Azalea in the News

On Sept. 8, EHR vendor Azalea Health announced its acquisition of dashboardMD, a provider of BI reporting and healthcare analytics. This union of cloud-based software solutions gives healthcare providers the ability to draw actionable insights straight from the electronic health records, leading to better patient outcomes through technology and data-augmented care. dashboardMD’s…

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on hospital operations, EHR purchasing activity saw an uptick in 2020. Epic, for example, saw its most successful year since 2015, when the company landed contracts with 144 hospitals, according to the KLAS Research “U.S. Hospital Market Share 2021” report. Here are 12 things to know about…

Securing health care is an uphill battle with providers balancing the need to drive innovation with simultaneously keeping patients safe from security and privacy risks. But the challenges facing small, rural, and other under-resourced providers are burdensome when many lack the budgets and staff to adequately secure the network. With gaps…

Azalea Health Innovations Inc. (Azalea Health or Azalea), a leading provider of cloud-based patient management and health IT solutions, today announced its acquisition of dashboardMD, an innovative cloud provider of business intelligence reporting solutions and healthcare analytics. The acquisition pairs two visionaries of healthcare IT in a shared pursuit of better patient…

Ever since it started, the pandemic has greatly affected the overall threat landscape, with different organizations falling victims to cyberattacks. Understandably, those who had been hit the most were the healthcare organizations. The change in their workflow has created new vulnerabilities and enhanced old ones, making tham an easy target for cybercriminals. Large…

The practice was an early adopter of telehealth back in 2010, implementing it as a way to care for people unable to attend in-person sessions. At first, caregivers were using WebEx and Google Hangouts. These apps got the job done, but they were disjointed. Staff would have to juggle multiple…