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Medical Information Technology, Inc.
Company typePrivate company
IndustryHealth informatics
Founded1969
Founders
HeadquartersWestwood, Massachusetts,USA
Key people
  • Lawrence A. Polimeno(Vice-Chairman)
  • Howard Messing(Vice-Chairman)
  • Michelle O'Connor(President and CEO)
ProductsSoftware
Revenue$493.8 million (2019)[1]
Websitewww.meditech

Medical Information Technology, Inc.,shortened toMeditech,is a privately heldMassachusetts-based software and service company that develops and sellsinformation systemsfor health care organizations.[2]

History

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In 1969,Neil Pappalardobegan development of the programming languageMIIS.This was one of several proprietary implementations ofMUMPS,a programming language which at the time had not been standardized. In July that year, Pappalardo and Morton E. Ruderman, Curtis W. Marble, Jerome H. Grossman andEdward B. Robertsfounded the company, with a $500,000 investment fromEG&G.[3][4]MIIS users and developers later influenced efforts toward MUMPS standardization during the early 1970s; the MUMPS standard was complete by 1974 and approved by 1977.[5]Between 1971 and 1979, Pappalardo developed various other systems, but those associated with integrated health care information remained his primary focus.[6]

In 1982, Meditech adopted the then-new MAGIC operating system/programming language for its health care information systems. In 1994, the company adopted client/server, a second software platform. While client/server utilized the same programming language, MAGIC runs all code on a central server, and clients are in effectdumb terminals.Client/server executes the code on a user's PC, although all code remained centralized. Client-server supports onlyMicrosoft Windows-based operating systems. Meditech announced its version 6.0 in 2006.[6]

In 2003, Howard Messing was named president, and in 2010 also became chief executive officer.[7]

MEDITECH announced the launch of Expanse, the company’s mobile, web-based EHR, on February 27, 2018.[8]

On January 29, 2020, Meditech announced the launch of Expanse Patient Care, a web-based application software that allows nurses and therapists to conduct administrative tasks through a mobile device.[9]

In 2021, Michelle O’Connor was named president and chief executive officer.[10]

Markets

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Meditech expanded from theUnited StatesandCanadainto theUnited Kingdom,South Africa,Australia,and several other communities, including the Spanish-speaking world.[11]

Products and services

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MEDITECH Expanse, a web-based application showing patient history.[12]

Meditech offers software for health care organizations of various types and sizes. Some of the software modules include: Health Information Management, Revenue Cycle, Scanning and Archiving, Scheduling and Referral Management, as well as others.[13]

Partnerships

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Meditech South Africa, founded in 1982, provides software and services to the health care industry in Africa and the Middle East.[citation needed]On June 6, 2012, Meditech announced its partnership withIntelligent Medical Objectsto provide mapping of clinician-friendly diagnosis and procedure terminologies to billing codes and medical concepts.[14]

Locations

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Meditech owns several facilities in easternMassachusetts,located inWestwood,Canton,Fall River,andFoxborough.Meditech also has a facility inAtlanta, Georgiathat was the former offices of Patient Care Technologies (PtCT),[15]which is chiefly responsible for the company's Home Care line of clinical and billing software.[16]Meditech also owns a building inMinnetonka, Minnesotaalong with global offices in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and Singapore.[17][18][19]

References

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  1. ^"Form 10-K: Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 2019".Meditech. January 29, 2020.RetrievedJune 8,2020.
  2. ^"2017 Brings Strong Momentum and Growth for MEDITECH".FOX 8, WVUE, fox8live, weather, app, news, saints.2018-01-16.Retrieved2018-02-23.
  3. ^"Corporate Timeline".MEDITECH.2013-11-15.Archivedfrom the original on 2013-11-15.Retrieved2018-02-22.
  4. ^Joseph Conn (May 23, 2016)."Q&A: Meditech founder Pappalardo says invention was 'my overall destiny'".Modern Healthcare.RetrievedNovember 25,2016.
  5. ^Kevin C. O'Kane (March 19, 2022)."The Mumps Programming Language".University of Northern Iowa Computer Science Department.RetrievedMarch 24,2022.
  6. ^ab"Pursuit of Excellence: MEDITECH Looks Back on 40 Years of I.T. Innovation".MEDITECH.2009-09-09.Archivedfrom the original on 2009-09-09.Retrieved2018-02-23.
  7. ^"MEDITECH Promotes Howard Messing to Chief Executive Officer".Press release.June 29, 2010.RetrievedNovember 25,2016.
  8. ^"Meet Expanse: MEDITECH's Next-Generation Platform"(Press release).
  9. ^Meditech launches web-based EHR mobility tool for nurses,beckershospitalreview.
  10. ^"Michelle O'Connor Named MEDITECH President and CEO".13 July 2021.
  11. ^"MEDITECH Expands its International Presence".Meditech.Retrieved2009-10-22.
  12. ^"Functionality Briefs".Meditech.Retrieved2021-01-20.
  13. ^"Product Set"(PDF).Meditech.Retrieved29 December2022.
  14. ^"Meditech and IMO: Empowering Customers to Achieve Meaningful Use Stage 2".Press release(Press release). June 13, 2012.RetrievedNovember 25,2016.
  15. ^"Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH) to Acquire Patient Care Technologies, Inc. (PtCT)".meditech.18 April 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 7 January 2016.Retrieved12 December2022.
  16. ^Polimeno, Lawrence."Merger Announcement from Lawrence A. Polimeno".meditech.Archived fromthe originalon 7 January 2016.Retrieved12 December2022.
  17. ^"Directions to MEDITECH".meditech.Retrieved13 December2022.
  18. ^"MEDITECH's Global Impact".meditech.Retrieved10 March2023.
  19. ^Gill, Arun (6 August 2020)."Why International Expansion Must Remain a Priority for Cerner, Epic, Allscripts and MEDITECH".signifyresearch.net.Signify Research.Retrieved10 March2023.
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