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MEDITECH Expanse Leads Customer Satisfaction for Small Community Hospitals, KLAS Report Finds

by Jasmine Pennic 03/05/2021 Leave a Comment

MEDITECH Expanse EMR Leads Customer Satisfaction for Small Community Hospitals, KLAS Report Finds

What You Should Know: - Small community hospitals (1–200 beds) leaders cite MEDITECH Expanse Acute Care EMR as a leader in delivering the most consistent customer experience, according to a new KLAS report. The KLAS report reveals that while Epic and Cerner EMRs leads in performance among large organizations they don’t deliver as consistently for smaller hospitals. Customers cite their approaches to the community market—hub-and spoke relationship (Epic) and shared server (Cerner)—create
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Executive Hires: Walgreens Appoints New CEO, Cityblock Health, Innovaccer, Others

by Jasmine Pennic 02/05/2021 Leave a Comment

Walgreens appoints Rosalind (Roz) Brewer as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective on March 15, 2021. Brewer will also join the WBA Board of Directors upon assuming the role. She succeeds Stefano Pessina who, as previously announced, will transition to the role of Executive Chairman of the Board of WBA. Brewer, 58, will become the first Black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. Former Livongo President, Jennifer Schneider, has joined Cityblock Health’s Board of
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Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards

by Fred Pennic 02/02/2021 Leave a Comment

Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards

What You Should Know: - Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released today, which reports on the top vendors for 2020. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Galen Healthcare Solutions was named the top Overall IT Services Firm. The Chartis Group earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, edging out last year’s winner,
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Cerner Appoints Mark Erceg New Chief Financial Officer

by Fred Pennic 01/21/2021 Leave a Comment

Cerner Appoints Mark Erceg New Chief Financial Officer

Key Points to Know: - Cerner appoints Mark Erceg as the company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective February 22, 2021. - Erceg will succeed Marc Naughton, who is departing from Cerner at the end of the first quarter. Naughton will serve as an Executive Advisor to ensure a smooth transition. - As Cerner’s CFO, Erceg will lead the company’s global finance organization, including accounting, treasury, financial planning and analysis, tax and
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To Beat COVID-19, We Need A Modern Approach to Public Health Data

by Ed Simcox, Chief Strategy Officer at LifeOmic 01/20/2021 Leave a Comment

To Beat COVID-19, We Need A Modern Approach to Public Health Data

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken 270,000 American lives to date, has shined a light on another crisis — the U.S. currently has no standardized system for reporting public health data. Health departments all over the country resort to using paper, fax, phone, and email to transmit and receive critical information, and essential healthcare workers are spending precious time retyping data into systems from printed reports and PDFs. At the heart of this lack of a centralized infrastructure
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Cerner Leadership Changes, Other Key Executives Hires

by Fred Pennic 01/15/2021 Leave a Comment

Cerner announced some leadership changes promoting long-time associates Travis Dalton to Chief Client & Services Officer and Dan Devers to Chief Legal Counsel. After long, respected, meaningful careers at Cerner, John Peterzalek and Randy Sims will be departing. Cognoa, the leading pediatric behavioral health company developing diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for children living with autism and other behavioral health conditions appoints Eric B. Mosbrooker as
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Healthcare PE Firm Heritage Group Launches $300M Health Tech Fund

by Fred Pennic 01/14/2021 Leave a Comment

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What You Should Know: - Healthcare private equity firm Heritage Group launches a $300M fund to invest in high-growth healthcare services and technology companies. - Heritage is backed by some of the leading healthcare organizations in the nation, including large provider systems, payers, and healthcare service providers. Heritage Group, a Nashville, TN-based healthcare-focused private equity firm, today announced the closing of over $300 million in its oversubscribed third fund, an
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2020’s Top 20 Digital Health M&A Deals Totaled $50B

by Fred Pennic 12/31/2020 Leave a Comment

2020’s Top 20 Digital Health M&A Deals Totaled $50B

Teladoc Health and Livongo Merge The combination of Teladoc Health and Livongo creates a global leader in consumer-centered virtual care. The combined company is positioned to execute quantified opportunities to drive revenue synergies of $100 million by the end of the second year following the close, reaching $500 million on a run-rate basis by 2025. Price: $18.5B in value based on each share of Livongo will be exchanged for 0.5920x shares of Teladoc Health plus cash consideration of
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42 Recently Launched COVID-19 Vaccine Management Solutions to Know

by Fred Pennic 12/18/2020 Leave a Comment

16 COVID-19 Predictions and Trends for 2021 Executive Roundup 12-Available-COVID-19-Vaccine-Management-Solutions-to-Know-In-Depth-1

An in-depth look at twelve recently released COVID-19 vaccine management solutions as COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed nationwide. 1. Microsoft Microsoft launches a COVID-19 vaccine management platform with partners Accenture and Avanade, EY, and Mazik Global to help government and healthcare customers provide fair and equitable vaccine distribution, administration, and monitoring of vaccine delivery. Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) has deployed over 230 emergency COVID-19
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M&A: Cerner to Acquire Health Division of Kantar for $375M in Cash

by Fred Pennic 12/16/2020 Leave a Comment

M&A: Cerner to Acquire Health Division of Kantar for $375M in Cash

What You Should Know:  - Cerner announces it will acquire Kantar Health, a leading data, analytics, and real-world evidence and commercial research consultancy serving the life science and health care industry. - This acquisition is expected to allow Cerner’s Learning Health Network client consortium and health systems with more opportunities to directly engage with life sciences for funded research studies. The acquisition is expected to close during the first half of
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