CMS selects security vendor to secure information systems

• The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will utilize software from Okta to more protectively secure information systems. The product, known as Okta Identity Cloud, reinforces and supports identity management and authorization of users of email, Salesforce, social networks, ADP and other approved applications to secure information systems. The software will integrate and interact with CMS’s current off-the-shelf commercial software for the purpose of identity and access control, enabling consumers to have one password that manages entire applications they work with to secure information systems.

• Midland Health in the region of Midland, Texas, has selected the trifecta suite of clinical, financial and population health management software from Cerner to integrate and support care across the continuum of care, make a single patient record and support patient engagement through a portal. The delivery system is anchored by the 474-bed Midland Memorial Hospital.

• 2-hospital Olathe Health System, serving 4 counties in the region of Miami, also has turned to Cerner, purchasing the Millennium Revenue Cycle software and integrating it with the vendor’s existing enterprise EHR. Oncology software of Cerner also is going in to handle complicated medication orders, and the health system further will execute RxStation, which is an automated medication dispensing tool.

• Baylor Scott & White Health in the region of Texas is live on the dbMotion interoperability software of Allscripts. The product is made to support the exchange of EHR formation across disparate EHR systems. More than 3,800 physicians serve 2.7 million sufferers in the delivery system.

• 3-hospital Inspira Health Network serving the region of southern New Jersey has initiated a store-and-forward telemedicine program utilizing technology from Zipnosis. The service, utilizing Inspira clinicians, enables consultations through smartphones, tablets or computers and treats more than a dozen usual and normal medical conditions. Customers complete a questionnaire and an Inspira physician reviews the data and gives a diagnosis and treatment plan.