<![CDATA[HIStalk Sponsor Announcements - All Forums]]> https://histalk.com/forum/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:56:50 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[SPECIAL VIRTUAL EVENT - AI in Ambulatory Care: What Your Practice Needs to Know]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2318 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:43:04 +0000 Jasmine Torres]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2318 Tuesday, August 11th at 10AM PST/1PM EST for a special guest speaker event featuring Nirav Desai, as we discuss how healthcare organizations can confidently evaluate, implement, and maximize the value of AI.

This session will cover:

AI Scribes — Understanding What You're Actually Buying
Not all ambient documentation tools are the same. Learn the real differences between basic transcription, EHR-integrated AI, and enterprise-grade tools — and what those differences mean for your clinical workflows, your staff, and your patient data.

From "What Does It Cost?" to "What Does It Save?"
The most important mindset shift in evaluating AI for your practice. Learn how to frame real ROI — from physician time recovered and administrative burden reduced, to revenue captured and staff retention improved.

AI and Patient Data — What Every Practice Needs to Know
PHI, HIPAA, and the security implications of third-party AI tools. Before you connect any AI to your practice environment, there are questions you need to ask — and answers you need documented.

Getting Your Team to Actually Use It
Technology adoption without people adoption isn't adoption at all. Learn why AI change management requires a different approach — and what the practices getting it right are doing differently.


If you're evaluating AI initiatives for your organization, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.

Register Today: https://buff.ly/5X4ffxv


About Our Speaker:

Nirav Desai has spent 30 years at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and enterprise strategy. He has held senior executive roles in the healthcare and wellness industry — including SVP & Managing Director at McGriff / Peak Health and head of Strategy & Innovation at Pulse Centers — and has worked with many of the largest names in healthcare and life sciences, including GE, Baxter, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, and UPMC. His advisory work runs deep with the independent physician practices and multispecialty groups that make up the ambulatory care world.]]> Tuesday, August 11th at 10AM PST/1PM EST for a special guest speaker event featuring Nirav Desai, as we discuss how healthcare organizations can confidently evaluate, implement, and maximize the value of AI.

This session will cover:

AI Scribes — Understanding What You're Actually Buying
Not all ambient documentation tools are the same. Learn the real differences between basic transcription, EHR-integrated AI, and enterprise-grade tools — and what those differences mean for your clinical workflows, your staff, and your patient data.

From "What Does It Cost?" to "What Does It Save?"
The most important mindset shift in evaluating AI for your practice. Learn how to frame real ROI — from physician time recovered and administrative burden reduced, to revenue captured and staff retention improved.

AI and Patient Data — What Every Practice Needs to Know
PHI, HIPAA, and the security implications of third-party AI tools. Before you connect any AI to your practice environment, there are questions you need to ask — and answers you need documented.

Getting Your Team to Actually Use It
Technology adoption without people adoption isn't adoption at all. Learn why AI change management requires a different approach — and what the practices getting it right are doing differently.


If you're evaluating AI initiatives for your organization, this is a conversation you won't want to miss.

Register Today: https://buff.ly/5X4ffxv


About Our Speaker:

Nirav Desai has spent 30 years at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and enterprise strategy. He has held senior executive roles in the healthcare and wellness industry — including SVP & Managing Director at McGriff / Peak Health and head of Strategy & Innovation at Pulse Centers — and has worked with many of the largest names in healthcare and life sciences, including GE, Baxter, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, and UPMC. His advisory work runs deep with the independent physician practices and multispecialty groups that make up the ambulatory care world.]]> <![CDATA[Harrison Memorial Hospital's Path to Scheduling Appointments in Half the Time]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2317 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:09 +0000 ABarron]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2317 Challenge


Harrison Memorial Hospital faced missed follow-ups, scheduling delays, and fragmented communication around appointments. Additional issues included appointments being scheduled without required provider signatures—especially in high-volume areas such as Radiology, Cardiology, and Respiratory Therapy. Disconnected order and scheduling processes, reliance on manual tracking, and duplicated authorization work further contributed to inefficiencies and inconsistencies.

Results

Appointment scheduling time was reduced by approximately 50%, and errors decreased significantly. By optimizing the CWS module, the organization achieved productivity gains equivalent to nearly four full-time employees—without adding headcount.

~25 Scheduling staff hours saved each day | 499 Standardized appointment types for scheduling accuracy | 50% Reduction in time to schedule appointments

About the Provider

Harrison Memorial Hospital has been a cornerstone of healthcare in Kentucky communities since 1906. Originally founded as a community hospital, it has grown into a modern facility offering advanced medical technology and specialized care. Through partnerships with leading physician specialists, the hospital provides high-quality healthcare close to home. Harrison Memorial Hospital employs over 100 physicians and advanced practice providers, continuing its mission to deliver accessible and exceptional healthcare services.

A Team Effort for Appointment Scheduling Wins

Harrison’s Director of Patient Access, Megon Northcutt, reported the improvements and had this comment:

“I am grateful for all your help with the CWS 1:1 build. We couldn’t have done it without your support and expertise. You’ve been invaluable throughout this process. It was a great team effort.”
Megon K. Northcutt | Harrison Memorial Hospital, Revenue Cycle Manager

Since implementing the CWS (Community Wide Scheduling) 1:1 scheduling model and leveraging the Hold Queue, staff can manage requests more efficiently, validate patient demographics upfront, and ensure accurate test scheduling with far less back-and-forth. The improved workflow has strengthened time management and significantly increased scheduling accuracy. Northcutt estimates scheduling call time has been reduced by 50% or more.

Life after Scheduling Workflow Optimization 

Harrison Memorial Hospital (HMH) partnered with CereCore during its MEDITECH Expanse implementation to assess and optimize Community Wide Scheduling (CWS), Authorization/Referral Management, and Registration workflows. The focus: strengthen system utilization, improve configuration, and better support administrative operations.

These efforts delivered measurable impact across departments:
  • Radiology now receives complete, accurate orders, with edits routed back to providers via the Sign List—closing the loop and eliminating downstream rework.
  • External order intake improved with ~500 new appointment types, reducing scheduling friction and provider back-and-forth.
  • Automated workflows—including pending appointment tracking and provider signature routing—cut manual follow-up time and allow staff to focus more on patient care.

Appointment Workflow Improvements with Multi-Departmental Impact

Imaging and Respiratory Therapy:
  • Clearer order-to-appointment mapping and standardized instructions
  • Fewer errors and greater workflow consistency

Scheduling and Utilization Management:
  • Less time spent correcting appointments or chasing signatures
  • Improved closure rates with Sign List integration

For External Referrals:
  • Smoother intake with expanded appointment types aligned to orders.

Additional Benefits for Scheduling
  • Reduced scheduling errors and incorrect test bookings.
  • Improved patient throughput and reduced day-of-service delays.
  • Decreased call volume and staff workload.
  • Enhanced staff satisfaction and workflow consistency.
  • Better alignment between clinical orders and scheduling processes.

How Clinical Efficiency Improvements Were Achieved

CereCore partnered closely with departments to rebuild scheduling processes end-to-end. This included:
  • Redesigning the CWS appointment dictionary to establish direct linkage between OM orders and appointment types.
  • Developing department-specific instruction sets to minimize errors and improve clarity.
  • Supporting the design and testing of updated workflows for pending appointments and authorization routing.
  • Providing classroom training and tip sheets to reinforce new workflows and ensure staff readiness at Go Live.
  • Delivering Go Live support and post-implementation stabilization.
  • Helping identify and build new Worklists where needed to support improved task management and follow-up visibility.
  • Addressing challenges with external orders by expanding appointment offerings—ultimately building approximately 500 standardized appointment types to support more accurate scheduling and intake for both internal and referred patients.

Results
Through a comprehensive redesign of CWS, Authorization/Referral Management, and Registration workflows within MEDITECH Expanse, Harrison Memorial Hospital achieved:
  • ~50% reduction in scheduling time
  • Significant decrease in errors and rework
  • Streamlined, connected order-to-appointment processes
  • Improved tracking, authorization management, and staff efficiency

The result: a more accurate, efficient scheduling operation that supports both staff productivity and patient care—without adding headcount.

Ready to get started? Contact us.]]> Challenge


Harrison Memorial Hospital faced missed follow-ups, scheduling delays, and fragmented communication around appointments. Additional issues included appointments being scheduled without required provider signatures—especially in high-volume areas such as Radiology, Cardiology, and Respiratory Therapy. Disconnected order and scheduling processes, reliance on manual tracking, and duplicated authorization work further contributed to inefficiencies and inconsistencies.

Results

Appointment scheduling time was reduced by approximately 50%, and errors decreased significantly. By optimizing the CWS module, the organization achieved productivity gains equivalent to nearly four full-time employees—without adding headcount.

~25 Scheduling staff hours saved each day | 499 Standardized appointment types for scheduling accuracy | 50% Reduction in time to schedule appointments

About the Provider

Harrison Memorial Hospital has been a cornerstone of healthcare in Kentucky communities since 1906. Originally founded as a community hospital, it has grown into a modern facility offering advanced medical technology and specialized care. Through partnerships with leading physician specialists, the hospital provides high-quality healthcare close to home. Harrison Memorial Hospital employs over 100 physicians and advanced practice providers, continuing its mission to deliver accessible and exceptional healthcare services.

A Team Effort for Appointment Scheduling Wins

Harrison’s Director of Patient Access, Megon Northcutt, reported the improvements and had this comment:

“I am grateful for all your help with the CWS 1:1 build. We couldn’t have done it without your support and expertise. You’ve been invaluable throughout this process. It was a great team effort.”
Megon K. Northcutt | Harrison Memorial Hospital, Revenue Cycle Manager

Since implementing the CWS (Community Wide Scheduling) 1:1 scheduling model and leveraging the Hold Queue, staff can manage requests more efficiently, validate patient demographics upfront, and ensure accurate test scheduling with far less back-and-forth. The improved workflow has strengthened time management and significantly increased scheduling accuracy. Northcutt estimates scheduling call time has been reduced by 50% or more.

Life after Scheduling Workflow Optimization 

Harrison Memorial Hospital (HMH) partnered with CereCore during its MEDITECH Expanse implementation to assess and optimize Community Wide Scheduling (CWS), Authorization/Referral Management, and Registration workflows. The focus: strengthen system utilization, improve configuration, and better support administrative operations.

These efforts delivered measurable impact across departments:
  • Radiology now receives complete, accurate orders, with edits routed back to providers via the Sign List—closing the loop and eliminating downstream rework.
  • External order intake improved with ~500 new appointment types, reducing scheduling friction and provider back-and-forth.
  • Automated workflows—including pending appointment tracking and provider signature routing—cut manual follow-up time and allow staff to focus more on patient care.

Appointment Workflow Improvements with Multi-Departmental Impact

Imaging and Respiratory Therapy:
  • Clearer order-to-appointment mapping and standardized instructions
  • Fewer errors and greater workflow consistency

Scheduling and Utilization Management:
  • Less time spent correcting appointments or chasing signatures
  • Improved closure rates with Sign List integration

For External Referrals:
  • Smoother intake with expanded appointment types aligned to orders.

Additional Benefits for Scheduling
  • Reduced scheduling errors and incorrect test bookings.
  • Improved patient throughput and reduced day-of-service delays.
  • Decreased call volume and staff workload.
  • Enhanced staff satisfaction and workflow consistency.
  • Better alignment between clinical orders and scheduling processes.

How Clinical Efficiency Improvements Were Achieved

CereCore partnered closely with departments to rebuild scheduling processes end-to-end. This included:
  • Redesigning the CWS appointment dictionary to establish direct linkage between OM orders and appointment types.
  • Developing department-specific instruction sets to minimize errors and improve clarity.
  • Supporting the design and testing of updated workflows for pending appointments and authorization routing.
  • Providing classroom training and tip sheets to reinforce new workflows and ensure staff readiness at Go Live.
  • Delivering Go Live support and post-implementation stabilization.
  • Helping identify and build new Worklists where needed to support improved task management and follow-up visibility.
  • Addressing challenges with external orders by expanding appointment offerings—ultimately building approximately 500 standardized appointment types to support more accurate scheduling and intake for both internal and referred patients.

Results
Through a comprehensive redesign of CWS, Authorization/Referral Management, and Registration workflows within MEDITECH Expanse, Harrison Memorial Hospital achieved:
  • ~50% reduction in scheduling time
  • Significant decrease in errors and rework
  • Streamlined, connected order-to-appointment processes
  • Improved tracking, authorization management, and staff efficiency

The result: a more accurate, efficient scheduling operation that supports both staff productivity and patient care—without adding headcount.

Ready to get started? Contact us.]]> <![CDATA[News Release: Pacific Clinics Selects Netsmart to Advance Behavioral Healthcare in CA]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2316 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:40:28 +0000 Natalie Caruso]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2316 Netsmart Media Contact:
Natalie Caruso
ncaruso@ntst.com
913.308.2080
 
Pacific Clinics Selects Netsmart to Advance Connected, Community-Based Care Across California
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 21, 2026 — Netsmart, an industry-leading healthcare technology partner, announced that Pacific Clinics, California’s leading community-based behavioral health nonprofit provider, selected the Netsmart CareFabric® platform to advance connected care, strengthen operational efficiency and support long-term growth. Through a scalable, integrated technology foundation, Pacific Clinics aims to enhance care coordination, support data-driven decision-making and improve service delivery in California’s complex behavioral health environment.

As Pacific Clinics continues to expand its reach across the state, the agency is investing in a unified platform approach, targeting improved enterprise-wide visibility, reduced administrative complexity and support towards more consistent workflows across programs and service lines. Through the implementation of myAvatar™, a behavioral health electronic health record (EHR) with near-real-time analytics and clinical decision support, Pacific Clinics aims to strengthen integrated care delivery. myAvatar will also support the agency’s interoperability strategy by enabling the exchange of essential treatment data across EHRs and other health systems.

“Pacific Clinics is focused on investing in technology that supports our workforce, strengthens care coordination and helps us continue delivering high-quality care in the communities we serve,” said Gordon Richardson, senior vice president of clinical administration, Pacific Clinics. “As we looked at our long-term strategy, we sought a partner that understood the complexity of California, could support our operational growth, and shared our commitment to using technology in a responsible, practical and mission-driven way.”

By collaborating with Netsmart, Pacific Clinics will leverage the CareManager™ population health management solution to support its Medi-Cal Enhanced Care Management (ECM) program with enhanced care coordination, data reporting and analytics. CareManager will help Pacific Clinics establish more scalable, centralized and automated workflows, supporting better coordination of services for individuals with complex needs. Coordinating demographic, clinical and payer data in one location will help support more efficient care manager assignments and streamlined task automation while providing greater visibility into outcomes, operational performance and service quality as Pacific Clinics continues expanding across California.

“Pacific Clinics has a clear vision for using technology to strengthen high-quality care delivery, support its workforce and expand access to services across the communities it serves,” said Kevin Mallot, senior vice president and general manager, human services, Netsmart. “As community-based providers navigate complex reimbursement models, growing demand for services and increasing pressure to demonstrate outcomes, Netsmart is proud to collaborate with Pacific Clinics to implement the CareFabric platform for care coordination, interoperability, automation and data-driven insights.”

Read the full news release linked here to learn more.]]> Netsmart Media Contact:
Natalie Caruso
ncaruso@ntst.com
913.308.2080
 
Pacific Clinics Selects Netsmart to Advance Connected, Community-Based Care Across California
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 21, 2026 — Netsmart, an industry-leading healthcare technology partner, announced that Pacific Clinics, California’s leading community-based behavioral health nonprofit provider, selected the Netsmart CareFabric® platform to advance connected care, strengthen operational efficiency and support long-term growth. Through a scalable, integrated technology foundation, Pacific Clinics aims to enhance care coordination, support data-driven decision-making and improve service delivery in California’s complex behavioral health environment.

As Pacific Clinics continues to expand its reach across the state, the agency is investing in a unified platform approach, targeting improved enterprise-wide visibility, reduced administrative complexity and support towards more consistent workflows across programs and service lines. Through the implementation of myAvatar™, a behavioral health electronic health record (EHR) with near-real-time analytics and clinical decision support, Pacific Clinics aims to strengthen integrated care delivery. myAvatar will also support the agency’s interoperability strategy by enabling the exchange of essential treatment data across EHRs and other health systems.

“Pacific Clinics is focused on investing in technology that supports our workforce, strengthens care coordination and helps us continue delivering high-quality care in the communities we serve,” said Gordon Richardson, senior vice president of clinical administration, Pacific Clinics. “As we looked at our long-term strategy, we sought a partner that understood the complexity of California, could support our operational growth, and shared our commitment to using technology in a responsible, practical and mission-driven way.”

By collaborating with Netsmart, Pacific Clinics will leverage the CareManager™ population health management solution to support its Medi-Cal Enhanced Care Management (ECM) program with enhanced care coordination, data reporting and analytics. CareManager will help Pacific Clinics establish more scalable, centralized and automated workflows, supporting better coordination of services for individuals with complex needs. Coordinating demographic, clinical and payer data in one location will help support more efficient care manager assignments and streamlined task automation while providing greater visibility into outcomes, operational performance and service quality as Pacific Clinics continues expanding across California.

“Pacific Clinics has a clear vision for using technology to strengthen high-quality care delivery, support its workforce and expand access to services across the communities it serves,” said Kevin Mallot, senior vice president and general manager, human services, Netsmart. “As community-based providers navigate complex reimbursement models, growing demand for services and increasing pressure to demonstrate outcomes, Netsmart is proud to collaborate with Pacific Clinics to implement the CareFabric platform for care coordination, interoperability, automation and data-driven insights.”

Read the full news release linked here to learn more.]]> <![CDATA[AGFA HealthCare successfully renews HITRUST i1 Certification, Demonstrating Commitmen]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2315 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:58:13 +0000 LAdcock]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2315 AGFA HealthCare successfully renews HITRUST i1 Certification, Demonstrating Commitment to Cybersecurity and Information Protection for the second consecutive year


HITRUST Certification validates that AGFA HealthCare is meeting rigorous cybersecurity and data protection standards through independent assessment and assurance.
 
Mortsel, Belgium, 17 July 2026 – AGFA HealthCare, a leading provider of imaging IT solutions, today announced its Enterprise Imaging platform has once again earned certified status from HITRUST for cybersecurity and information protection.
The HITRUST Certification demonstrates that AGFA HealthCare has met requirements defined by leading cybersecurity and regulatory frameworks, confirming that strong controls are in place to protect sensitive data and manage risk effectively.
 
Built on the HITRUST Assurance Program, this achievement reflects independent third-party testing, centralized quality assurance, and certification backed by HITRUST’s Cyber Threat-Adaptive engine. These elements ensure continuous alignment with the latest threat intelligence and evolving standards across NIST, ISO, and OWASP.
 
“As cybersecurity expectations rise, our stakeholders expect credible, validated assurance,” said Jarius Jackson, Info Security & Privacy Tech Specialist for AGFA HealthCare. “Achieving HITRUST Certification reinforces our ongoing commitment to protecting data, managing risk, and maintaining the trust of those we serve.”
 
“Earning HITRUST Certification demonstrates AGFA HealthCare’s commitment to managing information risk and protecting sensitive data through a rigorous, proven assurance process,” said Gregory Webb, CEO of HITRUST. “This achievement reflects the organization’s proactive approach to cybersecurity and trust.”
 
HITRUST i1 certification demonstrates that AGFA HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging Solutions are leveraging a comprehensive standard, covering 182 control requirements – including mappings to over 40 authoritative sources – to protect against current and emerging threats.
 
The HITRUST i1 Validated Assessment and Certification allows organizations to demonstrate that they address cybersecurity challenges and remain cyber resilient over time. The re-certification in 2026 demonstrates that as threats evolve, so does AGFA HealthCare, once again demonstrating how we are putting our customers’ data security as our #1 priority.
 
About AGFA HealthCare
 
At AGFA HealthCare, we understand that striking the critical balance between clinical efficiency and quality patient care starts with the clinician experience. We recognize how vital it is for clinicians to be fully immersed in their cases, channeling all their energy into delivering confident, informed diagnoses. That’s why we designed our Enterprise Imaging platform to eliminate the barriers that get in the way. When distractions melt away, technology feels like an extension of one’s thought process, and each clinician has everything they need to perform at the top of their craft.  That’s life in flow.
 
This belief shapes everything we do - guided by our Mission, Vision, and Customer Delivery Principles, which are designed to empower clinicians and elevate their experience. 
 
AGFA HealthCare is a division of the Agfa-Gevaert Group. For more information on AGFA HealthCare, please visit www.agfahealthcare.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
AGFA and the Agfa rhombus are registered trademarks of Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Belgium or its affiliates. All information contained herein is intended for guidance purposes only, and the characteristics of the products and services described in this publication can be changed at any time without notice. Products and services may not be available for your local area. Please contact your local sales representative for availability information. AGFA HealthCare diligently strives to provide as accurate information as possible but shall not be responsible for any typographical error.
 
Media Contact: Jessica Baldry, jessica.baldry@agfa.com, AGFA HealthCare
 ]]> AGFA HealthCare successfully renews HITRUST i1 Certification, Demonstrating Commitment to Cybersecurity and Information Protection for the second consecutive year


HITRUST Certification validates that AGFA HealthCare is meeting rigorous cybersecurity and data protection standards through independent assessment and assurance.
 
Mortsel, Belgium, 17 July 2026 – AGFA HealthCare, a leading provider of imaging IT solutions, today announced its Enterprise Imaging platform has once again earned certified status from HITRUST for cybersecurity and information protection.
The HITRUST Certification demonstrates that AGFA HealthCare has met requirements defined by leading cybersecurity and regulatory frameworks, confirming that strong controls are in place to protect sensitive data and manage risk effectively.
 
Built on the HITRUST Assurance Program, this achievement reflects independent third-party testing, centralized quality assurance, and certification backed by HITRUST’s Cyber Threat-Adaptive engine. These elements ensure continuous alignment with the latest threat intelligence and evolving standards across NIST, ISO, and OWASP.
 
“As cybersecurity expectations rise, our stakeholders expect credible, validated assurance,” said Jarius Jackson, Info Security & Privacy Tech Specialist for AGFA HealthCare. “Achieving HITRUST Certification reinforces our ongoing commitment to protecting data, managing risk, and maintaining the trust of those we serve.”
 
“Earning HITRUST Certification demonstrates AGFA HealthCare’s commitment to managing information risk and protecting sensitive data through a rigorous, proven assurance process,” said Gregory Webb, CEO of HITRUST. “This achievement reflects the organization’s proactive approach to cybersecurity and trust.”
 
HITRUST i1 certification demonstrates that AGFA HealthCare’s Enterprise Imaging Solutions are leveraging a comprehensive standard, covering 182 control requirements – including mappings to over 40 authoritative sources – to protect against current and emerging threats.
 
The HITRUST i1 Validated Assessment and Certification allows organizations to demonstrate that they address cybersecurity challenges and remain cyber resilient over time. The re-certification in 2026 demonstrates that as threats evolve, so does AGFA HealthCare, once again demonstrating how we are putting our customers’ data security as our #1 priority.
 
About AGFA HealthCare
 
At AGFA HealthCare, we understand that striking the critical balance between clinical efficiency and quality patient care starts with the clinician experience. We recognize how vital it is for clinicians to be fully immersed in their cases, channeling all their energy into delivering confident, informed diagnoses. That’s why we designed our Enterprise Imaging platform to eliminate the barriers that get in the way. When distractions melt away, technology feels like an extension of one’s thought process, and each clinician has everything they need to perform at the top of their craft.  That’s life in flow.
 
This belief shapes everything we do - guided by our Mission, Vision, and Customer Delivery Principles, which are designed to empower clinicians and elevate their experience. 
 
AGFA HealthCare is a division of the Agfa-Gevaert Group. For more information on AGFA HealthCare, please visit www.agfahealthcare.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
AGFA and the Agfa rhombus are registered trademarks of Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Belgium or its affiliates. All information contained herein is intended for guidance purposes only, and the characteristics of the products and services described in this publication can be changed at any time without notice. Products and services may not be available for your local area. Please contact your local sales representative for availability information. AGFA HealthCare diligently strives to provide as accurate information as possible but shall not be responsible for any typographical error.
 
Media Contact: Jessica Baldry, jessica.baldry@agfa.com, AGFA HealthCare
 ]]> <![CDATA[SlicedHealth Announces New Operational Platform]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2314 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:45:21 +0000 EBarnhouse]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2314
GROW is an AI-enabled layer for health system operations that connects contracts to the activity they are supposed to govern, including credentialing, compliance, purchasing, and invoicing, so a hospital can see not only what an agreement says, but whether it is actually being honored in day to day practice.

Instead of asking a finance team to manually cross-check every invoice against contract terms, or a compliance officer to manually scan federal exclusion lists, GROW runs that validation continuously in the background. When something does not line up, whether it is an invoice paid above the negotiated rate or a provider whose credentialing is nearing expiration, the platform surfaces it immediately, with enough context that someone can act that day rather than next quarter.

GROW is organized into modular studios that a hospital can activate based on its own priorities. A hospital might start with the Contracts Studio to centralize agreements and validate invoices against them, then add the Credentialing Studio once provider onboarding becomes the more pressing concern, or the Compliance Studio to keep continuous watch over federal and state exclusion lists rather than relying on an annual manual review. The organization decides what it needs first, and the platform grows alongside it from there.

Getting started does not require a long implementation runway either. A hospital sends over its existing contracts, and the SlicedHealth team handles migration, structuring, and configuration without pulling internal IT staff into a months-long project. Most organizations are operational within a day of kickoff, with no implementation fee standing between them and the value the platform delivers.

Sustainable growth for a rural or community hospital rarely comes from one bold move. It comes from closing the gap between what an organization has already earned and what it collects, while staying alert enough to notice new opportunities as they appear. That kind of visibility runs deeper than a quarterly dashboard and faster than a manual audit ever could.

The agreements, credentialing records, and compliance requirements already sitting inside your hospital hold more value than most teams realize, and that value has been there all along, waiting on someone to watch it closely enough to find it. GROW was launched to do exactly that. Find out more at slicedhealth.com/grow

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GROW is an AI-enabled layer for health system operations that connects contracts to the activity they are supposed to govern, including credentialing, compliance, purchasing, and invoicing, so a hospital can see not only what an agreement says, but whether it is actually being honored in day to day practice.

Instead of asking a finance team to manually cross-check every invoice against contract terms, or a compliance officer to manually scan federal exclusion lists, GROW runs that validation continuously in the background. When something does not line up, whether it is an invoice paid above the negotiated rate or a provider whose credentialing is nearing expiration, the platform surfaces it immediately, with enough context that someone can act that day rather than next quarter.

GROW is organized into modular studios that a hospital can activate based on its own priorities. A hospital might start with the Contracts Studio to centralize agreements and validate invoices against them, then add the Credentialing Studio once provider onboarding becomes the more pressing concern, or the Compliance Studio to keep continuous watch over federal and state exclusion lists rather than relying on an annual manual review. The organization decides what it needs first, and the platform grows alongside it from there.

Getting started does not require a long implementation runway either. A hospital sends over its existing contracts, and the SlicedHealth team handles migration, structuring, and configuration without pulling internal IT staff into a months-long project. Most organizations are operational within a day of kickoff, with no implementation fee standing between them and the value the platform delivers.

Sustainable growth for a rural or community hospital rarely comes from one bold move. It comes from closing the gap between what an organization has already earned and what it collects, while staying alert enough to notice new opportunities as they appear. That kind of visibility runs deeper than a quarterly dashboard and faster than a manual audit ever could.

The agreements, credentialing records, and compliance requirements already sitting inside your hospital hold more value than most teams realize, and that value has been there all along, waiting on someone to watch it closely enough to find it. GROW was launched to do exactly that. Find out more at slicedhealth.com/grow

.pdf   GROW - One Pager.pdf (Size: 578.13 KB / Downloads: 2) ]]> <![CDATA[News Release: California DSH Selects Netsmart for Continuum-EHR Project]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2313 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:30:44 +0000 Natalie Caruso]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2313 Netsmart Media Contact:
Natalie Caruso
ncaruso@ntst.com
913.308.2080

 
The California Department of State Hospitals Selects Netsmart as Its Modernized, Data-Driven Technology Platform
Collaboration builds on Netsmart leadership in the public sector, expanding relationships across California while advancing connected, data-driven care for behavioral healthcare

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 9, 2026 — The California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) has selected the Netsmart CareFabric®  platform to enhance clinical, operational and financial efficiencies across the Department’s five inpatient state hospitals. Through this collaboration, California DSH will deploy a full suite of Netsmart solutions and services to help its providers advance care delivery, streamline operations and strengthen connectivity across DSH facilities.

The collaboration further demonstrates continued momentum for Netsmart in the public sector space, expanding its reach to support 18 counties across California and, at a national level, more than 30 state hospital systems, nearly 200 county agencies and 200,000 providers across the U.S. public sector. As state agencies, counties and behavioral health providers face growing demands around patient safety, care coordination, reporting, workforce support and operational efficiency, Netsmart provides a purpose-built technology foundation designed to support the specialized needs of government communities.

DSH operates the largest inpatient state hospital system in the country, overseeing five state hospitals located in the California communities of Atascadero, Coalinga, Napa, Norwalk and Patton. Across these high-acuity hospital environments, DSH delivers specialized care for individuals with complex behavioral health needs, including patients receiving forensic evaluation, treatment and competency restoration services. The Continuum-EHR Project represents a significant advancement in DSH’s commitment to strengthening patient safety, improving care coordination and continuity, supporting competency restoration and forensic treatment workflows, and reducing administrative burden on staff in high‑acuity hospital environments across the Department.

“DSH is committed to strengthening the systems and tools that support our hospitals, programs and the individuals we serve,” said Stephanie Clendenin, Director of California Department of State Hospitals. “The Continuum-EHR Project advances our mission by modernizing our technology foundation to better support clinical care, enhance patient safety, streamline operations and improve access to information across our statewide care continuum. We look forward to collaborating with Netsmart as we advance this work and continue supporting our mission to provide high-quality, person-centered care.”

California DSH will leverage myAvatar®, a behavioral health electronic health record (EHR) designed to support integrated care and drive collaboration across multiple complex care environments. DSH will also deploy Bells, an AI-powered clinical documentation and ambient listening solution designed to streamline the documentation process within the EHR by generating accurate records in near real-time. These AI tools aim to support more efficient clinical workflows, reduce documentation burden and give providers more time to focus on delivering person-centered care. By integrating a comprehensive suite of solutions from the CareFabric platform, DSH seeks to improve visibility across programs, enhance care coordination and equip staff with technology developed for the specialized needs of public sector behavioral health.

“We are incredibly excited to support the California Department of State Hospitals on the Continuum-EHR Project, an important DSH initiative that reflects years of thoughtful collaboration, strategy and planning,” said Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine. “Behavioral health providers and state agencies are being asked to manage increasingly complex care needs, and they deserve technology designed specifically for the realities of their work. Netsmart has deep experience working with large inpatient state hospital systems across the country, and we look forward to bringing that experience to support the nation’s largest inpatient state hospital system. The opportunity to help strengthen whole-person care across California is especially meaningful, and we are committed to building a long and successful relationship that delivers lasting value for the individuals, families and communities they serve.”

Read the full news release linked here to learn more. ]]> Netsmart Media Contact:
Natalie Caruso
ncaruso@ntst.com
913.308.2080

 
The California Department of State Hospitals Selects Netsmart as Its Modernized, Data-Driven Technology Platform
Collaboration builds on Netsmart leadership in the public sector, expanding relationships across California while advancing connected, data-driven care for behavioral healthcare

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 9, 2026 — The California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) has selected the Netsmart CareFabric®  platform to enhance clinical, operational and financial efficiencies across the Department’s five inpatient state hospitals. Through this collaboration, California DSH will deploy a full suite of Netsmart solutions and services to help its providers advance care delivery, streamline operations and strengthen connectivity across DSH facilities.

The collaboration further demonstrates continued momentum for Netsmart in the public sector space, expanding its reach to support 18 counties across California and, at a national level, more than 30 state hospital systems, nearly 200 county agencies and 200,000 providers across the U.S. public sector. As state agencies, counties and behavioral health providers face growing demands around patient safety, care coordination, reporting, workforce support and operational efficiency, Netsmart provides a purpose-built technology foundation designed to support the specialized needs of government communities.

DSH operates the largest inpatient state hospital system in the country, overseeing five state hospitals located in the California communities of Atascadero, Coalinga, Napa, Norwalk and Patton. Across these high-acuity hospital environments, DSH delivers specialized care for individuals with complex behavioral health needs, including patients receiving forensic evaluation, treatment and competency restoration services. The Continuum-EHR Project represents a significant advancement in DSH’s commitment to strengthening patient safety, improving care coordination and continuity, supporting competency restoration and forensic treatment workflows, and reducing administrative burden on staff in high‑acuity hospital environments across the Department.

“DSH is committed to strengthening the systems and tools that support our hospitals, programs and the individuals we serve,” said Stephanie Clendenin, Director of California Department of State Hospitals. “The Continuum-EHR Project advances our mission by modernizing our technology foundation to better support clinical care, enhance patient safety, streamline operations and improve access to information across our statewide care continuum. We look forward to collaborating with Netsmart as we advance this work and continue supporting our mission to provide high-quality, person-centered care.”

California DSH will leverage myAvatar®, a behavioral health electronic health record (EHR) designed to support integrated care and drive collaboration across multiple complex care environments. DSH will also deploy Bells, an AI-powered clinical documentation and ambient listening solution designed to streamline the documentation process within the EHR by generating accurate records in near real-time. These AI tools aim to support more efficient clinical workflows, reduce documentation burden and give providers more time to focus on delivering person-centered care. By integrating a comprehensive suite of solutions from the CareFabric platform, DSH seeks to improve visibility across programs, enhance care coordination and equip staff with technology developed for the specialized needs of public sector behavioral health.

“We are incredibly excited to support the California Department of State Hospitals on the Continuum-EHR Project, an important DSH initiative that reflects years of thoughtful collaboration, strategy and planning,” said Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine. “Behavioral health providers and state agencies are being asked to manage increasingly complex care needs, and they deserve technology designed specifically for the realities of their work. Netsmart has deep experience working with large inpatient state hospital systems across the country, and we look forward to bringing that experience to support the nation’s largest inpatient state hospital system. The opportunity to help strengthen whole-person care across California is especially meaningful, and we are committed to building a long and successful relationship that delivers lasting value for the individuals, families and communities they serve.”

Read the full news release linked here to learn more. ]]> <![CDATA[Linus Health AAIC Studies Advance Alzheimer's Care]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2311 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:24:59 +0000 Supreme Communications]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2311 Linus Health AAIC Studies Advance Alzheimer's Care: Earlier Detection, More Confident Diagnosis, and Patient-Centered Measurement

BOSTON, July 8, 2026 -- Linus Health, an AI-driven brain health company focused on early detection and proactive intervention, will share three poster presentations at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2026, taking place July 12-15 in London and online.
 
This year’s Linus Health research addresses three issues that have become increasingly urgent as Alzheimer’s treatment options expand: identifying appropriate patients earlier, measuring outcomes that matter the most to patients and families, and bringing the precision of specialized cognitive assessments into routine clinical care. With an estimated 7.4 million Americans age 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s dementia in 2026 and FDA-approved disease-modifying therapies now available for early Alzheimer’s disease, accurate and accessible cognitive assessment has taken on new urgency.
 
“The arrival of disease-modifying treatments has raised the stakes for accurate, accessible digital cognitive assessments,” said David Bates, PhD, CEO and co-founder of Linus Health. “Our AAIC 2026 research shows how validated, AI-enabled digital tools that capture not only whether a patient completes a task, but how they complete it, can help identify the right patients earlier, measure what matters most to them, and bring a level of precision to routine care that once required hours of specialized testing. The work we are presenting in London moves us closer to a future where every patient can benefit from earlier, more confident detection.”
 
Identifying Patients Eligible for Treatment
 
Ali Jannati, MD, PhD, Director of Cognitive Science at Linus Health, will present findings from research he led in the Biomarkers (non-neuroimaging) session. The study evaluated a combination of multimodal machine-learning models built on the Digital Clock and Recall (DCR™): the DCR Cognition Score and the Amyloid Positivity Risk. Together, the models performed strongly in identifying individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia likely due to Alzheimer’s disease, a population that may be appropriate for further biomarker testing and disease-modifying treatment consideration.
 
“Identifying who is most likely to benefit from a disease-modifying therapy is one of the most pressing challenges in Alzheimer’s care,” Jannati said. “By combining the DCR Cognition Score with our Amyloid Positivity Risk model, we can help flag individuals with MCI or mild dementia likely due to Alzheimer’s disease in a matter of minutes, helping clinicians and trial teams focus their efforts where they may matter most.”
 
Capturing What Matters to Patients
 
Stina Saunders, PhD, Personalized Medicine Lead at Linus Health, will present in the Dementia Care and Health Services Research session, reporting interim findings from a feasibility study she led of the electronic Person-Specific Outcome Measure (ePSOM) in Japan. ePSOM is a free-text, individualized questionnaire that captures the everyday abilities and priorities most meaningful to a person living with early Alzheimer’s disease, allowing treatment benefit to be measured against what each patient values most.
 
The data show that the ePSOM can be deployed in a culturally distinct clinical setting without structural adaptation, supporting its use in global Alzheimer’s disease trials to capture personally meaningful priorities and establish treatment benefits that resonate with patients themselves.
 
“Treatment benefit means something different to every person, whether that is keeping up with grandchildren, managing finances, or staying composed in conversation,” said Saunders. “When a measure travels across very different health systems and cultures and still reflects those individual priorities, it gives drug developers and regulators a more honest picture of whether a therapy is improving the things people actually care about.”
 
Improving on Standard Cognitive Screening
 
Jannati will also present research he led in the Clinical Manifestations: Neuropsychology session, examining how the DCR compares with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a real-world clinical sample. In the study, the DCR outperformed the MoCA in detecting MCI against clinical diagnosis, with the DCR demonstrating higher diagnostic accuracy and substantially greater specificity. The findings suggest the DCR may help reduce false-positive classifications, identify impairment that traditional screening can miss, and support greater diagnostic confidence in routine clinical care.

Together, these presentations highlight Linus Health’s broader work to make earlier, more precise, and more patient-centered Alzheimer’s care feasible across clinical and research settings.

Full details on Linus Health’s AAIC 2026 poster presentations include:

Sunday, July 12 | Exhibit Hall
  • Identifying Eligible Candidates for Alzheimer’s Disease-Modifying Treatment with the Digital Clock and Recall, presented by Ali Jannati, MD, PhD
  • Feasibility and User Acceptance of the Electronic Person-Specific Outcome Measure (ePSOM) in Japan, presented by Stina Saunders, PhD

Monday, July 13 | Exhibit Hall
  • The Digital Clock and Recall Outperforms MoCA in Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Real-World Clinical Setting, presented by Ali Jannati, MD, PhD

To learn more about Linus Health’s research to be presented at AAIC or to schedule a meeting with the team, visit https://linushealth.com/aaic2026. 
 
About Linus Health
 
Linus Health is a Boston-based digital health company focused on improving brain health around the world. The company develops science-driven digital assessments and AI-enabled analytics that help clinicians and researchers identify cognitive change earlier, guide next steps in care, and support more proactive, personalized intervention. Linus Health works with healthcare delivery organizations, research institutions, and life sciences partners to advance earlier detection and better brain health outcomes.
 
Media Contact
 
Supreme Communications for Linus Health
linushealthPR@supremecomms.ai]]> Linus Health AAIC Studies Advance Alzheimer's Care: Earlier Detection, More Confident Diagnosis, and Patient-Centered Measurement

BOSTON, July 8, 2026 -- Linus Health, an AI-driven brain health company focused on early detection and proactive intervention, will share three poster presentations at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference® (AAIC®) 2026, taking place July 12-15 in London and online.
 
This year’s Linus Health research addresses three issues that have become increasingly urgent as Alzheimer’s treatment options expand: identifying appropriate patients earlier, measuring outcomes that matter the most to patients and families, and bringing the precision of specialized cognitive assessments into routine clinical care. With an estimated 7.4 million Americans age 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s dementia in 2026 and FDA-approved disease-modifying therapies now available for early Alzheimer’s disease, accurate and accessible cognitive assessment has taken on new urgency.
 
“The arrival of disease-modifying treatments has raised the stakes for accurate, accessible digital cognitive assessments,” said David Bates, PhD, CEO and co-founder of Linus Health. “Our AAIC 2026 research shows how validated, AI-enabled digital tools that capture not only whether a patient completes a task, but how they complete it, can help identify the right patients earlier, measure what matters most to them, and bring a level of precision to routine care that once required hours of specialized testing. The work we are presenting in London moves us closer to a future where every patient can benefit from earlier, more confident detection.”
 
Identifying Patients Eligible for Treatment
 
Ali Jannati, MD, PhD, Director of Cognitive Science at Linus Health, will present findings from research he led in the Biomarkers (non-neuroimaging) session. The study evaluated a combination of multimodal machine-learning models built on the Digital Clock and Recall (DCR™): the DCR Cognition Score and the Amyloid Positivity Risk. Together, the models performed strongly in identifying individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia likely due to Alzheimer’s disease, a population that may be appropriate for further biomarker testing and disease-modifying treatment consideration.
 
“Identifying who is most likely to benefit from a disease-modifying therapy is one of the most pressing challenges in Alzheimer’s care,” Jannati said. “By combining the DCR Cognition Score with our Amyloid Positivity Risk model, we can help flag individuals with MCI or mild dementia likely due to Alzheimer’s disease in a matter of minutes, helping clinicians and trial teams focus their efforts where they may matter most.”
 
Capturing What Matters to Patients
 
Stina Saunders, PhD, Personalized Medicine Lead at Linus Health, will present in the Dementia Care and Health Services Research session, reporting interim findings from a feasibility study she led of the electronic Person-Specific Outcome Measure (ePSOM) in Japan. ePSOM is a free-text, individualized questionnaire that captures the everyday abilities and priorities most meaningful to a person living with early Alzheimer’s disease, allowing treatment benefit to be measured against what each patient values most.
 
The data show that the ePSOM can be deployed in a culturally distinct clinical setting without structural adaptation, supporting its use in global Alzheimer’s disease trials to capture personally meaningful priorities and establish treatment benefits that resonate with patients themselves.
 
“Treatment benefit means something different to every person, whether that is keeping up with grandchildren, managing finances, or staying composed in conversation,” said Saunders. “When a measure travels across very different health systems and cultures and still reflects those individual priorities, it gives drug developers and regulators a more honest picture of whether a therapy is improving the things people actually care about.”
 
Improving on Standard Cognitive Screening
 
Jannati will also present research he led in the Clinical Manifestations: Neuropsychology session, examining how the DCR compares with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a real-world clinical sample. In the study, the DCR outperformed the MoCA in detecting MCI against clinical diagnosis, with the DCR demonstrating higher diagnostic accuracy and substantially greater specificity. The findings suggest the DCR may help reduce false-positive classifications, identify impairment that traditional screening can miss, and support greater diagnostic confidence in routine clinical care.

Together, these presentations highlight Linus Health’s broader work to make earlier, more precise, and more patient-centered Alzheimer’s care feasible across clinical and research settings.

Full details on Linus Health’s AAIC 2026 poster presentations include:

Sunday, July 12 | Exhibit Hall
  • Identifying Eligible Candidates for Alzheimer’s Disease-Modifying Treatment with the Digital Clock and Recall, presented by Ali Jannati, MD, PhD
  • Feasibility and User Acceptance of the Electronic Person-Specific Outcome Measure (ePSOM) in Japan, presented by Stina Saunders, PhD

Monday, July 13 | Exhibit Hall
  • The Digital Clock and Recall Outperforms MoCA in Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Real-World Clinical Setting, presented by Ali Jannati, MD, PhD

To learn more about Linus Health’s research to be presented at AAIC or to schedule a meeting with the team, visit https://linushealth.com/aaic2026. 
 
About Linus Health
 
Linus Health is a Boston-based digital health company focused on improving brain health around the world. The company develops science-driven digital assessments and AI-enabled analytics that help clinicians and researchers identify cognitive change earlier, guide next steps in care, and support more proactive, personalized intervention. Linus Health works with healthcare delivery organizations, research institutions, and life sciences partners to advance earlier detection and better brain health outcomes.
 
Media Contact
 
Supreme Communications for Linus Health
linushealthPR@supremecomms.ai]]> <![CDATA[Mary Rutan Health: Smooth MEDITECH Hosting Provider Transitions are Possible]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2310 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:32:01 +0000 ABarron]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2310 Challenge
Over time, Mary Rutan Health in Bellefontaine, Ohio, determined they required broader support for their MEDITECH hosting environment. They needed a partner that could anticipate the real-world implications of downtime, speak the language of MEDITECH, and operate as an extension of their own team.

Results
After careful consideration, Mary Rutan decided to partner with CereCore for hosting services based on experience rooted in some of healthcare’s largest IDNs and a hosting practice built for MEDITECH environments. The migration went smoothly with no unplanned downtime during the complicated transition.

17 Facilities supported | 0 Hours Unplanned Downtime during migration from one hosting provider to CereCore

About the Provider
Mary Rutan Health is a not-for-profit community health system serving a five-county region in west-central Ohio. From its main hospital in Bellefontaine to a network of 17 facilities spanning ambulatory care, imaging, specialty clinics, and family medicine, Mary Rutan is committed to keeping comprehensive, high-quality care close to home for the communities it serves.

The Migration
Migrations of this complexity are rarely simple. Moving a hospital's entire MEDITECH environment across 17 facilities -- including third-party platforms such as 3M, LSS, Dr First, HCI, and FDB -- requires meticulous planning, tight coordination, and a team that knows how to execute under pressure.

CereCore's team came prepared. Over a single weekend, they completed the full cutover from their previous hosting services provider into the CereCore data center with no unplanned downtime.

Following the migration, the Mary Rutan CIO shared very positive feedback, recognizing the level of effort, preparation, and professionalism demonstrated throughout the process.

A Hosting Environment for Healthcare

Mary Rutan Health now operates within a hosting environment built specifically for the way healthcare works. Their MEDITECH system and all associated applications are supported by a partner that delivers:
  • 24x7 server administration and monitoring
  • Geo-diverse disaster recovery, built in from the start
  • ITIL-aligned incident and change management
  • Annual DR testing and documentation
  • Capacity planning and performance monitoring

CereCore has also held a Five-Star Best Practice designation from Securance Consulting as a MEDITECH IaaS provider for more than five consecutive years -- a reflection of the rigor behind the infrastructure Mary Rutan now calls home.

For CereCore, this migration is both a milestone and a model. It is proof of what becomes possible when deep MEDITECH expertise, a customer-first mindset, and genuine healthcare operational experience come together.

Ready to get started? Contact us.]]> Challenge
Over time, Mary Rutan Health in Bellefontaine, Ohio, determined they required broader support for their MEDITECH hosting environment. They needed a partner that could anticipate the real-world implications of downtime, speak the language of MEDITECH, and operate as an extension of their own team.

Results
After careful consideration, Mary Rutan decided to partner with CereCore for hosting services based on experience rooted in some of healthcare’s largest IDNs and a hosting practice built for MEDITECH environments. The migration went smoothly with no unplanned downtime during the complicated transition.

17 Facilities supported | 0 Hours Unplanned Downtime during migration from one hosting provider to CereCore

About the Provider
Mary Rutan Health is a not-for-profit community health system serving a five-county region in west-central Ohio. From its main hospital in Bellefontaine to a network of 17 facilities spanning ambulatory care, imaging, specialty clinics, and family medicine, Mary Rutan is committed to keeping comprehensive, high-quality care close to home for the communities it serves.

The Migration
Migrations of this complexity are rarely simple. Moving a hospital's entire MEDITECH environment across 17 facilities -- including third-party platforms such as 3M, LSS, Dr First, HCI, and FDB -- requires meticulous planning, tight coordination, and a team that knows how to execute under pressure.

CereCore's team came prepared. Over a single weekend, they completed the full cutover from their previous hosting services provider into the CereCore data center with no unplanned downtime.

Following the migration, the Mary Rutan CIO shared very positive feedback, recognizing the level of effort, preparation, and professionalism demonstrated throughout the process.

A Hosting Environment for Healthcare

Mary Rutan Health now operates within a hosting environment built specifically for the way healthcare works. Their MEDITECH system and all associated applications are supported by a partner that delivers:
  • 24x7 server administration and monitoring
  • Geo-diverse disaster recovery, built in from the start
  • ITIL-aligned incident and change management
  • Annual DR testing and documentation
  • Capacity planning and performance monitoring

CereCore has also held a Five-Star Best Practice designation from Securance Consulting as a MEDITECH IaaS provider for more than five consecutive years -- a reflection of the rigor behind the infrastructure Mary Rutan now calls home.

For CereCore, this migration is both a milestone and a model. It is proof of what becomes possible when deep MEDITECH expertise, a customer-first mindset, and genuine healthcare operational experience come together.

Ready to get started? Contact us.]]> <![CDATA[Health Plans Rank Health Gorilla #1 in Every Key Interoperability Metric]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2309 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:30:01 +0000 Supreme Communications]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2309 Health Plan Clients Rate Health Gorilla #1 for Payer Interoperability, FHIR/API, Consent, Terminology and Identity Resolution in User Survey

Thursday, 11 June 2026 01:40 PM
Topic: Awards

Black Book Research 2026 managed care client scores recognize top category performance across API maturity, data usability, identity resolution, consent-aware exchange and payer workflow activation

CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / June 11, 2026 / Health plan and managed care clients participating in Black Book Research's 2026 State of Payer Digital Technology: Managed Care and Health Plans survey rated Health Gorilla the #1 vendor in Interoperability, FHIR/API, Consent, Terminology and Identity Resolution, one of 27 client satisfaction award categories released during AHIP26 week in Las Vegas held June 9-10, 2026.

The Q2 2026 result was recorded through Black Book's independent client survey process, which evaluates payer technology vendors by category-specific performance rather than generalized market visibility or vendor-submitted claims. Black Book's payer IT study reflects feedback from 8,194 verified managed care and health plan respondents, across 60 payer IT domains and 27 public award categories.

"Payer interoperability has moved beyond the transport layer into identity-resolved, consent-governed, terminology-normalized data operations," said Doug Brown, Founder of Black Book Research. "FHIR endpoints are now table stakes. The 2026 client scoring shows that health plans are rewarding platforms that reduce data entropy across clinical, administrative, provider and member systems, then make that data usable in production workflows for managed care, value-based contracting, quality, risk, authorization and care operations."

Top Client-Scored KPI Achievement Areas: Payer Interoperability Solutions
In the 2026 Interoperability, FHIR/API, Consent, Terminology and Identity Resolution category, Health Gorilla achieved the top client-rated position based on payer-specific qualitative KPI performance across Black Book's 18-KPI operational excellence model.

Client scoring recognized top category performance by competitive vendors in:

Functional breadth: Coverage of payer interoperability requirements across clinical data exchange, API connectivity, consent, terminology, identity and workflow data activation.

Workflow fit: Alignment with payer operating use cases, including managed care, care management, utilization management, quality, risk adjustment, value-based care and provider collaboration.

Implementation performance: Predictable deployment, onboarding governance, integration stabilization and production readiness.
Interoperability/API maturity: Secure, scalable exchange through FHIR, APIs and other payer integration channels.

Data quality and usability: Trusted, traceable, reconciled, normalized and actionable data for payer operations.

Automation depth: Reduced manual retrieval, rekeying, reconciliation, data chasing and downstream preparation work.

AI governance and explainability: Data readiness and traceability required for controlled, auditable AI-enabled payer workflows.

Security posture: PHI protection, identity controls, resilience, vulnerability management and cyber-risk documentation.

Third-party transparency: Visibility into data access, exchange dependencies, delegated risk and operational accountability.

Compliance readiness: Support for payer regulatory obligations, evidence retention, policy change, audit response and reporting needs.

Reporting and auditability: Traceability of data movement, matching logic, consent status, transactions, exceptions and downstream use.

Configurability: Adaptability to payer products, benefits, rules, policies, reporting needs and use-case-specific workflows.

Scalability: Performance at health plan volume, including uptime, latency, load tolerance, resilience and recovery readiness.

Integration burden: Reduced effort to connect, maintain, reconcile, monitor and support interoperability workflows.

User satisfaction: Role-based trust among payer IT, data, compliance, clinical, operational and business users.

Service and support: Responsiveness, technical expertise, escalation quality, defect resolution and release readiness.

Time-to-value: Speed of measurable operational, compliance, quality, clinical or financial improvement after deployment.

Total cost and value realization: Client confidence that value justified total cost, including implementation, integration, internal labor, support, risk and return.

Black Book's 18-KPI model evaluates whether payer technology performs in production, including workflow improvement, compliance support, PHI security, clean integration, reduced manual work, user satisfaction, time-to-value and measurable financial or operational value.

Why Payer Interoperability Mattered in the 2026 Survey Year
Black Book's 2026 payer IT findings show that interoperability is now a core health plan operating requirement, not a compliance-only function. Eighty-two percent of payer respondents cited interoperability, FHIR/API readiness and usable data exchange as essential, with buyers increasingly focused on whether exchanged data is reconciled, governed and usable inside real payer workflows.

"This category is especially critical for health plans, payers, managed care organizations and value-based care entities because interoperability now affects care management, prior authorization evidence, provider collaboration, quality measurement, Stars, HEDIS, risk adjustment, member engagement, SDoH visibility, value-based contract operations and compliance evidence," said Brown.

Black Book also reported that 73% of respondents saw convergence across quality, Stars, HEDIS, CAHPS, risk adjustment and care-gap workflows around shared data assets, while 77% elevated cybersecurity, identity management, API security, privacy, governance, risk and third-party exposure to enterprise-risk or board-level concern status.]]> Health Plan Clients Rate Health Gorilla #1 for Payer Interoperability, FHIR/API, Consent, Terminology and Identity Resolution in User Survey

Thursday, 11 June 2026 01:40 PM
Topic: Awards

Black Book Research 2026 managed care client scores recognize top category performance across API maturity, data usability, identity resolution, consent-aware exchange and payer workflow activation

CHICAGO, IL / ACCESS Newswire / June 11, 2026 / Health plan and managed care clients participating in Black Book Research's 2026 State of Payer Digital Technology: Managed Care and Health Plans survey rated Health Gorilla the #1 vendor in Interoperability, FHIR/API, Consent, Terminology and Identity Resolution, one of 27 client satisfaction award categories released during AHIP26 week in Las Vegas held June 9-10, 2026.

The Q2 2026 result was recorded through Black Book's independent client survey process, which evaluates payer technology vendors by category-specific performance rather than generalized market visibility or vendor-submitted claims. Black Book's payer IT study reflects feedback from 8,194 verified managed care and health plan respondents, across 60 payer IT domains and 27 public award categories.

"Payer interoperability has moved beyond the transport layer into identity-resolved, consent-governed, terminology-normalized data operations," said Doug Brown, Founder of Black Book Research. "FHIR endpoints are now table stakes. The 2026 client scoring shows that health plans are rewarding platforms that reduce data entropy across clinical, administrative, provider and member systems, then make that data usable in production workflows for managed care, value-based contracting, quality, risk, authorization and care operations."

Top Client-Scored KPI Achievement Areas: Payer Interoperability Solutions
In the 2026 Interoperability, FHIR/API, Consent, Terminology and Identity Resolution category, Health Gorilla achieved the top client-rated position based on payer-specific qualitative KPI performance across Black Book's 18-KPI operational excellence model.

Client scoring recognized top category performance by competitive vendors in:

Functional breadth: Coverage of payer interoperability requirements across clinical data exchange, API connectivity, consent, terminology, identity and workflow data activation.

Workflow fit: Alignment with payer operating use cases, including managed care, care management, utilization management, quality, risk adjustment, value-based care and provider collaboration.

Implementation performance: Predictable deployment, onboarding governance, integration stabilization and production readiness.
Interoperability/API maturity: Secure, scalable exchange through FHIR, APIs and other payer integration channels.

Data quality and usability: Trusted, traceable, reconciled, normalized and actionable data for payer operations.

Automation depth: Reduced manual retrieval, rekeying, reconciliation, data chasing and downstream preparation work.

AI governance and explainability: Data readiness and traceability required for controlled, auditable AI-enabled payer workflows.

Security posture: PHI protection, identity controls, resilience, vulnerability management and cyber-risk documentation.

Third-party transparency: Visibility into data access, exchange dependencies, delegated risk and operational accountability.

Compliance readiness: Support for payer regulatory obligations, evidence retention, policy change, audit response and reporting needs.

Reporting and auditability: Traceability of data movement, matching logic, consent status, transactions, exceptions and downstream use.

Configurability: Adaptability to payer products, benefits, rules, policies, reporting needs and use-case-specific workflows.

Scalability: Performance at health plan volume, including uptime, latency, load tolerance, resilience and recovery readiness.

Integration burden: Reduced effort to connect, maintain, reconcile, monitor and support interoperability workflows.

User satisfaction: Role-based trust among payer IT, data, compliance, clinical, operational and business users.

Service and support: Responsiveness, technical expertise, escalation quality, defect resolution and release readiness.

Time-to-value: Speed of measurable operational, compliance, quality, clinical or financial improvement after deployment.

Total cost and value realization: Client confidence that value justified total cost, including implementation, integration, internal labor, support, risk and return.

Black Book's 18-KPI model evaluates whether payer technology performs in production, including workflow improvement, compliance support, PHI security, clean integration, reduced manual work, user satisfaction, time-to-value and measurable financial or operational value.

Why Payer Interoperability Mattered in the 2026 Survey Year
Black Book's 2026 payer IT findings show that interoperability is now a core health plan operating requirement, not a compliance-only function. Eighty-two percent of payer respondents cited interoperability, FHIR/API readiness and usable data exchange as essential, with buyers increasingly focused on whether exchanged data is reconciled, governed and usable inside real payer workflows.

"This category is especially critical for health plans, payers, managed care organizations and value-based care entities because interoperability now affects care management, prior authorization evidence, provider collaboration, quality measurement, Stars, HEDIS, risk adjustment, member engagement, SDoH visibility, value-based contract operations and compliance evidence," said Brown.

Black Book also reported that 73% of respondents saw convergence across quality, Stars, HEDIS, CAHPS, risk adjustment and care-gap workflows around shared data assets, while 77% elevated cybersecurity, identity management, API security, privacy, governance, risk and third-party exposure to enterprise-risk or board-level concern status.]]> <![CDATA[The job of a lifetime - Blog by Howard Messing, Chairman of the Board, MEDITECH]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2308 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:19:38 +0000 RMcCarthy]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2308 The job of a lifetime
Posted by Howard Messing, Chairman of the Board, MEDITECH

When I first joined MEDITECH as a programmer in 1974, I thought maybe I would stay for a year or two before heading back to grad school. (Ha.)
I was young and ambitious, a proud “computer nerd” with a degree in electrical engineering from MIT and a plan to get my PhD. Last month, after five decades with MEDITECH, I was appointed Chair of the Board of Directors. I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone by and how far technology has progressed in my lifetime. I can still remember when computers were the stuff of science fiction; something groovy we saw on “Star Trek.” Today, they’re fully enmeshed within all of our everyday routines — including our healthcare.

A few months ago, the man who hired me for the job of a lifetime, MEDITECH’s longstanding CEO and Board Chair, passed away at 83. When I first met him, Neil Pappalardo was best known for co-developing MUMPS, the revolutionary programming language he and fellow informatics pioneer Curt Marble first implemented at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1966. I was impressed by his journey from upstate New York to MIT, which laid the foundation for what would eventually become the Health IT industry.

Read the full blog post here.]]> The job of a lifetime
Posted by Howard Messing, Chairman of the Board, MEDITECH

When I first joined MEDITECH as a programmer in 1974, I thought maybe I would stay for a year or two before heading back to grad school. (Ha.)
I was young and ambitious, a proud “computer nerd” with a degree in electrical engineering from MIT and a plan to get my PhD. Last month, after five decades with MEDITECH, I was appointed Chair of the Board of Directors. I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone by and how far technology has progressed in my lifetime. I can still remember when computers were the stuff of science fiction; something groovy we saw on “Star Trek.” Today, they’re fully enmeshed within all of our everyday routines — including our healthcare.

A few months ago, the man who hired me for the job of a lifetime, MEDITECH’s longstanding CEO and Board Chair, passed away at 83. When I first met him, Neil Pappalardo was best known for co-developing MUMPS, the revolutionary programming language he and fellow informatics pioneer Curt Marble first implemented at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1966. I was impressed by his journey from upstate New York to MIT, which laid the foundation for what would eventually become the Health IT industry.

Read the full blog post here.]]> <![CDATA[Oklahoma Heart Hospital: Partnership for Interface Optimization]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2307 Fri, 29 May 2026 17:57:18 +0000 BUram]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2307 Oklahoma Heart Hospital and CereCore

Challenge
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (OHH) faced the challenge of managing a complex environment with hundreds of interfaces connecting their specialized clinical systems. With a lean internal IT team, the hospital struggled to keep up with the daily maintenance and monitoring required to ensure data flowed accurately and securely between platforms. They needed a partner who could provide highly specialized technical expertise to stabilize their interface engine, resolve recurring errors, and allow their internal staff to focus on high-impact clinical projects.

Results
By partnering with CereCore for managed interface services, Oklahoma Heart Hospital transformed its data exchange operations. CereCore provided 24/7 monitoring and proactive maintenance for the hospital’s interface engine, significantly reducing the backlog of errors and improving system reliability. This collaboration not only secured the hospital’s technical foundation but also empowered the OHH IT team to shift their focus toward strategic initiatives that directly impact provider efficiency and patient care delivery.

11
Month project vs. 12 planned
128
Interfaces
57
Hours per interface

About the Provider
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (OHH) is a premier provider of cardiovascular care, known for being the first all-digital hospital in America. With multiple locations and a vast network of clinics, OHH is dedicated to innovation and excellence in heart care. Their technology-forward approach requires a seamless exchange of data to support their mission of providing the highest quality of care to their patients.

Stabilizing the Digital Ecosystem
For an all-digital facility like Oklahoma Heart Hospital, the seamless flow of data is the lifeblood of clinical operations. However, managing hundreds of interfaces—the technical "pipes" that connect EHRs, labs, and imaging systems—is an intensive task. CereCore stepped in to provide a dedicated layer of support, taking over the daily monitoring and maintenance of the interface engine. By resolving technical glitches and managing updates proactively, CereCore ensured that clinicians had access to the right data at the right time without the interruptions caused by system lag or data errors.

Key Outcomes:
  • Reliable Data Exchange: Ensured the continuous, accurate flow of data across hundreds of interfaces through 24/7 expert monitoring.
  • Large-Scale Migration Success: Successfully transitioned 128 interfaces from Cerner Millennium to Epic, totaling over 7,000 hours of specialized work.
  • Operational Efficiency: Dramatically reduced the internal workload associated with interface maintenance, freeing up staff for strategic projects.
  • Proactive Risk Mitigation: Identified and resolved system vulnerabilities and interface errors before they could disrupt clinical workflows.
  • Specialized Expertise: Provided access to high-level technical skills in interface engine management that are traditionally difficult to recruit and retain.
Empowering the Internal Team
The partnership between OHH and CereCore highlights the importance of collaborative partners and expert management in accomplishing major EHR transitions. During an 11-month project, completed ahead of schedule, over 7,000 hours were needed to transition 128 interfaces from Cerner Millennium to Epic. This massive undertaking averaged an estimated 57 hours per interface to cover essential stages including:
  • Pre-conversion understanding and conversion planning.
  • Technical optimization and execution.
  • Rigorous conversion testing and clinical workflow validation.
"We found their expertise and depth of knowledge incredible and their work ethic helped us ensure an on time go-live. We relied on them for not only writing parts of our interfaces, but also for architecture and documentation. There were times we didn’t know exactly what was needed, but we found great and tremendous value in the assets that work there at CereCore. I'll be very frank, we couldn't have done this without CereCore and our gratitude extends beyond what I can tell you.”

David Miles | CIO, Oklahoma Heart Hospital

"Offloading" to Empower the Internal Team
One of the most significant outcomes of the partnership was the "capacity creation" for the OHH IT department. The internal team was highly skilled but overstretched by the weight of daily interface maintenance and complex migrations. By offloading these technical burdens to CereCore’s experts, Oklahoma Heart Hospital was able to reallocate its internal talent to more strategic, high-value work. This shift allowed the hospital to pursue clinical optimizations and new technology deployments that improved the overall provider experience and strengthened the hospital's reputation as a digital leader.

Hear from Oklahoma Heart Hospital Leaders
David Miles, CIO and Jim Wetzel, Director of Clinical Systems: Oklahoma Heart Hospital and Their 11 Month Epic Implementation

Results
The partnership provided Oklahoma Heart Hospital with the technical stability and expert oversight needed to maintain its status as a leading digital hospital while empowering its internal team to drive clinical innovation.

Ready to get started? Contact us.]]> Oklahoma Heart Hospital and CereCore

Challenge
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (OHH) faced the challenge of managing a complex environment with hundreds of interfaces connecting their specialized clinical systems. With a lean internal IT team, the hospital struggled to keep up with the daily maintenance and monitoring required to ensure data flowed accurately and securely between platforms. They needed a partner who could provide highly specialized technical expertise to stabilize their interface engine, resolve recurring errors, and allow their internal staff to focus on high-impact clinical projects.

Results
By partnering with CereCore for managed interface services, Oklahoma Heart Hospital transformed its data exchange operations. CereCore provided 24/7 monitoring and proactive maintenance for the hospital’s interface engine, significantly reducing the backlog of errors and improving system reliability. This collaboration not only secured the hospital’s technical foundation but also empowered the OHH IT team to shift their focus toward strategic initiatives that directly impact provider efficiency and patient care delivery.

11
Month project vs. 12 planned
128
Interfaces
57
Hours per interface

About the Provider
Oklahoma Heart Hospital (OHH) is a premier provider of cardiovascular care, known for being the first all-digital hospital in America. With multiple locations and a vast network of clinics, OHH is dedicated to innovation and excellence in heart care. Their technology-forward approach requires a seamless exchange of data to support their mission of providing the highest quality of care to their patients.

Stabilizing the Digital Ecosystem
For an all-digital facility like Oklahoma Heart Hospital, the seamless flow of data is the lifeblood of clinical operations. However, managing hundreds of interfaces—the technical "pipes" that connect EHRs, labs, and imaging systems—is an intensive task. CereCore stepped in to provide a dedicated layer of support, taking over the daily monitoring and maintenance of the interface engine. By resolving technical glitches and managing updates proactively, CereCore ensured that clinicians had access to the right data at the right time without the interruptions caused by system lag or data errors.

Key Outcomes:
  • Reliable Data Exchange: Ensured the continuous, accurate flow of data across hundreds of interfaces through 24/7 expert monitoring.
  • Large-Scale Migration Success: Successfully transitioned 128 interfaces from Cerner Millennium to Epic, totaling over 7,000 hours of specialized work.
  • Operational Efficiency: Dramatically reduced the internal workload associated with interface maintenance, freeing up staff for strategic projects.
  • Proactive Risk Mitigation: Identified and resolved system vulnerabilities and interface errors before they could disrupt clinical workflows.
  • Specialized Expertise: Provided access to high-level technical skills in interface engine management that are traditionally difficult to recruit and retain.
Empowering the Internal Team
The partnership between OHH and CereCore highlights the importance of collaborative partners and expert management in accomplishing major EHR transitions. During an 11-month project, completed ahead of schedule, over 7,000 hours were needed to transition 128 interfaces from Cerner Millennium to Epic. This massive undertaking averaged an estimated 57 hours per interface to cover essential stages including:
  • Pre-conversion understanding and conversion planning.
  • Technical optimization and execution.
  • Rigorous conversion testing and clinical workflow validation.
"We found their expertise and depth of knowledge incredible and their work ethic helped us ensure an on time go-live. We relied on them for not only writing parts of our interfaces, but also for architecture and documentation. There were times we didn’t know exactly what was needed, but we found great and tremendous value in the assets that work there at CereCore. I'll be very frank, we couldn't have done this without CereCore and our gratitude extends beyond what I can tell you.”

David Miles | CIO, Oklahoma Heart Hospital

"Offloading" to Empower the Internal Team
One of the most significant outcomes of the partnership was the "capacity creation" for the OHH IT department. The internal team was highly skilled but overstretched by the weight of daily interface maintenance and complex migrations. By offloading these technical burdens to CereCore’s experts, Oklahoma Heart Hospital was able to reallocate its internal talent to more strategic, high-value work. This shift allowed the hospital to pursue clinical optimizations and new technology deployments that improved the overall provider experience and strengthened the hospital's reputation as a digital leader.

Hear from Oklahoma Heart Hospital Leaders
David Miles, CIO and Jim Wetzel, Director of Clinical Systems: Oklahoma Heart Hospital and Their 11 Month Epic Implementation

Results
The partnership provided Oklahoma Heart Hospital with the technical stability and expert oversight needed to maintain its status as a leading digital hospital while empowering its internal team to drive clinical innovation.

Ready to get started? Contact us.]]> <![CDATA[[Webinar] Building a Foundation of Financial Strength: Featuring Thibodaux Regional J]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2306 Fri, 29 May 2026 16:09:16 +0000 RMcCarthy]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2306 Building a Foundation of Financial Strength: How Thibodaux Regional Has Sustained Independence and Growth
Thursday, June 18, 1:30 p.m. EST

MEDITECH Thought Leader Webinar Series

As healthcare organizations face mounting financial pressures, many health systems are struggling to remain independent while making investments to ensure long-term sustainability. Join Greg Stock, Chief Executive Officer at Thibodaux Regional Health System, for an insightful discussion on how Thibodaux Regional has built and maintained a strong financial foundation that has enabled the organization to maintain independence, expand care offerings, and extend its investments in the community.

In this webinar, Greg will discuss his organization’s approach to securing strong financial health, including the operational strategies, organizational culture, and technology decisions that have supported continued success over time. Attendees will learn how Thibodaux has controlled costs, avoided debt, and reinvested in facilities, services, and innovation— all while navigating an increasingly complex healthcare environment.

We’ll also explore the role of technology partnerships in driving operational efficiency and organizational agility, as well as the importance of building a strong foundation for sustainable growth rather than chasing short-term gains.

Register here.]]> Building a Foundation of Financial Strength: How Thibodaux Regional Has Sustained Independence and Growth
Thursday, June 18, 1:30 p.m. EST

MEDITECH Thought Leader Webinar Series

As healthcare organizations face mounting financial pressures, many health systems are struggling to remain independent while making investments to ensure long-term sustainability. Join Greg Stock, Chief Executive Officer at Thibodaux Regional Health System, for an insightful discussion on how Thibodaux Regional has built and maintained a strong financial foundation that has enabled the organization to maintain independence, expand care offerings, and extend its investments in the community.

In this webinar, Greg will discuss his organization’s approach to securing strong financial health, including the operational strategies, organizational culture, and technology decisions that have supported continued success over time. Attendees will learn how Thibodaux has controlled costs, avoided debt, and reinvested in facilities, services, and innovation— all while navigating an increasingly complex healthcare environment.

We’ll also explore the role of technology partnerships in driving operational efficiency and organizational agility, as well as the importance of building a strong foundation for sustainable growth rather than chasing short-term gains.

Register here.]]> <![CDATA[MEDITECH customers rank among the nation's top critical access hospitals]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2305 Wed, 27 May 2026 14:49:18 +0000 RMcCarthy]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2305 MEDITECH celebrates the achievements of small, rural facilities during National Hospital Week

Some of our most vital hospitals are those small, rural facilities that provide 24/7 emergency care and acute services to remote, often underserved communities. Becker’s Hospital Review recently released a list of the top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to know in 2026, which includes over 20 MEDITECH customers. Read more here.]]> MEDITECH celebrates the achievements of small, rural facilities during National Hospital Week

Some of our most vital hospitals are those small, rural facilities that provide 24/7 emergency care and acute services to remote, often underserved communities. Becker’s Hospital Review recently released a list of the top 100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) to know in 2026, which includes over 20 MEDITECH customers. Read more here.]]> <![CDATA[Linus Health Digital Cognitive Assessments Meet or Surpass New CEOi Benchmarks]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2304 Wed, 27 May 2026 14:37:09 +0000 Margaret Kelly]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2304 Linus Health Digital Cognitive Assessments Meet or Surpass New CEOi Benchmarks for Early Cognitive Impairment Detection
  
Published and emerging evidence shows strong alignment across detection, diagnostic support, and cognitive profiling—while supporting faster, more actionable brain health workflows

BOSTON, May 27, 2026 -- Linus Health, an AI-driven brain health company focused on early detection and proactive intervention, announced that its digital solutions meet or exceed the performance criteria suggested in recent recommendations from the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer's Disease (CEOi) for clinic-based digital cognitive assessments.

Published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the CEOi framework defines three core clinical use cases for supervised, in-clinic digital cognitive assessments (DCAs):
  • Initial detection of cognitive impairment (Detection DCA);
  • Diagnostic support for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia (Diagnostic DCA); and
  • Cognitive profile characterization to aid in subtyping or etiologic workup (Profile Characterization Aid DCA).

The workgroup calls for digital tools to at least match, and ideally improve upon, a set of ambitious performance measures, while fitting real-world clinical workflows.

Direct comparison to the CEOi detection benchmark

Within the CEOi Detection DCA benchmarks—approximately 3 to 5 minutes, 80% sensitivity, and 85% specificity—Linus Health's remote-enabled Digital Assessment of Cognition (DAC)  exceeded the suggested benchmark in an independent test set, achieving 90.7% sensitivity and 100% specificity for distinguishing cognitively unimpaired individuals from those with cognitive impairment, including MCI and dementia.

The DCR, a <3-minute assessment, achieves strong performance in brief cognitive evaluations, with 80% sensitivity and 73% specificity for general cognitive impairment and 81% sensitivity and 80% specificity for verbal memory impairment. DCR studies showed higher sensitivity and overall accuracy compared with MMSE, Mini-Cog, and MoCA (based on research planned for presentation at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference [AAIC] 2026), directly supporting the CEOi recommendation that brief DCAs match or outperform legacy non-digital screening tools.

Strong alignment in diagnostic-aid workflows

Within the CEOi Diagnostic Aid DCA benchmarks—approximately 10 to 20 minutes, 85% sensitivity and 90% specificity for MCI detection—Linus Health's DAC achieved 82.9% sensitivity and 100% specificity for distinguishing cognitively unimpaired individuals from those with MCI, with a positive predictive value of 100% and negative predictive value of 78% in the study sample. The same DAC research showed 73.7% sensitivity and 85.7% specificity for distinguishing MCI from dementia. These data show that Linus Health meets the CEOi specificity benchmark for diagnostic support and approaches the suggested sensitivity threshold, while delivering DAC in about seven minutes—shorter than the CEOi's suggested 10- to 20-minute diagnostic aid window.

Evidence also supports profile characterization and etiologic workup

For the CEOi Profile Characterization Aid DCA use case, the guidelines describe a more comprehensive tool intended to support etiologic workup and uses 85% sensitivity and 90% specificity as an example benchmark for detecting MCI due to Alzheimer's disease. Linus Health is one of the only DCAs tackling this critical third use case. Linus' evidence base supports that goal in two ways:
  • DAC demonstrates the ability to differentiate clinically meaningful phenotypes, including amnestic, dysexecutive, and multi-domain MCI subtypes; has greater than 90% concordance with classifications derived from 2- to 3-hour comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations; and achieved (page 290) a 93% negative predictive value for ruling out p-tau217 positivity in real-world settings.
  • DCR predicts amyloid PET positivity with an AUC of 0.81. In a separate DCR analysis focused on identifying patients with MCI or mild dementia likely due to Alzheimer's disease, a combination of DCR's cognitive-impairment and amyloid-prediction models achieved (page 289) 83% sensitivity and 85% specificity for identifying that cohort.

These findings support the CEOi framework's emphasis on understanding not only whether cognitive impairment is present, but also what pattern of impairment is emerging and whether Alzheimer's pathology may be more likely.

"Clear, clinically relevant standards are essential for moving digital cognitive assessment from promise to routine practice," said David Bates, PhD, CEO and co-founder of Linus Health. "The CEOi's recommendations reinforce the direction we have believed in from the beginning: brief, scalable, scientifically grounded tools that deliver more actionable information than legacy screening approaches and help patients get to the right next step sooner. Merely identifying patients with dementia is insufficient for the future of brain health. Patients deserve more."

Together, these results support the use of Linus Health solutions as rapid, low-burden tools that provide primary care physicians with what they need to determine which patients require deeper workup, specialist referral, or longitudinal monitoring.

"Digital cognitive assessments should do far more than recreate paper tests on a screen," said Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, co-founder and chief medical officer of Linus Health. "They should capture richer behavioral signals, help clinicians interpret what those signals mean, and support better decisions about who needs follow-up, which patients may be at highest risk, and how care can be tailored earlier in the disease course."

By separating standards for detection, diagnostic support, and profile characterization, the CEOi recommendations provide health systems, clinicians, researchers, and developers with a more practical framework for evaluating clinical utility. Linus Health believes the recommendations will help accelerate broader adoption of more sensitive, scalable, and clinically meaningful brain health tools—and underscore the company's continued focus on evidence-based solutions that improve earlier identification and intervention.

About Linus Health
Linus Health is a Boston-based digital health company focused on improving brain health around the world. The company develops science-driven digital assessments and AI-enabled analytics that help clinicians and researchers identify cognitive change earlier, guide next steps in care, and support more proactive, personalized intervention. Linus Health works with healthcare delivery organizations, research institutions, and life sciences partners to advance earlier detection and better brain health outcomes.

Media Contact
Supreme Communications for Linus Health
linushealthPR@supremecomms.ai]]> Linus Health Digital Cognitive Assessments Meet or Surpass New CEOi Benchmarks for Early Cognitive Impairment Detection
  
Published and emerging evidence shows strong alignment across detection, diagnostic support, and cognitive profiling—while supporting faster, more actionable brain health workflows

BOSTON, May 27, 2026 -- Linus Health, an AI-driven brain health company focused on early detection and proactive intervention, announced that its digital solutions meet or exceed the performance criteria suggested in recent recommendations from the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer's Disease (CEOi) for clinic-based digital cognitive assessments.

Published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the CEOi framework defines three core clinical use cases for supervised, in-clinic digital cognitive assessments (DCAs):
  • Initial detection of cognitive impairment (Detection DCA);
  • Diagnostic support for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia (Diagnostic DCA); and
  • Cognitive profile characterization to aid in subtyping or etiologic workup (Profile Characterization Aid DCA).

The workgroup calls for digital tools to at least match, and ideally improve upon, a set of ambitious performance measures, while fitting real-world clinical workflows.

Direct comparison to the CEOi detection benchmark

Within the CEOi Detection DCA benchmarks—approximately 3 to 5 minutes, 80% sensitivity, and 85% specificity—Linus Health's remote-enabled Digital Assessment of Cognition (DAC)  exceeded the suggested benchmark in an independent test set, achieving 90.7% sensitivity and 100% specificity for distinguishing cognitively unimpaired individuals from those with cognitive impairment, including MCI and dementia.

The DCR, a <3-minute assessment, achieves strong performance in brief cognitive evaluations, with 80% sensitivity and 73% specificity for general cognitive impairment and 81% sensitivity and 80% specificity for verbal memory impairment. DCR studies showed higher sensitivity and overall accuracy compared with MMSE, Mini-Cog, and MoCA (based on research planned for presentation at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference [AAIC] 2026), directly supporting the CEOi recommendation that brief DCAs match or outperform legacy non-digital screening tools.

Strong alignment in diagnostic-aid workflows

Within the CEOi Diagnostic Aid DCA benchmarks—approximately 10 to 20 minutes, 85% sensitivity and 90% specificity for MCI detection—Linus Health's DAC achieved 82.9% sensitivity and 100% specificity for distinguishing cognitively unimpaired individuals from those with MCI, with a positive predictive value of 100% and negative predictive value of 78% in the study sample. The same DAC research showed 73.7% sensitivity and 85.7% specificity for distinguishing MCI from dementia. These data show that Linus Health meets the CEOi specificity benchmark for diagnostic support and approaches the suggested sensitivity threshold, while delivering DAC in about seven minutes—shorter than the CEOi's suggested 10- to 20-minute diagnostic aid window.

Evidence also supports profile characterization and etiologic workup

For the CEOi Profile Characterization Aid DCA use case, the guidelines describe a more comprehensive tool intended to support etiologic workup and uses 85% sensitivity and 90% specificity as an example benchmark for detecting MCI due to Alzheimer's disease. Linus Health is one of the only DCAs tackling this critical third use case. Linus' evidence base supports that goal in two ways:
  • DAC demonstrates the ability to differentiate clinically meaningful phenotypes, including amnestic, dysexecutive, and multi-domain MCI subtypes; has greater than 90% concordance with classifications derived from 2- to 3-hour comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations; and achieved (page 290) a 93% negative predictive value for ruling out p-tau217 positivity in real-world settings.
  • DCR predicts amyloid PET positivity with an AUC of 0.81. In a separate DCR analysis focused on identifying patients with MCI or mild dementia likely due to Alzheimer's disease, a combination of DCR's cognitive-impairment and amyloid-prediction models achieved (page 289) 83% sensitivity and 85% specificity for identifying that cohort.

These findings support the CEOi framework's emphasis on understanding not only whether cognitive impairment is present, but also what pattern of impairment is emerging and whether Alzheimer's pathology may be more likely.

"Clear, clinically relevant standards are essential for moving digital cognitive assessment from promise to routine practice," said David Bates, PhD, CEO and co-founder of Linus Health. "The CEOi's recommendations reinforce the direction we have believed in from the beginning: brief, scalable, scientifically grounded tools that deliver more actionable information than legacy screening approaches and help patients get to the right next step sooner. Merely identifying patients with dementia is insufficient for the future of brain health. Patients deserve more."

Together, these results support the use of Linus Health solutions as rapid, low-burden tools that provide primary care physicians with what they need to determine which patients require deeper workup, specialist referral, or longitudinal monitoring.

"Digital cognitive assessments should do far more than recreate paper tests on a screen," said Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, co-founder and chief medical officer of Linus Health. "They should capture richer behavioral signals, help clinicians interpret what those signals mean, and support better decisions about who needs follow-up, which patients may be at highest risk, and how care can be tailored earlier in the disease course."

By separating standards for detection, diagnostic support, and profile characterization, the CEOi recommendations provide health systems, clinicians, researchers, and developers with a more practical framework for evaluating clinical utility. Linus Health believes the recommendations will help accelerate broader adoption of more sensitive, scalable, and clinically meaningful brain health tools—and underscore the company's continued focus on evidence-based solutions that improve earlier identification and intervention.

About Linus Health
Linus Health is a Boston-based digital health company focused on improving brain health around the world. The company develops science-driven digital assessments and AI-enabled analytics that help clinicians and researchers identify cognitive change earlier, guide next steps in care, and support more proactive, personalized intervention. Linus Health works with healthcare delivery organizations, research institutions, and life sciences partners to advance earlier detection and better brain health outcomes.

Media Contact
Supreme Communications for Linus Health
linushealthPR@supremecomms.ai]]> <![CDATA[The State of Healthcare Contact Centers: What the Data Says (Webinar May 28)]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2303 Thu, 21 May 2026 23:28:57 +0000 MKothe]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2303 register here.

A sneak peek at some of the data:
  • 84% of respondents said tech gaps affect their ability to hire and keep operators
  • 46% cite integration complexity as the #1 barrier to adopting new technology
  • 87% rate themselves as beginning or intermediate in AI maturity
  • Only 40% have EHR integration — despite averaging 5+ tools in their stack

More Details
A lot of healthcare operator environments look fine on paper. Calls are getting answered. Teams are keeping things moving. And from a distance, it can look like the operation is holding up.

But that’s often where the real problem starts, because “answered quickly” is not the same as “handled well.” A call can be picked up fast and still turn into a long hold, another transfer, another system switch, another attempt to find the right person — and another frustrating experience for the patient or referring provider on the other end.

PerfectServe surveyed 100+ healthcare IT and operations leaders about the state of hospital operator environments, from switchboards and transfer workflows to the broader call management technology stack behind them. The data is clear: many organizations are measuring the wrong things, operating with more fragmented stacks than they realize, and asking operators to work around systems that were never built for the complexity they handle today.

This live session brings together contact center consultants and a product specialist who works inside these environments every day to unpack what the data means and what health systems can do about it.

What You’ll Take Away
Every topic in this session is tied to a decision you may need to make or a conversation you may need to have internally.
  • Benchmark data to see how your operator environment compares to peers across the industry.
  • A clearer picture on UCaaS vs. CCaaS — and where switchboard technology fits in.
  • Real talk on AI, tech adoption, and where hospital operator environments are heading in the next 12–18 months.
  • Walk away with a framework for taking this data back to your leadership team, along with the language to build the internal case for change.

Who Should Attend?
Built for IT and operations leaders responsible for how care teams connect, communicate, and coordinate inside the health system.
  • Patient Access & Transfer Center Leaders – You’ll recognize the performance gaps the data describes and leave with language to build the internal case for change.
  • IT & Unified Communications Leaders – You’ll get an honest assessment of where integration complexity is stalling progress and what a more consolidated architecture looks like in practice.
  • Contact Center Operations Leaders – You’ll see your workforce and workflow challenges reflected in the data and hear directly from peers who have navigated them.
]]> register here.

A sneak peek at some of the data:
  • 84% of respondents said tech gaps affect their ability to hire and keep operators
  • 46% cite integration complexity as the #1 barrier to adopting new technology
  • 87% rate themselves as beginning or intermediate in AI maturity
  • Only 40% have EHR integration — despite averaging 5+ tools in their stack

More Details
A lot of healthcare operator environments look fine on paper. Calls are getting answered. Teams are keeping things moving. And from a distance, it can look like the operation is holding up.

But that’s often where the real problem starts, because “answered quickly” is not the same as “handled well.” A call can be picked up fast and still turn into a long hold, another transfer, another system switch, another attempt to find the right person — and another frustrating experience for the patient or referring provider on the other end.

PerfectServe surveyed 100+ healthcare IT and operations leaders about the state of hospital operator environments, from switchboards and transfer workflows to the broader call management technology stack behind them. The data is clear: many organizations are measuring the wrong things, operating with more fragmented stacks than they realize, and asking operators to work around systems that were never built for the complexity they handle today.

This live session brings together contact center consultants and a product specialist who works inside these environments every day to unpack what the data means and what health systems can do about it.

What You’ll Take Away
Every topic in this session is tied to a decision you may need to make or a conversation you may need to have internally.
  • Benchmark data to see how your operator environment compares to peers across the industry.
  • A clearer picture on UCaaS vs. CCaaS — and where switchboard technology fits in.
  • Real talk on AI, tech adoption, and where hospital operator environments are heading in the next 12–18 months.
  • Walk away with a framework for taking this data back to your leadership team, along with the language to build the internal case for change.

Who Should Attend?
Built for IT and operations leaders responsible for how care teams connect, communicate, and coordinate inside the health system.
  • Patient Access & Transfer Center Leaders – You’ll recognize the performance gaps the data describes and leave with language to build the internal case for change.
  • IT & Unified Communications Leaders – You’ll get an honest assessment of where integration complexity is stalling progress and what a more consolidated architecture looks like in practice.
  • Contact Center Operations Leaders – You’ll see your workforce and workflow challenges reflected in the data and hear directly from peers who have navigated them.
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