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<![CDATA[HIStalk Sponsor Announcements - All Forums]]> https://histalk.com/forum/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:41:55 +0000 MyBB <![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
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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

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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.]]> <![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.

Pre-conversion understanding and conversion planning.
Technical optimization and execution.
Rigorous conversion testing and clinical workflow validation.

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

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).

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

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.

]]> <![CDATA[AMIA Amplify Poster Session: FDB Improves Medication Guidance]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2302 Thu, 21 May 2026 13:39:31 +0000 Margaret Kelly]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2302 AMIA Amplify Poster Session: FDB Pharmacists Show Patient-Specific Medication Guidance Can Reduce Pharmacy Alerts by 70%

Research demonstrates that consolidating medication guidance around patient risk can reduce alert fatigue and help pharmacists focus more time on patient care.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 15, 2026 -- Clinical informatics pharmacists from FDB (First Databank, Inc.), a leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise medication decisions, will present research at the 2026 AMIA Amplify Informatics Conference demonstrating how a patient-specific approach to medication clinical decision support (CDS) reduced pharmacy alert volume by 70% in a high-volume community pharmacy setting.

The findings highlight how consolidating multiple medication safety alerts into a single, actionable alert based on the patient's most clinically relevant risk can significantly reduce alert fatigue, streamline pharmacist workflows, and support more meaningful patient interactions.

Usha Desiraju, PharmD, manager of informatics and clinical content at FDB, and Michael T. Silver, PharmD, clinical informatics pharmacist at FDB, will present the poster, "Optimizing Community Pharmacy Workflows with Enhanced CDS Tools" (Poster 109), during Poster Session 2 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20.

Today's community pharmacists must review medication alerts independently across multiple clinical domains, including drug-drug interactions, duplicate therapy, dosing, drug-disease contraindications, and specialty population precautions. This fragmented approach can generate hundreds of alerts per shift, contributing to cognitive overload, burnout, and the risk that critical safety signals may be overlooked.

FDB's re-engineered approach consolidates medication screening across clinical domains and presents pharmacists with the most clinically pertinent risk for each patient, along with recommended next-best actions.

To evaluate the approach in practice, the FDB research team analyzed medication screening data from a large national community pharmacy. Each alert was mapped to a single primary clinical outcome, or "Clinical Consequence." Using a proprietary API, alerts associated with the same Clinical Consequence were aggregated into a unified "Risk of" message paired with recommended actions, such as contacting the prescriber, reaching out to the patient, or providing patient-specific counseling materials.

The approach also incorporated intelligent alert management features, including suppression of repeat alerts based on prior pharmacist overrides, expiration logic for ICD-10-CM codes tied to acute conditions, and escalation or downgrading of alerts based on patient-specific predisposing and mitigating factors.

"Community pharmacists are doing more than ever for their patients, yet the volume of alerts they face each day can work against the very safety those alerts are designed to support," said Desiraju. "This research shows that a consolidated, risk-based approach can re-engineer medication CDS around both the patient and the pharmacist workflow by surfacing the single most important risk — and the action that should follow — instead of asking pharmacists to piece together siloed warnings themselves."

Before implementation, pharmacists received an average of 241.5 alerts per 250 prescriptions. After implementation of the consolidated, risk-based approach, alert volume dropped to fewer than 50 alerts per 250 prescriptions — a 70% overall reduction.

Pharmacists' acceptance of recommended next-best actions exceeded 75%, and participants also reported higher satisfaction and more dedicated time for patient interaction.

"What stood out in the results is that reducing alert volume by this magnitude did not come at the expense of clinical rigor," said Silver. "It came from organizing clinical knowledge in a more meaningful and patient-specific way. When pharmacists trust that the alerts surfaced represent the highest priority risks for a particular patient, they can act more confidently and spend more time where it matters most — with the patient."

FDB delivers this next-generation approach to medication guidance through FDB Navigo™, a web-based API solution that replaces siloed, severity-based alerts with consolidated, risk-based guidance aligned with real-world clinical decision-making.

As community pharmacists continue to expand their responsibilities — including vaccinations, health screenings, and medication therapy management — reducing the cognitive burden associated with legacy alerting systems is becoming increasingly important. By standardizing responses across pharmacy locations and surfacing more actionable guidance, FDB Navigo helps support more consistent, efficient, and patient-centered care.

About FDB
FDB (First Databank) delivers clinically robust, workflow-integrated drug knowledge that is intuitive, patient-specific, and actionable, enabling more precise medication decisions at the point of care. Trusted for rigorous quality control, deep clinical expertise, and a collaborative approach, FDB helps improve patient safety, streamline operations, and enhance health outcomes. FDB's comprehensive drug databases and next-generation medication decision support solutions power healthcare information systems used by the majority of hospitals, physician practices, pharmacies, payers, and beyond, impacting millions of clinicians, business associates, and patients every day. For more information, visit www.fdbhealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.

About Hearst Health
The mission of Hearst Health is to guide healthcare organizations by delivering essential intelligence and software that improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of care. Hearst Health has been innovating with care for more than 40 years, with a commitment to making a lasting positive impact on health. The Hearst Health companies, FDB, Homecare Homebase, MCG, MHK, QGenda, and Zynx Health, elevate care by informing and empowering participants across the health journey. Learn more at www.hearst.com/hearst-health and follow @Hearst Health on LinkedIn.

Media Contact
Supreme Communications for FDB
FDBPR@supremecomms.ai]]> AMIA Amplify Poster Session: FDB Pharmacists Show Patient-Specific Medication Guidance Can Reduce Pharmacy Alerts by 70%

Research demonstrates that consolidating medication guidance around patient risk can reduce alert fatigue and help pharmacists focus more time on patient care.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 15, 2026 -- Clinical informatics pharmacists from FDB (First Databank, Inc.), a leading provider of drug knowledge that helps healthcare professionals make precise medication decisions, will present research at the 2026 AMIA Amplify Informatics Conference demonstrating how a patient-specific approach to medication clinical decision support (CDS) reduced pharmacy alert volume by 70% in a high-volume community pharmacy setting.

The findings highlight how consolidating multiple medication safety alerts into a single, actionable alert based on the patient's most clinically relevant risk can significantly reduce alert fatigue, streamline pharmacist workflows, and support more meaningful patient interactions.

Usha Desiraju, PharmD, manager of informatics and clinical content at FDB, and Michael T. Silver, PharmD, clinical informatics pharmacist at FDB, will present the poster, "Optimizing Community Pharmacy Workflows with Enhanced CDS Tools" (Poster 109), during Poster Session 2 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20.

Today's community pharmacists must review medication alerts independently across multiple clinical domains, including drug-drug interactions, duplicate therapy, dosing, drug-disease contraindications, and specialty population precautions. This fragmented approach can generate hundreds of alerts per shift, contributing to cognitive overload, burnout, and the risk that critical safety signals may be overlooked.

FDB's re-engineered approach consolidates medication screening across clinical domains and presents pharmacists with the most clinically pertinent risk for each patient, along with recommended next-best actions.

To evaluate the approach in practice, the FDB research team analyzed medication screening data from a large national community pharmacy. Each alert was mapped to a single primary clinical outcome, or "Clinical Consequence." Using a proprietary API, alerts associated with the same Clinical Consequence were aggregated into a unified "Risk of" message paired with recommended actions, such as contacting the prescriber, reaching out to the patient, or providing patient-specific counseling materials.

The approach also incorporated intelligent alert management features, including suppression of repeat alerts based on prior pharmacist overrides, expiration logic for ICD-10-CM codes tied to acute conditions, and escalation or downgrading of alerts based on patient-specific predisposing and mitigating factors.

"Community pharmacists are doing more than ever for their patients, yet the volume of alerts they face each day can work against the very safety those alerts are designed to support," said Desiraju. "This research shows that a consolidated, risk-based approach can re-engineer medication CDS around both the patient and the pharmacist workflow by surfacing the single most important risk — and the action that should follow — instead of asking pharmacists to piece together siloed warnings themselves."

Before implementation, pharmacists received an average of 241.5 alerts per 250 prescriptions. After implementation of the consolidated, risk-based approach, alert volume dropped to fewer than 50 alerts per 250 prescriptions — a 70% overall reduction.

Pharmacists' acceptance of recommended next-best actions exceeded 75%, and participants also reported higher satisfaction and more dedicated time for patient interaction.

"What stood out in the results is that reducing alert volume by this magnitude did not come at the expense of clinical rigor," said Silver. "It came from organizing clinical knowledge in a more meaningful and patient-specific way. When pharmacists trust that the alerts surfaced represent the highest priority risks for a particular patient, they can act more confidently and spend more time where it matters most — with the patient."

FDB delivers this next-generation approach to medication guidance through FDB Navigo™, a web-based API solution that replaces siloed, severity-based alerts with consolidated, risk-based guidance aligned with real-world clinical decision-making.

As community pharmacists continue to expand their responsibilities — including vaccinations, health screenings, and medication therapy management — reducing the cognitive burden associated with legacy alerting systems is becoming increasingly important. By standardizing responses across pharmacy locations and surfacing more actionable guidance, FDB Navigo helps support more consistent, efficient, and patient-centered care.

About FDB
FDB (First Databank) delivers clinically robust, workflow-integrated drug knowledge that is intuitive, patient-specific, and actionable, enabling more precise medication decisions at the point of care. Trusted for rigorous quality control, deep clinical expertise, and a collaborative approach, FDB helps improve patient safety, streamline operations, and enhance health outcomes. FDB's comprehensive drug databases and next-generation medication decision support solutions power healthcare information systems used by the majority of hospitals, physician practices, pharmacies, payers, and beyond, impacting millions of clinicians, business associates, and patients every day. For more information, visit www.fdbhealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.

About Hearst Health
The mission of Hearst Health is to guide healthcare organizations by delivering essential intelligence and software that improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of care. Hearst Health has been innovating with care for more than 40 years, with a commitment to making a lasting positive impact on health. The Hearst Health companies, FDB, Homecare Homebase, MCG, MHK, QGenda, and Zynx Health, elevate care by informing and empowering participants across the health journey. Learn more at www.hearst.com/hearst-health and follow @Hearst Health on LinkedIn.

Media Contact
Supreme Communications for FDB
FDBPR@supremecomms.ai]]> <![CDATA[Your Operator Console Belongs in the Cloud. Let’s Talk at HCCT.]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2301 Tue, 19 May 2026 22:36:32 +0000 MKothe]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2301 book time with us here.

Why It Matters: Your Legacy System Is Costing You More Than You Think
On-prem operator consoles weren’t designed for today’s demands — multiple locations, workforce flexibility, and the integration complexity of a modern health system. If your team is still relying on aging hardware and paper on-call schedules, every day brings avoidable inefficiency, staffing constraints, and gaps in the patient experience.

PerfectServe’s cloud-based operator console was built specifically for hospitals and health systems. No proprietary hardware. No planned downtime for upgrades. Operators can work from anywhere — including during weather events or facility disruptions — while still having full access to real-time clinical directories, on-call schedules, and EHR data.

What You’ll See at Table 12: Purpose-Built for Healthcare Operator and Contact Centers
Every feature was designed with healthcare workflows in mind. We didn't just adapt our solution from a generic call center platform.

Single-Click Team Activations: Instantly activate your STEMI, stroke, code, and rapid response teams without searching through directories or paper schedules.
Unified Clinical Directory: One real-time source for on-call providers, care teams, departments, and patients — updated automatically, no manual maintenance.
Cloud-Based, Hardware-Free: Operators can work from anywhere. No proprietary hardware, automatic updates, and 99.99% uptime — no planned downtime for upgrades.
Two-Way Messaging with Read Receipts: Move beyond one-way pages. Send messages with patient context attached and confirm delivery and acknowledgement in real time.
250+ EHR & System Integrations: Connects out-of-the-box with your EHR, scheduling platforms, PBX, telephony, nurse call, and clinical communication systems.
Reporting & Analytics: Visualize queue activity, call history, agent performance, and response metrics — so you can manage your team with real data.

Who Benefits?
PerfectServe is offering a better experience for everyone in the chain:

IT Leaders: Simplify infrastructure. Reduce costs.
Contact Center Managers: Attract, retain, and empower your team.
Patients & Callers: Faster access, fewer transfers, better experience.

Single-Click Team Activations: Instantly activate your STEMI, stroke, code, and rapid response teams without searching through directories or paper schedules.
Unified Clinical Directory: One real-time source for on-call providers, care teams, departments, and patients — updated automatically, no manual maintenance.
Cloud-Based, Hardware-Free: Operators can work from anywhere. No proprietary hardware, automatic updates, and 99.99% uptime — no planned downtime for upgrades.
Two-Way Messaging with Read Receipts: Move beyond one-way pages. Send messages with patient context attached and confirm delivery and acknowledgement in real time.
250+ EHR & System Integrations: Connects out-of-the-box with your EHR, scheduling platforms, PBX, telephony, nurse call, and clinical communication systems.
Reporting & Analytics: Visualize queue activity, call history, agent performance, and response metrics — so you can manage your team with real data.

Who Benefits?
PerfectServe is offering a better experience for everyone in the chain:

IT Leaders: Simplify infrastructure. Reduce costs.
Contact Center Managers: Attract, retain, and empower your team.
Patients & Callers: Faster access, fewer transfers, better experience.

Reserve Time Now
Our exhibit schedule usually fills up during this conference. If you’re attending HCCT 2026 and want dedicated time with our team to see the product, ask your specific questions, and talk through what a transition from your current system would actually look like, make sure to reserve your spot now.

See you in Atlanta!]]> <![CDATA[PrognoCIS  Announces Strategic Collaboration with Global Payments to Launch PrognoPay]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2300 Tue, 19 May 2026 16:47:36 +0000 Jasmine Torres]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2300 PrognoCIS  Announces Strategic Collaboration with Global Payments to Launch PrognoPay
A native, end‑to‑end payments experience built into PrognoCIS, to accelerate financial performance and operational productivity.

Niagara Falls, NY – May 19, 2026 — PrognoCIS, a leading ambulatory Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform by Bizmatics, today announced the launch of PrognoPay, a modern payment solution embedded within PrognoCIS and powered by Global Payments, a global leader in payments technology. This strategic collaboration strengthens PrognoCIS’ commitment to product excellence by unifying clinical, administrative, and financial workflows into a single, seamless experience for providers, practices, and patients.

PrognoPay smoothly integrates payment processing directly into the clinical and administrative workflows of PrognoCIS, enabling healthcare practices to collect payments faster, reduce operational friction, and improve the overall patient financial experience—without relying on third‑party systems or standalone terminals. With this integration, PrognoCIS customers gain access to enterprise‑grade payment capabilities backed by Global Payments.

Designed for How Modern Practices Work and How Patients Pay
PrognoPay is built directly into PrognoCIS, allowing practices to manage patient billing, collections, and reconciliation without leaving the EHR. Payments post automatically, reducing errors and saving up to 8 hours per week in staff time that would otherwise be spent on manual reconciliation and follow-ups.
For patients, PrognoPay introduces convenient, digitally driven options that reflect evolving expectations. Features such as integrated text‑to‑pay, email payment requests, pay‑by‑link, recurring payments, and digital wallets make it easier for patients to pay balances quickly and securely—on their terms.
This patient-first approach helps practices improve collection rates, shorten payment cycles, and create a more transparent financial experience that builds trust and loyalty.

A Secure and Scalable Payments Foundation
PrognoPay delivers enterprise-grade security, PCI compliance, and reliability without adding complexity for providers. Sensitive payment data is securely managed while remaining tightly connected to patient accounts and workflows inside PrognoCIS. The result is a secure, scalable solution designed to support multilocation practices, specialty clinics, and growing healthcare organizations that demand consistency, performance, and confidence as they scale.

Quote:"PrognoPay represents a major step forward in our mission to simplify and modernize healthcare operations," said Derek Smith, Executive Vice President at Bizmatics. "By embedding payments natively into PrognoCIS and powering it with Global Payments, we are giving our customers a secure, scalable, and seamless way to manage payments directly inside their EHR—without disruption, without compromise."

"Healthcare organizations are increasingly looking for unified platforms that reduce friction across clinical, administrative, and financial workflows," Derek added. "This collaboration allows PrognoCIS clients to offer a modern, patient-friendly payment experience while maintaining the reliability and compliance required in healthcare."

Reinforcing Leadership Through Product and Customer Excellence
PrognoPay reflects PrognoCIS' continued focus on its three core pillars: product excellence, operational excellence, and customer excellence. By deeply integrating payments into the platform, PrognoCIS eliminates operational friction while delivering meaningful value where it matters most—time savings for staff, faster collections for practices, and ease of use for patients.

This advancement further strengthens PrognoCIS' position as a leader in the EHR space, focused on solving real business challenges for healthcare organizations that are growing and scaling in operation.

About Bizmatics
Bizmatics, Inc. is a leading healthcare technology company and the maker of PrognoCIS, a fully integrated Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management platform powering thousands of providers nationwide for over 20 years. PrognoCIS streamline workflows, strengthen revenue performance, and enhance patient care through a unified, cloud‑based platform designed to scale with practices as they grow. With PrognoAI, Bizmatics extends its commitment to innovation by equipping healthcare organizations with AI‑driven tools that enhance efficiency, improve accuracy, and support smarter clinical, financial, and operational decision‑making—enabling practices to operate with greater confidence and focus on patient care. For more information, visit prognocis.com and follow PrognoCIS on X, LinkedIn and Facebook.

About Global Payments
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Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva
Time: 2 PM to 3 PM CET

Treatable conditions continue to be a death sentence in many parts of the world, simply because there are not enough doctors, and access to specialists remains deeply inequitable.
The divide is not new. The gap just keeps widening.
There is also a new reality. AI is already being used for screening, service delivery, and frontline support across health systems. The news of AI doctors and clinics may still be met with scepticism, but those working in the space know this shift is already underway. The most baffling part of all is the speed at which it is happening.
Is the AI doctor the answer the system never found?
What needs to be urgently built, governed, and trusted so that it works for those who need it most?
And is the system truly ready for the scale of change ahead?
In this session, we bring together government leaders, AI architects, and system builders shaping what comes next.

Featuring :

H.E. Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Minister of Health, Indonesia

Dr. Neil Buddy Shah
CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), Chair of Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust

By invitation only. Limited seating. World Health Assembly Side Event · Geneva, May 2026
Link - Join now]]> Date: 19th May 2026, Tuesday
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva
Time: 2 PM to 3 PM CET

Treatable conditions continue to be a death sentence in many parts of the world, simply because there are not enough doctors, and access to specialists remains deeply inequitable.
The divide is not new. The gap just keeps widening.
There is also a new reality. AI is already being used for screening, service delivery, and frontline support across health systems. The news of AI doctors and clinics may still be met with scepticism, but those working in the space know this shift is already underway. The most baffling part of all is the speed at which it is happening.
Is the AI doctor the answer the system never found?
What needs to be urgently built, governed, and trusted so that it works for those who need it most?
And is the system truly ready for the scale of change ahead?
In this session, we bring together government leaders, AI architects, and system builders shaping what comes next.

Featuring :

H.E. Budi Gunadi Sadikin
Minister of Health, Indonesia

Dr. Neil Buddy Shah
CEO, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), Chair of Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust

By invitation only. Limited seating. World Health Assembly Side Event · Geneva, May 2026
Link - Join now]]> <![CDATA[Surgery Partners' EHR: Transitioning to Expanse at $1M in Cost Avoidance]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2298 Mon, 04 May 2026 17:21:14 +0000 BUram]]> https://histalk.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2298 Surgery Partners and CereCore
Challenge
Surgery Partners operated 180+ locations across 35 states with fragmented EHR instances and limited centralized governance, which created inconsistent workflows, variable uptime risk, and high operational overhead, especially during acquisitions.

Results
CereCore helped Surgery Partners standardize MEDITECH across the enterprise, reduce variability in clinical workflows, and accelerate onboarding for newly acquired facilities. By centralizing hosting, we improved uptime and simplified patching and upgrades, enabling Surgery Partners’ IT team to focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine maintenance.

10
Hospitals migrated in 10 months
99.8%
Patching compliance average
13
Locations on centralized hosting

About the Provider
Surgery Partners operates over 180 ancillary service locations in 35 states, including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and surgical hospitals. Treating over 600,000 patients annually, the organization is a leader in the shift toward high-quality, cost-effective surgical care. Their mission is driven by strategic partnerships that enhance patient quality of life through technological and operational excellence.

Centralizing Infrastructure for Enterprise Scale
The partnership matured into a comprehensive hosting services agreement where CereCore became the primary provider for MEDITECH applications. By migrating surgical hospitals on MEDITECH 6.x and Expanse to a centralized data center in Nashville, Surgery Partners eliminated the burden of managing local server environments. This shift allowed the organization to standardize its technology stack, ensuring that every facility—regardless of its legacy system—operated on a reliable and secure platform.

Key Outcomes:

Accelerated Migration Timeline: Successfully transitioned 10 surgical hospitals to a centralized data center within a strict 10-month window with zero downtime.
Elite Security Standards: Achieved and maintained a 99.8% patching compliance average across all OS servers and third-party applications throughout 2023.
Operational Consistency: Established standardized monthly patching and data backup cycles for every facility within four weeks of their migration.
Infrastructure Optimization: Implemented proactive resource monitoring (storage and server) to ensure 24/7 system availability and efficient application performance.
Informed Decision Support: Delivered monthly infrastructure reporting to Surgery Partners leadership, providing transparency into hosted environment changes and growth capacity.

Standardized Maintenance and Reliability
A critical component of the hosting transition was the implementation of rigorous patching and data backup cycles. CereCore established these standards within four weeks of the transition for each facility. Throughout 2023, the application management and infrastructure teams maintained a 99.8% patching compliance average. This proactive approach to server health ensures that Surgery Partners’ clinical systems remain secure against vulnerabilities while maintaining high availability for providers.

Strategic Resource Reallocation
By leveraging CereCore for core IT operations, Surgery Partners’ leadership was able to reorganize internal IT teams. Freed from the day-to-day "heavy lifting" of infrastructure maintenance, internal resources shifted their focus to IT strategy and innovation. This realignment has been instrumental in supporting the company’s long-term growth plan and ensuring that technology serves as a catalyst for clinical success rather than an operational bottleneck.

"I have seen the value first-hand in a partnership. Sometimes as an organization you have to take a step back and determine whether we should develop this as a core competency. Or, should we leverage a partner that’s already solved for this and can do it at scale so that we can focus on areas we do want to be our core competency."

Varun Gadhok | CIO, Surgery Partners

Result
By centralizing IT infrastructure, Surgery Partners achieved the scale necessary to support its growth trajectory. The migration to the Nashville data center provided a reliable, high-performing environment that reduced the maintenance burden on internal staff. With a 99.8% patching compliance rate, the organization now operates with improved security and reliability, providing a stable foundation for future acquisitions and technological innovation.

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Challenge
Surgery Partners operated 180+ locations across 35 states with fragmented EHR instances and limited centralized governance, which created inconsistent workflows, variable uptime risk, and high operational overhead, especially during acquisitions.

Results
CereCore helped Surgery Partners standardize MEDITECH across the enterprise, reduce variability in clinical workflows, and accelerate onboarding for newly acquired facilities. By centralizing hosting, we improved uptime and simplified patching and upgrades, enabling Surgery Partners’ IT team to focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine maintenance.

10
Hospitals migrated in 10 months
99.8%
Patching compliance average
13
Locations on centralized hosting

About the Provider
Surgery Partners operates over 180 ancillary service locations in 35 states, including ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and surgical hospitals. Treating over 600,000 patients annually, the organization is a leader in the shift toward high-quality, cost-effective surgical care. Their mission is driven by strategic partnerships that enhance patient quality of life through technological and operational excellence.

Centralizing Infrastructure for Enterprise Scale
The partnership matured into a comprehensive hosting services agreement where CereCore became the primary provider for MEDITECH applications. By migrating surgical hospitals on MEDITECH 6.x and Expanse to a centralized data center in Nashville, Surgery Partners eliminated the burden of managing local server environments. This shift allowed the organization to standardize its technology stack, ensuring that every facility—regardless of its legacy system—operated on a reliable and secure platform.

Key Outcomes:

Accelerated Migration Timeline: Successfully transitioned 10 surgical hospitals to a centralized data center within a strict 10-month window with zero downtime.
Elite Security Standards: Achieved and maintained a 99.8% patching compliance average across all OS servers and third-party applications throughout 2023.
Operational Consistency: Established standardized monthly patching and data backup cycles for every facility within four weeks of their migration.
Infrastructure Optimization: Implemented proactive resource monitoring (storage and server) to ensure 24/7 system availability and efficient application performance.
Informed Decision Support: Delivered monthly infrastructure reporting to Surgery Partners leadership, providing transparency into hosted environment changes and growth capacity.