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14 September 2015 - Merge Healthcare Incorporated entered into an agreement to provide its Merge Hemo™ solution to Baptist Health System of Birmingham, Alabama.
September 10, 2015 - Keeping patients' sensitive information confidential is paramount to healthcare providers, but it's becoming more difficult in a digital world. In order to better understand the security vendor landscape, KLAS interviewed approximately 75 providers about the systems they are currently using and what measures they employ to mitigate security breaches.
September 10, 2015 - Merge Healthcare today announced a new global collaboration with the nonprofit organization, RAD-AID International, o bring vital radiology and health information technologies to medically underserved and poor regions of the world. The collaboration—RAD-AID Merge International Imaging Informatics Initiative —leverages Merge’s leadership in radiology information technologies with RAD-AID’s global health outreach network, including 3,500 volunteers, 14 country-outreach programs, 33 university-based chapters and affiliation with the United Nations’ World Health Organization.
September 10, 2015 – Partners HealthCare and Health Catalyst have established a strategic collaboration aimed at fostering and accelerating the adoption of population health management (PHM) strategies and practices nationally to improve the quality of health care and lowering costs while meeting the needs of patients, providers and payors. The $30 million initiative will enable the development and testing of innovative PHM strategies at Partners and, in collaboration with Health Catalyst, facilitate the transfer of the knowledge generated to other health care providers.
September 10, 2015- MEDENT today announced a partnership with CoverMyMeds, the nation's largest electronic prior authorization (ePA) platform. The partnership will integrate CoverMyMeds' ePA technology into MEDENT's® platform to facilitate electronic prior authorization requests in the E-Prescribing workflow of all 8,000 prescribers using the MEDENT® system to maintain patient medical records.
September 10, 2015 -- Impact Advisors today announced that it has been selected as one of Modern Healthcare’s Largest Revenue Cycle Management Firms.
SEPT 9, 2015 - The Healthcare Analytics Summit 2015 today kicked off at The Grand American Hotel in Salt Lake City with over 35 educational sessions for more than 1,000 attendees representing leaders from some of the nation's largest health systems.
August 31, 2015 - Cardiopulmonary Corp. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Nuvon to merge with CPC. Each company's Board of Directors has approved the terms of the proposed transaction, which is expected to close in the next 60 days. Terms of the merger were not disclosed.
Mason Beard, chief product officer and co-founder of Wellcentive, is a participant in the keynote panel presentation titled “Population Health 2.0: Accountable Care, Big Data and Healthcare” at Healthcare IT Connect’s 2015 Accountable Care and Health IT Strategies Summit in Chicago.
September 2, 2015 - Impact Advisors, LLC today announced that it has been ranked on Modern Healthcare’s Largest Healthcare Management Consulting Firms list. The firm is ranked fifteenth on the list which recognizes 60 firms. This is Impact Advisors’ first appearance on the list which ranks firms by 2014 provider revenue.
August, 25, 2015- Stoltenberg Consulting, Inc. announced today that it has been named #1 in Partial IT Outsourcing (PITO) in the KLAS Research IT Outsourcing 2015 Report.
September 1, 2015 – PatientSafe Solutions announced today the implementation of clinical communications and mobile alert consolidation at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado. In partnership with the hospital’s existing alarm technology providers, Draeger and Connexall, PatientSafe has created a customized, integrated solution with the PatientTouch mobile platform to improve workflow and patient experience.
August 31, 2015 — CTG (NASDAQ: CTG), an information technology (IT) solutions and services company, today announced that it has been ranked by Modern Healthcare as one of the largest healthcare management consulting firms. The company is ranked thirteenth on the current list and has consistently been ranked as a top-fifteen firm since the list was first published in 2006. This year’s list ranked 60 firms based on their 2014 healthcare provider revenue.
August 19, 2015 - Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) earned top scores for its ambulatory EHRs, Allscripts Professional EHR™, Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR and Allscripts Sunrise™ Ambulatory Care, from research company Black Book™ Rankings (Black Book). The firm collected 27,194 ballot results on 18 performance areas of operational excellence to rank EHR providers.
August 19, 2015- Allscripts and CoverMyMeds have agreed to partner to help patients receive their prescriptions faster and increase the number of health plans available for Allscripts eAuth™ software clients. Allscripts eAuth software enables providers to quickly authorize prescriptions electronically instead of through phone calls or faxes, which can take days or weeks. Performing prior authorization electronically within EHR workflow helps improve efficiencies and reduce costs throughout the prior authorization process.
August 25, 2015 - Cookeville Medical Center in Cookeville, Tenn., selected Allscripts(Nasdaq:MDRX) Chronic Care Management (CCM) Program to more easily manage and improve care for patients with chronic conditions while increasing Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursements.
September 1, 2015 - Villa Medical Clinic in Newburg, Ore., selected Allscripts Chronic Care Management Program to establish ongoing monthly outreach to hundreds of patients who suffer from two or more chronic conditions without adding staff or increasing workloads for current employees.
August 31, 2015 - CTG today announced that it has been ranked by Modern Healthcare as one of the largest healthcare management consulting firms. The company is ranked thirteenth on the current list and has consistently been ranked as a top-fifteen firm since the list was first published in 2006. This year’s list ranked 60 firms based on their 2014 healthcare provider revenue.
August 25, 2015 – M*Modal today announced that M*Modal Fluency for ImagingTM received the highest ranking in front-end speech recognition solutions in diagnostic imaging, according to the 2015 Midterm Performance Review, Software and Services published by KLAS on July 30.
August 24, 2015 - MMY Consulting’s commitment to creating an outstanding work environment has resulted in the company being named one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare for 2015. This recognition program from Modern Healthcare “honors workplaces throughout the healthcare industry that empower their employees to provide patients and customers with the best possible care, products, and services.” - Modern Healthcare
