Dr. Barton Leonard, Director of Suburban Hospital's Emergency Department, praises his experience with CRISP, Maryland's state Health Information Exchange (HIE) in this video.
We’ve all chuckled about the recent commercial that the advertising geniuses have come up with for Staples, the office supply giant. You know the "Dave?", "David?", "Hi Dave", "Mr. Dave" commercial. Well there’s a kernel of truth behind this humorous exchange, and not only within large organizations. Many health information exchanges these days are facing the same challenge—they’re having a hard time finding who, exactly, this Dave person is.
Ai's Founder and Managing Partner, Christopher Brandt, had the honor of visiting the White House today to attend President Obama's announcement of his proposal to reform, reorganize and consolidate Government. President Obama requested congressional authority to consolidate six government agencies into one more efficient agency to promote competitiveness, exports and American business. The policy is also intended to reduce the maze of federal bureaucracy that businesses must navigate to gain government support.
Baltimore SmartCEO magazine interviewed Ai founder and Managing Partner Chris Brandt for an article on organic business growth in the January 2012 issue. In the article, Chris and other Baltimore CEOs discuss obstacles and solutions to achieving sustainable growth.
Audacious Inquiry (Ai) has announced new plans to leverage its expertise implementing IBM’s Initiate Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) as an official IBM Business Partner after completing a rigorous business partner and subject matter expert certification process. IBM Initiate Patient accurately matches and links patient identities to create a single view for use by EMRs, clinical portals, administrative applications and analytics.
On Nov 17 Audacious Inquiry was presented with the Greater Baltimore Committee’s Bridging the Gap Award for outstanding achievement by a minority-owned company. Ai, a Hispanic-owned business, was chosen for its achievements and contribution to advancing healthcare IT in Maryland and across the country.
UMBC’s President Freeman Hrabowski was featured in a piece on CBS’s 60 Minutes last Sunday, Nov 13, for leading the University to become a powerhouse in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The UMBC campus is home to the bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park and Audacious Inquiry’s headquarters.
Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) has announced that as of September 22nd, half of all of Maryland’s 46 hospitals are live and exchanging data electronically on the statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE). Additionally, CRISP announced that several primary care physician offices in the state, assisted by the CRISP Regional Extension Center (REC) program, have achieved "meaningful use" certification.
Audacious Inquiry is pleased to welcome two new members to our Health Information Systems practice. Together, Genevieve Morris and Dana Voss bring over 15 years of health IT and project management experience to the firm.