CARROLLTON, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Across Healthcare, a provider of disruptive, innovative cloud-based solutions that connect and improve healthcare delivery and outcomes, has added experienced health information technology growth leader Mike Hairston to its executive team as a principal.
In his new role at Across Healthcare, Hairston is responsible for all strategic initiatives that grow the company into a health information solutions leader.
Previously, Hairston was a long-time executive at Greenway Health, joining the company in October 1999. Among his roles there, as executive vice president of sales and business development he was responsible for the overall coordination, functional management and leadership of all sales and business development activity. Before that position, he served as the company’s vice president of sales, regional sales manager, and regional vice president of the Eastern Region, opening 13 new sales territories.
“Many people in our industry continue to make strides in improving how health providers can more easily and effectively use information technology to serve their patients,” Hairston said. “But too many important initiatives are bogged down by the challenges of system interoperability, or a lack of understanding about how healthcare actually works. I know of no one with broader expertise and out-of-the-box thinking than Johnathan Samples, one of Across Healthcare’s two founding principals. He’s put together a tremendously talented team and I’m extremely proud to be a part of the company’s growth.”
‘Interoperability doesn’t have to be difficult’
Hairston and the rest of the Across Healthcare team well know that in a rapidly evolving marketplace driven by proving value and meeting the expectations of healthcare consumers, information partners that enable the sharing of data — or, rather, producing actionable information — are critical to enabling success for an organization seeking to deliver best-practice, cost-efficient health services. Unfortunately, interoperability between the hundreds of electronic health records (EHRs) and other systems used by organizations large and small remains an obstacle. But it’s not one that needs to remain, Samples noted.
“Interoperability simply doesn’t have to be difficult,” he said. “The power of a dynamic cloud platform and centralized application programming interfaces (APIs) is a foundation that makes it easier than ever before. What we’re doing at Across Healthcare is letting out our inner ‘geek’ — constantly evaluating the latest devices, chips and beta operating systems to be on the forefront of where technology and the industry’s needs are going. A thirst to understand what’s coming and to use technology in a way that others haven’t thought about before can be seen in everything we do … and Mike will help us share our commitment to that disruptive innovation with others across the healthcare marketplace.”
In addition to its own go-to-market software solutions, strategic consulting and for-hire custom software development, Across Healthcare uses its expertise and open platform to connect other healthcare vendors with many EHRs. This enables clients to build a single solution that can work with multiple EHRs, giving the client a competitive advantage and its patients better-coordinated health services.
“With the rapid rise of healthcare consumerism in this era of value-based reimbursement, Across Healthcare’s solutions are driven by a consumer-first approach which meets not only the needs of patients but also the forward-looking providers committed to keeping them healthy and their organization profitable,” Hairston said. “Meeting both groups’ intertwined needs means our provider clients can keep their doors open and thrive for many years to come as they improve population health and customer satisfaction.”
Delivering value to HIT companies and the providers they serve
Across Healthcare’s approach is already popular. Since its formation in 2015, the company has already become well-known for its team’s hands-on approach to innovation, working closely with HIT companies and caregivers alike. Sean Ramsey, president of Updox, an industry-leading customer relationship management solution, stated that “Across Healthcare brings a tremendous amount of industry knowledge, technical expertise, and creativity to solve today’s healthcare challenges. They’ve helped us accelerate our product roadmap with their innovative solutions and have been very flexible and responsive in meeting our needs and deadlines.”
Provider clients agree. “Working with the talented team at Across Healthcare has enabled our physicians to further leverage our EHR investment,” said Mark Filiault, director of operations for Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists. “Our relationship has empowered us to innovate, creating a number of unforeseen benefits in clinical workflow. We look forward to continuing our partnership with them.”
About Across Healthcare
Across Healthcare delivers disruptive information innovations to healthcare providers and IT vendors. The company’s service areas that drive customer value include strategic consulting, go-to-market commercial software solutions, and for-hire custom software development. With more than 20 patents between them, the two founding principals have led the research and development of electronic health records, patient portals, revenue cycle management, and clinical analytics platforms. The Across Healthcare team has both a deep and broad knowledge of the challenges faced in an ever-evolving healthcare market, and is constantly exploring new innovations that will improve care delivery, outcomes and value for all stakeholders. For information, see www.acrosshealthcare.com or connect with the company via email, Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
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