Oct 1, 2012

Cumberland Consulting Group Highest Rated Meaningful Use Firm for Team Implementation Leadership and Advisory

Cumberland Consulting Group is the highest rated Meaningful Use consulting firm in Team Implementation Leadership and Advisory according to KLAS Enterprises latest industry report, Rapid Growth of Meaningful Use Consulting: Why Providers are Reaching Out.*

The report rates the performance of 33 Health Information Technology (HIT) consulting firms in assisting healthcare provider organizations in achieving successful Meaningful Use (MU) attestation in compliance with The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Ratings are based on 499 surveys from 270 provider organizations throughout the nation. Cumberland outranks competing firms PwC, Aspen Advisors and Dearborn Advisors, among others in the Team Implementation Leadership and Advisory category.

KLAS states, “In such a high performing market where competition is fierce, this report seeks to distinguish between the many firms vying for providers’ attention. It also identifies market trends and providers’ biggest MU needs and discusses the future outlook on the market.”

The report also discusses the Top Meaningful Use Hurdles to Overcome and quotes one CFO as saying, “We were struggling to do the implementation ourselves, and I ultimately bit the bullet and hired Cumberland to come in and help us get our act together. It turned out to be one of the best decisions of my professional career.”

“We have the honor of working with the leading health systems throughout the country,” said Cumberland CEO Jim Lewis. “Our team gains great reward from the role we play in helping providers improve patient care and the delivery of healthcare nationwide by establishing innovative ways of sharing and utilizing health information.”

About Cumberland

Cumberland Consulting Group, LLC is a national technology implementation and project management firm serving ambulatory, acute and post-acute healthcare providers. Cumberland provides strategic information technology planning, systems selection, implementation and optimization services. Through the implementation of new technologies, Cumberland helps providers nationwide advance the quality of patient care they deliver and improve overall business performance. For more information, please visit www.cumberlandcg.com.

About KLAS

KLAS is a research firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by enabling providers to be heard and be counted. Working with thousands of healthcare executives and clinicians, KLAS gathers data on software, services, medical equipment, and infrastructure systems to deliver timely reports, trends, and statistical overviews. The research directly represents the provider voice and acts as a catalyst for improving vendor performance. Founded in 1996, KLAS staff and advisory board average 25 years of healthcare information technology experience. For more information, go to www.KLASresearch.com, email marketing@KLASresearch.com or call 1-800-920-4109 to speak with a KLAS representative.

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