Beacon Partners Launches iCorridor(TM) Application Integration Platform to Improve Data Exchange.iCorridor provides connectivity between disparate applications throughout the healthcare community WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- Healthcare management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects firm Beacon Beacon, city (1990 pop. 13,243), Dutchess co., SE N.Y., on the E bank of the Hudson River; settled 1663, inc. in 1913 when Fishkill Landing and Matteawan villages were united. Partners, Inc., today launched iCorridor, its Windows-based application integration platform that provides connectivity to disparate applications throughout the healthcare community. "Our clients are constantly challenged with application interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. ," said Ralph P. Fargnoli, Jr., president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Beacon Partners. "Integration continues to be one of the top three concerns of healthcare CIOs and the growing demand for EMR (ElectroMagnetic Radiation) The emanation of energy from everything in the universe. Although the EMR from electrical and electronic devices is typically measured for practical, every-day situations, every object, including humans, emanates energy. connectivity to the acute care setting has added even greater urgency to the problem. iCorridor is a solution to their needs that allows for rapid deployment of integration projects that support EHR (Electronic Health Records) Computerized medical records that bring patient care into the digital age and save time, money and lives. The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospital settings intensified after the RAND interoperability, data migration and information exchanges between various distributed enterprise-wide vendor applications." Continues Fargnoli, "iCorridor is ideal for organizations planning to connect to a RHIO RHIO Regional Health Information Organization with multiple systems or looking to integrate data from an EHR to a practice management system." iCorridor is an enhanced offering included under Beacon Partners' Healthcare Enterprise Technologies practice. Mitch Paine, director at Beacon Partners and veteran of the healthcare industry, will head the Enterprise Technologies practice. iCorridor is comprised of four separate, yet integrated modules. * Adapters - components used to connect iCorridor with external systems and act as a corridor between those systems. * DataMapper - component that provides transformation services for iCorridor. * MessageEngine - federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. message broker allowing applications to publish messages that can be subscribed to by other applications. * DataStreams - designed for acquiring and delivering data to applications through screen-scraping. As part of iCorridor, Beacon Partners offers Integration Services that include: * Connectivity Analysis - an analysis of an organization's current and future application integration requirements. * Interoperability Strategy - development of a comprehensive interoperability plan to address internal and external application integration requirements. * Application Integration Selection/Deployment - helping select and/or deploy new or expanded connectivity technology utilizing Beacon Partners' extensive experience with complex application integration solutions. * Interoperability Development - developing and installing effective application integration solutions with equal focus on the dynamics of internal application integration requirements as well as the physician and hospital relationship. * Integration As A Service (IAAS IAAS Integration as a Service (form of Software as a Service) IAAS International Association of Agricultural Students IAAS Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (Nepal) ) - providing a completely hosted, enterprise-wide application integration solution as a fee-based service. About Beacon Partners Beacon Partners coaches organizations in the Healthcare Community on the development of strategies that maximize Enterprise Yield[TM] - the alignment of people, processes and technologies. To achieve top levels of performance, a healthcare provider must factor strategic direction, physician alignment, economic incentives and overall market impact. Beacon Partners has proven that focusing on these critical success factors will strengthen an organization from its core outward and improve patient experience. Beacon Partners, the only firm in the industry that provides a satisfaction guarantee, has offices in Boston, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , and Toronto, and is one of the fastest growing privately-held firms in healthcare management consulting. Please visit http://www.beaconpartners.com and Beacon Partners' special healthcare information portal, http://www.spotlightonhealthcare.com. |
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