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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.
April 11, 2018 – Impact Advisors, LLC announced today that it has been named to the Becker’s Healthcare 2018 “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” list. This is the third time the firm has received this prestigious recognition.
WESTBOROUGH, MA - April 10, 2018 - eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announces that Waverly Health Center is expanding its relationship with the company by deciding to transition from the Paragon Inpatient EHR system to the eClinicalWorks cloud-centric Acute Care EHR and Revenue Cycle Management platform for its 25-bed Critical Access Hospital. Scheduled to go live in 2018, the acute care platform will reduce overall implementation costs while creating unified patient records in inpatient and outpatient communities that ensure the seamless exchange of information.
April 9, 2018 – Surescripts is tapping the strength of its interoperable network, including access to clinical records for more than 230 million patients, to provide a growing group of clinicians nationwide with actionable patient intelligence directly in their electronic health record (EHR).
Cleveland, OH - April 2, 2018 - Hyland, a leader in providing software solutions for managing content, processes and cases, today completed the acquisition of the OneContent business from Allscripts, a leading provider of healthcare information technology solutions. Effective today, OneContent's associates and 350 customers will transition to Hyland.
WESTBOROUGH, MA - April 3, 2018 - eClinicalWorks®, a leader in healthcare IT solutions, announces that Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa (PCI), one of Iowa’s largest, private specialty medical groups, will transition to the eClinicalWorks cloud-centric Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution for its 84 providers. eClinicalWorks will improve PCI’s ability to fulfill its growth plans while providing excellent patient care.
FREMONT, CA – March 31, 2018 – 314e Corporation, a healthcare IT consulting company, announced the appointment of Douglas Herr as senior vice president for Epic services. Herr will work closely with clients to support sales efforts, oversee delivery and support for 314e consultants. He will lead efforts to develop additional solution offerings and extend... read moreDallas, TX - March 29, 2018 - QliqSOFT, Inc., a leading provider of secure texting service for healthcare today announced the official release of Snap & Fax, a new clinical collaboration solution that allows doctors and nurses to integrate their existing medical fax solution into their daily, mobile-focused workflow.
Fremont, CA - February 6, 2018 - 314e Corporation, a leader in healthcare information technology services and solutions, announced today that it has been named 2018 Best in KLAS for Technical Services (2018 Best in KLAS: Software & Services Annual Report). Technical Services include data conversion, interfacing/integration, implementing an HIE, healthcare analytics (data warehousing, report writing, etc.), system design, build and testing, programming, database development, web portal design and implementation and setting up a security and privacy infrastructure, including penetration testing, etc.
BALTIMORE, MD - March 26, 2018 - (Newswire.com) - Data sharing, interoperability and health exchanges have provided unfettered access to patient data by hospital employees and anyone else who has access to a health system’s electronic health record (EHR) system. Nick Culbertson, CEO and co-founder of Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics platform detecting inappropriate activity within EHRs, will host a panel with Matt Olsen, the former HHS chief privacy and data sharing officer, about ethical concerns that arise when health organizations only have the ability to audit a portion of accesses to patient data.
Boston, MA - March 22, 2018 - Culbert Healthcare Solutions, a management consulting firm serving healthcare organizations, today announced the appointment of Wayne Thompson, as Executive Consultant. Wayne brings over three decades of executive level management experience in the areas of Information Technology, Health Information Management and Supply Chain Management. In his new role, Wayne will lead the firm’s Health-IT Advisory engagements.
NASHVILLE, TN - March 20, 2018 - To help hospitals facing a dangerous combination of mounting cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities to connected medical devices and a widening gap in the skills required to establish, implement and mature a cybersecurity program, Clearwater Compliance, a top-ranked, award-winning healthcare cyber risk assessment and cyber management solutions platform, has expanded its cyber capabilities to include a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO). This professional service addresses the demand and critical needs that healthcare organizations face for expertise in identifying and analyzing threats, creating strategic security plans, ensuring compliance, and securing the environment from threats and cyberattacks.
COZAD, NE - March 20, 2018 - Novarad Corporation, a leader in the development of medical imaging software, has recently entered into contract with Cozad Community Hospital of Cozad, Neb. for PACS. The healthcare system chose to go with Novarad for greater convenience and improved pricing.
ROCKVILLE, MD - March 16, 2018 - The University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) has joined with DrFirst, the leading independent provider of e-prescribing and medication management systems in the U.S., to fight the opioid crisis that is afflicting Maryland and the country. The school’s adoption of DrFirst’s mobility suite, including iPrescribeSM and Backline®, puts academia at the forefront of the fight against opioid addiction by providing tools and education for future oral health practitioners and UMSOD alumni to access more accurate patient medication history and opioid prescribing data.
FRANKLIN, TN - March 15, 2018 - Santa Rosa Consulting, Inc. a leading provider of management consulting and information technology services for the healthcare industry, expands its suite of Business Intelligence and Analytics (“BI&A”) solutions with an Analytics Migration Program that strengthens analytics during any EHR, ERP, or other system transition, while promoting a positive consumer experience and uninterrupted information for decision-makers. The program is an essential bridge to the realization of post go-live promises of return on investment through improved results and user satisfaction.
ROCKVILLE, MD - March 14, 2018 - DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and medication management solutions, announced today that Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, members of the governor’s office, MedChi leaders, the Maryland State Medical Society, and Dr. Mark Reynolds, dean of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) and periodontist at the school’s clinics, will meet at the company’s Rockville headquarters on March 16. During the visit, Lt. Gov. Rutherford will learn how DrFirst is fighting the opioid epidemic in conjunction with MedChi, Maryland’s medical society, UMSOD, and CRISP, the state’s Health Information Exchange and authorized agent for its Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP).
BETHESDA, MD - March 15, 2018 - GetWellNetwork®, Inc., the Precision Engagement™ health care company, announced today that its Chief Clinical and Nursing Officer, Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, will speak at the Beryl Institute’s Patient Experience Conference 2018, which will be held April 16-18 in Chicago. Along with Joanne T. Clavelle, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, Regional Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer-West, GetWellNetwork, Drenkard will present “Including the Voice of the Patient through Technology to Transform the Patient Experience” at 5 p.m. central time on Monday, April 16.
Shelton, CT - March 6, 2018 - Many of Sectra’s medical IT solutions may be purchased as cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) to provide a compelling and competitive approach for customers transitioning into a cloud environment. Sectra aids in the planning for both existing and new customers to transition completely or through a multi-phased, hybrid model.
Burlington, MA. and Las Vegas, NV - March 7, 2018 - In an announcement made today at HIMSS 2018, Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), (booth #1143) and Epic, (booth #4432) revealed that Nuance’s new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistant platform is integrated into Epic’s EHR. With Nuance’s new virtual assistant technology, Epic’s EHR further improves caregiver productivity and efficiency across the continuum of care. Today’s announcement comes as new CHIME survey data1 reveals that 70 percent of hospital CIO’s surveyed would consider adopting virtual assistants with AI capabilities in the coming year.
LAS VEGAS, NV - HIMSS Conference, Booth #1668 - March 6, 2018 - DrFirst, the market leader in e-prescribing and medication management solutions, will feature its new mobile e-prescribing solution, iPrescribeSM, at HIMSS18, the health information technology industry’s premier annual conference. This newest innovation joins DrFirst’s best-in-class line-up of solutions that help healthcare facilities and providers
