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AUSTIN, TX - January 15, 2019 — (HIMSS Booth #4009) — CynergisTek, (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and information assurance, today announced that its Executive Vice President of Strategic Innovation, David Finn, Vice President of Compliance Strategies, David Holtzman, and Vice President of Security Strategy, Clyde Hewitt, were selected to present three sessions at the 2019 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition. HIMSS brings together 45,000+ health information and technology professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the world.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—January 10, 2019—Novarad Corporation announced today that it has been cited as a Representative Vendor in the 2018 Gartner Market Guide for Vendor-Neutral Archives by analyst Barry Runyon (published on 8 November). The Market Guide provides Gartner’s coverage of an emerging market and focuses on the market definition of and rationale for the market and market dynamics, according to the report.
LINKÖPING, SWEDEN and SHELTON, CT – January 10, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise breast imaging solution throughout the fifteen North Carolina-based breast centers of Charlotte Radiology. Upon project completion, radiologists will experience enhanced workflow productivity through multi-modality viewing on one workstation with the end goal of improved cancer care.
Virginia Beach, VA, and Vancouver, B.C. - January 8, 2019 – Today, Divurgent and Gevity announced that they have formalized a strategic business alliance to mutually benefit their clients by expanding their services across the United States and Canada. Divurgent and Gevity both offer strengths in healthcare information system design, implementation, and optimization and bring to this partnership proven methodologies and innovative practices.
SAN JOSE, CA - January 7, 2019 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced the launch of a new category of wearable communication devices that enables clinician agility and accelerates patient care. The Vocera Smartbadge combines smartphone usability with the hands-free freedom of the Vocera Badge to redefine healthcare communication – again.
BALTIMORE, MD - January 7, 2019 - Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics platform that protects patient privacy for the nation's leading health systems announces a strategic partnership with RADAR, the award-winning provider of incident response management software, to help healthcare organizations reduce the risks associated with unauthorized disclosures of protected health information (PHI).
SAN JOSE, CA - December 27, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that the company’s President and CEO Brent Lang and its Chief Financial Officer Justin Spencer will be presenting at the 37th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 at 8 a.m. PT in San Francisco.
NASHVILLE, TN - December 20, 2018 - The three most critical and common high-security cyber risks facing healthcare delivery organizations and their partners have been uncovered in a first-of-its-kind analysis by the Clearwater CyberIntelligence™ Institute (CCI). CCI was formed earlier this year to leverage insights from Clearwater’s proprietary database created by IRM|Analysis™. The database, containing millions of risk records accumulated during the completion of comprehensive, NIST-based risk analyses for hundreds of Clearwater customers over the last six years, is 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.
ST. PAUL, MN & FRANKLIN, TN - December 19, 2018 - 3M today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the technology business of M*Modal, for a total enterprise value of $1.0 billion. M*Modal is a leading healthcare technology provider of cloud-based, conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered systems that help physicians efficiently capture and improve the patient narrative so they can spend more time with their patients and provide higher quality of care.
BURLINGTON, MA - December 18, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced that it is honored to have its conversational artificial intelligence (AI)-powered clinical documentation solutions selected to help advance “Joy at Johns Hopkins Medicine,” a comprehensive, multi-year initiative developed and launched by Johns Hopkins Medicine to help combat clinician and caregiver burnout by enabling them to rediscover the true joy that comes from treating and healing patients.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – December 14, 2018 – Health Catalyst, Inc. has been named one of the “Best Companies to Work For” by Utah Business.
Mountain View, CA - December 13, 2018 - Zingbox today announced that University of Iowa Health Care has deployed Zingbox’s IoT Guardian to protect and monitor their network of connected medical devices.
SAN JOSE, CA - Dec. 12, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. today announced that Wake Forest Baptist Health deployed Vocera technology at a second hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Health Davie Medical Center, to improve clinical workflows, enhance patient surveillance, and elevate patient and staff experience.
BURLINGTON, MA and DAYTONA BEACH, FL- December 11, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc and Halifax Health today announced that Nuance’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions have improved physician satisfaction and productivity, while advancing patient care. Halifax Health chose Nuance to augment its electronic health record (EHR) system with a suite of proven, AI-powered solutions to improve workflows for its physicians, CDI team and coders, while contributing to improved patient care, documentation quality, and the health network’s bottom line. Halifax Health was also ready to transition to a more clinically focused documentation improvement program to better engage physicians around quality initiatives, improve CDS team efficiency, and support its goal to achieve clinical documentation excellence.
Berksire, MA - December 10, 2018 - Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) recently signed to implement the intuitive and mobile web-based MEDITECH Expanse Enterprise Health Record (EHR) system. The organization will be adding MEDITECH Ambulatory and MEDITECH Acute Care solutions across its 225 physician practices.
SALT LAKE CITY and MIAMI - December 6, 2018 – Nicklaus Children’s Health System has selected Health Catalyst, Inc. to improve its revenue cycle management and optimize operations. Nicklaus Children’s will initially leverage Health Catalyst’s powerful, cloud-based Data Operating System (DOS™) to facilitate appropriate payment for services, and to better understand the costs of healthcare.
Springfield, VA - December 06, 2018 - Spok, Inc. announced a continued strategic partnership with Standard Communications, Inc. (SCI), a VA verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and trusted advisor for clinically focused solutions in the VA Healthcare System. The Spok Care Connect® clinical communication and collaboration platform improves staff efficiency and veteran care while adhering to the standards set by the VA in its Technical Reference Model (TRM).
SAN JOSE, CA - December 5, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. today announced that its Experience Innovation Network has co-designed a new aim within its membership to drive global sustainable change across healthcare. For more than seven years, the Vocera Experience Innovation Network and its members have changed the dialogue in the industry by putting science behind the human experience and restoring human connections to healthcare. This fall network members, patients, clinician leaders, hospital executives, military representatives, and select partners began outlining the ideal standards for a future of caring.
Chicago, IL - Nov. 26, 2018 - At the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) 104th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that, in less than one year since its introduction, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging (“AI Marketplace”), the first workflow-integrated marketplace, has mobilized a collaborative community of developers, researchers and technology leaders to build, test, validate and share algorithms for radiology. The AI Marketplace now has more than 40 developers such as NVIDIA, Aidoc, Zebra Med, Aidence, Densitas, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and their Center for Clinical Data Science (CCDS). Nuance also is working with standards bodies, such as the American College of Radiology (ACR), to establish and apply application program interface (API) connectivity standards for the consumption of AI within radiology workflow, as well as electronic health records (EHRs), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and registries.
Developed by clinicians, the Diabetes Management Toolkit helps physicians, nurses, and other staff to deliver care that aligns with ADA guidelines and meets CMS quality reporting payment models Westwood, MA – November 29, 2018 – According to the CDC, diabetes — the seventh leading cause of death — affects more than 30 million people in... read more
