Healthcare IT News - September 2008 - (Page 46) 46 healthcare IT News ■ September 2008 www.HealthcareITNews.com LOOKAHeAD September 13 - Continuity of Care Record, Waltham, Mass. 14 - The 3rd Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Revenue Cycle Innovation, Las Vegas 14-19 - HL7 22nd Plenary and Working Group Meeting, Vancouver, B.C. 15 - 16 American Telemedicine Association, Tampa, Fla. 17 - 21 AAFP Annual Scientific Assembly, San Diego, Calif. 18-19 – pHealth Conference 2008, Norfolk, Va. 18-19 - PHI2008 Creating A Global Partnership in Public Health Informatics, Seattle QUOteD Patricia Abbott Johns Hopkins University 43 John Andersen Duke Univ. Affiliated Phys 22,26 Justin Barnes Greenway Medical Technologies 11 Lee Barrett EHNAC 6 Jean Bozman IDC 42 Barry P. Chaiken HIMSS Fellow 11 Carl R. Chudnofsky Albert Einstein Healthcare 20 Jim Cato Eclipsys 43 Ken Catyon IDC 42 R. Kerry Clark Cardinal Health 39 Jamie Coffin Dell Healthcare 40 Tom Coppa Iowa Health System 11 Todd Cozzens Picis 40 Geoff Davis Kentucky Congressman 3 Dan Derksen N.M. Medical Society 23 Salvatore DiMasi MA House Speaker 15 Pam Dixon World Privacy Forum 37 Allen Dobson Community Care of NC 3 Carl Doty Forrester Research 37 Bruce Douglas Providence Health 11 Lynne Dunbrack Health Industry Insights 34, 36 Karen Duncan Consultant 10 Health Erickson IntelliDot 44 Tom Fritz Inland Northwest Health 4 Alan Gilbert Stratus Technologies 40 David Ginn Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital 11 Paul Ginsburg Center for Studying HSC 6 Michelle Godin St. Mary’s Hospital 44 Peter Greene Johns Hopkins University 43 John Haughton DocSite 26 Crystal Hayling BSCF 34 Dave Henderson MVP HealthCare 34 Jeffrey Henderson Cardinal Health 39 Mary Henderson Health Data Management Solutions 35 Steve Hill Health Care Authority 4 Lars Houmann Florida Hospital 14 William F. Jessee MGMA 3 Lee Kaminsky Stratus Technologies 38 Eric Kaplan Hospice of Michigan 42 Linda Kloss AHIMA 3 Robert M. Kolodner ONC 37 David Laurello Stratus Healthcare 40 Michael Leavitt HHS Secretary 3,6 Tom Long Texas Health Resources 11 Jeremy Meller Marshfield Clinic 24 Lindsay Mello athenahealth 23 Dale Mertens Crescent City Physicians 22 Blackford Middleton Ctr. for IT Leadership 26 Todd Minnigh Carestream Health 38,39 Cindy Montgomery BCBSAZ 3 Kristina Mulholland INPUT 8 Therese Murray MA Senate President 15 Diana Nole Carestream Health 38 Micheal O’Neil GetWellNetwork 18 Scott Overholt White Stone Group 44 A.J. Patefield Novant Health 26 Bob Patricelli Evolution Benefits 34 Deval Patrick Governor of Massachusetts 14 Francis Pettepit Covisia Solutions Inc. 16 Bill Pidwell Park City Healthcare 22 Marc Pierson St. Joseph Hospital 4 Rebecca Polss IBC 36 Nancy Pratt Sharp HealthCare 18 Darrell Pruitt Dentist 6 Salah Qutaishat Premier 18 Stanley Reed Anthem BCBS 34 Bill Richardson New Mexico Governor 1 Jan Root UT Health Information Network 6 Mark Selna Geisinger Clinic 24 Brent Shafer Philips Healthcare 18 Dale Shaw Mercy Hospital 16 Kimberly Siejak IBC 1 Marla Silliman Disney Children’s Hospital 18 Winona Stoltzfus N.M. Dept. of Health 23 Frank Stranick Presbyterian Anesthesia Assoc 23 Arvind Subramanian Wolters Kluwer 20 Joseph Swedish Trinity Health 15 Mark Tepping Bridgeport Hospital 11 Alan Trefler Pegasystems 34 Jeannette Trotman Albert Einstein Healthcare 20 Glen Tullman Allscripts 26 Ann Tynan Center for Studying HSC 3 Alfredo Vigil New Mexico Health Secretary 1,23 L. Albert Villarin Albert Einstein Healthcare 1,20 Adnan Vora Health Data Management Solutions . 35 Rick Warren Allegiance Health 11 Kerry Weems CMS 22 William Wetmore ikaSystems 36 Clyde Williams SE Alabama Medical Center 42 Janice Young Health Industry Insights 36 OCtOber 11-16 - 2008 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, Seattle 22-25 - CHIME08 Fall CIO Forum, Henderson, Nev. More at Healthcare IT stocks The William Blair Health Care IT Index (WBHCIT), an equal-weighted basket comprising 31 HCIT stocks, has been created to capitalize on trends in the industry that include a heightened demand for clinical information systems. The index aims to capture the aggregate stock performance of the majority of industry participants focused on healthcare IT. The chart above shows healthcare IT stocks compared with the Nasdaq Index between July 28 and August 28. For a list of the companies on the William Blair index, visit www.williamblair.com/WBHCIT. ●Connect: graphs 0908 e HealthcareITNews.com e ●Connect: lookahead 0908 ONtHemOVe Quotable “The restriction on reimbursement means every penny in healthcare is spent twice. Even though the technology is there, the hospitals can’t afford to deploy the technology to save lives.” –Randall Spratt, CIO for McKesson “As RFID technology evolves, we believe it will have a powerful impact far beyond automated processes and cost savings.” –John Wass, CEO, WaveMark, Inc. HEALTHCARE IT NEWS (ISSN 1547-3139) is published monthly by MedTech Publishing Company, 71 Pineland Drive, Suite 203, New Gloucester, ME 04260. Phone: 207-688-6270; FAX: 207-688-6273. Periodicals postage paid at New Gloucester, ME and additional mailing offices. Qualified subscribers receive HEALTHCARE IT NEWS free of charge. Nonqualified subscribers in the U.S. are charged $72/ year. Canadian subscriptions $96/year. Foreign subscriptions $150/year, includes airmail delivery. Single copy, $8. POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to HEALTHCARE IT NEWS, P.O. Box 9369, Lowell, MA 01853. ©2008 by MedTech Publishing Company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Former healthcare IT executive Robert Goldstein has joined Cliff Consulting, Inc. In his new position Goldstein will plan and lead healthcare IT projects for the firm’s San Francisco Bay Area clients. MRO Corp., a provider of shared-service, release-of-information solutions for healthcare, has appointed John Walton to the position of vice president of client relations. Additionally, MRO Corp. has named interim CEO Stephen Hynes as president and chief operating officer. CareSource has appointed Sharon Williams to the position Neil Kurtz, MD. of chief executive officer for the company’s managed healthcare plan operating in Michigan. Aethon Inc. announced that Robert J. Reilly has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Perceptive Informatics, the technology subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corp., a global biopharmaceutical services organization has appointed Kenneth G. Faulkner to the position of vice president of medical imaging. Elham A. Safani, MD, has joined the Phoenix Children’s KidsLink Hospitalist Service, a program designed for private practice doctors, specialists, and surgeons who desire assistance in covering their hospitalized patients. The Kramer Group has hired Sandra Inocencio, a nurse, as vice president, professional services. Additionally, Christopher Rohe has been promoted to executive vice president/chief product officer; Phyllis Frausel has been promoted to senior vice president/chief financial officer/chief operations officer; and Martha Wallen has been promoted to controller. Royal Philips Electronics has appointed Theo Bosma to help expand its portfolio of professional services for information capturing in healthcare. Bosma will hold the position of business development manager at Philips Speech Recognition Kenneth G. Faulkner Systems. Don Pate has joined Tidal Software, a provider of application scheduling and performance management software, as senior vice president of worldwide sales. Timothy Babineau, MD, will be the next president and chief executive officer of Rhode Island Hospital, Providence. The University of Alabama Health System has hired William Ferniany as chief executive officer. Golden Living, a provider of long-term care, named Neil Kurtz, MD, president and chief executive officer. Open Space Inc., a provider of desktop productivity and SOA acceleration software, has appointed Eric Musser to the position of CEO, succeeding Francis Carden who becomes chairman of the board. David M. Post has joined Sunquest Information Systems, a provider of laboratory information systems, as vice president of strategic programs. AnyDoc Software, a developer of document and data capture soluEric Musser tions, has named David Talarico as vice president of channel sales for North America. Aspect Software, Inc., has appointed Andy Bezaitis as senior vice president of corporate development. Beth Ulrich has joined Versant as senior vice president of business analytics and research. Technology Solutions Company has hired Dan Uranga as sales director for TSC’s Exogen Healthcare practice. http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.williamblair.com/WBHCIT http://HealthcareITNews.com http://www.williamblair.com/WBHCIT http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9920 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=9921
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