CliniComp Adds New COO and Chief Scientist; Celebrates Company Growth and Patient Safety Leadership.SAN DIEGO -- CliniComp, Intl. --Revenue Growth Sets Record; New Customers Validate Clinical IT Strategy --Stop by HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Booth #4204 to Learn More CliniComp, Intl., a recognized leader of advanced, hospital-wide clinician documentation systems with 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. , today announced the addition of two new executive positions, Larimore Cummins, M.D. as its COO and Kelly R. O'Keefe, M.D., Ph.D. as its chief scientist. The company also enjoyed a greater than 60 percent sales growth in 2004 and its highest revenue since 1997. "We added many new customers and continue to increase rollouts to more beds in our current customer base," said Richard Kremsdorf, M.D., 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 CliniComp. During 2004, CliniComp evolved its Essentris product line to include OnWatch, a set of proactive clinical surveillance tools for hospitals struggling to tackle failure to rescue and improve patient safety performance. "We are the first company to come to market with a complete patient safety system that accumulates patient data in electronic form, establishes an early warning system for patient care and allows for real-time monitoring of compliance with intended processes and best practices," added Dr. Kremsdorf. Dr. Cummins has joined the company as the new chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. and is charged with helping further develop, expand and deliver the Essentris product line. Dr. O'Keefe comes to CliniComp with over 25 years of experience in academics, community medical practice, and hospital administration. As chief scientist, he will oversee ongoing technical development and refinement of CliniComp products. "Dr. Cummins and Dr. O'Keefe have an illustrious background that marries both practical medical knowledge and IT software and systems expertise. They will be instrumental in growing our product lines to meet customer need and the company growth trajectory," commented Dr. Kremsdorf. Dr. Cummins served on the board at three healthcare technology companies: Adaptive Clinical Solutions, GluMetrics, LLC and AdapCS Canada Corporation. Before joining CliniComp, Dr. Cummins was the senior VP / chief medical officer for GE Medical Systems Healthcare Solutions, where he worked on business development, software evolution and helped introduce GE Six Sigma quality improvement to the healthcare industry. He also was part of the executive management teams at Mecon, Clinical Dynamics, Catholic Healthcare West Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates hospitals in California, Arizona, and Nevada[1]. As such, it is exempt from federal and state income taxes. and Dominican Hospital. He has a B.S. from San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. and earned his M.D. degree at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . Prior to CliniComp, Dr. O'Keefe co-founded and directed several successful healthcare information technology and intellectual property companies. He has special expertise in clinical process improvement and clinical informatics, and he has broad experience in the development of analytics to refine the measurement and interpretation of clinical and operational outcomes in the healthcare setting. Dr. O'Keefe received his B.S. degree from Washington State University Washington State University, at Pullman; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1890, opened 1892 as an agriculture college. From 1905 to 1959 it was the State College of Washington. , his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U . About CliniComp Founded in 1983, CliniComp, Intl. is a pioneer in its field, developing advanced hospital-wide clinician documentation systems for hospitals, integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers and other acute care providers. By completely automating the documentation process for each hospital's patient care environment, manual charting is eliminated. This in turn greatly reduces errors, improves productivity, and allows for better information flow. Automated charting forms the very foundation of the hospital-wide electronic medical record. For more information about CliniComp, please call (800) 350-8202 or visit www.clinicomp.com. |
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