NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov 17, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Repeating its award-winning tradition, Informatics Corporation of America (ICA; www.icainformatics.com) captured "Best of Show" across both Provider and Insurance categories at Everything Channel's 2009 Healthcare IT Summit, November 8-11, 2009, La Quinta, Calif. Unmatched in its ability to deliver complete interoperability, ICA provides electronic solutions to hospitals, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), and health information exchanges (HIEs), ICA was chosen by attendees at this forum from a field of 38 vendors in the health care information technology (IT) space, and earned this coveted top distinction based upon its creative and innovative solutions.
"This is one more step on a very promising path to demonstrate the real value that ICA delivers in the health IT marketplace, and an opportunity to showcase our outstanding team of employees," says Gary Zegiestowsky, CEO of ICA. "The credit belongs to each and every staff member for helping to make ICA a success every day. Our team looks forward to a strong 2010."
The ICA executive leadership team, including Zegiestowsky, Jeff Cunningham, chief technology and strategy officer, and John Tempesco, vice president of client services and marketing, focused upon the delivery of coordinated patient care across clinical settings. Their "Best in Show" technology provided attendees with innovative solutions to help drive improved outcomes by facilitating clinical interoperability and enabling physicians to access and act upon complete patient information in real time, at the point of care.
The Healthcare IT Show Daily stated that the "Best in Show" "included all-star nominees ICA, InterSystems, and Microsoft. Top honors went to ICA, with attendees impressed by ICA's flexible system architecture solutions.
"After years of seeing IT as merely transaction processing and distributing information, CXOs and external influencers now expect IT to be a key differentiator," says Nancy Hammervik, senior vice president, Events, Everything Channel. "We congratulate the winners of the Healthcare IT Innovation awards."
The Summit brought technology providers together with 200 of North America's top health care IT executives. Everything Channel and Gartner, the content provider for the event, provided the opportunity for industry analysts, IT executives from health care insurer and provider organizations, and leading vendors to participate in collaborative discussions that focused on today's pressing business and IT issues, best practices, and the latest tools and technology that will improve business performance. The Healthcare IT Summit Innovation Awards are a proven springboard to increased brand awareness and product credibility in the health care IT market.
About Informatics Corporation of America (ICA)
Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) was formed to take innovative technology developed by practicing clinicians and informatics professionals at Vanderbilt Medical Center to the broader healthcare market. ICA's solution enables interoperability of existing hospital and clinic systems to deliver a comprehensive electronic health record and tools ranging from a physician portal to secure messaging to disease dashboards. By providing clinicians with a comprehensive longitudinal patient record, ICA empowers caregivers to make informed decisions at the point of care, helps healthcare enterprises achieve operational efficiencies, and facilitates patient care across multiple providers and settings. Visit www.icainformatics.com.
About Healthcare IT Summit
The Healthcare IT Summit brings together industry analysts, IT Executives from healthcare insurer and provider organizations, and leading vendors for uniquely collaborative discussions on today's pressing business and IT issues, best practices and the latest tools and technology that will improve business performance. Additional information about Vision Events can be found at: http://www.everythingchannelevents.com/hc09.
