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Columbia Asia Hospitals launches its Patient Engagement Suite, powered by MphRx’s Minerva platform

February 12, 2019 - MphRx announces today that Columbia Asia Hospitals has launched their Patient Engagement Application Suite, with patient facing applications available on Web, Android and Apple devices. Powered by MphRx’s FHIR based digital health platform - Minerva, the integrated patient engagement applications provide an aggregated view of patient’s health data across the network’s hospitals and enables online booking of health care services and physician appointments.


Securing Connected Medical Devices – A Practitioner’s View

Securing Connected Medical Devices – A Practitioner’s View - Interview with Tressa Springmann & Michael Hardesty.  When asked about the escalating cyberthreat landscape and the challenges of protecting Connected Medical Devices, LifeBridge Health’s SVP & CIO and their IT Security Analyst shared the significance of the security strategy of encompassing people, processes, and technologies. Listen to Tressa Springmann and Mike Hardesty as they talk to Kalyan Siddam about the lessons learned, the best practices and, the role of latest Machine Learning tools. Learn the importance of considering the entire device Lifecycle Management and choosing platforms that can complement existing investments, and effortlessly plug-in to protect and ensure continued patient care.

Survey: Patients Prefer Secure Texting Over Patient Portal Communication From Their Physicians

ROCKVILLE, MD — February 12, 2019 — Only 10 percent of patients prefer to receive physician communications via patient portals, whereas twice that many (19.6 percent) favor receiving information via secure text messages when in-person and phone calls are not an option. The new survey, conducted by DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and patient medication management solutions, also found that more than 90 percent of respondents would like the ability to communicate via secure text messaging with a family member’s care team if that loved one were ill.

PDS hires Tamara Korbel as Director, Corporate IT Security and I&AM Technical Services

Milwaukee, WI - February 10, 2019 - PDS is pleased to announce that Tamara Korbel has joined their team as Director, Corporate IT Security and IAM Technical Services. In this new role Tamara will be responsible for two main areas; Corporate IT Security as our CSO, and the management of our Identity & Access Management (I&AM) Practice.

Spok Introduces a New Cloud-Native Clinical Communication Platform Powered by Amazon Web Services

SPRINGFIELD, VA - February 11, 2019 - Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) and a global leader in healthcare communications, will demonstrate the latest evolution of its integrated healthcare communication platform, Spok Care Connect, in booth #3371 at the 2019 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition, Feb. 11-15, 2019, in Orlando, Florida. The first-of-its-kind cloud-native enterprise communication platform includes a fully integrated healthcare contact center, clinical alerting and alarm management solution, and a multi-device application for care team messaging. Spok Care Connect makes care collaboration easier by connecting important care team and patient information into messaging and alerting applications.

QliqSOFT Debuts Patient-facing, Chronic Care Management Solution at HIMSS19

Dallas, TX - February 11, 2019 - QliqSOFT, an industry leader in secure clinical collaboration solutions, today announced the release of a new patient-facing chronic care management solution that allows for the easy sharing and monitoring of data between patients and their care team members.

DrFirst Launches California’s First-ever Integrated Technology to Tackle the Opioid Epidemic Across the Healthcare Continuum

ROCKVILLE, MD — February 7, 2019 — DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and patient medication management solutions, announced today the availability of an integrated solution with the MEDITECH Enterprise Health Record (EHR) that seamlessly connects prescribers to California’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). For the first time ever, in-workflow access to the PDMP, known as Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES 2.0) is available to MEDITECH and DrFirst mutual customers using the MEDITECH Acute, Ambulatory, and ED solutions in the 6.15 or Expanse platforms.

Health Catalyst Secures up to $100 Million with Financing Led By OrbiMed

Silicon Slopes, UT - February 7, 2019 - Health Catalyst®, Inc., a leader in next-generation data, analytics and improvement, announced the closing of a Series F equity and debt funding round led by OrbiMed, a leading healthcare public and private market investment firm. This equity and debt funding will provide Health Catalyst with access to up to $100 million in capital.  Several existing investors including Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital Ventures, UPMC Enterprises and Kaiser Permanente Ventures also contributed to the financing, which lifts Health Catalyst’s value above $1 billion.

PDS extends healthcare industry presence with CHIME Foundation partnership

Milwaukee, WI - February 07, 2017 – PDS is pleased to announce that it has become a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Foundation (CHIME Foundation), an affiliate of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). As a CHIME Foundation member firm, PDS will play a vital role in CHIME’s continuing education efforts and have opportunities to interact with leading healthcare executives and thought leaders.

Redox To Power EHR Integration in Microsoft Teams Through FHIR

MADISON, WI – February 7, 2019 - Redox today announced that it is integrating with Microsoft Teams to enable secure, bidirectional data exchange with electronic health record (EHR) software at provider organizations using the FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard. As a result, clinicians and caregivers can easily communicate patient data on the Microsoft Teams platform and record information at the EHR level. Redox streamlines the adoption of Microsoft Teams by provider organizations with minimal IT resources.

Nuance Brings Virtual Assistant Technology to 300,000 Dragon Medical One Cloud Users

BURLINGTON, MA - February 5, 2019 - Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that it will introduce its voice-enabled virtual assistant to all users of Dragon Medical One, the company’s cloud-based clinical documentation platform. With this launch, Nuance will bring the strength of its trusted artificial intelligence (AI) technology, already used by leading brands such as FedEx, BMW and Citizens Bank, to approximately 300,000 healthcare providers across the country. This rollout comes in tandem with, and is supported by, the release of industry survey data that underscores clinicians’ daily battle to overcome administrative burdens and bring joy back to medicine.

Billings Clinic Selects Health Catalyst for Population Health, Outcomes-improvement Initiatives

SALT LAKE CITY, UT and BILLINGS, MT - February 5, 2019 – Billings Clinic, Montana’s largest healthcare organization, has partnered with Health Catalyst, Inc. a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, to power its population health and outcomes-improvement programs. Billings Clinic is implementing the Health Catalyst Data Operating System (DOS™) to centralize its data analytics operations, eliminate data siloes among existing systems, enhance quality measurement and improve patient outcomes.

Sectra PACS wins ‘Best in KLAS’ in the US for the sixth year in a row

Shelton, CT – January 31, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) continues to be the #1 rated PACS and is awarded the prestigious customer satisfaction award ‘Best in KLAS’.

2019 Best in KLAS Report Ranks Protenus No. 1 in Patient Privacy Monitoring

BALTIMORE, MD - January 31, 2019 - Protenus, the healthcare compliance analytics platform that protects patient privacy for the nation’s leading health systems, announces today that it has been ranked the leading provider in the patient privacy monitoring category of the 2019 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report.

Impact Advisors Named Best in KLAS #1 Overall IT Services Firm for the 5th Time in Seven Years

CHICAGO, IL - January 31, 2019 – Impact Advisors, LLC, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has been named Best in KLAS #1 Overall IT Services Firm for the fifth time. The firm was also named #1 Best in KLAS in HIT Enterprise Implementation Leadership and Category Leader in Clinical Optimization in the 2019 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. These recognitions make it the 12th consecutive year the firm has been recognized by KLAS. 

HealthNET Systems Consulting, Inc. Receives MEDITECH READY Certification

BURLINGTON, MA - January 31, 2019 - HealthNET Systems Consulting, a leading provider of healthcare technology services, announced today that they are now certified by MEDITECH to assist clients with their MEDITECH Enterprise Health Record (HER) READY implementations.

MEDITECH Joins Forces with Nuance to Deliver AI-Powered Virtual Assistants for Healthcare

WESTWOOD, MA, and BURLINGTON, MA - January 30, 2019 - With a constant eye toward improving both physician efficiency and the patient experience, MEDITECH, a leading, innovative Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendor, and Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), the pioneer and leader in AI-powered solutions for more than 10,000 global healthcare organizations, announced MEDITECH is integrating Nuance’s Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant into MEDITECH Expanse. Building on a long history of innovation by the two companies, this integration will complement common clinician workflows by automating high value clinical and administrative tasks that will allow physicians to spend more time focused on, and improving, the patient experience.

Health Catalyst Introduces Rapid Response Analytics to Accelerate Analytics ROI

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - January 29, 2019 - Health Catalyst®, Inc., today takes another significant step forward in the company’s leadership of healthcare analytics with the release of the Rapid Response Analytics Solution, a force multiplier for data assets and analytics staff.

Clearwater, Digital Reasoning Launch Strategic Multi-Year Cyber Risk Partnership Advancing AI, Machine Learning in Healthcare

NASHVILLE, TN - January 29, 2019 - Clearwater and Digital Reasoning today announced a strategic three-year Cyber Risk Services partnership enabling healthcare providers to realize the results of artificial intelligence (AI) powered solutions supported by a proven and trusted cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance program.

Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton to be Interviewed by Fraser Bullock at Silicon Slopes Tech Summit

SILICON SLOPES, UT - January 28, 2019 - Health Catalyst, Inc. a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, announced today that CEO Dan Burton will be a presentor at the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City on Thursday, January 31.

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