Health IT Business News – November 24, 2014

Health IT Business NewsIatric Systems, Inc., a comprehensive healthcare IT integration company, and its longtime customer Memorial Healthcare today received the 2014 College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Collaboration Award. The award, which recognizes a collaboration between a healthcare facility and technology vendor that uses healthcare IT to help the hospital solve a problem, was presented this morning to Iatric Systems and Memorial Healthcare during the CHIME14 CIO Fall Forum. Read more

Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) has announced that Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), one of the largest health systems in the nation, has selected Allscripts Hosting Solution to provide enterprise-wide information technology (IT) through 2020. Using Allscripts hosting services CHI expects to see a reduction in IT infrastructure expenditures.Read More

CareCloud, provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and medical billing software and services, announced that it continued to expand its client base and achieved record total contract value for the third quarter of 2014. The company’s rapid growth was recognized in August when CareCloud was named to the 2014 Inc. 500, ranking 127th among America’s fastest growing companies – and placing in the top 20 for both health and Florida-based companies. Read More

Amazing Charts, developer of EHR systems for physician practices, was recognized by Medical Economics magazine as a Top 50 EHR vendor. Medical Economics,  a magazine for independent medical practices, also published an EHR Scorecard with system-feature ratings from thousands of physicians in the key areas that matter most to them. Amazing Charts was ranked number two for both Technical Support and Clinical Decision Support. Amazing Charts also came in sixth for Quality of Care and seventh for Patient Portal. Read More

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced that its NextGen RCM Services offering has earned top ranking in the KLAS 2014 Ambulatory RCM Services “Uncovering Truths When Services Are Outsourced” report. Read More

ePatientFinder is now offering a technology solution that helps physicians learn about clinical trial opportunities for their patients and identify patients who may benefit from taking part in a clinical trial. According to the company press release, ePatientFinder is available at no cost to physicians and health organizations and integrates with any EHR solution. Read More

Kareo, provider of cloud-based medical office software and services for small medical practices, announced it ranked 114 overall on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Kareo grew 1040 percent during the five-year ranking period, and ranked in the top three in healthcare IT and 14 in Southern California. Read More