Cerner Corporation @Cerner and Dept. of Defense @DeptofDefense – As reported by Modern Healthcare last week, Cerner’s bid for the military EHR contract has gone unchallenged with the protest period for competing bidders now past. A DoD spokeswoman confirmed no challenges have been filed, clearing the way for Cerner on the planned EHR deployment expected to begin next year.
CMS @CMSgov and Anthem @askAnthem – Also reported by Modern Healthcare comes news that CMS has awarded Anthem subsidiary National Government Services a contract to help it disburse incentive payments to Medicare providers that have met the standards for meaningful use. As part of the nearly $7 million agreement, the claims processing company will make payments and process meaningful-use audit and cost-report audit demand letters, among other duties. The contract has one base year and four option years.
Logicalis @Logicalis – CIOs who think their data is secure should think again, warns Logicalis US, an international IT solutions and managed services provider. Every day, new organizations – including prominent retailers and even government agencies – join the ranks of an ever growing list of top-name enterprises whose infrastructures have been breached by hackers and cybercriminals. According to Logicalis, the only effective approach to security is a holistic, architectural approach that is manageable, adaptable, resilient and responsive. “Cyber attacks and data breaches can come through any device and any interface in an IT environment,” says Mike Johnson, Director of Collaboration and Networked Solutions, Logicalis US.“Imagine what will happen when the Internet of Things is fully underway and millions of hackable devices are interfacing with computing infrastructures on a daily basis.” Read the full release.
CA Technologies @CAinc and Xceedium @Xceedium – CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Xceedium, Inc., a provider of privileged identity management solutions that protect on-premise, cloud and hybrid IT environments. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close within the quarter. Recent mega breaches and growing compliance and audit demands have increased the need to control and manage the credentials and activities of privileged users who have unfettered access to high-value systems that store and process sensitive information. Acquiring Xceedium will extend CA’s security portfolio, giving customers a comprehensive solution for controlling and protecting IT administrator or other privileged user accounts from external attacks or insider mistakes and malicious misuse. Read the full press release.
Premier Inc. @PremierHA and Healthcare Insights @InsightsBuzz – Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a healthcare improvement company, announced it has acquired Healthcare Insights, LLC for $65 million in cash. Healthcare Insights is a privately-held, integrated financial management software developer that provides hospitals and healthcare systems with budgeting, forecasting, labor productivity and cost analytic capabilities.“As the healthcare industry becomes more complex, value-driven, and data-dependent, the need for health systems to clearly understand their performance in every arena is a top concern,” said Keith J. Figlioli, Premier’s senior vice president of health informatics. “It is not enough to have financial, operational and clinical data. Health systems must understand how to translate that information into effective cost containment strategies, as well as superior clinical outcomes.” Read the full press release.
Modernizing Medicine @modmed_EMA and Black Book @blackbookpolls – Modernizing Medicine announced that EMA Otolaryngology® and EMA Orthopedics® have joined EMA Dermatology® as the top ranked electronic health record (EHR) systems on the Black Book Market Research Top EHR lists for their respective specialties in 2015. In addition, the EHR system developed by recent acquisition target, gMed’s gGastro, also achieved #1 ranking on the Black Book Market Research Top EHR list for gastroenterology. Read the full release.
drchrono @drchrono – Also making Black Book’s top list, drchrono, developer of EHR platform on the iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and web was once again ranked the top mobile EHR app by over 30,000 physicians in Black Book Ranking’s 2015 independent survey. This marks the third consecutive year that drchrono has earned this designation. Read the full release.
AAFP @aafp and HealthFusion @HealthFusionInc – The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has entered into an Agreement with HealthFusion to offer HealthFusion’s software to its 120,900 Family Physician members. HealthFusion’s MediTouch® Electronic Health Record (EHR) system is a fully integrated, cloud-based EHR, Practice Management System, Claims Clearinghouse and Patient Portal. Read the full release.
Laurel Bridge Software and Veteran’s Health Administration @DeptVetAffairs – Laurel Bridge Software, a provider of medical imaging workflow solutions that simplify image enablement of the healthcare enterprise, announces their Compass™ DICOM image routing solution is being implemented across the entire Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA) VistA Imaging system. VistA Imaging, the national system that enables VA hospitals to maintain an enterprise-wide paperless and filmless EHR, captures over 468 million images annually. While currently used at 10 of the 21 VISN’s within the VA system, managing a wide range of medical imaging workflows, Compass will now be deployed across the entire VistA Imaging system. Once completed, most, if not all, of the medical imaging studies managed by VistA Imaging will pass through Compass. Read the full release.
OCHIN @OCHINInc and Boston HealthNet @The_BMC – OCHIN, Inc., one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Health IT and professional services organizations, announced it has entered into an agreement with Boston HealthNet for OCHIN’s EHR solution and supplementary services. Nine Boston HealthNet Community Health Centers will replace their current vendor with OCHIN’s EHR, practice management, and patient engagement solutions. Boston HealthNet (BHN) is a recognized Health Center Controlled Network comprised of Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, and 14 affiliated Community Health Centers (CHCs). BHN will be joining OCHIN’s collaborative, receiving full support for data conversion, project management, network and hardware technical assistance, training, and configuration of the OCHIN system. Read the full release.