Carestream has been awarded a multimillion-dollar healthcare IT contract for Veterans Affairs hospitals in the Pacific Northwest region, which includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and parts of Montana. Carestream will install its Clinical Collaboration Platform throughout VISN 20 healthcare facilities. The implementation of Carestream’s enterprise imaging platform (including Vue PACS, Vue Motion and Vue Archive) will help unify imaging and simplify medical image management.
HIMSS Corporate Member News
January
Carestream Health UK has been awarded a contract to supply University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust with a package of medical imaging solutions that will support co-ordinated, collaborative care across the Trust’s hospital sites. The procured CARESTREAM solutions will provide workflow management, clinical repository, diagnostic and image distribution functions as well as analytics applications to simplify medical image management and empower effective integration of services across sites for enhanced patient care.
International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra will install its enterprise breast imaging solution throughout the fifteen North Carolina-based breast centers of Charlotte Radiology. Upon project completion, radiologists will experience enhanced workflow productivity through multi-modality viewing on one workstation with the end goal of improved cancer care.
Guard RFID Solutions Inc., a proven expert in real-time location systems, announced today that it has successfully completed the certification for the integration of its AllGuard Real Time Location System with OnGuard 7.4, the latest version of Lenel’s open platform security system.
Today, Divurgent and Gevity, two leading healthcare IT consulting firms, announced that they have formalized a strategic business alliance to mutually benefit their clients by expanding their services across the United States and Canada. Divurgent and Gevity both offer strengths in healthcare information system design, implementation, and optimization and bring to this partnership proven methodologies and innovative practices.
Vocera Communications, Inc., a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced the launch of a new category of wearable communication devices that enables clinician agility and accelerates patient care. The Vocera Smartbadge combines smartphone usability with the hands-free freedom of the Vocera Badge to redefine healthcare communication – again.
December
Modernizing Medicine® today announced its orthopedic electronic health record (EHR), EMA™, delivers one of the best orthopedic workflows for the specialty, according to the KLAS Orthopedic EMR 2018 report. Modernizing Medicine’s EHR system was named a top performer for overall satisfaction and earned above average scores in key performance categories researched by KLAS.
CynergisTek, Inc., a leader in healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and information assurance, today announced it has formed a preferred partnership with Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics platform that protects patient privacy, to help health systems nationwide enhance patient privacy monitoring programs. The partnership will grant health systems access to Protenus’ robust analytics that leverages artificial intelligence to gather data related to potential patient privacy risks, along with CynergisTek’s Patient Privacy Monitoring Service, a managed service offering designed to implement and maintain an effective privacy monitoring analytics program with skilled privacy resources.
AbleVets LLC, a leading provider of advanced IT solutions for government, was awarded a Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWARSYSCEN) Atlantic Cyber Security Service Provider Vulnerability Analysis and Audit Support Task Order to provide full lifecycle network protection to the Defense Health Agency (DHA).
XIFIN, Inc. today unveiled XIFIN Revenue Performance Management (RPM) 10 to help diagnostic providers improve revenue, performance, and client and patient engagement. XIFIN RPM 10 is the only diagnostic-specific revenue cycle management (RCM) solution that incorporates machine learning-driven capabilities and offers next-generation business intelligence visualization and analytics. The solution also features new tools to address growing patient responsibility needs.
Health Catalyst, Inc., a next-generation data, analytics, and decision-support company, has been named one of the “Best Companies to Work For” by Utah Business.
According to a recent CMS Online Provider Directory Review Report, provider directory accuracy has not improved since its first review published in early 2017. The most common driver of errors is the reporting inaccurately at the group level rather than the provider level. This and other problem areas outlined, can be solved with VerifyHCP™ – a robust central repository of provider information that streamlines and automates ongoing management and maintenance of provider data integrity.
Julie M. Lewis has been appointed General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Carestream Health effective immediately. She will lead the company’s worldwide legal organization and is a member of the company’s senior executive leadership team
Intelligent Medical Objects Inc. (IMO), a market leader in medical terminology services for healthcare IT serving more than 4,500 hospitals, congratulates the winners of the AMIA PitchIT Competition with LOF, LLC at the 2018 AMIA Symposium in San Francisco, California on November 05, 2018. IMO is a co-sponsor of the program.
Zingbox, the provider of the most widely deployed healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) analytics platform, today announced that University of Iowa Health Care has deployed Zingbox’s IoT Guardian to protect and monitor their network of connected medical devices.
Orthopedic Center of Palm Beach County installed a CARESTREAM OnSight 3D Extremity System at its Atlantis, Fla., headquarters location. The practice’s hand, foot and ankle and sports medicine specialists have been extremely pleased with its image quality and performance, according to CEO John Hornberger.
Vocera Communications, Inc., a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Wake Forest Baptist Health deployed Vocera technology at a second hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Health Davie Medical Center, to improve clinical workflows, enhance patient surveillance, and elevate patient and staff experience.
Access today announced that one of the customers it has served the longest, Norman Regional Health System in Oklahoma, has selected its web-based platform Access Passport. The hospital has been using Access’s products for more than a decade to reduce paper use, speed processes, and get patient data into its MEDITECH EHR.
Woundtech, a leading provider of technology-enabled wound management services, today announced that Aqil Chishty has been formally named Chief Operating Officer (COO). Aqil joined the company as a consultant in July 2017 and was made interim COO in January 2018. Chishty's primary goal is to set the foundation for rapid corporate growth by ensuring that all processes, personnel and systems are in place. Prior to joining Woundtech, he served as Chief Executive Officer for MDIG, a radiology services company in Phoenix, Ariz.
Nicklaus Children’s Health System, one of the most-awarded pediatric healthcare organizations in the nation, has selected Health Catalyst, Inc., a leader in next-generation data, analytics, and decision support, to improve its revenue cycle management and optimize operations. Nicklaus Children’s will initially leverage Health Catalyst’s powerful, cloud-based Data Operating System (DOS™) to facilitate appropriate payment for services, and to better understand the costs of healthcare.
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