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July 30, 2015 - The Chartis Group Innovation Center released the white paper, “Healthcare Providers as Information Management Companies,” highlighting the need for healthcare providers to embrace their emerging role as information management enterprises in order to meet the demands of engaging, providing comprehensive access to, and caring for, the consumers and populations they serve.
July 21, 2015 - The Chartis Group is pleased to announce that Stacy Melvin has joined the firm as a director and a leader in its Digital Health and Business Strategy domain. She will focus on integrated information technology (IT) and business strategy for healthcare providers, ACOs and Integrated Delivery Networks. Additionally, her work will center on IT innovation and its role as a strategic differentiator in care delivery and relationship management across the continuum.
October 8, 2015 - Daniel S. Herman, Director and Informatics and Technology Practice Leader at The Chartis Group, was named a Life Fellow by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society for his long-term service and commitment to the advancement of healthcare operations and information technology.
October 13, 2015 - Stoltenberg Consulting announced today that Dan Thelen, IT director and CIO of Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir, North Carolina, is the recipient of a $2,000 Stoltenberg Future Fund Scholarship. The scholarship is applied toward secondary education earned at the annual College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) CIO Forum.
October 16, 2015 - Pursuit Healthcare Advisors and Futura Mobility are pleased to announce that Cyndi Vely Cahill, PHA Managing Partner was honored with the CHIME Foundation Industry Leader award at the CHIME15 Fall Forum held in Orlando, FL.
October 12, 2015 – Next Wave Connect, an online community ecosystem for healthcare, today announced a $3 million financing by healthcare venture capital firms Next Wave Health and 2M.
October 1, 2015 - MedSys Group is pleased to be part of the team that has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense to provide an electronic health record off-the-shelf solution, integration activities and deployment across the Military Health System. The contract, known as the Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization, is an initiative designed to modernize the military’s healthcare system in a meaningful way, enabling patients and clinicians to capture and share health data that can improve the continuity and quality of care for those who serve and have served our country and their families.
October 14, 2015 – Nordic is pleased to announce the hiring of Pam Stampen as VP of human resources. Stampen joins Nordic with more than 22 years of experience working for Madison-based American Family Insurance, a Fortune 500 company. At American Family, she held multiple leadership roles including the VP of human resources. Most recently she was the director of community investment.
October 15, 2015 - Nordic is proud to announce that it has been ranked 63rd on Modern Healthcare’s 2015 list of the 100 “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.” The list was announced Wednesday night at a banquet in Nashville during Modern Healthcare’s “Workplace of the Future” conference. This is the second-consecutive year that Nordic has made the list.
April 29, 2015 - MedSys Group today announced Laura Kreofsky, PMP, CPHIMS, has joined their Advisory Services Group as Principal Strategist. Bringing over 23 years of experience in health technology strategy and planning, Kreofsky will work across MedSys Group’s growing client base to address strategic clinical, financial, and operational process issues in a rapidly changing technology driven environment.
October 19, 2015 - Key EMR solution executives and healthcare provider organizations convened at the KLAS Keystone Summit in Midway, Utah, to help solve the key interoperability challenges facing the industry. Micky Tripathi, President and CEO of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, led and moderated the summit to see whether vendors and providers could take a straw man created by interoperability experts John Halamka, MD, Stan Huff, MD, and Dan Nigrin, MD, and make it a viable measurement tool.
October 16, 2015 - MedSys Group announced today its ranking on Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare list. The Best Places to Work in Healthcare award recognizes employers for their outstanding performance in economic development, employee retention and satisfaction.
October 19, 2015 - Impact Advisors is pleased to announce that it has been ranked #16 out of 100 on Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare list and is the #9 ranked supplier. The firm is also ranked among the top healthcare IT consulting firms to make the prestigious list. This is the sixth consecutive year that Impact Advisors has been recognized by Modern Healthcare.
October 8, 2015 - MMY Consulting welcomes Kathy Fowler as Vice President. Kathy will be responsible for various strategic and operational duties to support the dynamic growth of the MMY organization.
October 6, 2015 - CynergisTek today announced that Atlantic Health System, one of the largest non-profit health care organizations in New Jersey, has expanded its security services engagement with the company. The system recently completed CynergisTek’s Phishing Assessment program to evaluate its overall susceptibility to phishing attacks using realistic scenarios and comprehensive perimeter evaluations that identify areas of vulnerability. Findings from the exercise provided the organization with a baseline understanding of its workforce’s ability to identify suspicious emails and valuable insight into how far in the phishing net they swam.
October 5, 2015 - Orion Health is pleased to be part of the team that has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense to provide an electronic health record off-the-shelf solution, integration activities and deployment across the Military Health System. The contract, known as the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization, is an initiative designed to modernize the military’s healthcare system in a meaningful way, enabling patients and clinicians to capture and share health data that can improve the continuity and quality of care for those who serve and have served our country and their families.
October 7, 2015 - Futura Mobility and Pursuit Healthcare Advisors are pleased to announce that their case study featuring Inspira Health Network and partner Practice Unite will be showcased at both the Association for Executives in Healthcare Information Applications Foundation’s AEHIX15 conference and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Fall Forum.
October 6, 2015 – Cardiopulmonary Corp (Bernoulli) will conduct a focus group session during the upcoming CHIME15 Fall CIO Forum on Friday, October 16. The conference, which brings together health IT executives and chief information officers, is hosted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and will take place in Orlando, Fla., from October 14-17.
October 2, 2015 - Black Book surveyed 1,191 hospital Chief Financial Officers, Vice Presidents of Finance, Controllers and Directors, to determine the top performing vendors among in-demand financial software, systems and outsourcing services, and assess the gaps and urgencies of hospital financial administration. The highest ranked vendors in customer satisfaction and client experience are announced in twenty-four financial solution functionalities and systems.
October 6, 2015 - Merge Healthcare Incorporated entered into an agreement with Rush-Copley Medical Center to provide Merge PACS™, iConnect® Access and iConnect® Enterprise Archive. Rush-Copley Medical Center is a 210-bed hospital providing state-of-the-art health and wellness services to the greater Fox Valley region of Illinois, including the state’s second largest city, Aurora.
