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Mission Viejo, CA - May 10, 2018 - CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity and information management, today announced that Arkansas Children’s Hospital, one of the country’s largest pediatric hospitals, has expanded its relationship, adding on additional privacy and cybersecurity services. Specifically, Arkansas Children’s will now leverage CynergisTek’s Compliance Assist Partner Program (CAPP). The pediatric hospital already engages with CynergisTek for its Managed Print Service (MPS) program.
Westborough, MA - May 9, 2018 - eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announces that Northern Valley Indian Health (NVIH), a non-profit, Tribal Health Program, is transitioning to the eClinicalWorks cloud-centric EHR solution for its 73 providers across seven locations. Use of the cloud-based technology will support care coordination between physicians and patients to enhance communication and improve the delivery of care.
Las Vegas, NV - May 8, 2018 - PRNewswire -- HLTH 2018 -- Today Change Healthcare announced its plans for a collaboration with Adobe and Microsoft that will bring providers a more effective way to give patients the exceptional experience they want. By uniting engagement orchestration proven to work in consumer marketing with industry leading healthcare IT across the continuum of care, providers can compete on the strength of their patient relationships, beyond their existing quality and cost effectiveness capabilities.
May 8, 2018 - Today, Redox, healthcare's leading integration platform, announced that they will now offer developers and healthcare organizations the option to use FHIR®, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource, for data exchange over the Redox Network: R^FHIR. This includes first-to-market messaging functionality allowing clinical data to be pushed to applications.San Jose, CA - May 7, 2018 - Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Major Health Partners (MHP) has improved emergency department (ED) throughput, surgical start times, and patient satisfaction using Vocera technology throughout its new hospital in Indiana.
Rockville, MD - May 4, 2018 - The New York State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA), representing more than 3,800 practicing psychiatrists and residents throughout New York, has designated DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and medication management solutions, as the vendor of choice for cost-efficient, reliable and robust e-prescribing tools for its members.
Chicago, IL - May 07, 2018 - Keith MacDonald, Vice President at Impact Advisors, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, has been named one of the “Top 25 Consultants” of 2018 by Consulting Magazine. Keith is one of four to be recognized in the Excellence in Healthcare category. He will attend the Top 25 Consultants awards dinner on June 14th at The Mandarin Oriental in New York.
MAY 7, 2018 – Healthcare interoperability is alive and well across the United States, according to the Surescripts 2017 National Progress Report, which reveals that 13.7 billion secure health data transactions traversed the nation’s largest health information network last year—a 26 percent increase over 2016. Having evolved its capabilities far beyond electronic prescribing, the Surescripts Network Alliance™ expanded to include 1.47 million healthcare professionals who have the ability to access health data for 233 million patients, or 71 percent of the U.S. population.
Denver, CO - May 3, 2018 - PRNewswire/ -- NAHAM 44th Annual Conference, Booth 101—Change Healthcare today unveiled a new version of Acuity Revenue Cycle Analytics™ that adds front-end patient access analytics to expand its revenue cycle intelligence portfolio. Now, using Acuity Revenue Cycle Analytics, hospitals and health systems can more readily understand the interdependencies and influences across the revenue cycle from the first moment they touch a consumer all the way through claims submission, processing, billing, and payment.
Salt Lake City, UT - April 30, 2018 - In a new report on healthcare organizations’ perceptions of technology vendors from across the healthcare IT software spectrum, KLAS Research has named Health Catalyst to the exclusive “A-List” of HIT companies that combine high customer satisfaction with high rates of customer retention.
San Jose, CA - April 30, 2018 - Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, is releasing a research report in conjunction with HIMSS Analytics about the impact of interruptions on clinician stress and burnout. Vocera worked closely with HIMSS Analytics to design a survey that was conducted during the 2018 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition.
Westborough, MA - May 1, 2018 - eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, today announces that GCS Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre (GCSMC), a state-of-the-art multispecialty hospital in India, is transitioning to the eClinicalWorks Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) solution for its 1,000-bed hospital. GCSMC will utilize the eClinicalWorks inpatient and outpatient technology to create one unified medical record for its patients.
APRIL 30, 2018 – NTT DATA Services, a recognized leader in global technology services, today released its latest Customer Friction Factor (CFF℠) assessment. The new study examined digital customer service transactions in the health insurance industry, specifically grading insurers as Leaders or Laggards based on how easy or difficult it was for Baby Boomers to shop for Medicare Advantage plans online. Of the 42 health plans analyzed, the Blue Cross Blue Shield plans for Alabama, Northeastern New York and Western New York ranked highest with the least amount of customer friction, earning leading scores in customer engagement and transaction process.
New York, NY – April 27, 2018 – Kroll (“the Company”), a global leader in risk mitigation, investigations, compliance, cyber resilience, security, and incident response solutions, today announced that the recently released “Corporate Counsel Best of 2018 Reader Choice Report” names Kroll as “Best Global Risk & Investigations Consultant”, “Best Cyber Security Provider”, “Best Corporate Investigations Provider”, “Best Litigation Dispute Advisory Services Consultant”, and “Best Managed IT Service Provider”.
Washington D.C. - April 26, 2018 - (Newswire.com) - In a panel discussion at the annual Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, DC, Protenus CEO and Co-Founder Nick Culbertson today spoke about how healthcare organizations can work to close the gap between two conflicting mandates: Sharing data to glean critical insights that will improve patient care, reduce costs, and enable innovation, while protecting the data and the privacy of the patients in their care.
Arlington, VA - April 11, 2018 - Half of physicians feel that their access to patient data could be much better, according to the new Surescripts report Physician Perspectives on Access to Patient Data. This and other key findings point to improvements that are still needed and the types of information that are top priorities for physicians.
“Our interoperable network plays a critical role in giving healthcare providers access to actionable patient intelligence within their EHR,” said Tom Skelton, Chief Executive Officer of Surescripts. “Research like the physician survey helps us better understand what information they need the most so that we can focus our work accordingly.”
San Jose, CA - April 24, 2018 - Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, and the company’s Experience Innovation Network will host its 14th Chief Experience Officer (CXO) Roundtable April 25-26, 2018, in San Francisco. During this two-day event, The National Taskforce for Humanity in Healthcare (NTH) will release its position paper, which outlines the business case for clinician resilience and well-being.
Rockville, MD - April 24, 2018 - DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and medication management solutions, announced today that Linda Fischer, the company’s vice president of product strategy, will be a presenter on the panel entitled “State of the Opioid Crisis: Moving Forward. What’s at Stake Now?” at the Critical Connections’ Opioid Crisis Symposium, to be held April 25-26 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. The symposium is organized and moderated by Modern Healthcare, the leader in healthcare business news, research and data.
Salt Lake City - April 23, 2018 - Health Catalyst, a leader in data analytics, decision support and outcomes improvement, is one of 39 global companies to receive the 2018 Gallup Great Workplace Award. The award was created to recognize organizations for their extraordinary ability to create engaged workplace cultures that drive business outcomes.
April 18, 2018 – Impact Advisors, LLC announced today that Forbes has named Impact Advisors to its list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for 2018. This list is Forbes’ annual ranking of the highest rated consultancies across all sectors, including IT and healthcare, in North America.
