Unique Partnership Launches First Pathway to Healthcare IT Jobs

June 23, 2020. Optimum Healthcare IT and the University of North Florida (UNF) today announced a partnership to provide a revolutionary new pathway to good healthcare IT jobs for graduating students. As millions of Americans are newly unemployed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and more younger Americans are underemployed due to a lack of digital skills and business knowledge employers are seeking, it is a crucial time to develop new frictionless pathways to robust jobs in growing sectors of the economy.


Carle Foundation Hospital Completes Successful Virtual Epic HER Go-Live with Pivot Point Consulting & Realizes Cost Savings and Virtual Efficiencies Too

NASHVILLE, TN. JUNE 22, 2020 Many healthcare organizations delayed their EHR implementations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Carle Foundation Hospital, a large integrated health system based in Champaign, Illinois, and Pivot Point Consulting worked together to rapidly “pivot” plans at the 11th hour – a pivot that not only resulted in a successful go-live on April 1, but also cost savings and virtual efficiencies.


Censinet Announces Free Program to Help Healthcare ProvidersQuickly Assess Risks with New Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Vendors

New PPE Third-Party Risk Assessment Program Allows Healthcare Organizations to Quickly and Securely Assess and On-Board PPE Vendors Boston – June 18, 2020 – Censinet, the leading collaborative risk network for healthcare providers, today announced a new free program that will enable healthcare providers to quickly assess the security risks of new personal protective equipment... read more

DrFirst and MARQUIS Med Rec Collaborative Partnering to Help End Error-Prone Medication Reconciliation Processes

Using best practices when taking medication history with DrFirst’s MedHx reduces discrepancies and adverse drug events ROCKVILLE, Md. and BOSTON, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Adverse drug events (ADEs) caused by medication discrepancies are estimated to affect as many as 40% of hospitalized patients and up to 17% of patients in the 30 days following discharge and yet are largely underreported in... read more

Medigate Honored With Eight Awards in Multiple Awards Programs

Awards highlight vital need for one IoT security solution that discovers, manages and secures all devices on healthcare delivery organizations’ networks NEW YORK, February 27, 2020 — Medigate, the first dedicated healthcare IoT security and asset management platform, today announced that it won a total of eight awards across a variety of categories in four different... read more

Medigate Launches Healthcare Protection Solution for Clinical Data Centers and Networks

Strategic Collaboration and Powerful Integration Provides Hospitals with Streamlined Single Cybersecurity Solution for Healthcare Devices NEW YORK, June 10, 2020 — Medigate, a dedicated medical device security and asset management solution firm, today announced the Medigate Healthcare Protection Solution powered by Dell Technologies. The Medigate collaboration with Dell Technologies and VMware provides hospitals and healthcare organizations... read more

Medigate Named As One of the “Top 20 IoT Startups to Watch” by Forbes Magazine

Firm’s extensive healthcare expertise and dedicated focus on medical device security lauded for protecting clinical networks against many cyber threats NEW YORK, June 11, 2020 — Medigate, a dedicated medical device security and asset management solution firm, today announced that Forbes magazine recognized it as one of the “Top 20 IoT Startups to Watch in 2020”. This designation notes... read more

PatientPing Secures $60 Million in Series C Funding to Continue Expansion of National Electronic Notifications Network

Company to Scale Capabilities and Reach as Need for Real-Time Notifications About Patients’ Care Encounters Becomes Federally Mandated Boston —(June 9, 2020)— PatientPing, the nation’s leading care collaboration and e-notifications platform, today announced that it has raised $60 million in Series C funding to fuel expansion to new geographies and extend capabilities. Powered by the nation’s... read more

Impact Advisors Named to CRN Solution Provider 500 List

Firm ranked among North America’s largest 500 technology integrators CHICAGO (June 8, 2020) — Impact Advisors, a leading provider of strategy, performance excellence, revenue cycle management, ERP, implementation, and technology consulting services to the healthcare industry, announced today that CRN ®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named the firm to its 2020 Solution Provider 500 list (SP... read more

CI Security Announces Strategic Agreement with SYNNEX Corporation to Expand Channel Program

Managed Detection and Response Provider Signs Distribution Deal with SYNNEX   SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CI Security®, a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Professional Services provider specializing in protecting the networks of essential organizations and critical infrastructure, today announced a strategic agreement with SYNNEX Corporation, a leading business process services company in the Americas and Japan. CI Security,... read more

Healthgrades COVID-19 Patient Confidence Study Shows Consumer Confidence Towards Healthcare Providers on the Rise

Study Aligns with Significant Increases in Physician Search Activity at Healthgrades.com DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Patient confidence in visiting healthcare providers is at the highest levels since March 27, according to a new study conducted by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems, in partnership with Infosurv. The COVID-19 Patient Confidence Study, a weekly measure of consumer... read more

Impact Advisors Receives Top Honors in KLAS’ Clinical Optimization Services Report

CHICAGO (June 1, 2020) — Impact Advisors, a leading provider of strategy, performance excellence, revenue cycle management, ERP, implementation, and technology consulting services to the healthcare industry, announced today that it has been recognized by KLAS in the Clinical Optimization Services 2020 report. The firm is one of five firms recognized in the report with an overall score... read more

Allscripts U.K. client Gloucestershire Hospitals achieves successful go-live with e-observations solution amidst COVID-19 pandemic

NHS Foundation Trust deploys new EHR functionality to identify and escalate treatment for its sickest patients; Allscripts creates a Go-Live Virtual Office to provide 24/7 remote go-live support CHICAGO – May 21, 2020 – Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, located in the United Kingdom, has successfully gone live with the latest addition to its Allscripts... read more

Capsule’s Ventilated Patient Surveillance Workstation Helping to Meet Hospital Care Demands for Critical COVID-19 Patients

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEM AMONG NEW SITES TO GO-LIVE ANDOVER, MA—MAY 21, 2020—As hospitals confront the COVID-19 pandemic, caregivers need tools to help them manage a large and dispersed population of ventilated patients safely and effectively. To that end, Capsule Technologies offered the Ventilated Patient Surveillance (VPS) workstation providing present users of the company’s Medical Device... read more

ANCILE Solutions Joins CHIME Foundation to Help Transform Health IT Training

Elkridge, Maryland – May 21, 2020 – ANCILE Solutions, the company behind the market-leading Digital Learning Platform uPerform®, 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,... read more

Allscripts receives top rankings from Black Book™ Research

Annual survey client satisfaction results reveal company receives high rankings in both ambulatory and acute settings CHICAGO – May 14, 2020 – Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) has been recognized as the top-rated electronic health record vendor for ambulatory practices and inpatient hospitals according to new survey results from Black Book Research. The annual client satisfaction survey... read more