Happenings

Come and meet our team; learn more about the latest at Cumberland; check out our schedule for conferences and presentations.

Happenings

Come and meet members of Cumberland's engagement delivery team at HIMSS12 booth #5147 during exhibit hours (February 21, 22 and 23) to learn more about how Cumberland delivers implementation results.

We will also be presenting "Beyond Go-Live: Achieving HIT System Optimization" a discussion amoung HIT executives on Thursday morning February 23. Contact Jennifer Allen at 615-373-4470 for more information.

Be sure to attend "Physician-to-Physician: Driving Inpatient CPOE Clinical Transformation" presented by Cumberland Principal Eric Howell and Divya Shroff, MD, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer for HCA. The education session will be held at 2:15pm on Thursday, February 23 in room Murano 3303 of the Venetian Sands Expo Convention Center.

In Las Vegas, the HIMSS annual conference is expected to attract about 30,000 attendees, ranking it as one of the largest healthcare IT and management systems conference in the world. Attendees who visit the conference participate in education sessions and networking events, in addition to visiting the exhibits. The 2012 conference includes more than 400 education sessions plus pre-conference education sessions with symposia on ICD-10, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Achieving Meaningful Use for Eligible Hospitals, Clinical Engineering and IT Leadership, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Nursing Informatics, Physicians' IT, Quality/Clinical Decision Support, Meaningful Use Success, RFID & RTLS and the Secondary Use of Data Symposium.

The HIMSS12 Exhibition will feature the all-new Knowledge Centers, six powerhouses of education and vendor solution sessions that will focus on: accountable care organizations / value-based purchasing, mobile health, clinical and business analytics/intelligence, cloud computing and ICD-10. Once again, the Interoperability Showcase will highlight cutting-edge technology and standards demonstrating interoperability in a real-world environment. Other exhibition attractions include the well-attended pavilions like The Intelligent Hospital, E H R Association and Career Services Center.

Go to www.himssconference.org for more information.

best in klas

Cumberland Consulting Group was named Best in KLAS for excellence in Information Technology Planning and Assessment in the 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report. The report, published by KLAS Enterprises (KLAS), presents rankings of the best-performing Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) vendors, based on more than 17,000 interviews conducted yearly with healthcare providers.

KLAS is an independently owned and operated research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of HIT vendors. KLAS conducts more than 1,900 provider interviews per month with executives, managers and clinicians from more than 4,500 hospitals and 3,000 offices and clinics.Cumberland Consulting Group finished in a first-place tie as the nation’s top IT Planning & Assessment provider.

“This recognition is of great significance to our firm, particularly because KLAS is held in such high regard throughout the industry for providing accurate, unbiased evaluations,” stated Cumberland CEO Jim Lewis. “We are honored to receive these high marks from this well-respected organization.”

“Being named Best in KLAS is a testament to the service provided by Cumberland’s exceptional consulting team and we look forward to continued growth and success.”