Today’s Business News
On August 16 and 17, the 3rd annual Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) Symposium is returning to The Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Once again, program director Randall Wetzel, MD, along with a committee of representatives from nationally recognized companies and universities, has organized an interactive forum to tackle the “Big Data Revolution” as it applies to medicine. The symposium introduces physicians and researchers to “big data” experts such as computer scientists, engineers and statisticians. Together, this multidisciplinary team searches for relationships among documented clinical experiences that will guide innovation and research, and ultimately revolutionize the way healthcare professionals care for patients.
CynergisTek™, a provider of security solutions and services for healthcare organizations, announced it has teamed up with ComplyAssistant/ComplyConsult, a privately-held consulting and software company that focuses on compliance management and information technology, to provide Adventist HealthCare (AHC) with IT security services and solutions to ensure compliance and prepare for Meaningful Use (MU) attestation. ComplyAssistant and its service affiliate ComplyConsult, were selected by AHC for an IT security risk assessment, in order to meet the requirements of MU core measure 14. ComplyAssistant/ComplyConsult engaged CynergisTek’s services to assist with a tight deadline, and expedite completion of the assessment in time for MU attestation.
CareCloud has announced the next generation release of CareCloud Charts, the company’s cloud-based EHR solution. The latest release features new capabilities including rapid charting, intelligent task management, and real-time patient flows. This critical milestone, which comes at the heels of CareCloud’s Series B funding announcement in June 2013, reinforces the Company’s long-term mission to leverage the power of cloud computing to improve the quality and lower the cost of healthcare delivery.
LDM Group, a healthcare communications company, announced that NextGen Healthcare will offer LDM’s clinically relevant healthcare messaging programs to its ambulatory Electronic Health Record (EHR) clients. Under the agreement, NextGen Healthcare will offer LDM’s patented messaging platform to its network of providers and patients through various NextGen® EHR applications.
Liaison Healthcare, a global provider of secure cloud-based integration and data management services and solutions, announced the launch of its Lab Partner Program, designed to help labs provide more competitive outreach to the practices they serve. Through Liaison Healthcare’s EMR-Link™ lab hub, the Lab Partner Program offers orders and results connectivity for lab and radiology services, providing seamless integration between diagnostic centers and clinics.
Vitera Healthcare Solutions, a provider of ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, has announced that Jeremy Muench has recently joined the company’s leadership team as Senior Vice President of Client Operations.