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Boston, MA – April 23, 2019 – Censinet, the third-party risk management company for healthcare providers, today announced that it raised $7.8 million in Series A funding co-led by HLM Venture Partners and Cedars-Sinai Health System with participation from seed investors Schooner Capital, LRVHealth and Excelerate Health Ventures. Censinet will use the funding to build out the Censinet Platform’s vendor risk management capabilities, scale its go-to-market team, and accelerate adoption of the Censinet Platform by healthcare providers and their vendors.
Boston, MA – April 23, 2019 – Censinet today announced the launch of the Censinet Platform, the first and only third-party risk management platform designed and developed in partnership with more than a dozen U.S. healthcare providers to manage the threats to patient care. The launch comes in conjunction with a $7.8M Series A funding round co-led by HLM Venture Partners and Cedars-Sinai with participation from seed round investors Schooner Capital, LRVHealth, and Excelerate Health Ventures (please see “Censinet Raises $7.8M in Series A Funding to Transform Third-Party Risk Management for Healthcare Providers,” issued April 23, 2019).
ROCKVILLE, MD - April 23, 2019 - DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing, price transparency, and medication management solutions, announced today that it has structured a new $17 million commercial financing facility with SunTrust Banks, Inc. The financing extends DrFirst’s strategic relationship with SunTrust Banks, a partnership which initially began in 2015.
SAN JOSE, CA - April 16, 2019 - Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced it received an Authority to Operate (ATO) from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that extends the potential purchase and deployment of the hands-free Vocera Badge beyond the Army to facilities in the Air Force and Navy worldwide.
SINGAPORE, and SALT LAKE CITY, UT - April 16, 2019 - Fullerton Healthcare Corporation Limited (“Fullerton Health”), a leading vertically integrated healthcare platform in the Asia Pacific region with a proven track record of providing clients with seamless service offerings through customized healthcare management and administration, has partnered with Health Catalyst, Inc., a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations. The partnership aims to develop a strategic plan that leverages greater use of data.
AUSTIN, TX – April 11, 2019 — CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance, today released its annual report, Measuring Progress: Expanding the Horizon. The 2019 report provides a sobering analysis of how healthcare provider organizations measured against the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF) and the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules, which outlines best practices for healthcare organizations to adopt to manage cybersecurity risks.
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL – April 11, 2019 – Optimum Healthcare IT, a Best in KLAS healthcare staffing and consulting services firm, announced today that it ranked second among 16 firms in the first annual Modern Healthcare survey of the largest healthcare IT consulting firms.
Linköping, Sweden and Toronto, Canada – April 10, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise PACS solution at Trillium Health Partners. The system will provide radiologists across three hospital sites with unified access to medical images and a complete patient overview, resulting in more effective care.
CHICAGO, IL - April 9, 2019 – Impact Advisors, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, has been named one of Modern Healthcare’s Largest IT Consulting Firms for 2019. The list is included in Modern Healthcare's inaugural Healthcare IT Consulting Firms Survey, published April 1.
BURLINGTON, MA - April 8, 2019 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), an industry- leading provider of AI-powered solutions, today announced its support of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute’s ACR AI-LAB™ initiative to rapidly scale and democratize the use of AI in healthcare.
CHICAGO, IL - April 4, 2019 - Impact Advisors, a leading provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology services to the healthcare industry, announced today that Forbes has named the firm to its list of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms for 2019. This list is Forbes’ annual ranking of the highest-rated consultancies across all sectors, including IT and healthcare, in North America.
NASHVILLE, TN - April 4, 2019 - As the healthcare industry continues to be targeted by cyber attacks, Clearwater has released new, breakthrough technology that provides hospitals and health systems with a more intelligent view into all of the processes, people, locations, technology and components that can pose a data security risk to an information system. Clearwater’s new Component Expert System (CES), embedded in its IRM|Analysis™ software, enables hospitals and health systems to complete the security risk analysis (SRA) process more efficiently across the enterprise by logically grouping similar information system components based on their properties and associated controls. The patent-pending technology automatically identifies relevant cyber and information risk scenarios, thereby facilitating a more effective risk assessment process.
MADISON, WI - April 3, 2019 – Nordic is proud to announce that Jim Costanzo will join Nordic as chief executive officer starting July 1. He will succeed current CEO Bruce Cerullo, who, this past fall, announced his plan to shift roles to active chairman of the board. Costanzo comes to Nordic from Ernst & Young, where he served as both global health leader and Americas health advisory leader.
ST. LOUIS, MO - March 19, 2019 - FormFast, the leading eSignature vendor for the healthcare industry, is pleased to announce the addition of Hospital de la Concepcion in San German, Puerto Rico to their growing customer base.
WESTWOOD, MA - April 2, 2019 - MEDITECH is excited to announce MaaS (MEDITECH as a Service) is now available to community health systems. Offered initially to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), larger community health systems now have the opportunity to utilize MaaS and the many benefits that come with a cost-effective subscription to MEDITECH Expanse.
BALTIMORE, MD - April 2, 2019 - Protenus, the healthcare compliance analytics platform that protects patient privacy for the nation’s leading health systems, announces today that it is the top-performing provider in the 2019 KLAS Patient Privacy Monitoring report, with an overall score of 96.6.
Salt Lake City, UT—March 27, 2019—Novarad, a leader in the development of medical imaging software, announced today that it has appointed Paul Jensen as company president.
Austin, TX —March 27, 2019 – CynergisTek, Inc., (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance, today announced that it has added a new suite of Managed Security Services to its portfolio to assist organizations with monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and management of ongoing cybersecurity risks.
Salt Lake City, UT - March 27, 2019 – Health Catalyst, Inc. a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, leads the healthcare analytics market in product capabilities and market execution, according to the Chilmark 2019 Healthcare Provider Analytics Market Trends Report, released this month.
SPRINGFIELD, VA - March 26, 2019 - Spok, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) and a global leader in healthcare communications, announced that Vail Health has improved care team communication with Spok Care Connect, and continues to expand the fully integrated communication platform enterprise-wide. Vail Health includes a 56-bed community hospital accredited by The Joint Commission, Shaw Cancer Center, Howard Head Sports Medicine, two urgent care clinics, medical centers and clinics throughout Eagle and Summit counties, Colorado. Howard Head Sports Medicine is the Official Medical Provider for world-class athletes, including the U.S. Ski, Snowboarding, Free Skiing, and USA Climbing teams.
