Meet Our Trusted Network of AHA Associates
Our trusted network of AHA Associates offer innovative solutions that can support your hospital or health system during this time of transformational change
Closely aligned with our mission and vision, these select business-community representatives are fully committed to helping the AHA and our members advance health in America. Tap into their solutions to support your hospital or health system’s efforts to discover new directions, set strategies and identify pathways to success in today’s evolving health care landscape.
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We help our clients meet the essential expectations that every person has of the healthcare system: access, experience and outcomes. We help our clients address these critical imperatives through intelligent, cloud-based solutions that increase resource capacity, improve workforce productivity, connect data for personalized services across channels, and improve the quality of care and therapeutics.
Together with the world's leading healthcare payers, providers and public health entities, we are putting humans at the true center of care to improve healthcare experiences for all.
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Accumen helps hospitals and health systems respond to current challenges and even thrive in today’s unpredictable and ever-changing environment. With a focus on lab operations, clinical transformation, and 3D imaging post-processing, Accumen leverages technology-enabled consulting services to solve complex hospital and health system issues. Based in Scottsdale, AZ, with offices in Louisville, KY and Blue Bell, PA, Accumen accelerates results for more than 1,000 US hospitals and health systems by providing expert resources, extensive operational and clinical data, as well as analytic technology.
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Allied Universal®, a leading security and facility services company, provides proactive security services and cutting-edge smart technology to deliver evolving, tailored solutions that allow clients to focus on their core business. We take pride in our extensive knowledge in a range of specialty sectors including healthcare.
- Allied Universal’s vast array of services allows our healthcare clients to focus on their core business.
- Security Services specializing in security risk management for the Healthcare Industry.
Our relationships with our employees and clients are at the core and heart of everything we do, every day. Through our world-class customer service, advanced security services, and solutions …Allied Universal® is There for you®.
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The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 48,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE's mission is to advance our members and healthcare management excellence. ACHE offers its prestigious FACHE® credential, signifying board certification in healthcare management. ACHE's established network of 77 chapters provides access to networking, education and career development at the local level. ACHE works toward its vision of being the preeminent professional society for leaders dedicated to improving health. The Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives was established to further advance healthcare management excellence through education and research.
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists is an educational, research and scientific society with more than 56,000 members organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology. ASA is committed to ensuring physician anesthesiologists evaluate and supervise the medical care of patients before, during and after surgery to provide the highest quality and safest care every patient deserves.
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AMN Healthcare is the leader and innovator in total talent solutions to healthcare organizations across the nation. The Company provides access to the most comprehensive network of quality healthcare professionals through its innovative recruitment strategies and breadth of career opportunities. With insights and expertise, AMN Healthcare helps providers optimize their workforce to successfully reduce complexity, increase efficiency and improve patient outcomes. AMN delivers managed services programs, executive search solutions, vendor management systems, recruitment process outsourcing, predictive modeling, mid-revenue cycle solutions, credentialing and other services. Clients include acute-care hospitals, community health centers and clinics, physician practice groups, retail and urgent care centers, home health facilities, schools and many other healthcare settings. AMN Healthcare is committed to fostering and maintaining a diverse team that reflects the communities we serve. Our commitment to the inclusion of many different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives enables our innovation and leadership in the healthcare services industry.
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Authenticx is the new standard for humanizing conversational intelligence in healthcare by analyzing existing customer conversations (like voice, chat, or emails) our platform analyzes millions of interactions to bring immersive and intelligent insights to healthcare at scale.
Authenticx was founded to aggregate, analyze and activate customer interaction data at scale. Why? We wanted to reveal transformational opportunities in healthcare. We are on a mission to help humans understand humans. With a combined 100+ years of leadership experience in pharma, payer, and healthcare organizations, we know first-hand the challenges and opportunities that our healthcare clients face because we’ve been in your shoes.
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BDO is deeply familiar with the clinical, financial, digital, and operational challenges healthcare leaders face. We help you assess challenges and opportunities, uncovering data and insights that can improve performance and enhance institutional reputation. We deliver hands-on advice and experience to help you Enhance the patient experience, Improve financial performance, Realize the full value of your EHR system, Manage change to drive physician adoption, Minimize implementation risks, Comply with changes in regulations, Optimize Epic systems and other EHR/ and revenue cycle vendor solutions. If you require restructuring, we can help assess competitive context, define opportunities for financing and evaluate M&A opportunities. We share your commitment to patient-centered delivery, equitable access, and financial efficiency.
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Disasters can strike with little or no warning, stressing your healthcare personnel and disrupting patient services.
No matter what the disaster is, BluSky’s Emergency Response Team has extensive experience in repairing and disinfecting healthcare facilities to return property and services back to normal. We are the Environment of Care experts!
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CareRev is a technology platform empowering healthcare professionals to take control of their careers. We provide a direct line of communication between healthcare facilities and local clinical talent, enabling professionals to work where and when they want and healthcare facilities to secure staff when and where they need it…all via technology and all in real time. No staffing agencies. No travel contracts. No maximums or minimums.
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Through the power of connections, Cigna is accelerating health care for everyone. Cigna Corporation is a global health service company dedicated to improving the health, well-being, and peace of mind of those we serve. We deliver choice, predictability, affordability and access to quality care through connected, personalized solutions that advance whole person health, both in body and mind. With more than 170 million customer and patient relationships in more than 30 countries and jurisdictions, we are able to harness actionable insights that drive better health care results. Our global workforce of more than 74,000 employees are dedicated to living our mission and being champions of our customers and communities each and every day.
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Clearstep Smart Care Routing™ solutions, powered by clinical AI chat, guide healthcare consumers to the best next steps for care based on their symptoms, insurance, location, and preferences. With the rise of digital and consumer-centric healthcare, Clearstep empowers healthcare organizations to elevate patient acquisition, engagement, and outcomes by providing self-service Virtual Triage, automating common Patient Services, and streamlining critical touch points for Clinical Journeys. While concurrently reducing administrative burdens, simplifying workflows, and delivering measurable value.
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Cleerly is a digital healthcare company transforming the way clinicians approach the treatment of heart disease. We design intelligent clinical technologies to help clinicians precisely identify and define atherosclerosis earlier, so they can provide personalized, life-saving treatment plans for all patients throughout their care continuum.
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CPSI is a leading provider of healthcare solutions and services for community hospitals, physician clinics and other healthcare systems and post-acute care facilities both domestic and international. Through our family of companies - American HealthTech, Evident, Get Real Heath and TruBridge, we provide the tools needed to advance the delivery of quality healthcare across the care continuum. As your chosen partner, we will help set you up for success by focusing on all facets of care delivery. From helping ensure improved care outcomes to keeping you on solid financial footing we have you covered. CPSI is focused on creating thriving communities wherever we go to help ensure a better patient care experience for all.
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Healthcare has an incredible opportunity to usher in a new era of meaningful change and scalable transformation. Yet we’re facing an innovation paradox: The more solutions that enter our industry looking to fix it, the more fragmented we become — unintentionally compromising connected innovation for a sea of silver-bullet solutions. Care shouldn’t come with compromise. That’s why Commure is rearchitecting healthcare from the inside out. Our intelligent operating system and original applications connect, protect, and empower the people of healthcare in the moments that matter most. Together, we are building a vibrant health ecosystem rooted in collaborative care and connected innovation.
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Cox Prosight is a secure extensible, IoT-enabled platform tracks and monitors equipment, supplies, and people to improve operational efficiency, staff and patient safety/satisfaction, and clinical outcomes. Use cases include: Asset Tracking, Staff Duress, Environmental/Temperature Monitoring, Wayfinding (Digital Front Door) and Hand Hygiene.
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DPR’s healthcare team provides a unique viewpoint of your organization’s current condition, performance opportunities, and future growth scenarios—enabling strategic decisions much earlier in the delivery cycle.
Backed by a team of clinicians, cost estimating and implementation professionals, former digital and operational specialists, and experiential designers, we focus on rapidly addressing today’s environment across three critical areas:
- Advancing value to health providers in the assessment
- Program and cost validation
- Conviction in the clinical and operational decisions informing capital investments in real estate and technology
Our team seamlessly integrates services needed to assist healthcare organizations in developing solutions calibrated to meet their goals aligned to successful investments to support their capacity and desired outcomes.
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Draffin Tucker is a full-service CPA and advisory firm serving healthcare clients throughout the United States. For over seventy years, we have helped and advised hospitals, health systems, nursing homes, home health agencies, community health centers, physician practices, hospices and other healthcare organizations. With 80 percent of our services focused on healthcare, we extend beyond financial statement audits, cost report reviews, and preparation of tax filings including 340B Drug Pricing Program Audits, System Conversions, Policies and Procedures Evaluations, Service Line Analyses, S-10 Assistance, Lease Accounting Considerations, and Staffing Coverage. Each engagement is specifically tailored to meet the healthcare organization’s needs.
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We empower organizations to conquer the biggest challenges in energy and sustainability today: Cost. Carbon. Complex Choices. Creating Energy Equity.
We help large healthcare, corporate, industrial, and institutional clients better understand and navigate the choices and risks of managing energy and sustainability—enabling decision-makers in organizations to deliver on their strategic, financial, and sustainability goals.
Comprehensive Consulting, Engineering, and Implementation Services: We partner with clients as a strategic energy adviser, specialty implementer, or both to design, develop, and execute complex energy optimization programs and conservation projects. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and years of engineering expertise, we implement innovative yet pragmatic investment plans tailored to core business objectives. Our energy optimization services are proven to boost facility performance and lower operating costs.
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Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics that helps researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. We do this by facilitating insights and critical decision-making for customers across the global research and health ecosystems.
In everything we publish, we uphold the highest standards of quality and integrity. We bring that same rigor to our information analytics solutions for researchers, health professionals, institutions and funders.
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Gray Health Solutions is a full-service Healthcare marketing organization made up of a team of experts who have decades of experience in the Healthcare and Media industries. Gray Health partners with hospitals and health systems large and small across the country, working to develop and execute customized media and marketing solutions that deliver results. Our consultative approach and sophisticated strategies deliver a return - from branding that breathes life into your story to campaigns that foster engagement.
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Guidehouse is a global consulting services firm with 16,500 professionals providing advisory, digital, and managed services capabilities to the public sector and commercial markets. Ranked 2022’s second-largest healthcare management consulting firm by Modern Healthcare, Guidehouse Health helps providers, government agencies, life sciences companies, employers, payers, and other organizations modernize and innovate healthcare services, finances, and operations. Guidehouse has earned 16 KLAS #1 rankings, with 4 2023 Best in KLAS awards, including Revenue Cycle Outsourcing, HIT Advisory, and Strategy.
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HealthCare Appraisers, Inc. is a pioneer in the field of healthcare valuation and advisory services and is recognized for its thought leadership and proven track record. With eight offices strategically located throughout the country and 100+ dedicated team members, HealthCare Appraisers works with clients in all 50 states and abroad. We consistently drive innovation by offering new services and products. This includes our popular Automated FMV Solutions™, providing defensible FMV opinions in seconds and our Fixed Fee Partnership offering a customized, streamlined, and economical approach to regulatory compliance. Experience how we think differently at healthcareappraisers.com.
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Hillrom is a global medical technology leader whose 10,000 employees have a single purpose: enhancing outcomes for patients and their caregivers by Advancing Connected Care™.
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Hospital IQ improves the way health systems work. Our solutions accurately predict demand, automate workflows, and orchestrate action to improve operational efficiencies and increase volume across the most impactful areas of your health system. When you know what’s coming, staff can perform less reactively and focus on patient care. Your overall health system can reduce operational bottlenecks, optimize scheduling practices, increase satisfaction, and ultimately realize greater revenue from your capacity. Hundreds of leading hospitals and health systems rely on Hospital IQ to help them make the right operational decisions the first time, every time.
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Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST® is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market. ImageFIRST’s locations nationwide serve over 18,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients’ linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients’ favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit www.imagefirst.com.
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Intuitive, headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., was founded in 1995 to create innovative, robotic-assisted systems that help empower doctors and hospitals to make surgery less invasive than an open approach. Since da Vinci became one of the first robotic-assisted systems cleared by the FDA for general laparoscopic surgery, it’s taken robotic-assisted surgery from concept to reality. Working with doctors and hospitals, we’re continuing to develop new, minimally invasive surgical platforms and future diagnostic tools to help solve complex healthcare challenges around the world. Innovating for minimally invasive care. It’s the passion that drives us at Intuitive.
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Inovalon is a leading provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions empowering data-driven healthcare. The Inovalon ONE® Platform brings together national-scale connectivity, real-time primary source data access, and advanced analytics to enable improved clinical outcomes and economics across the healthcare ecosystem. From payers and providers to pharmacy organizations and life sciences companies, anyone in healthcare can benefit from the powerful capabilities of the Inovalon ONE Platform.
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Integrated Project Management Company, Inc. (IPM) is a business consulting firm focused on planning and implementing strategically critical initiatives across multiple industries, including healthcare. Since its inception in 1988, IPM has served more than 500 clients, from Fortune 100 companies to startups, and completed more than 5,000 projects. Headquartered in Chicago, IPM has regional offices in Boston, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Parsippany. IPM was a recipient of the 2018 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. With more than 30 years’ experience and more than 90% repeat business, IPM helps clients when an initiative needs to get done (or back on track) quickly, and failure is not an option.
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Juniper is a specialized investment banking firm focused exclusively on nonprofit organizations with expert merger and acquisition (M&A) advice. We are the only experienced M&A group whose resources are devoted entirely to this industry. Over the last 30 years, Juniper’s bankers have advised over 250 of the nation’s leading nonprofit companies on strategic alternatives involving business combinations. We have been fortunate enough to work on many of the most complex and innovative transactions in the industry.
For more information, visit our website at www.juniperadvisory.com.
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We work with healthcare clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. Waves of transformation are rolling through the industry. Healthcare providers are striving to deliver higher-quality care while driving efficiencies.
Our healthcare solutions are proven to drive results; whether you want to align your people and organization with your strategy, establish the job competencies and incentives for roles and positions or create and assess an executive leadership pipeline.
We help our clients them hire the right people, advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers.
Our experts deliver on five core areas: Organization Strategy, Assessment and Succession, Talent Acquisition, Leadership Development and Total Rewards.
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Loyal is an end-to-end digital and AI-powered solution spanning the entirety of the patient journey. Guiding patients through every step of their omni-channel healthcare experience, we are the preferred solution among leading health systems. Advancing quality health is at the heart of everything Loyal does.
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We’re Ludi – a healthcare technology company making it easier for hospitals to pay physicians. Our DocTime Suite automates the payment process for any type of physician arrangement, from a signed contract all the way through to payment. We’re trusted by hundreds of hospitals nationwide to help operationalize their physician compensation and contract management strategies resulting in significant cost savings, improved physician satisfaction and reduced compliance risk and administrative burden.
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Martti by UpHealth revolutionized patient and provider communication with the introduction of video remote interpreting (VRI), establishing itself as a groundbreaker in telehealth technology. With a continued commitment to bridging healthcare disparities and bringing language access to the point of care, Martti integrates with a host of platforms including Epic, Zoom, and Caregility. Today, Martti encompasses interpretation, bedside solutions, telehealth, and more. With over 3.5 million minutes of telemedicine consultation monthly on 29,000 video endpoints at 2,100 healthcare locations nationwide, Martti simplifies how providers care for patients, putting a full care continuum at their fingertips 24/7. Martti is part of the broader offering from UpHealth, a global digital health company that delivers digital-first technology, infrastructure, and services to dramatically improve how healthcare is delivered and managed.
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NAVEX Global is the worldwide leader in integrated risk and compliance management software and services. Trusted by more than 14,500 customers, our solutions help organizations manage risk, address complex regulatory compliance requirements and foster an ethical, highly productive workplace culture.
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With our mission of promoting excellence in respiratory care by awarding credentials based on high competency standards, The National Board for Respiratory Care shares your goal of protecting and enhancing patient lives. Nearly 30,000 candidates test for NBRC credentials each year, seeking to demonstrate how excellence defines them across seven specific areas of respiratory care.
NBRC credentials provide recognition for hard work and dedication to quality. Success brings respect among colleagues and instills a sense of pride in those who earn the NBRC badges of distinction. Why? For the same reason all 49 states regulating the profession recognize NBRC examinations as standards for state licensure: success requires exceptional knowledge and competency. Our NCCA-accredited examinations—which are developed by respiratory care professionals and predictive of job performance—provide the opportunity to prove readiness for excellence in patient care.
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The first digital marketplace for healthcare staffing. We built this company to connect clinicians to rewarding opportunities and address the healthcare staffing shortage. Nomad eliminates the chaotic and inelegant healthcare staffing system of yesterday and replaces it with a simple, modern platform that just works.
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Oracle Cerner’s health technologies connect people and information systems at thousands of contracted provider facilities worldwide dedicated to creating smarter and better care for individuals and communities. Recognized globally for innovation, Oracle Cerner assists clinicians in making care decisions and assists organizations in managing the health of their populations. The company also offers a connected clinical and financial ecosystem to help manage day-to-day revenue functions, as well as a wide range of services to support clinical, financial, and operational needs, focused on people. For more information, visit Cerner.com or The Oracle Cerner Blog, or connect on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter or join the discussion on The Oracle Cerner Podcast.
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Relias empowers healthcare leaders to retain and develop staff, elevate care quality and reduce risk across their organization. Touting thousands of accredited courses across 40 specialties, Relias has proven expertise and engaging learning modalities to improve staff retention and deliver better patient outcomes. Visit us at relias.com to learn more.
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Siemens Healthineers pioneers breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. As a leading medical technology company, Siemens Healthineers and its regional companies is continuously developing its product and service portfolio, with AI-supported applications and digital offerings that play an increasingly important role in the next generation of medical technology. These new applications will enhance the company’s foundation in in-vitro diagnostics, image-guided therapy, in-vivo diagnostics, and innovative cancer care. Siemens Healthineers also provides a range of services and solutions to enhance healthcare providers’ ability to provide high-quality, efficient care.
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SimpliFi Is Your Trusted Partner in Workforce Solutions: Accountable, Honest, and Prioritizing Your Best Interests Over Our Bottom Line.
The healthcare industry is changing rapidly. To survive, health systems have to find innovative ways to cut down on costs while maintaining exceptional levels of patient care. But many staffing firms still have an old-school methodology — and they’re benefitting from it at the cost of their clients.
Our talented group of industry experts and entrepreneurs has come together to create a different kind of Managed Services Provider. Since then, we’ve helped our clients save millions of dollars and thousands of administrative hours every year.
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Signify Health is a leader in value based care design and administration. We leverage advanced analytics, technology, and nationwide healthcare provider networks to create and power value-based programs. Our solutions align financial incentives around outcomes, providing tools to assess and manage risk and identify actionable opportunities for improved patient outcomes, coordination and cost-savings. Through our platform, we coordinate clinical, social, and behavioral services to address an individual’s healthcare needs and prevent adverse events that drive excess cost, all while shifting services towards the home.
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Spacelabs Healthcare designs and manufactures advanced patient monitoring devices, diagnostic cardiology devices, software, and supplies and accessories, which allow clinicians to focus on the needs and best care experience for their patients. We provide scalable solutions to caregivers and clinicians by delivering critical patient data across local and remote systems, enabling better informed decisions, increasing efficiencies, and creating a safer environment for the patient for use in critical care, emergency, and perioperative areas within hospitals, as well as physicians’ offices, medical clinics, and ambulatory surgery centers.
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Marketing is complicated. We're not. Spectrum Reach is your one advertising partner for effective modern marketing solutions, with access to the most valuable content on any screen combining the data, creative, and strategic solutions to help you connect with customers. All on a budget that works.
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SullivanCotter partners with health care and other not-for-profit organizations to drive performance and improve outcomes through the development and implementation of integrated workforce strategies. Using our time-tested methodologies and industry-leading research and information, we provide data-driven insights and expertise to help organizations align business strategy and performance objectives – enabling our clients to deliver on their mission, vision and values.
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Surgical Directions is a healthcare solutions organization that helps clients improve perioperative, procedural care, and anesthesia services through consulting, technology, and leadership. We partner with organizations to reduce costs and increase revenue using peer-to-peer leadership and process expertise coupled with actionable data analytics. Our team of experienced practitioners and consultants tackles critical issues while achieving financial, operational, and clinical outcome excellence. Surgical Directions has successfully served 400+ hospitals, ASCs, and medical groups to increase patient access and, most importantly, improve patient care. Additional information is available at www.surgicaldirections.com.
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TetherView is an IT service company providing leading virtual desktop technology, cutting edge IT security, and protection against cyber threats, as well as a fully compliant system that is crafted to meet your unique needs. Your custom private cloud is HIPPA, FINRA, SOC2 type 2, and NIST800 compliant.
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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services. We are accelerating the digital transformation of hospitals, health systems and care delivery stakeholders to support real-time, data-driven care innovation. We’re helping them lay the right connectivity and security foundation to support their innovation roadmaps with private networks (LTE/5G), 5G Edge solutions, integrated networks (Network as a Service), core security solutions and business continuity. We can equip their clinical teams with core collaboration tools, track and manage their assets; and support patient experience with our award-winning contact center and telehealth solutions.
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VitalCare Is The Leading Virtual Care Solution. Our flexible and agile technology is created with caregivers, patients, and families in mind. We strive to provide solutions that improve patient outcomes, enhance patient safety, increase health equity, and reduce risk while optimizing reimbursement. The success of our clients is at the core of what we do, driving our continual efforts to build customizable solutions with flexibility and scalability to fit the needs of each client and their patients, beginning with scalable architecture designed from the ground up to support AI and machine learning. We start each journey with our clients by breaking down their needs to get a deep understanding of their goals in order to provide the best possible set of solutions that streamline workflows, lowering caregiver burdens and providing them with tools to enable better care with greater efficiency.
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Visante is a specialized consulting firm focused on helping health systems accelerate strong financial and operational performance through pharmacy. Our team of professionals brings deep, contemporary expertise and innovation to optimizing all aspects of a fully integrated health system pharmacy program, driving significant value quickly. By providing customized solutions to fit the needs of our clients, we deliver sustained financial results through revenue growth, cost savings, assured compliance and optimal business performance.
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As a healthcare staffing service, we’ve helped hundreds of facilities and practices maintain and strategically grow service lines to complement the organization’s workforce goals.
Founded in 1990, VISTA provides physician, nurse practitioners, CRNA, and physician assistant staffing solutions that ensure stability and profitability for your healthcare system. We’re your strategic healthcare staffing partner, covering more than 60 specialties, ensuring high-quality patient care, and preserving revenue.
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The financial and administrative challenges facing healthcare providers are daunting. Waystar’s technology platform simplifies and unifies healthcare payments across the revenue cycle. We empower healthcare organizations to automate manual work, gain insight into processes and performance, and ultimately collect more revenue. At Waystar, we know there’s a better, more efficient way forward. Let’s climb the mountain ahead of us to reach new heights in healthcare.