OpenVista EHR maker Medsphere combines with MBS/Net

Medsphere Systems, maker of the OpenVista EHR, and MBS/Net have combined, adding physician practice services and proprietary applications to Medsphere’s existing healthcare IT devices and services for acute and inpatient behavioral health atmospheres.

Economical terms of the deal were not revealed, but officials stated the MBS/Net will retain its name and operate as a division of Medsphere.

Medsphere’s OpenVista EHR is derived from the VistA system established by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service.

The addition of Cleveland-based MBS/Net extends Medsphere’s items and services to involve an ambulatory physician suite of tools that involves a physician practice management system, ambulatory EHR, document management system and a scheduling app. It also involves the company’s outsourced revenue cycle management and practice hardware management services, authorities claim.

The Medsphere-MBS/Net merger follows the March 2015 merger of Medsphere and Phoenix Health Systems, which offers a range of healthcare information technology services, involving systems implementation, compliance project management and more.

National Native HIV and AIDS Awareness Day

For the fourth year in a row, on March 20, many communities around our country will stop to observe National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD). The National Native HIVAIDS Awareness Day Planning Committee comprised of representatives from Colorado State University's Commitment to Action for 7th-Generation Awareness & Education: HIV/AIDS Prevention Project Exit Disclaimer, the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona  Exit Disclaimer, and National Native American AIDS Prevention Center Exit Disclaimer  works year round to support local observance of this day and to call attention to the impact of the epidemic among Native American/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian people in our nation.

The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. We asked Captain Scott Giberson of the Indian Health Service about the importance of National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Capt. Giberson told us that American Indians/Alaskan Natives have "the third highest rate of new infections of HIV/AIDS of any race or ethnicity in the U.S. population." Check out the IHS website for more resources on responding to HIV/AIDS in American Indian/Alaskan Native communities, and make time on March 20th to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in your communities.

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