conference within the Toshiba Australia Pty Limited booth.
July 27, 2015 – Zynx Health™ today announced that its ZynxCarebook™ mobile care coordination solution is now available on Android smartphones and tablets. With this expansion, care team members at inpatient and post-care organizations can use ZynxCarebook to securely exchange messages and share assessments on the same patient’s condition, streamline care transitions to other care settings, and improve clinical outcomes using Android as well as iOS mobile devices.
July 22, 2015 - The Huntzinger Management Group recently announced an expansion of their Technology Practice with a new line of services. These new services will fall under HMG's suite of advisory and managed services and will be focused on technology-based functions within healthcare organizations' IT.
July 21, 2015 -Zynx Health announced today the nursing winners of its inaugural 2015 "Clinical Improvement Through Evidence" (CITE) award. The annual CITE award recognizes nurses for excellence in the use of clinical decision support (CDS) solutions to drive improvements in patient care.
July 21, 2015 - Melinda Yates-Costin, CHCIO, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, Vice President and CIO, JPS Health Network and Linda Lockwood, RN, MBA, Solutions Director, Advisory Services, CTG Health Solutions, will lead Track D, including presenting "Key Concepts and Relationships in Data Analytics," at the University of Maryland School of Nursing's 2015 Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI) conference. Yates-Costin and Lockwood will co-present with Ann Tinker, MS, RN. The panel will be moderated by Judy Ozbolt, PhD, RN, FANN, FACMI, FAIMBE.
July 20, 2015 – Impact Advisors announced today that Scott Pillittere has joined the organization as a Vice President and will be responsible for further enhancing the firm’s revenue cycle management practice.
July 20, 2015 – Aventura today announced the appointment of healthcare veteran John Glaser, PhD, to its board of directors. Glaser is a senior vice president at Cerner Corporation, and is responsible for driving its technology and product strategies, interoperability and government policy development.
July 16, 2015 - The Huntzinger Management Group announces that Craig Kasper has joined its leadership team as Vice President of Marketing. Founding Partner Bob Kitts, Chief Executive Officer of HMG, made the announcement.
July 14, 2015 - Health Catalyst and Piedmont Healthcare have partnered on a strategic initiative to improve the health of patients using a new data-driven approach to quality and performance improvement.
July 13, 2015 - Vital Images will debut its 510(k) FDA-cleared CT Myocardial Perfusion application at the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Las Vegas, July 16-19.
July 13, 2015 - Nordic is proud to announce that it is ranked No. 68 on the HCI 100, Healthcare Informatics announced today. This marks the second-consecutive year that Nordic has been recognized on the list. The HCI 100 is a ranking of the 100 companies with the highest revenues derived from healthcare IT products and services earned in the US over the past year. Nordic made its debut on the list in 2014 with a ranking of No. 74.
July 8, 2015 — Anthelio Healthcare Solutions and M*Moda announced today a strategic partnership to better serve the healthcare industry. The companies will leverage their global talent, resources and technology platforms to deliver high-quality, reliable and scalable coding and transcription services for the healthcare industry.
June 26, 2015 - M*Modal and Preferred Solutions today announced a partnership for increasing physician adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems. The companies will offer onsite training at hospitals for using M*Modal’s front-end speech technology platform to improve clinical documentation quality and patient outcomes.
July 9, 2015 - Carilion Clinic, headquartered in Roanoke, VA, consists of seven hospitals and provides health care services for one million people in western Virginia. “Every decision we make at Carilion comes down to how it will positively impact our patients and their care,” says Evelyn Garcia, MD, chair of Carilion’s radiology department. “With the Sectra solution, we are looking forward to increased efficiency, better access to clinical tools and better integration across our system. And that’s just the beginning.”
July 9, 2015 - Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE), a leading provider of innovative enterprise imaging, interoperability, and clinical systems that seek to advance healthcare, today announced Summa Health, one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in Ohio, will integrate Merge’s cardiology solutions to support population health initiatives. The solutions will support Summa’s overarching coordinated care goals, as well as provide better access to images and data to enhance workflows and reporting.
MEDITECH is pleased to see over 50 of its customers receive a five-star rating from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). A total of 3,553 hospitals received HCAHPS Star Ratings; only 251 hospitals were acknowledged with five stars.
June 29, 2015 – CareerBuilder and Republic Media announced today that Orion Health has earned a spot on the list of 2015 Careerbuilder Top Companies to work for in Arizona.
June 29, 2015 - CynergisTek today announced it has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Adam Hawkins as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Effective July 1, 2015, Adam will be responsible for the sales and marketing operations at CynergisTek, as well as the strategic planning, development and implementation of the company’s Managed Services and Vendor Security Management offerings.
