HIMSS Corporate Member News

ClearDATA®, a leading healthcare cloud, security and compliance expert, today announced its Kubernetes solution for healthcare and life sciences organizations across multiple cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Integrated into ClearDATA’s Compliance Dashboard, healthcare organizations can leverage Kubernetes to enable the use of cutting-edge container technology while viewing the state of compliance against HIPAA, GxP, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other common standards and regulations. In addition to improving scalability and efficiency, the new offering promises healthcare developers a secure way to develop, deploy and scale applications while minimizing risk.
 

Data breaches in the healthcare sector were up in 2018 compared to the previous year. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, health-related breaches accounted for 29.3% of all compromises. In all, there were 363 healthcare data breaches in the US resulting in over 9 million records lost.
 

PDS is pleased to announce that Tamara Korbel has joined their team as Director, Corporate IT Security and IAM Technical Services. In this new role Tamara will be responsible for two main areas; Corporate IT Security as our CSO, and the management of our Identity & Access Management (I&AM) Practice.
 

SPH Analytics, the top ranked vendor for population health and value-based care client satisfaction, announced today that one of its key clients, the Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control (COSEHC), will present at HIMSS19. The session will highlight COSEHC’s work as a practice transformation network (PTN) under a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI).  The PTN implemented a patient-centric population health improvement program, powered by SPH Analytics’ Population Care patient registry, that would establish health-improvement targets, reduce costs, and help implement sustainable business processes in practices serving the health of millions of persons across nine southeast states.
 

AbleVets LLC, a leading provider of advanced IT solutions for government, announced that Janet Webb has joined the executive staff as Vice President of Federal Civilian Healthcare. In this role, she will be responsible for developing and growing the company’s federal civilian business. Janet, an accomplished federal healthcare executive who excels at delivering profitable growth, technological innovation and operational excellence, has been consistently recognized as a strategic, collaborative leader.
 

OptimizeRx Corp., a leading provider of digital health messaging for the pharmaceutical industry, has formed OptimizeMDs, a multi-specialty physician panel with the mission of improving the effectiveness of digital health communications delivered throughout the care continuum.
 

PDS is pleased to announce that it has become a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Foundation (CHIME Foundation), an affiliate of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). As a CHIME Foundation member firm, PDS will play a vital role in CHIME’s continuing education efforts and have opportunities to interact with leading healthcare executives and thought leaders.
 

Billings Clinic, Montana’s largest healthcare organization, has partnered with Health Catalyst, Inc. a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, to power its population health and outcomes-improvement programs. Billings Clinic is implementing the Health Catalyst Data Operating System (DOS™) to centralize its data analytics operations, eliminate data siloes among existing systems, enhance quality measurement and improve patient outcomes.
 

OptimizeRx Corp., a leading provider of digital health messaging for the pharmaceutical industry, announced a new partnership with IllumiCare, a pioneer in point-of-care healthcare information technology that saves hospitals millions annually. IllumiCare's Smart Ribbon® platform will feature a new app from OptimizeRx, the RxSavings App, to present drug savings opportunities—such as co-pay offers and vouchers—that providers and the clinical care team can distribute to the patient directly at the point-of-care.