It was a glimpse back into the halcyon days of the tech boom over a decade ago: a promising IT startup hosts a party at a large venue, the CEO’s band performs and the drinks and conversation flow freely.Except it was 2012 and Cleveland Clinic spinoff Explorys, the party’s host, is one of the leaders [...]

7 Medical Systems, a Minnesota digital health firm which provides cloud-based technology solutions for healthcare, has acquired Brazilian health IT firmManager Consultoria em Informatica.The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.7 Medical System’s technology offerings include on-demand digital imaging, revenue cycle management and electronic medical records.Manager Consultoria em Informaticaprovides practice management, EMR, radiology information systems [...]

I was surprised to see the backstory of EPIC Systems of Verona, WI, appear in the New York Times this morning. EPIC is one of the “biggie” electronic medical record systems that boasts 260 customers covering some 127 million patients’ medical records by 2013. The article covers how the company was started and makes sure [...]

Healthcare big data company Explorys plans to double its number of employees to 100 in 2012.The Cleveland-based company is looking to hire primarily software engineers and clinical informatics employees. Software engineers are among the most challenging types of workers to find because they’re in such high demand, chief technology officer Charlie Lougheed said.var page_count = [...]

It happened again today: an elderly lady with critical aortic stenosis with all its cool findings: late peaking harsh, palpable murmur, Gallavardin phenomenon, LV heave – the works! And what did the electronic medical record from the intern picking up the patient say?“CV – Irreg rate and rhythm, no murmurs, clicks or rubs.”No doubt this [...]

Healthcare “big data” company Explorys has added Akron General as the 10th health system in its network and is looking to double that number in 2012.Explorys has developed a network that contains troves of clinical and financial data from health systems and allows health providers to analyze that data in real time. The idea is [...]

Physician offices in Ohio and Mississippi became the first in the U.S. to exchange health information using a new set of secure messaging standards.Officials hailed the milestone as another step toward a day when Americans’ health records will be easily accessible to physicians anywhere in the nation, Information Week reported.Doctors in Lima, Ohio and Biloxi, [...]

Current medical news from today, including HHS pushes back date for early EMR adopters to meet stage 2 meaningful use criteria, a health crisis in the UK, and which biotech stocks not to bet on.

Health data management company Explorys has received a 60 percent, seven-year tax credit from the state of Ohio.In exchange for the credit, Cleveland-based Explorys is expected to create 165 jobs and retain 35 positions, according to the Ohio Department of Development. Explorys’ employment expansion is expected to create $13.3 million in additional payroll.CEO Steve McHale [...]

Last week, Don Berwick completed his 17 month tenure as administrator of Medicare and Medicaid. The nation should be grateful that such a visionary was at the helm. The nation should be frustrated that he was never confirmed.In his parting interview with the press, he noted that 20 percent to 30 percent of health [...]