Articles from Altera Digital Health

Altera Digital Health is proud to announce the successful activation of its integrated operating theater system at Latrobe Regional Health (LRH), one of the hospital members of Gippsland Health Alliance (GHA). GHA has been leveraging Sunrise™ as its enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) platform, utilizing Microsoft Azure to enhance interoperability, security and scalability across its network.

Altera Digital Health is proud to announce the successful statewide activation of the Sunrise™ electronic health record (EHR) and patient administration system (PAS) across all South Australian public hospitals. South Australia Health (SA Health) and Altera Digital Health are delighted that South Australia is the first state in Australia to activate a statewide EHR and PAS across all hospitals and health services in both metropolitan and rural areas. This milestone marks a major advancement in digital healthcare transformation, providing clinicians with a fully integrated, real-time patient record system that enhances efficiency, improves care coordination and optimizes patient outcomes.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, today announced that its Sunrise™ suite of solutions has successfully achieved ISO 9001:2015 recertification following the completion of a comprehensive external audit conducted by NQA. The new certificate is now in effect and covers the full three-year cycle through 2028.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, today announced that Nabla's ambient artificial intelligence (AI) assistant for clinicians is now generally available for Paragon® Denali clients. The integration will enable rural, critical access and community hospitals leveraging the cloud-native Paragon Denali electronic health record (EHR) platform to relieve administrative burden and may save providers two hours of clinical note authoring per day on average.

Altera Digital Health (booth #2532), a global health IT leader, will exhibit at the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2025 Global Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 3–6, 2025. Attendees will have the opportunity to receive demos and learn about new solutions, services and product updates from Altera experts, such as Altera’s ambient listening artificial intelligence (AI) for clinical note documentation, new patient portals and analytics solutions. Altera will also deliver several presentations, including a session on the organization’s vision for the future of healthcare, and host a “Viva Altera” Happy Hour.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, today announced that four hospital systems plan to implement Paragon® Denali, a cloud-native electronic health record (EHR) designed for rural, critical access and community hospitals. Built in the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, Paragon Denali leverages containerized services and a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, offering the reliability and flexibility healthcare organizations need to address industry-wide challenges and enable better care experiences.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, today announced it has joined The Sequoia Project, a non-profit, public-private collaborative chartered to advance implementation of secure, interoperable nationwide health information exchange. Membership will drive continued innovation in interoperability, foster collaboration with industry leaders and ensure understanding of current regulations and standards for clients leveraging the dbMotion™ Solution, Altera’s data platform that aggregates and harmonizes data from multiple systems to improve patient outcomes.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, today announced that Paragon® Denali, an electronic health record (EHR) natively deployed in the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, is now generally available. Leveraging a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, Paragon Denali brings cloud-enabled features and containerized services to rural, critical access and community hospitals, providing greater system reliability and data accessibility while supporting organizational growth and improved user experiences.

Altera Digital Health (HIMSS booth #2546), a global health IT leader, today announced the development of Paragon Denali, an electronic health record (EHR) natively deployed in the cloud, specifically designed for rural, critical access and community hospitals. Built on Microsoft Azure, the Altera EHR system will bring cloud-capable features and containerized services to healthcare organizations, enabling faster, more informed care decisions and greater financial and operational efficiencies. Paragon Denali is targeted to be generally available by the end of 2024.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, today announced that Resilience Healthcare, a health system serving the Chicago metropolitan region, has signed an approximately seven-year contract to leverage the company’s Paragon® electronic health record (EHR) platform, designed for community hospitals. Additionally, the organization will implement Altera’s Ventus Contract Management, Ventus Compliance Advisor and Ventus Intelligent Coding solutions to optimize revenue and reduce compliance risk.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, today announced that dbMotion™ Solution earned the No. 1 ranking on Black Book Research’s list of the top clinical data integration and interoperability solutions. The ranking is based on Black Book’s survey of 4,021 health information management users at medical practices, hospitals and other healthcare organizations.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, and Harris Affinity (Affinity), a leading provider of financial decision support tools, today announced their new reseller agreement. The partnership will enable Altera to bring Affinity Decision Support (ADS), a financial and operational performance optimization platform and a recipient of HFMA’s Peer Review Certification for 2023, to its healthcare organization clients around the world.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT leader, today announced that Sunrise™, an integrated electronic health record (EHR) built for hospitals and health systems, earned the No. 1 ranking on Black Book Research's lists of the top inpatient EHRs for community hospitals with 101–250 beds as well as the top EHRs and support solutions for acute rehabilitation hospitals. The nationwide rankings are based on customer satisfaction surveys of EHR system users, across 18 key performance indicators, and were conducted from Q2 2022 through Q3 2023.

Altera Digital Health, a global health IT innovator, and Columbus Community Hospital (CCH), a community-owned, not-for-profit hospital in Columbus, Nebraska, today announced the hospital is extending its use of the Paragon® electronic health record (EHR) by seven years. A Paragon client since 2010, the 50-bed hospital will also now leverage upgrade services as part of its Altera subscription to ensure it remains up to date with the EHR and takes full advantage of future Paragon releases.

Altera Digital Health (formerly the Allscripts Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business segment) has won a competitive tender to deliver the Victorian Department of Health’s state-wide Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution. It seeks to address one of the biggest challenges in healthcare – the sharing of health information across disparate systems for clinical care. The platform supports Victoria’s digital health roadmap, which prioritizes the availability of patient health information across acute care providers.

Altera Digital Health, a global healthcare IT innovator, today announced it has expanded its partnership with Pipeline Health, a community-based hospital system headquartered in Los Angeles. The seven-year contract will extend Pipeline Health’s use of the Paragon electronic health record (EHR) at four Los Angeles-area hospitals and deploy the system at White Rock Medical Center in Dallas.

Altera Digital Health, a global healthcare IT innovator, today announced that Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, New Jersey’s largest hospital and a clinical affiliate of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, has expanded its Paragon® electronic health record (EHR) partnership for an additional five years. In addition to expanding the successful partnership between the two organizations, the medical center will also implement Paragon® Ambulatory Care EHR, as well as Microsoft Azure hosting and several other Altera solutions.