
New Report: 36% of Patients Sacrifice Medications to Afford Basic Needs
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 26, 2020 – The impact from the COVID-19 pandemic caused tens of millions of Americans to lose their jobs, health insurance and, for some, access to their medications.1 New research released today by CoverMyMeds found that 65 percent of patients were financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic2 and 36 percent sacrificed their treatments or medications to pay for bills and basic needs.Interlace Health Names Allison Reichenbach as President
ST. LOUIS, January 27, 2021 — Interlace Health (formerly FormFast), a healthcare process transformation company, has announced that Allison Reichenbach, former Chief Operating Officer, has been promoted to the position of President. She succeeds Randy Campbell, who will assume the role of Chief Technology Officer.Scottsdale Institute CIO Summit Examines New Alignment for IT
Chicago (Jan. 26, 2021) — Chief information officers (CIOs) from 24 leading health systems across the nation recently convened at Scottsdale Institute’s annual CIO Summit.Divurgent Launches Virtual COVID-19 Vaccination Support Center for Organizations Experiencing Significant Call Volumes Related to Scheduling
As organizations rollout vaccinations across their populations, many are exclusively scheduling through patient portals –with this effort, organizations are seeing significant increases in call volumes January 21, 2021 – Virginia Beach, VA – Divurgent, an international IT consulting company, announced today that it has launched and successfully deployed a Virtual Patient Support Solution to address... read more18 Steward Health Care hospitals complete virtual implementations of MEDITECH’s Expanse EHR
The largest physician-owned, private, for-profit healthcare network in the U.S. adopted Expanse across their Western facilities in just three months. January 20, 2021 Steward Health Care’s relationship with MEDITECH has strengthened despite the challenges of the coronavirus, as the two organizations worked together this fall to virtually deploy MEDITECH Expanse across 18 Steward facilities located... read moreANCILE Solutions Achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification
The widely recognized Information Security certification has been awarded to ANCILE for its uPerform digital learning platform. ANCILE Solutions, the company behind the market-leading Digital Learning Platform uPerform®, announced today that it achieved the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001:2013 certification, demonstrating its dedication to security management best practices. ISO 27001 is one of the... read moreuPerform by ANCILE Solutions Launches SMART on FHIR Capability for Digital Training Within Electronic Health Record Systems
Health systems can integrate training and performance support in the workflows of their EHRs to drive clinician proficiency and satisfaction. ANCILE Solutions, the company behind the market-leading Digital Learning Platform uPerform®, is pleased to announce support for the SMART on FHIR standard. uPerform empowers health systems to deliver higher quality EHR education with role-based training... read moreNominations Open for New Healthiverse Heroes Award
DrFirst Launches Award for Healthcare Providers and Organizations Using Technology to Unite the Interconnected Healthcare Universe ROCKVILLE, Md., January 15, 2021 –Nominations are open for a new award recognizing Healthiverse Heroes. The award is offered by health technology pioneer DrFirst to honor healthcare providers and organizations that are breaking through information silos that get in the way... read moreDivurgent Hires John Ward, MBA, CPA as Chief Financial Officer
John Ward to lead Divurgent’s financial organization as the company positions itself for future growth and expansion. January 12, 2021 – Virginia Beach, VA – Divurgent, an international IT consulting company, announced today that it hired John Ward, MBA, CPA as Chief Financial Officer. John joins Divurgent with over 20 years of IT services company... read moreDrFirst Passes 100 Million Real-Time Price Transparency Checks Informing Providers and Patients About Prescription Costs
myBenefitCheckSM helps over 100,000 providers order medications patients can afford by sharing prescription coverage and cost information in prescribing workflows at the point of care ROCKVILLE, Md., January 11, 2021 – Cost is the determining factor for patients deciding whether or not to pick up prescriptions waiting for them at the pharmacy. When medications are too costly,... read moreKirby Partners and Ouellette & Associates Launch Healthcare TechLX Leadership Development Program
Lake Mary, FL – January 7, 2021 Kirby Partners and Ouellette & Associates are collaborating to collectively launch the Healthcare Technology Leadership Experience (The Healthcare TechLX). With more than 65 years of combined experience, and the benefit of decades-long relationships, the two firms have established themselves as the leaders in their respective fields. The Healthcare... read moreCapsule and Retia Medical Collaborate on Argos Cardiac Monitor to Streamline Device Interoperability, Protect Patient Safety
ANDOVER, MA, AND VALHALLA, NY, JANUARY 5, 2021– Retia Medical is the first company to utilize Capsule Technologies’ new Device Driver Interface (DDI) development strategy to integrate its Argos Cardiac Monitor, the companies announced today. Capsule’s new DDI development strategy uses the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise-Patient Care Device (IHE-PCD) framework to speed device connectivity to... read moreBig Sky Care Connect Partners with Industry Leader DrFirst to Provide Clinicians with Patients’ Medication History
Helena, Montana –– Big Sky Care Connect (BSCC), Montana’s premier health information exchange (HIE), is partnering with DrFirst, a leading healthcare IT pioneer, to provide clinicians throughout Montana access to DrFirst’s extensive medication history information system. Before the anticipated launch of BSCC in late 2020, Montana was just one of two states without a state-designated HIE. An HIE is a... read moreAllscripts Sunrise™ 20.0 now generally available
CHICAGO – December 16, 2020 – Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ MDRX) announced today that Sunrise 20.0 is now generally available. Sunrise is a comprehensive platform of health that connects all aspects of care, including acute, ambulatory, surgical, pharmacy, radiology and laboratory services, and also features an integrated revenue cycle and patient administration system. Sunrise is... read moreAllscripts moves quickly to support clients in COVID-19 vaccine administration
Company offers guidance to track and report vaccine administration to the CDC CHICAGO – December 17, 2020 – Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ MDRX) is dedicating extensive resources to ensure its clients are prepared to maximize functionality within its solutions to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Allscripts has collaborated with public health officials at all levels,... read moreKirby Partners Takes the ParityPledge to Commit to Increasing Representation for Women and People of Color
Lake Mary, FL – December 8, 2020- Kirby Partners, Healthcare IT & Cybersecurity Executive Search Firm, has signed the Parity.org ParityPledge® in Support of People of Color and in Support of Women. The ParityPledge simply asks that companies commit to interview and consider at least one qualified woman and person of color for every open... read moreMEDITECH Selects Google Cloud to Power EHR Solutions
MEDITECH Cloud Platform bundles three solutions that further extend the possibilities of the Expanse Electronic Health Record (EHR). December 3, 2020 Today MEDITECH introduced MEDITECH Cloud Platform—a suite of solutions available to healthcare organizations of all sizes that further extend the possibilities of the Expanse Electronic Health Record (EHR). This offering includes: Expanse NOW, High... read moreKidsX and Censinet Partner to Reduce Cybersecurity Risks to Pediatric Healthcare Organizations and Digital Health Innovators Globally
LOS ANGELES, CA and BOSTON, MA – December 1, 2020 – Today Censinet, the leading Intelligent Risk Network for Healthcare, and KidsX, a global accelerator for digital health pediatrics innovation, announced a partnership to help consortium members and participating digital health startups streamline cybersecurity assessments that improve security processes and practices which meet HIPAA regulatory... read moreImpact Advisors Ranked on Consulting Magazine’s Fastest Growing Firms List
Firm recognized for fourth consecutive year CHICAGO (Dec. 2, 2020) — Impact Advisors, a leading provider of strategy, performance excellence, revenue cycle management, ERP, implementation, and technology consulting services to the healthcare industry, was named to Consulting magazine’s Fastest Growing Firms list. This is the fourth consecutive year the firm has been recognized on the... read moreKLAS and Censinet Partner to Reduce Cybersecurity Risk for Healthcare CISOs, CIOs and IT Vendor Community
Partnership Provides Healthcare Decision Makers with A Catalyst to Improve Cyber Readiness, Reduce Risk and Make More Informed Security Investments SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – December 1, 2020 – KLAS, a healthcare research and insights firm, and Censinet, the leading intelligent risk network for healthcare, today announced a partnership to help healthcare... read more