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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MEDITECH Launches Quick Vaccination Solution to Streamline COVID-19 Vaccination Process
What You Should Know:
- MEDITECH launches a web-based Quick Vaccination solution enabling healthcare organizations to efficiently administer the vaccine to their patients from multiple care venues, including through tablet devices.
- With Quick Vaccination, healthcare organizations have
the speed and mobility to distribute the vaccine at high-volume locations,
including pop-up inoculation sites.
To accelerate
healthcare organizations’ administration of the COVID-19
vaccine,
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42 Recently Launched COVID-19 Vaccine Management Solutions to Know
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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MEDITECH Launches New Subscription-Based Cloud Platform Built on Google Cloud
What You Should Know:
- Today, MEDITECH announced MEDITECH Cloud Platform—a
suite of solutions available to healthcare organizations of all sizes that
further extend the possibilities of the Expanse EHR.
- This offering includes: Expanse NOW, High Availability
SnapShot, and Virtual Care solutions, all created to work naturally in the
cloud, and available through a subscription model.
Today MEDITECH
introduced MEDITECH Cloud Platform—a suite of solutions available to
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Hospital Sustainability Demands that Revenue Integrity Move Front and Center
Razor-thin operational margins coupled with substantial and ongoing losses related to COVID-19 are culminating in a perfect storm of bottom-line issues for U.S. hospitals and health systems. A study commissioned by the American Hospital Association (AHA) found that the median hospital margin overall was just 3.5% pre-pandemic, and projected margins will stay in the red for at least half of the nation’s hospitals for the remainder of 2020.
The reality is that an increase in
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KLAS: Epic, NextGen, Cerner Best at Making Outside Patient Data Usable
What You Should Know:
- New KLAS report finds acute and ambulatory care EMR
vendors Cerner, Epic and NextGen are best at making outside patient data usable
for clinicians (data from outside the clinician's health system).
- KLAS report examines adoption and usability among advanced
users of the main acute and ambulatory care EMR vendors.
The national interoperability networks of Carequality and CommonWell Health Alliance have become some of the primary means by which patient records
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Providence Combines 9 Investments & Acquisitions to Form Tegria
What You Should Know:
- Providence combines nine operating companies to form
Tegria into a comprehensive suite of offerings for organizations across the
health care sector
-Tegria will focus on three key initiatives—healthcare
consulting and technology services, revenue cycle management solutions and
software technology and platforms.
Providence, one of the nation's largest health systems announce the formation of Tegria, a new company designed to provide next-generation
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AHIMA to Provide MEDITECH Expanse EHR Training to 16k Students
What You Should Know:
- The American Health Information Management Association
(AHIMA) has selected MEDITECH to provide access to digital training for 16,000
students in over 300 colleges and universities using MEDITECH Expanse EHR.
- MEDITECH Expanse will be offered as part of the AHIMA
VLab™ — an online-based health information environment that features multiple
software applications and corresponding lab lessons.
MEDITECH is
extending its relationship with The American
Health
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MEDITECH Launches Expanse Virtual Assistant Through Nuance
What You Should Know:
- MEDITECH launches Expanse Virtual Assistant, enabling
users to quickly access, navigate, and control the EHR using advanced Nuance
Dragon Medical Virtual Assistant technology.
- Physicians can leverage Expanse Virtual Assistant to
navigate and search patient charts for key areas of information including lab
results, medications, allergies, radiology images, and more.
MEDITECH and Nuance Communications Inc. (Nuance),
today announced a collaboration to
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Why International Expansion Must Remain a Priority for Cerner, Epic, Allscripts, MEDITECH
What You Should Know:
- How the top US acute EHR vendors, namely Cerner, Epic, Allscripts, and MEDITECH (+85% share of US acute market in terms of revenues), have progressed on international expansion.
As highlighted below, there is a significant variance amongst the big four in terms of revenue and share of business outside the US. Cerner has by far the highest revenue at more than $650M in 2019, representing 12% of its business. Whilst MEDITECH has considerably lower revenue than
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