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Picis CEO Todd Cozzens to Drive Discussion on “Preserving Profitability in Healthcare” at 2009 TEPR+
Cozzens to reveal strategies for using business intelligence to reach hospital strategic goals, retain revenue and remain competitive in a challenging economy
WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Jan 26, 2009 — Picis today announced that CEO and Vice Chairman Todd Cozzens will chair the Business Office Improvement educational track and conduct a key session at this year’s Toward Electronic Patient Record (TEPR+) Conference, February 2-5, in Palm Springs, Calif.
Cozzens’ session, “Preserving Profitability: The Value of Integrating BI into Healthcare,” will offer insight into how business intelligence (BI) technologies have become critical to a hospital’s ability to preserve revenue and remain competitive. Cozzens will outline how the recent surge of electronic health records, industry regulations and increasing pressure to remain profitable has created unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the healthcare industry. BI stands out as a technology that has delivered substantial improvements in quality and cost reductions in many other industries. Cozzens will provide real-life examples on the use of BI in many large- and medium-sized healthcare organizations – for business activity monitoring and multidimensional reporting and analysis – and how it has allowed one Massachusetts-based hospital to reach their strategic goals, increase profitability, ensure compliance and improve patient and staff satisfaction.
WHEN:
Monday, February 2, 4:45-5:15 pm
WHERE:
TEPR+
California Convention Center, Palm Springs, Calif.
Presentation room to be announced
About Todd Cozzens, Picis CEO and Vice Chairman
Cozzens co-founded Picis in 1994 and has more than 23 years of experience in the healthcare technology and information systems industry. Cozzens’ original strategic vision of information systems for the high-acuity care areas of hospitals drove the company’s growth trajectory over 1,500% since 2001. He previously served as president of a division of Marquette Medical Systems (now GE Healthcare) and held several other senior management positions at the company, including vice president of sales, from 1983 to 1995. Cozzens is a graduate of Marquette University and the Harvard Business School Executive Program for Management Development. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2005 and was a four-time member of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team.
About TEPR
TEPR+ is the premier health IT conference for clinicians, healthcare executives, and HIM and HIT professionals seeking the most innovative, cutting-edge and practical solutions for today's health IT issues. More information is available at http://www.medrecinst.com/TEPR/TEPR.php.
About Picis
Picis is a global provider of innovative information solutions that enable rapid and sustained delivery of clinical, financial and operational results in the acute care areas of the hospital. These high-acuity areas include the emergency department, operating and recovery rooms, and intensive care units. Picis offers the most advanced suite of integrated products focused on these life-critical areas of the hospital where the patients are the most vulnerable, the care process is the most complex and an increasing majority of hospital costs and potential revenue are concentrated. Headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Picis has licensed systems for use in more than 1,700 hospitals in 19 countries. More information is available at www.picis.com.
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