athenahealth announced this morning that founder Jonathan Bush is stepping down as CEO, effectively immediately. The Board of Directors has initiated a process to explore strategic alternatives and will consider a sale, merger or other transaction involving the Company as well as continuing as an independent company. In addition, the Board has also initiated a search process to identify qualified CEO candidates.Jeff Immelt, Chairman of athenahealth, has been appointed Executive Chairman, Marc
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New York Expands Patient Care Alerts Statewide Through SHIN-NY
The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) today announced the expansion of patient care alerts across the state's eight regional health information exchanges through the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY). Healthcare professionals can now receive real-time alerts free of charge when their patients is admitted, discharged or transferred from a hospital, promoting timelier interventions and improved planning for a patient's care at home or at another facility.The
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North Mississippi Health Taps Mercy to Help Implement Epic Ambulatory EHR
North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS), a private, not for profit hospital which serves 730,000 patients in 24 counties in north Mississippi and northwest Alabama, has selected Mercy Technology Services to help implement Epic ambulatory EHR platform across enterprise. As the nation’s first Epic-accredited provider, Mercy Technology Services will provide project leadership and proven methodology from more than 50 previous installations, Epic module expertise, revenue cycle support, training and
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Imprivata Launches Mobile Device Access for Secure Access to Clinical Mobile Devices & Apps
Healthcare IT security company Imprivata, today announced the launch of Imprivata Mobile Device Access (MDA), a mobile authentication solution that enables fast, secure access to clinical mobile devices and applications. The solution extends the Imprivata's single sign-on technology for authentication and access management (typically used in workstations) to shared mobile devices, empowering organizations to unlock the full potential of mobility in healthcare.Shared mobile devices facilitate
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Advocare to Replace GE Centricity with eClinicalWorks EHR & Revenue Cycle Platform
Advocare, LLC (“Advocare”), a physician-owned and physician governed multi-specialty medical group, today announced that it will replace GE Centricity with eClinicalWorks EHR and revenue cycle management platform. eClinicalWorks cloud-centric platform V11 will provide Advocare, one of the largest independent health systems, with the latest evolution of the core EHR to streamline and improve overall efficiency and communications and encourage preventive care for its patients. Advocare has nearly
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2bPrecise and PierianDx Team Up to Offer Precision Medicine Solution for Providers
2bPrecise, an EHR-agnostic, cloud-based precision medicine platform, today announced it is collaborating with PierianDx, Inc., the leading clinical genomics knowledge base company, to offer a comprehensive precision medicine solution. The combined solution brings together genomic and clinical data to help providers make more informed care decisions for their patients. This unique technology enables clinicians to concentrate on the most important information to determine what is best for each
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KLAS Unveils 5 Small Hospital EMR Market Trends to Watch
In 2017, 216 acute care hospitals contracted for a new EMR, with 1–200 bed hospitals accounting for the vast majority (80%) of these decisions, according to a recent KLAS report. EMR purchasing by smaller hospitals is being driven primarily by these organizations’ need to exchange information with surrounding hospitals and desire for vendors that offer newer, more innovative technology and more flexible financial options. These smaller hospitals are hungry for new technology but often resource
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M*Modal Unveils Enhancements to I-Powered Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Solutions
M*Modal, a provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding solutions, today announced further enhancements to its artificial intelligence (AI) powered and outcomes-driven CDI solutions. Integrated with over 150 EHRs, M*Modal CDI solutions provide physicians and clinical documentation improvement specialists (CDIS) with a unified and more efficient workflow that closes the loop between physician and CDIS documentation processes. Going beyond traditional inpatient CDI, M*Modal supports
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Columbus Regional Healthcare to Implement Cerner Integrated EHR Across Acute & Ambulatory Facilities
Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville, North Carolina has signed an agreement with Cerner Corporation to implement Cerner's integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle solutions across its acute and ambulatory facilities. CRHS is a community owned and controlled not-for-profit organization that includes Columbus Regional (hospital), Columbus Regional Physician Network with six medical practices, Donayre Cancer Care Center, The Wound Care Center and offers advanced
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DrChrono Offers Discounted EHR Pricing for Current Practice Fusion Customers
DrChrono, today announced a new a new offer for current Practice Fusion customers that want to move their data from their current system to the DrChrono cloud-based EHR platform. Current Practice Fusion customers that want to sign up for this new plan from DrChrono receive special discounted pricing, a free iPad and data importing.Practice Fusion, after being acquired by Allscripts for $100M, recently announced to their users that their EHR would no longer be free. Their users, by continuing to
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