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February 27, 2015 - Jvion announced today that leading healthcare venture firm, Martin Ventures, is collaborating with the Atlanta-based software company through a strategic partnership that will accelerate the adoption of Jvion’s advanced predictive capabilities suite within the provider market. Jvion is a predictive analytics company that identifies and prevents financial and clinical losses within hospitals. Capitalizing on the growing need for predictions that help prevent patient deterioration and suffering, the support of Martin Ventures will drive further market share and expansion of what is already an award-winning, leading predictive solution suite.
April 8, 2015 - As uncertainty increases in the healthcare industry, many provider organizations find themselves seeking solutions that provide real value and ultimately result in improved outcomes. For those attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS15) April 12-16 in Chicago, CTG Health Solutions (CTGHS) will offer conversations with health information technology thought leaders on key industry issues from the company's inviting 'oasis' booth space 1580. As in years past, CTGHS' booth will offer comfortable seating and refreshments as a place of respite from the hectic pace of HIMSS.
April 8, 2015 - Vital Images, Inc., (Vital), is pleased to announce the release of VioSuite Image Management and Vitality Solutions Business Intelligence. Joining the company’s flagship products, VitreaAdvanced® and VitreaView®, these new product families give healthcare administrators a robust set of tools to improve system-wide image access and image data analytics. Vital will introduce the VioSuite and Vitality Solutions portfolios at HIMSS15 (Toshiba booth #6439) in Chicago, April 13-15, 2015.
April 7, 2015 - Spectralink Corporation (“Spectralink”), a global leader in wireless solutions for the workplace, announced today PIVOT:S, the latest product in the WorkSmart family of solutions that advances innovation in enterprise mobile communication.
April 7, 2015 - A mobile care coordination platform for managing patient transitions that includes secure messaging, an evidence-based clinical content analysis tool, and interdisciplinary plans of care that offer comprehensive guidance for cancer patients are Zynx Health's™ newest solutions underlining its booth's theme "Delivering Vital Care Guidance Across the Patient Care Journey" at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS15) April 12-16 in Chicago.
Healthcare IT consulting firm ESD celebrated its 25th year in business on Wednesday, marking a milestone in the company’s history. Since its inception, ESD has deployed over 1,600 clinical IT experts to assist over 90 U.S. hospitals with healthcare technology transitions.
March 26, 2015 - Jvion, the Atlanta-based leader in clinical predictive algorithms, and Mayo Clinic are collaborating to stop patient suffering and unanticipated deterioration using the Jvion’s award winning predictive solution suite. As part of this collaboration, the two organizations will jointly publish their findings in the forthcoming study “Derivation and Validation of Acute Physiologic Deterioration Model using Electronically Available Data.”
March 24, 2015 - In early March 2015, Jvion launched an initiative aimed at understanding the proliferation of advanced predictive modeling solutions within hospitals. For this study, advanced predictive modeling was defined as the application of machine learning algorithms to find patterns within data to predict patient-level risk. These kinds of solutions are gaining traction and market eminence as providers search for analytic capabilities that will help them prevent patient illness, avoid penalties, and reduce the cost of care.
March 31, 2015 – The Children’s Hospital Association (CHA), the voice of children’s hospitals nationwide, has selected Health Catalyst’s Late-Binding™ Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) to enhance comparative analytics for its 220 member hospitals, supporting their efforts to improve care and reduce costs for pediatric patients.
Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH) is breaking new ground at HIMSS 2015 in Chicago, as the vendor will showcase how its innovative Web EHR is transforming productivity for healthcare providers in an increasingly value-based world.
March 30, 2015 – Futura Mobility announces that Continuum Health Alliance, a physician enablement company providing an integrated health platform for practice management, population health management and community care services, has agreed to have Futura provide hardware support to Continuum clients. Futura is a technology strategy and solutions company serving enterprise and healthcare industries. This announcement follows several strategic moves by Futura Mobility, making them a “2020-ready” company that is able to deliver solutions including secure communications platforms, and healthcare analytics solutions in addition to their mobile technology and support expertise.
March 26, 2015 - Payment reform is causing providers to rethink their care-delivery models across the continuum, including homecare and long-term care services. Best-of-breed homecare and long-term care vendors outperform their enterprise counterparts due to better overall functionality and strong customer relationships. However, interoperability continues to be a huge strain with little progress being made by provider organizations. These are two of the findings in the latest KLAS report, entitled The Care Continuum: Payment Reform Creates Unmet Demands.
March 24, 2015 -- Meritage Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in northern California today announced the results of a two-year care management program designed to help lower preventable hospital readmissions among its highest-risk patients. The Bay Area-wide patient readmission rate dropped to 10.2 percent, placing it considerably below the 17.5 percent national average in 2013 for Medicare patients.
March 24, 2015 - The Huntzinger Management Group, Inc. (HMG), a leader in healthcare advisory, managed services, implementation and supplemental staffing services consulting, announced Robert LaPorte as Client Executive. Founding Partner Bob Kitts, Chief Executive Officer of HMG, made the announcement.
March 19, 2015 - Cerner and PCC have been rated as the top performers for small physician practices, with Cerner being top rated for broad-use EMRs and PCC for specialty-specific EMRs. This at a time when just more than one-quarter of providers at small practices feel stuck with or plan to leave their current EMR vendor. These findings and more were published in the latest KLAS report, "New Leaders in the Small-Practice Market: Ambulatory EMR Performance 2015 (1-10 Physicians)."
March 13, 2015 - CTG (NASDAQ: CTG), an information technology (IT) solutions and services company, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Cliff Bleustein to serve as the Company’s next President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors with an effective date of April 6, 2015.
March 17, 2015-The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), a central voice for patient safety since 1997, recently welcomed Zynx Health as the newest member of the NPSF Patient Safety Coalition.
March 17, 2014 - Health Catalyst, a leader in healthcare data warehousing, analytics and outcomes improvement, announced it has raised $70 million. The funding round, led by existing investor Norwest Venture Partners, included contributions from other existing investors Sequoia Capital, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Sorenson Capital, CHV Capital (an Indiana University Health Company) and Partners HealthCare.
March 17, 2014 - Health Catalyst, a leader in healthcare data warehousing, analytics and outcomes improvement, announced it has raised $70 million. The funding round, led by existing investor Norwest Venture Partners, included contributions from other existing investors Sequoia Capital, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Sorenson Capital, CHV Capital (an Indiana University Health Company) and Partners HealthCare.
March 16, 2015 - Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare information technology services, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of Becker's Hospital Review's "150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare."
