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Challenges and new opportunities with behavioral health data
While behavioral health refers to the broadest category being discussed here, it should be noted that there is great overlap in terms and cases with around 45 million Americans experiencing mental illness, and around 20 million experiencing a substance use disorder. An alarming 8.2 million Americans are affected by both. And substance abuse or addiction […]
Ask the Expert: Hospital executive, on building a case (and budget for) interoperability
Michele Oglesby has extensive experience driving profitability and growth for hospital systems, including for Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Envision Healthcare, and others. Below, she explains the hospital executive persona, their business role within an organization, and how interoperability, or a lack thereof, affects ROI in the hospital care setting. This is the first installment of […]
Bridge Connector: State of the Union
Bridge Connector CEO David Wenger kicked off the company’s first annual Apex on Friday, February 22, 2019. He took the stage with “Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty playing, which could easily be considered David’s personal and professional theme song over the last couple of years. We wanted to share his remarks, as they give […]
Bridge Connector Continues Expansion and Growth with Key Executive Hires
“The future looks bright for Bridge Connector,” says David Wenger, founder and CEO of Bridge Connector. “We are fortunate to have brought on such top talent to our company. These experienced executives will help further our efforts and continue our rapid market expansion nationally.”
Health IT at HIMSS 2019: 4 Key Takeaways
Our staff who attended HIMSS 2019 have returned and shared some of their “greatest hits.” This year’s theme was “Champions of Health Unite,” with around 43,000 attendees convening in Orlando, Fla., from February 11 through 15. As one of the largest health care conferences of its kind in the world, with so many booths, panels, […]
Health IT Report to Congress: A Summary
In its 2018 Report to Congress, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology provided a progress report on how U.S. health care data-sharing is going with its “Annual Update on the Adoption of a Nationwide System for the Electronic Use and Exchange of Health Information.” If the title doesn’t entice you […]
Aloha from HIMSS: Bridge receives Salesforce Ohana Partner Award
“Salesforce is one of the most innovative tech companies there is. And they’ve already played such an important role as we launched Bridge Connector this past year. Receiving this ‘Ohana’ award is particularly meaningful because we just wrapped a very successful Year One — and quite simply, we couldn’t have gotten to where we are […]
higi and Bridge Connector Partner to Connect 4th Network of Healthcare Data to Clinical Workflow
To assure this network provides the data interoperability needed for coordinated care, higi works with Bridge Connector to provide clients with an option to integrate higi data into the clinical workflow, making it more efficient for the providers and allows for early intervention. “We are changing the way healthcare is delivered,” says David Wenger, CEO […]
Salesforce Delivers New Health Cloud Innovations, Mentions Bridge Connector as Innovative ISV Partner
“Our industry continues to centralize and integrate patient data, but it is critical that we stay focused on improving the patient experience,” said Ashwini Zenooz, MD, SVP & GM of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Salesforce. “By surfacing critical factors of a patient’s life in a single view, we empower care providers to personalize patient […]
Health-tech firm moves HQ to downtown Nashville, expects to double staff
Bridge Connector, which raised an additional $5.5 million at the end of 2018, expects to add 150 new clients this year, Wenger said. To do that, the company has partnered with electronic medical record companies and Salesforce to target physician practices, insurance companies and health systems that need help sharing data between their systems.
Post Acute Care & the Silver Tsunami
When you consider that over 54 million people will turn 65 over the next 15 years, it’s understandable why many business industry leaders in general, but particularly those in health care, have been referring to the aging patient demographic as the “Silver Tsunami.” How the shifting patient demographic will contribute to explosive growth within the […]
Jumping into the Deep End: Solving Problems and Changing Lives in Kenya
The original class of students consisted of seven deaf students and one blind student, but they quickly found ways to spread the word in the area, encouraging more families to send their children to class. Mothers were often unable to communicate with their children, or they felt shamed into isolating them inside the home, sometimes […]
HL7 FHIR R4: Decoding the Acronym Soup
To understand the context here, let’s recall that HL7, the ANSI-accredited standards developing organization, is around 30 years old, as is its V2 messaging standard. HL7 solved a lot of problems for health care IT in the 1990s simply by replacing other data sharing mechanisms that were being used at that time. Let us repeat, […]
Value-Based Care: Players, Challenges and Opportunities
We’ve been talking about value-based health care since at least 2005, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS; a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) began a pilot project to connect quality of care to compensation. The idea being, that if at least 75 percent of U.S. companies link […]
Care Beyond Clinical: Social Determinants of Health
Understanding and connecting social determinants as a path to true, patient-centered care
Modernization of Healthcare Organizations through Appification
It’s Sunday night, and you’re making resolutions to start your new “healthy lifestyle” Monday morning. You hop on your phone and head to the app store to download some apps to help keep you on track. MyFitnessPal, Runkeeper, Lifesum, and so many more health-related apps pop up on your screen, ready to make your life […]
Bridge Connector Adds Chief Compliance Officer to Nashville Leadership Team with former Envision Vice President
Healthcare-technology startup Bridge Connector, which delivers streamlined integration solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced Michele Oglesby as their Chief Compliance Officer. Based in the company’s Nashville office, she works alongside Chief Operating Officer Judson Lathe, Chief Technology Officer Joshua Douglas, and Chief Revenue Officer Andy Harlen, and will report to Chief Executive Officer and founder, […]
higi and Bridge Connector Announce Partnership to Improve Care for Millions of Consumers
Partnership Key to Delivering Seamless Integration Between higi Health Stations and Hospitals and Providers to Make Healthcare Better Connected
Talking Tech with Bridge Connector
There’s no magic key that opens the startup funding door. It takes persistence, a great product and team, and perhaps a bit of luck.
4 Key Takeaways From the 2018 PointClickCare Summit
Is there anything better than having a great conference right in your backyard? That’s just one of the reasons we were so excited for PointClickCare Summit 2018, which took place at the Gaylord Opryland Conference Center in Nashville this year.
5 Can’t-Miss Holiday Parties for Health IT Professionals in Nashville
Nashville is known for many things: healthcare, technology, country music … the list continues on and on. Something that professionals who reside in Nashville also know is there are countless networking opportunities.
Healthcare: On a Tight Schedule
Scheduling is a serious challenge in the healthcare industry, one that can leave patients feeling neglected and physicians underutilized.
Healthcare and the App Economy: A New Era
Not just diet and fitness apps, but a full digital transformation of the healthcare industry
4 Surprising Companies Driving Healthcare Innovation
When it comes to the healthcare industry, there is always room for improvement. These companies are stepping up to help.
Our 4 Biggest Takeaways from Dreamforce ’18
Key healthcare insights from the annual Salesforce community conference
3 Reasons Interoperability Challenges Still Exist in Healthcare, and 3 Reasons You Should Care
Achieving interoperability is a top priority for healthcare professionals — what’s standing in their way?
4 Ways Integration is Closing the Gap Between Acute and Post-Acute Care
Everyone benefits when all the healthcare providers for one patient are on the same page
4 Benefits of Modernizing the Patient Experience
New technology is helping, but avoiding the pitfalls of creating data silos is crucial
A Home-Health Innovator Automates Care Coordination with Bridge Connector
Graham Healthcare alerts providers and patients to critical care updates faster than ever before
Bridge Connector raises $4.5M to integrate solutions for healthcare organizations
Bridge Connector is looking to solve the problem of complicated integration by creating a model to allow any size healthcare organization to easily send data back and forth by providing a new type of solution: integration platform as a service.
How Bridge Connector CEO David Wenger is revolutionizing healthcare communication
David Wenger, Founder & CEO of Bridge Connector, which delivers streamlined integration solutions for healthcare organizations joins eHealth Radio and the Healthcare and Health News Channels. David Wenger is the Founder & CEO of Bridge Connector, an integrated platform as a service (iPaaS) company that delivers streamlined integration solutions for healthcare organizations, which he founded […]
Two local execs join Florida health IT startup
A Florida technology startup that manages health care data integrations has recruited two local executives to its leadership team as it puts to work a $4.5 million investment from a venture capital fund run by a former Publix Super Markets CEO. New to one-year-old Bridge Connector are Chief Technology Officer Joshua Douglas and Vice President […]
Silverline Partners with Bridge Connector for Salesforce Health Cloud Electronic Medical Records Integrations
NEW YORK (June 18, 2018) — Silverline, a Salesforce Platinum Consulting Partner headquartered in New York City, today announced a strategic partnership with Bridge Connector, a full-service, healthcare-integration provider. The partnership will enable Silverline’s clients, including those leveraging its Patient Engagement Center, a Salesforce Fullforce Solution built on Salesforce Health Cloud, to utilize Bridge Connector’s full-service […]
Healthcare-Technology Startup, Bridge Connector, Announces Three Key Hires, Opens New Nashville Office
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (June 6, 2018) — Healthcare-technology startup Bridge Connector, which delivers streamlined integration solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced three key hires. Joshua Douglas is the Chief Technology Officer and Andy Harlen is Vice President of Sales, both of whom will be based in the company’s new office at 1408 17th Avenue South […]
Bridge Connector and PointClickCare Partnership Offers Simplified Integration Solutions for Health and Senior Care Providers
“It is our mission to continue providing and optimizing the most effective, full-spectrum solutions for more than 16,000 senior-care facilities we support,” said B.J. Boyle, Vice President of Product Management at PointClickCare. “Besides improving care coordination between acute and post-acute care facilities, partnering with Bridge Connector will help drive better outcomes by maintaining full visibility […]
Bridge Connector Partners with Formativ Health to Provide Turnkey Integration Solution and Optimize Patient-Provider Experience
“We work with physician practices, hospitals, and health systems to help them improve the patient experience,” said David Harvey, Chief Technology Officer at Formativ Health. “Successfully interfacing with the core systems that our clients use in their organizations is critical to our success, and our partnership with Bridge Connector will enable us to deliver our […]
Healthcare-Technology Startup, Bridge Connector, Raises $4.5 Million From Axioma Ventures, Announces Board of Directors
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (June 5, 2018) — Bridge Connector, an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that delivers streamlined integration solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced a seed investment of $4.5 million, led by Tampa-based emerging-technologies firm Axioma Ventures LLC, backed by Howard Jenkins, former CEO of Publix Super Markets. The financing will be used […]
Bridge Connector Raises $10 Million in Two Months With New Series A Funding, Leads Charge to Close Interoperability Gap That Plagues The Healthcare Industry
“Since our initial seed investment in early June, we’ve been thrilled with the explosive expansion of Bridge Connector, a smart startup that we know will continue to make waves in the healthcare space, especially regarding interoperability,” said Howard Jenkins, Bridge Connector’s Chief Strategy Officer, former CEO of Publix Super Markets, and co-founding partner of Axioma […]