Meditech

Meditech is an electronic medical record founded by A. Neil Pappalardo and Curt W. Marble, who are best known as the developers of the MUMPS software at Mass General Hospital from 1964 thru 1968.

MIIS

In 1969, Pappalardo and Marble took their MUMPS software and started Meditech. In 1971, they introduced Meditech Interpretive Information System (MIIS) Language, a proprietary version of MUMPS, and started developing various modules of software for the health industry. In 1975, they released a pharmacy system, followed in the next 10 years by modules for payroll, radiology, account payable, blood bank, nursing, and materials management.

Many other subsystems for the health care industry followed. Meditech started using a DEC mainframe computer, and changing with technology to a distributed system with mobile and hand-held devices.

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MEDITECH

Medical Information Technology, Inc., commonly known as MEDITECH, was founded by A. Neil Pappalardo and Curt W. Marble who are best known as two of the developers of the MUMPS programming language at Mass General Hospital from 1964 thru 1968. Their work at Mass General was funded by the National Institute of health, making all products they developed public domain. In 1969, Pappalardo and Marble took MUMPS and started MEDITECH.

MEDITECH started developing various modules of software for the health industry. Their first client, Cape Cod Hospital, signed on in 1971. In 1975, they released a pharmacy system, followed in the next 10 years by modules for payroll, radiology, account payable, blood bank, nursing, and materials management. Many other subsystems for the health care industry followed. MEDITECH started using a DEC mainframe computer, and changing with technology to a distributed system with mobile and hand-held devices. MEDITECH's comprehensive, interoperable technology solutions are designed to help healthcare organizations increase patient safety, streamline processes, improve communication, and meet quality goals and objectives by facilitating the seamless exchange of demographic, clinical, and financial information between departments and care teams.

MEDITECH provides:

Health care Information System
Practice Management Solution
Home Care Solution
Long Term Care System
Behavioral Health System

MEDITECH has 40 years of experience in health care data automation and IT, and more than 2,700 employees. The company has over 2,300 customers worldwide at hospitals and clinics in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Latin America, Mexico, and Spain. Software revenues were $545 million in 2011, ranking #7 on list of major HIS vendors. As of 2013, MEDITECH is the oldest of the 5 major HIS vendors to have never been merged or acquired [6].

In 2005, HIMSS identified MEDITECH as the dominant player in Electronic Health Records. It ranked first in every evaluation category except surgery, where it ranked second. MEDITECH has at least a 22 percent market penetration in each application [3].

Meditech Advanced Clinical Systems Client Server 5.6, Received CCHIT Certification and expires Jan. 22, 2011, however, this product has not been tested against the applicable proposed Federal standards in existence on the date of certification for certified EHR technology of its type under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). 4 [EarnValle_9_8_10]

MEDITECH MAGIC 5.6, Received CCHIT Certification and expires Jan. 22, 2011, however, this product has not been tested against the applicable proposed Federal standards in existence on the date of certification for certified EHR technology of its type under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). 4 [EarnValle_9_8_10]

MUMPS, MIIS, and MAGIC

MUMPS was ANSI and ISO standardized, and served as a basis for MIIS development. In 1977, development started on MAGIC, the successor to MIIS, and development was finished in 1979 [1]. While MUMPS (also known as M) is widely used in health care and financial business software, MIIS and MAGIC remained IP of MEDITECH, and are not marketed outside of the company [2]. On Sept 3., 2011 Meditech could not expand it facilities in Freetown, MA because of archeological dig.This effects the expansion that will bring 800 new jobs.