http://audaciousinquiry.comRSS Feed for Audacious Inquiry - Innovative Management & Technology Consulting120http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/601/Ai-Releases-2012-Stakeholder-Report.aspxRead about Ai's growth in 2012 and our plans for 2013 in our newly released FY 2012 Stakeholder Report.Barbara KochFri, 26 Apr 2013 13:48:27 GMT9745f70d-2f78-4285-a88d-2ef4250098achttp://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/600/Ai-System-Will-Alert-Delaware-Physicians-of-Patien.aspxAi has entered into an agreement with the Delaware Health Information Network to implement its Encounter Notification Service (ENS) throughout the state of Delaware. ENS delivers real-time, encrypted notifications to interested parties such as primary care practices, patient-centered medical homes, hospital readmission programs, and managed care organizations when patients under their care experience a hospital-based encounter.Barbara KochTue, 02 Apr 2013 15:09:06 GMT3897c46b-53a4-40f8-b873-5d2b0cea2b48http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/599/Governor-OMalley-Marylands-HIE-is-a-Platform-fo.aspxGovernor Martin O'Malley discusses Maryland's HIE, how CRISP is innovating to help improve health outcomes for Marylanders, and areas of focus for the HIE in 2013. Click the title to go to ONC's Health IT Buzz blog and read more. Barbara KochFri, 22 Mar 2013 21:57:58 GMT373b0b2a-d394-4a37-b929-10aea35180f2http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/598/HealthITgov-Publishes-Ai-Tactical-Issue-Briefs.aspxONC has released three tactical issue briefs written by Audacious Inquiry, outlining modular HIE services that are growing in popularity. As the State HIE Program comes to an end this year, new models for value-add services such as those outlined in the briefs will greatly help HIE sustainability across the country. Barbara KochFri, 01 Mar 2013 15:04:46 GMT02bca664-7f82-4e72-8a2c-15f128f9fc40http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/597/Ai-at-HIMSS13.aspxAudacious Inquiry will have an expanded presence at the 2013 HIMSS Conference in New Orleans March 3-7. Along with our partners, Ai will be hosting an HIE roundtable, demonstrating solutions at the interoperability showcase, and presenting on innovative approaches to provider management.Barbara KochWed, 27 Feb 2013 23:05:47 GMT1f144aae-3848-4f25-b4fd-51780d038b14http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/596/Ai-Founder-Elected-to-Board-of-Evergreen-Maryland.aspxEstablished in Howard County in 2010, Evergreen Health Cooperative will soon begin offering innovative health plan options to Marylanders via the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (HBE). Evergreen is a member-owned health insurance co-op focused on using technology and new health plan models to improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Barbara KochSun, 03 Feb 2013 19:42:50 GMTb553b3aa-8c27-453c-8dcb-b1da15681ac5http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/594/AiONC-HIT-Reports-Highlighted-in-Trade-News.aspx  ONC's recently published reports on HIE, authored by Audacious Inquiry, are garnering trade press.Barbara KochMon, 28 Jan 2013 20:12:22 GMTd6fa01a3-e1c0-43c8-abe6-ae7806767108http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/593/HealthITgov-Publishes-Ai-Research-on-Health-Infor.aspxThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the federal office charged with modernizing U.S. healthcare through the adoption of interoperable health IT, today published a number of groundbreaking reports on the present and future state of the health information exchange (HIE) marketplace. Ai developed the reports over the course of the last year while under contract to ONC. Barbara KochThu, 17 Jan 2013 18:56:34 GMTd66a727d-2127-4e6c-bf5e-4bf90bc38f5fhttp://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/591/Ai-Named-One-of-Baltimores-Future-50.aspxAudacious Inquiry has been named one of Baltimore’s 50 fastest-growing companies, based on a three-year average of employee and revenue growth. SmartCEO magazine administers the award, and describes the Future 50 as leaders in the region: “These companies represent the future of the region’s economy and embody the spirit of leadership and success in their industries.”Barbara KochThu, 03 Jan 2013 17:01:27 GMTb5938e00-3b01-4d5d-8d52-1599809dee6bhttp://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/590/MDM-Empowers-HIE-to-Advance-Innovative-Healthcare.aspxAi Principal Scott Afzal spoke at the November 1 Maryland HIMSS meeting, presenting on using master data management (MDM) at CRISP, Maryland’s state health information exchange (HIE). MDM is vital to patient identity management and increasingly, to provider information management. Ai and CRISP have implemented IBM’s Initiate MDM tool and are leveraging it to enable innovative special projects, including an Encounter Notification System and an Encounter Reporting System.Barbara KochWed, 07 Nov 2012 17:23:20 GMT3bfe50bb-cc8b-4bb6-9769-a444544a3763http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/586/Ai-Moves-Up-Inc-5005000-List-in-2012.aspxAfter debuting at #2,735 on last year’s Inc. magazine list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, Audacious Inquiry has climbed to #2,158 in 2012.Barbara KochWed, 15 Aug 2012 21:25:00 GMT13143376-565c-4084-982a-aea981fd1b24http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/583/Ai-Achieves-CMMI-Maturity-Level-2.aspxOn July 20, 2012, Audacious Inquiry successfully completed a SCAMPI Class A appraisal to achieve CMMI Maturity Level 2 for software development. Each level of the CMMI maturity scale evaluates certain process areas and practices and certifies satisfactory completion of those processes at an organizational level. Achieving maturity level 2 establishes that Ai has successfully executed best practices for project planning, project monitoring and control, requirements management, configuration management, measurement and analysis, and process and product quality assurance.Barbara KochFri, 10 Aug 2012 17:53:14 GMT270628ab-7045-44c0-b8e8-af3afb8df8e4http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/582/Can-Healthcare-IT-Make-Maryland-Healthier.aspxAi Principal and CRISP program director Scott Afzal and DHMH Secretary Joshua Sharfstein, M.D. discuss healthcare IT challenges and solutions and answer the question “Can Healthcare IT Make Maryland Healthier?” with Maryland Physician magazine.Barbara KochFri, 10 Aug 2012 13:37:16 GMT75241bc0-3688-4120-8efe-3842888f1450http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/581/Best-Practices-for-Implementing-an-HIE.aspxTips for project managing a health information exchange (HIE) implementation from Rob Horst, Ai director and health information technology leader with over 15 years of project management and health information systems experience. Barbara KochFri, 27 Jul 2012 19:40:32 GMT708fb48e-2b9e-438b-bab2-135b4c2bbafahttp://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/580/New-Case-Studies-Illustrate-Ais-Recent-Experience.aspxNewly posted case studies featuring recent and current projects demonstrate Ai’s expanding expertise in health information systems, master data management, policy analysis, technical project management, and software and web application development.Barbara KochThu, 26 Jul 2012 17:59:45 GMTfbc7b9cd-64e7-4a3c-97ef-6f74c933bc04http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/568/Ai-and-IBM-to-Present-on-Patient-Identity-Manageme.aspxOn June 19 in Baltimore, Ai, IBM, and CRISP will discuss the challenges ahead in healthcare and how Master Data Management (MDM) can help address those challenges.Barbara KochMon, 11 Jun 2012 16:11:34 GMT89a01b17-14d0-48d7-8f77-83bc88fe18a5http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/567/Ai-Director-Ranks-Among-Top-Health-Data-Innovators.aspxRob Horst, Ai Director of Health Information Systems, placed second in Maryland’s Health Data Innovation Contest on May 21 for his idea to leverage the statewide HIE to help reduce health disparities in Health Enterprise Zones (HEZ). The contest seeks practical ideas for creative use of data to improve the health status of Maryland residents. Barbara KochThu, 24 May 2012 18:39:01 GMTad23e509-8428-429b-a063-7423ff632e37http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/560/Ai-Principal-wins-2012-Wharton-Competition.aspxA team from Wharton’s MBA for Executives class of 2012, featuring Ai Principal Mrinal Bhasker, has won the Michelson Grand Prize of the 2012 Wharton Business Plan Competition (BPC). Their evidence-based healthcare decision support tool identifies, during the admissions process, what patients are at high-risk for readmission. Barbara KochMon, 14 May 2012 14:12:43 GMTe886575f-4bb5-4602-8dc1-1035a5e3eba8http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/559/Ai-Recognized-for-Innovation-and-Leadership.aspxAi is the proud winner of multiple awards and nominations recognizing our technological innovation and leadership this spring. Click the title to read more about the the awards, including SmartCEO100 Best-Run Company, Volt: Leaders in Technology, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® finalist, and Howard Technology Council's 2012 Life Sciences Company of the Year.Barbara KochThu, 10 May 2012 17:00:31 GMT42320d44-fe22-4e4a-b121-2a8c4e306709http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/558/UMBC-President-Named-Among-Worlds-Most-Influentia.aspxUMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski has been named in Time magazine's 2012 Top 100 Most Influential People List, which will appear on newstands on Thursday, May 19. UMBC's Research Park is home to Audacious Inquiry headquarters.Barbara KochWed, 18 Apr 2012 15:14:48 GMT0febd623-de4e-4d59-9cec-f4a58c3a3719http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/557/Ai-Releases-2011-Stakeholder-Report.aspxAi's latest stakeholder report is available for download. Barbara KochTue, 17 Apr 2012 20:59:08 GMTc4d3d970-86d7-473c-834b-8d28b451ed6ahttp://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/554/Announcing-Marylands-Health-Data-Innovation-Conte.aspxMaryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), in partnership with The Abell Foundation and Chesapeake Regional Information Systems for Our Patients (CRISP), will be launching Maryland’s Health Data Innovation Contest on March 20th. The contest seeks practical ideas for creative use of data to improve the health status of Maryland residents.Kristen BovaMon, 19 Mar 2012 15:49:45 GMTf8ed4125-417c-41ae-a1ac-bddc2c95f605http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/553/Ai-Presents-on-Health-IT-at-HIMSS12.aspxRob Horst, Director of Health Information Services for Ai, presented at HIMSS in Las Vegas on February 22nd. Rob presented the topic, “Facilitating Effective Transitions Between Long Term Care Facilities and Hospital Emergency Departments” alongside Dr. Bill Russell, a prominent geriatrician and health IT thought leader in the long-term care space. Rob and Dr. Russell discussed many of the challenges and barriers to technology adoption in long-term care while providing creative solutions that are being explored by CRISP and other awardees of the ONC Challenge Grants that were issued in 2011.Barbara KochThu, 23 Feb 2012 16:15:08 GMTe9b92c26-2bb1-4b52-be90-0da4a9e3b906http://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/549/State-and-Federal-Leaders-Celebrate-Maryland-HIE-M.aspxState and federal health leaders including Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Chief Farzad Mostashari, and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary Joshua Sharfstein gathered at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring on February 17 to announce that all of Maryland's 46 acute care hospitals and two specialty hospitals are now connected to CRISP and exchanging data. The Washington Post quotes Scott Afzal, Ai principal and CRISP program director, explaining that all Maryland hospitals will soon be sharing more detailed clinical data in addition to the basic demographic data currently being exchanged. Barbara KochFri, 17 Feb 2012 21:41:12 GMT23e51749-a2a0-43c3-bafb-e650327aa40dhttp://audaciousinquiry.com/tabId/75/itemId/548/Physician-Explains-Benefits-of-MD-State-HIE.aspxDr. Barton Leonard, Director of Suburban Hospital's Emergency Department, praises his experience with CRISP, Maryland's state Health Information Exchange (HIE) in this video. Barbara KochFri, 03 Feb 2012 21:43:13 GMT2f2c2f90-f1e6-4523-a2ed-7e6a0380e50d