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iSALUS Healthcare Announces New Management Team

Cloud-based EMR-EHR software provider bolsters leadership, continues national growth

INDIANAPOLIS—iSALUS Healthcare, a privately held EMR-EHR solution provider, today announces new appointments to its management team. The decision to add a chief medical officer, chief information officer, and chief marketing officer further positions iSALUS and its software solution OfficeEMR as an emerging national leader in the HIT industry.
 
“Meeting the criteria to receive federal funding from the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) is a daunting task for healthcare organizations,” says Michael Hall, founder and CEO of iSALUS Healthcare. “iSALUS’s expanding management team brings together more than 100 years of collective  industry experience to ensure our clients’ a timely, cost effective, and seamless transition to our cloud-based platform.”
 
The new management team consists of the following:
 
Dr. Chuck Dietzen, chief medical officer
Dr. Chuck Dietzen draws upon more than 25 years of healthcare experience to guide the development of iSALUS Healthcare’s Web-based EMR and practice management solution, OfficeEMR, to ensure it meets industry demands. Dietzen earned his bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Purdue University and his doctor of medicine from Indiana University. Dietzen is also the founder and president of Timmy Global Health, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit that works to expand access to healthcare, empower student and medical volunteers to engage directly in global development, and tackle global health challenges.

Randy Kidd, executive vice president and chief information officer
Randy Kidd oversees the technical development, application infrastructure and hosting, service/support and corporate operations activities within iSALUS Healthcare. Previously, Kidd was the cofounder of and held the same position at Stratice Healthcare. Before joining Stratice, Kidd served as manager of northeastern partner enablement for Salesforce.com. He received his bachelor of science from Indiana State University, with an emphasis in management information systems.

John Brady, executive vice president and chief marketing officer
John Brady leads iSALUS’s sales, marketing, and communications functions and will be responsible for business development, strategic partnerships, sales team recruitment/development, and corporate branding. Prior to his current role, Brady cofounded Stratice Healthcare. He has nearly 20 years of health industries marketing experience. Brady received his bachelor of science from Indiana State University, with an emphasis in communications and marketing.
 
Propelled by a wave of private label relationships with software resellers, new clients pursuing federal stimulus money and physician practices seeking a trusted solution in the EMR/EHR and practice management market, iSALUS and its OfficeEMR has emerged as a national leader in the EMR/EHR industry.
 
“To date, we are quite pleased with our progress. That said, by nature of expanding the management team, we are very optimistic in what the next several months will mean to our organization, our valued customers, trade partners and finally our employee base,” Hall says.

About iSALUS Healthcare
Founded in 2000, Indianapolis-based iSALUS Healthcare is a privately held EMR-EHR solution provider. The company’s cloud-based medical records program—called OfficeEMR—is one of a few market solutions that is fully unified with a state-of-the-art practice management, online patient Web portal and secured chart sharing capabilities.
 
OfficeEMR is a cloud-based software, available through any Iinternet connection and functional on most mobile devices including the iPhone and iPad. OfficeEMR is innovative software that provides time saving and money enhancing solutions to small, medium, and large-sized physician practices, healthcare offices, medical clinics, and ambulatory hospital settings.
 
Based on its functionality, interoperability, and SAS 70 Type II security, OfficeEMR meets the meaningful use criteria to receive federal funding from HITECH. In 2006 and 2008, the company participated in two certifying cycles with the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT Certified) and is currently 2011-2012 Drummond Certified ONC-ATCB as a complete EHR ambulatory provider.
 
Along with its comprehensive network of Value-Added Resellers (VARs), iSALUS services more than 45 distinct medical specialties in 46 states and processes nearly a half a billion dollars in medical claims each year. iSALUS and its OfficeEMR has been selected by the Indiana Health Information Technology Extension Center (I-HITEC) as a preferred provider to the Regional Extension Center (REC), is endorsed by the Indianapolis Medical Society and the Georgia State Medical Association, and is ANSI 5010 compliant. For more information about iSALUS Healthcare, OfficeEMR and its affordable monthly fee, please visit www.isalushealthcare.com or call 888.280.6678.
 
About HITECH
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, promotes the adoption and meaningful use of HIT, including EMR/EHR. HITECH includes a $20 billion investment to encourage doctors and hospitals to use HIT to electronically exchange patients’ health information.

 


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