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|June 2010|
Along with its annual list of the top 100 largest healthcare IT vendors, Healthcare Informatics announced its anthology of “Up and Comers”, a report on smaller companies that are making waves because of unusual business models, intriguing technologies, exceptional leadership, noteworthy growth trajectories, or some combination of those elements. Aspen Advisors was among the nine honorees for its culture, client work and core values.
“It’s fantastic to be recognized by the industry for what we put at the very center of everything we do — client interests first, healthcare industry focus, professional integrity and continual growth.”
~ Dan Herman, Aspen Advisors Managing Principal
On Mother’s Day, Aspen Advisors’ client Virtua Health launched a unique health and wellness portal for women, Virtua Woman. With all of life’s daily demands, women struggle with finding the time to take care of their own health and wellness needs, and those of their family. Virtua Woman addresses these needs with features including personal health navigators to recommend and schedule appointments with the right doctors, schedule a class or receive guidance through the diagnosis and treatment of disease; a personal health record; communities on topics of interest to women at each stage of their life; a rewards program with coupons and discounts at local and national retailers; columns and blogs written by women for women; an extensive library of health and wellness information; and shopping opportunities for health and wellness products and services including bio-identical hormone treatments. Check out the first of the Virtua Woman TV spots and visit the site directly: www.virtuawoman.org.
“Virtua Woman provides a destination web site with leading edge content for busy women. It allows women to manage their family’s health, share stories with other women, find resources, and earn rewards for products and services. It’s a great tool for helping women save time and proactively manage their health. Aspen is proud to be a part of such an important new service for Virtua.”
~ Craig Schlusberg, Aspen Advisors Principal
Aspen Advisors principal Guy Scalzi is part of an elite panel of international judges selected for New Zealand’s “The Focus on Health Challenge”. The purpose of this international competition is to introduce New Zealand’s most innovative and commercially viable health solutions into the US healthcare system. Judges selected finalists ranging from software solutions to medical devices and wound care therapies.
“The spirit of The Challenge will foster co-operation and mentoring.”
~ Guy Scalzi, Aspen Advisors Principal
As many U.S. hospitals accelerate their plans for electronic medical records in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s incentive programs for meaningful use, a handful of state-of-the-art hospitals are opening up in places that don’t generally get a lot of attention for innovation. Information Week highlights one such hospital, Aspen Advisors’ client Bokamoso Private Hospital, a 200-bed world class hospital in Botswana, that opened in January with electronic medical records, computerized physician order entry. Read more »
“A big advantage to building digitized hospitals like Bokamoso from scratch is that there are no anchors like legacy systems or legacy processes to hamper efforts to ensure the most effective, most efficient processes for great patient care.”
~ Guy Scalzi, Aspen Advisors Principal
|March 4, 2010|
Aspen Advisors is proud to sponsor the 2010 Virtua Gala for the benefit of John M. Tedeschi Pediatric Institute.
The gala (Saturday, March 6, 2010) is hosted by the Virtua Foundation which serves to enhance Virtua's mission through the development of philanthropic resources and the support of community education and outreach.
“The Virtua organization is clearly committed to ensuring the highest quality health care for the community. Aspen has a strong team onsite and we’re proud to be working side-by-side with Virtua on several strategic IT initiatives.”
~ Gregg Mohrmann,
Aspen Principal and Virtua Client Services Executive
|December 15, 2009|
For the second year in a row, Aspen Advisors was included in the Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report published in December 2009. Aspen was ranked 5th for the Planning & Assessment market segment and also included in the Top 20 for the Clinical Implementation Supportive market segment based on early data. KLAS independently monitors the performance of HIT software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors through the active participation of thousands of healthcare organizations. KLAS uses a stringent methodology to ensure all data and ratings are accurate, honest and impartial.
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|November 17, 2009|
On November 17, 2009, Aspen Principal Guy Scalzi was inducted as a Fellow into the New York Academy of Medicine.
An independent organization since 1847, NYAM addresses the health challenges facing the world’s urban populations through interdisciplinary approaches to policy leadership, education, community engagement and innovative research.
Please join us in congratulating Mr. Scalzi!
|September 3, 2009|
Aspen Advisors’ Ruth MacCallum, RN-BC chairs the 4th Annual Regional Nursing Informatics Conference — Nursing Informatics: Creating a Better Tomorrow on October 9th.
|July 7, 2009|
Partnering with ORI LLC, Aspen Advisors is bringing world-class healthcare technology to Botswana. Scheduled to open in early November, Bokamoso Private Hospital Trust is incorporating some of the latest medical and information technology and will offer a number of specialties that are currently not available in the country. Read more »
|July 1, 2009|
The GCC HIMSS board announced on July 1 that Aspen Advisors principal, Dawn Mitchell, has been elected as a board member at large for the 2009-2010 year. In addition, Ms. Mitchell is featured in the Chicago July edition of Hospital News. Read more »
|February 20, 2009|
Aspen Advisors was ranked 4th for the Planning & Assessment market segment in the Maximizing Your Consulting Investment: A Report on Healthcare IT Consulting Services report published in February 2009. KLAS independently monitors the performance of HIT software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors through the active participation of thousands of healthcare organizations. KLAS uses a stringent methodology to ensure all data and ratings are accurate, honest and impartial. Read more »
|December 15, 2008|
Aspen Advisors was included in the 2008 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report published in December 2008. Aspen was ranked 5th for the Planning & Assessment market segment and also included in the Top 20 for the Clinical Implementation Supportive market segment based on early data. KLAS independently monitors the performance of HIT software, professional services, and medical equipment vendors through the active participation of thousands of healthcare organizations. KLAS uses a stringent methodology to ensure all data and ratings are accurate, honest and impartial.
Read more »