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NASHVILLE, TN - August 22, 2019 – Clearwater, the leading provider of cyber risk management and HIPAA compliance solutions, is addressing the nation’s widening cybersecurity talent gap head on, partnering with three of the nation’s leading Information Security and Intelligence programs to help train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.
September 19, 2019 - MEDITECH has further extended its global presence by partnering with Aga Khan University, an international institution of distinction providing health services to millions of people in the developing world, to deploy Expanse, the company's state-of-the-art, web-based Enterprise Health Record (EHR). The initial deployment will be at Aga Khan’s academic medical center and clinics in Nairobi, Kenya with a subsequent deployment in Karachi, Pakistan.
9.18.2019 By Arika Lycan, Director, Corporate Partner Services The fourth annual CHIME Partner Education Summit 2019 (CPES19) took place Sept. 4-6 in Chicago. It was another great year, and initial feedback from partners has been overwhelmingly positive. It was so nice to connect with many of our CHIME Foundation partners, and to hear from an incredible faculty of CHIME members and Foundation leaders. Take a... read moreAustin, TX — September 17, 2019 — CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in information security, privacy, and compliance, today announced that it has appointed Benjamin Denkers as its Senior Vice President of Security and Privacy Services. In this position, Denkers will be responsible for the delivery of consulting, managed, and professional services as the company continues its transition into a pure play cybersecurity services organization. Denkers is a cybersecurity and consulting veteran with nearly 20 years of experience across multiple industries.
NASHVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 - Pivot Point Consulting is excited to announce the addition of Keith Olenik as Vice President, Revenue Cycle Services --which includes revenue cycle advisory services and talent solutions, as well health information management, coding and clinical documentation improvement (CDI). Olenik brings more than three decades of experience working with provider healthcare delivery systems as a member of senior management and as a consultant. He specializes in practical solutions to streamline business operations, evaluate and implement information technology applications and enhance health care operations through process improvement.
MADISON, WI – September 13, 2019 – Nordic has created Registry Direct, a solution that will save healthcare organizations thousands of hours of manual abstraction and uploading of data to the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Get With The Guidelines® (GWTG) online registry. Registry Direct works using healthcare interoperability standards that are supported by all major EHRs.
DALLAS, TX - September 17, 2019 – Phynd Technologies is pleased to announce that it has become a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Foundation. As a CHIME Foundation member firm, Phynd will play a vital role in CHIME’s continuing education efforts and have opportunities to interact with leading healthcare Chief Information Officers, Chief Medical Information Officers, and other executives and thought leaders.
SAN JOSE, CA - September 11, 2019 - Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that it has entered into a three-year agreement with Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). This agreement is a contracting vehicle that outlines terms and conditions for delivering, installing and supporting Vocera solutions in clinics, hospitals, and specialty health centers across British Columbia.
NASHVILLE, TN — September 11, 2019 — Pivot Point Consulting is excited to announce the addition of Jeff Maris to lead its Cerner Strategic Implementation and Partnerships team. Maris brings two decades of experience with Cerner—leading both sales and delivery as a Technology Sales Executive who expanded Cerner’s CareAware business and as a Technical Implementation... read moreSAN JOSE, CA - September 10, 2019 - Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Metro Health – University of Michigan Health has improved its stroke time to treatment from 53 to 29 minutes, in part through Vocera technology.
SPRINGFIELD, VA - September 10, 2019 – Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) and a leader in healthcare communications, today released the results of its ninth annual survey on mobile strategies in healthcare. Respondents included more than 450 healthcare professionals from hospitals and health systems around the country, of whom 38% were clinicians and 21% were IT or telecommunications staff.
CHICAGO, IL - September 10, 2019 – Impact Advisors, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it is ranked No. 5 on Consulting Magazine’s Best Small Firms to Work For list. This is the 10th year the firm has received this prestigious honor.
ROCKVILLE, MD — September 10, 2019 — DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing, patient medication management, and price transparency solutions, announced today that its Backline secure care collaboration platform is now the first such mobile solution for the healthcare market to offer an e-signature capability.
SAN JOSE, CA - September 4, 2019 - Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) has implemented the new Vocera Smartbadge for care team communication. Purpose-built for healthcare, the wearable Smartbadge combines smartphone capabilities with the hands-free freedom of the Vocera Badge.
SAN JOSE, CA - September 3, 2019 - Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced the release of Vocera Vina, the company’s revolutionary new smartphone application. The customizable communication app presents prioritized patient-centric calls, secure messages, and alerts in a unified inbox, and provides an intuitive user experience for clinicians inside and outside the hospital. Powered by the Vocera Platform, Vina delivers relevant context about clinical events, patient status, and clinician availability, helping care teams improve safety, quality of care, and experience for patients and care teams.
Optimum Healthcare IT, a Best in KLAS healthcare staffing and consulting services firm, announced that on August 3, 2019, Ellis Medicine went live on a new electronic health record (EHR), Cerner Millennium. Through Optimum’s effective project leadership, detailed planning, comprehensive training, and a proven methodology, the project was a success.
Lexington, MA and San Jose, CA – August 28, 2019—Imprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, and Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced a partnership to help healthcare organizations unlock the full potential of mobility in healthcare. Combining Imprivata Mobile Device Access with Vocera Collaboration Suite, the partnership enables fast, familiar authentication into shared clinical mobile devices and the Vocera smartphone application, eliminating the burden of manual logins for healthcare providers.
MADISON, WI – August 26, 2019 - Bluetree, an Epic consulting and strategy company for healthcare providers, is the top-ranked Epic Systems Strategy, Support & Implementations firm in the Black Book Market Research report released Monday. Bluetree was rated #1 in eight of 20 categories in the report, which evaluates leading service providers across 18 operational excellence key performance indicators.
CHICAGO, IL - August 21, 2019 – Impact Advisors, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has been named to Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list. The Inc. 5000 list is a prestigious ranking given to only U.S.-based, privately held, independent, for-profit companies with significant percentage revenue growth. This year the firm was also named a 5-Time Inc. 5000 Honoree.
SAN JOSE, CA -- August 20, 2019 -- Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center reduced readmission rates among stroke patients by 50 percent after implementing the Vocera Care Inform communication solution. Care Inform enables care team members to record live discharge instructions and teach-back sessions at the patient’s bedside.
