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Newsletter
MARCH 2017
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Solving for Today.
Preparing for Tomorrow.
Fresh from our annual pilgrimage to HIMSS, we are buzzing with activity and looking forward to the warmer weather of the spring months after being teased with Florida sunshine. We were thrilled with the opportunity to see so many familiar faces, catching up with current clients and introducing ourselves to new folks who may not be familiar with Galen. Check out our HIMSS re-cap article for highlights of the event and our impressions from the conference.
The event validated our focus on navigating clients through EMR & EHR transition – serving as stewards of the data whether it’s data migration to the new platform, or legacy application sunset and archival. In addition, we witnessed a change in sentiment concerning the cloud. The anxiety regarding the cloud that was prevalent for the past 2+ years has diminished as providers and HCOs have embraced vendor hosted EHR & EMR solutions.
As providers & HCOs transition to hosted solutions, data migration and archival are key considerations. Galen’s archival solution, VitalCenter Online Archival, is one of the few, if not the only, legal clinical archive designed for the cloud from the ground up – which is very different than simply being a hosted archival solution. Join us to gain a better understanding of marketplace options and an appreciation of the legal and compliance implications as our Vice President of Product Development, Robert Downey, will be presenting tomorrow, at 12:00PM EST via a complimentary webinar hosted by HealthSystemCIO – Exploring & Evaluating Healthcare Data Archival Methodologies & Strategies.
Our Newsletter also reports on:
- Reflections from Galen Lead consultant, Max Stroud's experience with the Walking Gallery of Healthcare;
- Examination of the components of an ideal EMR Application as published in For the Record magazine;
- The importance of standardization and adaptation in EMR and EHR data migration.
I hope that you find this information helpful, and as always, we welcome your feedback.
Steve Brewer, Chief Executive Officer
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This Issue
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2017 Webcast Review
Have you had the chance to check out our complimentary webcast series? From gaining operational efficiency and flexibility with application management & support best practices; to documentation during EMR downtime with business continuity planning; and preforming successful data migrations with our GalenETL platform. Here’s a look at our webcasts so far from 2017.
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The Walking Gallery of Healthcare
Galen Lead Consultant Max Stroud carries the story of her father, sister, and even her own, with her always, as so many members of The Walking Gallery of Healthcare do. They are the patients that wear their stories on their backs in a continual effort to improve the world of healthcare and make these stories heard. This is Max’s story.
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Standardization: The Galen Way
In the world of healthcare IT, standardization is integral to the governing process that sets the rules and regulations to ensure consistency and uniformity to bridge the gap between disparate systems. At Galen, standardization is also an integral part of what we do when working with many different EHRs and striving to meet the needs of clients of all sizes and specialties.
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EHR Insider: The Perfect EMR Application
We hear it all the time: “EMRs don’t measure up to paper,” “It’s hard to use,” “My EMR doesn’t allow for patient interaction.” It seems rarely is a good word uttered about EMR use." So what would the ideal EMR application look like? Our strategist, Julie Champagne, decided to take a deeper dive in "EHR Insider: The Perfect EMR Application" published in For The Record.
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HIMSS17 Briefing
The HIMSS Conference and Exhibition is always a good barometer of the healthcare industry’s current state and direction. With just over 42,000 people in attendance, ideas and innovations were abundant. But was it more of the same or something new? As the summaries and reflections on HIMSS17 roll out, here are a few that stand out in the crowd.
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[HealthSystemCIO Webinar] Healthcare Data Archival Strategy
Are you retiring your clinical systems? Or are you just interested in understanding the various approaches to extraction, transformation, and storage of the contents of clinical systems? Whatever the case, we invite you to join us for our sponsored data archival strategy webinar on healthsystemCIO.com.
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