by admin | Mar 1, 2018 | News
Amendola Communications clients and client customers to co-present on diverse cross-section of topics at industry’s largest event of the year
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Mar. 1, 2018 Amendola Communications, an award-winning healthcare marketing and public relations agency, and a regular attendee of HIMSS for over a decade, recommends the following key educational sessions to attend at this year’s conference in Las Vegas, March 5 9. The sessions are being led by provider organizations that have benefited from a range of solutions from Amendola clients Health Catalyst, SCIO Health Analytics, Vivify Health, ClearDATA, Kno2, Payformance, Orion Health, and SAP.
Analytics in the Hospital
“Real Quality: A Recipe for Healthier Patients and Happier Doctors” By eliminating clinically-irrelevant “noise,” Partners Healthcare identifies meaningful quality insights that can then be deployed to improve patient outcomes. Speaker: Thomas Sequist, MD, Chief Quality and Safety Officer, Partners Healthcare, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Sands Show Room.
“How Data and Analytics Can Improve CV Quality and Outcomes” Allina Health describes how strong partnerships and powerful data analytics are driving meaningful improvements in CV quality and outcomes. Speaker: Craig E. Strauss, MD, Medical Director of Quality, Innovation and Outcomes, Minneapolis Heart Institute/Allina Health. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Delfino 4004.
“Shared Governance and Data Framework Improves Quality” MultiCare Health System offers a case study on how a shared governance arrangement was used to build a strategic framework for analytics to deliver not only broader quality outcomes, but also service excellence and affordable care. Speakers: Kate Mundell, Director, Clinically Integrated Network, MultiCare Health System, and Amber Theel, Director, Quality Outcomes and Metrics, MultiCare Health System. 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Marcello 4405.
“How Analytics Can Create a Culture of Continuous Improvement” Mission Health’s case studies illustrate how analytics can be used to reduce readmissions, improve sepsis, stroke, and heart failure outcomes, and scale the preventative care needed to succeed in population health management. Speaker: Chris DeRienzo, Chief Quality Officer, Mission Health, Mission Hospital. 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 8, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center Palazzo D.
“How Data Analytics Reduces Nurse Leakage, Improves Care” This session describes how Mercy Hospital used advanced analytics to save $4.3 million in one year by reducing nursing full time equivalent leakage. Speakers: Michael J. Gillen, Vice President, Operations, Mercy Hospital and Stacey Blankenship, Chief Nursing Officer, Mercy Hospital Jefferson. 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Palazzo D.
Interoperability
“Interoperability Sets the Foundation for Care Coordination” SSM Health describes how it drove the adoption of an interoperability platform that simplified the exchange of patient data with skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term post-acute care communities, and other providers within normal workflows. Speakers: Peter M. Schoch, Senior Vice President of Population Health & President of the Florida Hospital Physician Network, Adventist Health System, and Erica Neher, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Strategy, Kno2. 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Murano 3304.
Cloud Data Management & Security
“The Cloud Through the Eyes of a Community Health Center CIO” This session outlines the unique challenges and unexpected opportunities smaller organizations encounter when they move their core applications and protected health information to a secure, HIPAA-compliant cloud. Speakers: Larry Allen Chief Information Officer, MCR Health Services, and Matt Ferrari, Chief Technology Officer, ClearDATA. 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Palazzo L.
Remote Patient Monitoring
“Home Care Success with Virtual Care and Remote Monitoring” Trinity Health shares how it whittled readmission rates to just 4 percent by implementing virtual care-enabled home monitoring of patients. Speakers: Erin Denholm, President & CEO, Trinity Health At Home, and Robin Hill, Chief Clinical Officer, Vivify Health. 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Palazzo E.
Value-Based Reimbursement
“Scalable Approach to Your VBR Contracting” Learn about a platform that delivers efficiency, predictability and consistency in value-based care programs while creating an ecosystem that aligns payers and providers financial contracting goals with patient outcomes. Speaker: Kevin Mehta, Chief Technology Officer, Payformance Solutions, an Altarum Company. 12:00 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Level 1 Casanova, Booth 4000, HealthAdmin Theatre.
Patient Behavioral Analytics
“Behavioral Data & Analytics for 360 Degree Views” Learn how the art of effective data layering, including behavioral data along with analytics, can create a 360-degree view of patients to better understand patients behavior and the likelihood of their compliance with interventions and of engagement in their own care for improved outcomes. Speaker: Dave Hom, Chief Solutions & Business Development Officer, SCIO Health Analytics. 12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Level 1 Casanova, Booth 14000, PopHealth Theater.
Accountable Care Organizations–Shared Savings
“Shared Savings Power Tools: An ACO-Focused App and Open HIE” Leaders from Innovation Care Partners (ICP), a physician-led clinical integration network and ACO, will discuss how they have surpassed expectations and are achieving maximum shared savings by leveraging innovative technology solutions. Speakers: Faron Thompson, Chief Operating Officer, Innovation Care Partners, and James T. Whitfill, Chief Medical Officer, Innovation Care Partners. 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, Las Vegas – Venetian Convention Center, Delfino 4004.
Communications
“The Impact of Smartphone Technology in Clinical Practice” Mobile devices have revolutionized communications within the hospital. This session will show how mobile technology enables clinicians to streamline communication and collaboration, reduce interruptions, improve physician response times and help hospitals transform care delivery. Speaker: Sean P. Spina, Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator, Vancouver Island Health Authority. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., March 6, Las Vegas Venetian Convention Center, Palazzo E.
Organizational strategy
“Transforming IT: The Journey to Clinical Innovation” Halifax Health, a two-hospital Florida system, has greatly improved its IT department, the morale of department staff, and the acceptance of new technology by providers in the past five years. This session will explain how Halifax’s IT shop accomplished this feat by focusing on strategy and leadership principles. Speaker: Tom Stafford, Vice President & CIO, Halifax Health. 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m., March 8, Las Vegas Venetian Convention Center, Galileo 901.
“Chief Experience Officer: New Leader Driving Innovation to Transform Healthcare” This session will describe how the new cadre of Chief Experience Officers are changing hospitals approach to the patient experience and how technology can elevate care team communication, improve workflows, and engage patients, family and staff. Speaker: Sue Murphy, Chief Experience and Innovation Officer, University of Chicago Medicine, who will also receive the Kate Granger Compassionate Care Award at the HIMSS18 Awards Gala. 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., March 7, Las Vegas Venetian Convention Center, Delfino 4002.
“Amendola Communications is incredibly proud of the contributions our clients are making in so many different areas of healthcare, as evidenced by the sheer breadth and depth of the topics their own customers will be discussing at HIMSS,” said Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola Communications.
She added, “I urge any HIMSS attendee who wants to gain a well-rounded understanding of healthcare’s most promising developments to check out as many of the above sessions as possible.”
Media Contact: Marcia Rhodes | mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com
by admin | Feb 20, 2018 | News
Five of the healthcare IT PR agency clients earn Best in KLAS or other high performing KLAS rankings; all will be attending or exhibiting at HIMSS18
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. February 20, 2018 Amendola Communications, an award-winning healthcare marketing and public relations agency, is delighted to announce five of its clients earned either 2018 Best in KLAS or other high marks from one of the most respected research firms in healthcare IT. KLAS rankings for software and services vendors are based on interviews with vendor customers, making a high KLAS ranking an objective and prestigious marker of ability in the healthcare IT industry.
All companies will be attending or exhibiting at HIMSS, and available for media interviews. To schedule an interview, contact Marcia Rhodes at mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com.
With that, Amendola congratulates:
Aprima Medical Software 2018 Best in KLAS for the Small Practice Ambulatory EMR/PM category (1-10 physicians). This recognition closely follows Aprima receiving a top-tier rating from providers for the second consecutive year in the large and small clinic category in the KLAS report Ambulatory RCM Services 2017: Finding Consistent Partners and the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Award for Product Leadership. Visit Aprima at HIMSS Booth #3610, where company leaders will be on hand to discuss what’s next in interoperability and smarter workflow tools for providers.
Health Catalyst 2018 Best in KLAS for the Business Intelligence and Analytics category. This marks the second year in a row Health Catalyst earned the Best in KLAS ranking. Health Catalyst is a next-generation data, analytics, and decision-support company committed to being a catalyst for massive, sustained improvements in healthcare outcomes. Visit Health Catalyst at HIMSS Booth #1332.
Lumeris 2018 Best in KLAS for the Value-Based Care Managed Services category. This is the third consecutive year Lumeris has earned the Best in KLAS ranking as the top-performing, full-service company focused on accelerating the transition to value. At HIMSS, Lumeris executives will be available to discuss new survey results which show that 86 percent of healthcare systems are participating in some type of downside-risk contract with payers, as well as other findings about the key challenges of adapting to the new world of value-based care.
Recondo Technology 2018 Best in KLAS for the Patient Access category. Recondo is known as one of the healthcare IT industry trailblazers in automating revenue cycle transactions with healthcare payers at unprecedented speed and scale. At HIMSS, Recondo will welcome visitors to Living Room #11, with company executives on hand to discuss the company’s groundbreaking new automated payer intelligence tool embedded into Epic; and how AI-powered automation will impact the hospital’s revenue cycle management in the months ahead.
Vocera Communications Rated highest for “Enabling effective care team communication.” Vocera helps hospitals around the world improve clinical communication and workflow. Visit Vocera at HIMSS Booth #2824. At HIMSS, Vocera will introduce Vocera Collaboration Suite 3.3, the latest enhancement of a mobile application that provides real-time situational awareness and actionable patient data to facilitate communication and collaboration among care team members.
“It is wonderful to see Amendola’s clients gain this well-deserved recognition from their own customers through KLAS. We know how hard they work to build out world-class product development and customer support frameworks. These high KLAS rankings and ratings are certainly a testament to those efforts,” said Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola Communications.
She added, “It is also an exciting start to 2018. We can’t wait to promote far and wide what we expect will be a long list of accomplishments for all of our agency’s clients throughout the year.”
Media Contact: Marcia Rhodes | mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com
by admin | Jan 23, 2018 | News
Award-winning firm to implement robust PR, digital and content creation program
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Jan. 23, 2018 Amendola Communications, a nationally recognized, award-winning healthcare marketing and public relations agency, announced today the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) has engaged the firm to develop an integrated marketing communications program to generate public awareness of the benefits of chiropractic care, highlighting clinical evidence. F4CP is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about chiropractic care.
“We conducted an in-depth search of nearly a dozen healthcare agencies, and Amendola was the clear choice to advance our mission of establishing F4CP as the trusted resource for evidence-based data and education about the benefits of chiropractic care,” said Sherry McAllister, DC, executive vice president of F4CP. “Our goal is to empower our members to educate and engage consumers with knowledge about how chiropractic can benefit them, embrace and share this knowledge and advance the profession as a whole.
Kent S. Greenawalt, CEO of Foot Levelers and chairman of the F4CP Board of Directors said, “We were attracted to Amendola’s veteran team, who demonstrated passion, creative strengths, media savvy and impressive experience in the chiropractic profession. Their strategic guidance will play a key role in increasing credibility and recognition among target media and digital influencers of the important role chiropractic care plays in pain management, wellness and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.”
With the goals of supporting membership and building credibility for chiropractic care by capitalizing on national industry trends and developments to showcase the multiple benefits of chiropractic care from delivering safe, drug-free, cost-effective pain relief to optimizing wellness Amendola will provide a broad spectrum of marketing services. These include aggressive media relations, social media services and a range of content demonstrating thought leadership and evidence-based data of chiropractic care through bylined articles, blog posts, press releases, white papers, ebooks, email campaigns and much more.
“With wellness taking center stage, chiropractic care is rapidly gaining momentum reshaping care as we know it,” said Amendola CEO, Jodi Amendola. “F4CP’s role in the market has tremendous value and we look forward to extending its reach by highlighting success stories, leveraging a treasure trove of evidenced-based data and promoting high-value content to make an even greater impact.”
With a team of experienced and seasoned PR professionals, Amendola develops and implements public relations, digital/social media, content marketing, messaging/branding, web design and marketing programs for a diversified healthcare and HIT client base. Amendola provides extensive strategic counsel and helps clients from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies achieve their business objectives including market expansion, strategic acquisition or public offering.
About Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
A not-for-profit organization, the Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) informs and educates the general public about the value of chiropractic care and its role in drug-free pain management. Visit www.f4cp.com; call 866-901-F4CP (3427). Social media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube.
Media Contact: Marcia Rhodes | mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com
by admin | Jan 9, 2018 | News
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2018 Amendola Communications, an award-winning healthcare marketing and public relations agency, announced today that it has been selected as the agency of record for Payformance Solutions, a leading provider of value-based reimbursement solutions and services. Amendola will leverage long-standing relationships with healthcare editors and writers as well as deep industry expertise to help share how Payformance bridges the gap between payers and providers in evaluating and negotiating value-based reimbursement contracts. This comes soon after the agency developed Payformance Solutions website content.
“When I start working with a new healthcare IT company, Amendola is my first call,” said Brett Furst, founder and CEO of Foresight Ventures and a strategic advisor to Payformance Solutions. “They have effectively positioned two previous companies I worked for with tremendous success. I appreciate their deep industry expertise and relationships, and know that they will take Payformance to the next level.”
Payformance Solutions equips payers and providers with the technical tools and resources required to design, evaluate, build, measure and negotiate value-based reimbursement contracts while aligning financial goals with improved patient outcomes. Backed by the respected, nonprofit research and consulting organization, Altarum Institute, the company delivers a full-service approach that helps ensure an organization’s transition to value-based care accelerates smoothly with speed and flexibility while improving the quality of care.
Amendola will provide media and analyst relations, utilizing its extensive relationships throughout the industry to bring focus to the nuances of value-based care and help establish Payformance Solutions as a thought leader.
“It’s a testament to Amendola to have repeat clients such as Brett Furst and I so much appreciate his vote of confidence,” according to Amendola CEO Jodi Amendola. “In years past, there has been a level of uncertainty between payers and providers due to differing objectives. Payformance Solutions is bridging that divide and helping organizations navigate a new reimbursement model through value-based contracts. We are excited to work with Payformance and educate the industry about the important services it is delivering.”
About Payformance Solutions
Payformance Solutions is a value-based reimbursement service provider dedicated to advancing payment transformation in the healthcare industry. Leveraging our affiliation with nonprofit research and consulting organization Altarum Institute, we launched a suite of services to equip payers and providers with the technical tools and resources required to design, evaluate, build, measure and negotiate value-based reimbursement contracts while aligning financial goals with improved patient outcomes. For more information, visit: www.payformancesolutions.com
by admin | Dec 13, 2017 | News
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. December 13, 2017 Amendola Communications CEO and co-founder Jodi Amendola has been named to PR News list of the Top Women in PR for 2017. The prestigious award recognizes women executives who have made bold advances in managing crises, developing brand messages, protecting and building brand reputations, and creating content for digital platforms.
Other honorees include PR executives from the world’s biggest public relations agencies, as well as communications leaders at some of the world’s best-known companies, including Microsoft, T-Mobile, FedEx, Nissan, General Motors, GE, Southwest Airlines, Bayer and Samsung.
Jodi is an accomplished leader with 25 years of experience in developing, implementing and executing high-impact, integrated business-to-business public relations and marketing campaigns. Beginning in 2003, she pioneered an agency focused squarely on the burgeoning healthcare information technology sector. Over the next decade, Jodi transformed a boutique agency with a handful of small clients into the healthcare IT industry’s recognized PR leader a national, full-service public relations and marketing agency serving dozens of technology innovators ranging from early-stage startups to large public companies.
A hands-on leader, Jodi provides strategic direction and ongoing involvement in all phases of client public relations and marketing programs. She embodies the “client-first” dedication and “get-it-done” attitude that makes Amendola Communications both a fun workplace and a collaborative learning environment. Thanks to Jodi’s inspirational leadership and values, clients find that Amendola Communications is more than just an agency, as demonstrated by the partnership mentality and commitment to excellence shared by every member of her team.
“I’m honored to join this remarkable group of accomplished women,” said Jodi Amendola. “It’s been an amazing PR journey. I am so thankful for the many mentors, clients, business associates, employees and family members who have supported me along the way. I look forward to achieving more milestones and to continuing to help healthcare and healthcare IT companies expand their market dominance and industry thought leadership.”
Jodi and the Amendola Communications team are available to discuss your public relations and marketing needs, including media relations, content marketing, branding, digital marketing, search engine marketing, website design and development, and social media. For more information, please visit www.acmarketingpr.com or email jamendola@acmarketingpr.com.
Media Contact: Marcia Rhodes | Amendola Communications | mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com |602-793-1561
by admin | Nov 30, 2017 | News
SCOTTSDALE, AZ Nov. 30, 2017 Amendola Communications, an award-winning healthcare marketing and public relations agency, heads into 2018 following a banner year of record-setting growth with new-client acquisition.
Amendola and its clients benefited from the accelerating market for healthcare technology in the U.S. and globally. The worldwide market for preventive healthcare technologies and services, alone just one of several medical technology market segments is expected to reach $432 billion by 2024, up from $139 billion in 2013, according to a recent report from Grand View Research.
Amid the expanding market, Amendola added over 20 new companies to its client roster in 2017, a record number in its 14-year history.
“This is a time of incredible growth for the industry and for Amendola Communications,” said CEO Jodi Amendola. “It’s a credit to our team of strategic doers and their ability to consistently deliver impressive, meaningful impact for our clients.”
Notable new clients in 2017 included:
- GetWellNetwork – the industry’s only true provider of cross-continuum patient engagement solutions
- GlobalMed – the world’s most-used telemedicine provider with over 15 million consults in 55 countries.
- HealthBI – providing the tools that enable healthcare payers and providers to reduce admissions and readmissions, automate care transition and improved value-based care performance and HEDIS outcomes
- Lumeris – a provider of strategic counsel and technology to health systems, hospitals and insurers
- Medicomp – a physician-driven provider of contextual patient data solutions.
- Meridian – a leading provider of revenue cycle, business intelligence, EMR and system integration services for large, multi-specialty physician groups and academic practice plans.
Amendola responded to the growth by adding five accomplished and enthusiastic team members including experienced journalists and marketing professionals. The new additions build on the agency’s proven ability to deliver strategic messaging, branding, content marketing, overall marketing and public relations that drive client success.
Clients Earn Billions of Media Impressions
During 2017, Amendola’s proactive media relations earned its clients featured placements in major national news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNBC, and Forbes. Amendola clients also received significant and ongoing favorable coverage within every influential healthcare trade publication, including Modern Healthcare, Healthcare IT News, Fierce Healthcare, HealthLeaders, H&HN, MedCity News, Becker’s Hospital Review, HFM, Health Data Management, and Physicians Practice.
Recognition for Outstanding Client Work
Amendola continued to garner recognition in 2017 as one of the best small marketing and PR agencies in the country. In its most recent win, the agency received Honorable Mention in PRNews Platinum Awards for its content marketing work for Health Catalyst. Other honorable mentions in the category included Coca-Cola, Liquid Plumr and Johnson & Johnson. The distinction is one of numerous awards that Amendola has earned in recent years from Bulldog Reporter, PRSourceCode and others for its ability to design and execute successful PR and marketing campaigns, and develop high-value content for healthcare technology companies.
Media Contact |Marcia Rhodes | mrhodes@acmarketingpr.com | 602-793-1561
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