Becker's Hospital Review

49 CIO / HEALTH IT KLAS: 5 clinical documentation vendors, ranked by workflow efficiency By Jessica Kim Cohen K LAS Research released a report on clinical documentation improve- ment in September to evaluate which soware vendors and services firms provide support that drives workflow efficiency and financial gains. For the report, the health IT research firm in- terviewed nearly 200 respondents — includ- ing C-suite executives, directors and managers — from 170 hospitals and clinics about their experiences with clinical documentation im- provement soware vendors, such as what func- tionalities the vendors offer and how frequently their organization uses these capabilities. Here's how five soware vendors stacked up when respondents were asked about their abil- ity to help drive efficient workflows. Respon- dents ranked the firms on a scale of 1 to 9. 1. Iodine Soware (based on 15 customers): 8.3 2. Nuance (based on 18 customers): 7.8 2. ChartWise (based on 18 customers): 7.8 4. Optum: (based on 17 customers): 7.5 5. 3M (based on 22 customers): 6.6 KLAS Research noted respondents expressed support for Nuance and ChartWise's dedica- tion to offering customers face-to-face train- ing on how to improve workflows of clinical documentation specialists. ChartWise has de- veloped its integration with EMRs more exten- sively than other vendors, according to KLAS. e report provided data on two other ven- dors: M*Modal (7.7) and nrive (6.8), but KLAS said the limited number of respondents using these products in its sample hindered the firm from generalizing its findings. n Cerner names physician 'all-stars' By Jessica Kim Cohen C erner recognized five providers as "physician all-stars" at its Cerner Physician Community meeting Oct. 7-8, an event within the EHR vendor's annual Cerner Health Conference. The Cerner Health Conference — which took place Oct. 7-11 in Kansas City, Mo. — hosted nearly 14,000 healthcare industry leaders, practi- tioners and Cerner associates from across the globe to network and discuss best practices for health IT. To kick off the Cerner Health Conference, the company presented five providers with its Physician All-Star award, which recognizes physicians for "outstanding work" using health IT to drive positive outcomes in their organizations. Here are this year's awardees: • Joel McAlduff, MD, chief medical information officer of MedStar Health (Columbia, Md.) • Marcus Scarbrough, MD, CMO of Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hos- pital • Emily Webber, MD, chief medical information officer of Riley Chil- dren's Health and associate chief medical information officer for Indiana University Health (Indianapolis) • David Camitta, MD, director of health informatics at Dignity Health (San Francisco) • William Feaster, MD, chief medical information officer at Children's Hospital of Orange County (Orange, Calif.) n Cerner President Zane Burke sells 283K shares after tendering resignation By Julie Spitzer O ne day after Cerner President Zane Burke announced plans to step down from the company, he sold 283,539 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Sept. 11, SEC filings show. Mr. Burke set his last day at the North Kan- sas City, Mo.-based EHR vendor for Nov. 2. John Peterzalek, executive vice president of worldwide client relationships at Cerner, will assume Mr. Burke's responsibilities under the title chief client officer, effective immediately. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.68, for a total value of $18,055,763.52. Mr. Burke now owns 59,539 shares in the com- pany, valued at approximately $3,791,443.52. This sale follows an Aug. 28 transaction in which Mr. Burke sold 151,818 shares of Cern- er for a total value of $9,934,969.92. Shares in Cerner traded up during mid- day trading Sept. 13, hitting $65.18. About 1,531,800 shares of the stock were ex- changed, compared to an average of 2,267,211. n

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