Editor's Note: Mark Menke is the Chief Technology Officer of Network DLP at Digital Guardian, a data protection firm. Mark has over 20 years of experience in various roles from ASIC Design to IT and Security Consulting roles. Over the course of 2015, countless data breaches occurred within hospital networks, health insurers, physicians’ offices, and other organizations in the healthcare industry. In fact, Community Health Systems, Premera and Anthem were just a few of the most notable names who
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Midmark Acquires Versus to Optimize Outpatient Clinical Workflows Using RTLS
Midmark Corporation, a provider of outpatient workflow solutions has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire real-time locating system provider Versus Technology, Inc. (“Versus”). As part of the acquisition, Midmark will acquire all the issued and outstanding common shares of the Tranverse City, MI-based Versus. Versus core operations will also remain in Traverse City, Mich.Versus is the most-deployed real-time locating systems (RTLS) provider in healthcare, using location
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Chilmark Unveils Value Chain Model for Healthcare Analytics
As the healthcare industry continues its transition to value-based care (VBC), most organizations struggle to formulate a clear and concise analytics strategy that will support this transition. The latest report from Chilmark Research, "The Necessity of a Value Chain Model for Healthcare Analytics," provides healthcare organizations (HCOs) a model for building an analytics strategy that aligns with their VBC needs as well as a set of requirements for their analytics platforms in order to insure
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UHS to Implement Cerner’s Revenue Cycle, Replaces Siemens Invision
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the largest hospital management companies announce it will implement Cerner’s Millennium Revenue Cycle. Cerner will replace UHS’ legacy Siemens Invision revenue cycle solution and integrate with UHS’ existing Cerner Millennium EHR and HIM functionality. The enterprise-wide revenue cycle management system, paired with UHS’ current solutions, will help advance integration between clinical and financial information for the acute care and ambulatory
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Population Health Provider Lightbeam Health Solutions Acquires Browsersoft
Lightbeam Health Solutions, Inc., an end-to-end population health management solutions has acquired Shawnee Mission, KS-based Browsersoft, Inc. Browsersoft is a health information exchange (HIE) solution provider for hospitals, health systems, states, communities and other stakeholders within the US and various global markets.Browersoft’s OpenHRE™ solution enables healthcare communities to exchange data from disparate systems enabling providers to have the most comprehensive, up-to-date patient
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OpenVista EHR developer Medsphere Makes Interoperability Pledge
OpenVista EHR developer Medsphere, today announced it is joining other fellow healthcare IT providers in embracing the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Interoperability Pledge for consumer access, transparency and standards. In policy and practice, Medsphere adheres to the principles of open, connected and secure data sharing among all providers. To further these goals and advance interoperability among health information systems enabling free movement of data, we embrace the following
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CHRISTUS Health Selects Nuance for Enterprise-wide Physician Documentation
Nuance today announced it has been selected by CHRISTUS Health, one of the 10 largest Catholic not-for-profit health systems in the U.S., for an enterprise-wide physician documentation improvement initiative to improve how physicians work with inpatient and ambulatory EHRs with the additional benefit of improving financial performance. The implementation replaces multiple competitive systems, adding Nuance’s full suite of clinical documentation solutions including Nuance’s back-end medical
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Mobile Engagement Provider mPulse Mobile Raises $13M in Oversubscribed Round
mPulse Mobile, a mobile engagement solution provider that spun out of the healthcare division of mobileStorm has raised $13 million in Series A funding. Less than a year since the company’s founding, the latest financial investment in mPulse Mobile, from partners Cambia Health Solutions (Cambia) and Rincon Venture Partners, brings the total amount raised to more than $13M, oversubscribing and closing the Series A round. In January, the company announced it secured $10M in its first close of
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McKesson Lands $139M DoD Contract for RelayHealth’s Patient Engagement, Secure Messaging
McKesson announced today that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) has awarded a $139 million, five-year contract for RelayHealth’s patient engagement and interoperable secure messaging solutions. The solutions will serve the Military Health System’s (MHS) patients, physicians, physician assistants, nurse case managers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, dentists, and other members of the care team. The contract is a nine-month base transition-in period
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Report: Top 5 Areas of Concerns for Health System Executives
47% of health system executives indicated that they were extremely interested in addressing the challenge of rising consumer expectations for service, according to The Advisory Board Company's Annual Health Care CEO Survey. Additionally, 45% of hospital and health system executives said they were extremely interested in identifying patient engagement strategies – a four-percentage-point increase over the previous year.For its Annual Health Care CEO Survey, The Advisory Board Company surveyed 209
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