Company:LSS Data Systems
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Electronic Health Records |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters | Eden Prairie, Minnesota |
Key people | Ken Carlson, CEO & CTO Joanne Wood, President & COO |
| Products | EHR and Practice Management Software |
Number of employees | 200 |
| Website | www |
LSS Data Systems (LSS), was a Minnesota-based medical software and service company that develops products for the physician practice community. LSS was founded in 1982, and since then was a partner of Medical Information Technology (MEDITECH), developing physician practice management and ambulatory electronic health record software. In 2000 and 2001 MEDITECH invested in LSS and in February 2011, acquired complete ownership. LSS became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Massachusetts based company, and announced completion of the merger on January 1, 2014.[1]
History
"Lake Superior Software" was founded in 1982 in Duluth, Minnesota to develop and support physician billing and practice management software.[2][3][4] The company developed a national clientele, opened an office just outside Minneapolis in the mid-1980s, and changed its name to "LSS Data Systems." Beginning in 1990, the company’s physician practice management system was redeveloped and re-written utilizing a newer programming language called MAGIC first developed by MEDITECH.
LSS began development of additional applications in 1996, complementing its practice management system with an ambulatory electronic medical record. In 2000, both the practice management product and ambulatory EMR were incorporated into a suite of applications for physician practices co-developed with MEDITECH called the Medical and Practice Management (MPM) Suite.[5] In addition to LSS's physician billing and practice management application (PBR) and Electronic Ambulatory Record (EAR), the suite meshes together applications jointly developed with MEDITECH, including scheduling, order management, scanning and a web-based patient portal.
Before designing and developing LSS software, founder Ken Carlson helped integrate the first commercial Cray-1 computer system into the time-sharing network of United Computing Systems, and built one of the first commercial TCP/IP networks as vice president of the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute. Carlson also previously supervised an EPA Environmental Research Lab for Computer Services Corporation and, along with two colleagues, founded MRNet—Minnesota's first Internet Service Provider—bringing Internet access to Minnesota businesses and educational institutions.
Joanne Wood, president and chief operating officer—also VP of client services at Meditech, Wood was appointed as president and COO of LSS Data Systems in February 2011 during the company's acquisition.
Products and services
LSS developed electronic medical software for physician practices associated with or located in communities with hospitals using Meditech health care information systems. Several LSS products have been certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT).
- 2008 Certification [additionally certified for Child Health] pending completion of advanced ePrescribing requirements: Medical and Practice Management Suite, Client Server Version 5.6
- 2007 Certification: http://www.cchit.org/products/2007/ambulatory/661[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] Medical and Practice Management Suite, Client Server Version 5.56]
- 2007 Certification: Medical and Practice Management Suite, Client Server Version 5.55
- 2007 Certification: Medical and Practice Management Suite, Client Server Version 5.54
- 2006 Certification: Medical and Practice Management Suite, MAGIC Version 5.6
LSS since certified products to be compliant with the Stage 1 Meaningful Use Standards identified by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with Drummond Group Inc.[6] (see certified product info below). It has other electronic health record (EHR) products.
| Product Name | Certified through | Type | Certification ID Number | Clinical Quality Measures | Addt'l software used |
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| Medical and Practice Management (MPM) MAGIC v5.6.4 | 2012 | Complete EHR-Ambulatory | 12172010-4212-1 | NQF: 0013, 0024, 0028, 0038, 0041, 0043, 0059, 0075, 0421 | DrFirst; Spreadsheet; Email software |
| Medical and Practice Management (MPM) Client Server v5.6.4 | 2012 | Complete EHR-Ambulatory | 01192011-4212-8 | NQF: 0013, 0024, 0028, 0038, 0041, 0043, 0059, 0075, 0421 | DrFirst; Email software; spreadsheet software |
LSS & MEDITECH Integration
As a Meditech company, LSS develops its software using the same programming tools and technologies as Meditech, forming an integrated suite of products for health care organizations. The use of shared tools and system conventions with Meditechmakes the user interface similar and consistent for clinicians in multiple care settings. LSS began programming software using Meditech proprietary language known as MAGIC (not to be confused with a different PC database product of the same name).
Partners
- MEDITECH
- MEDITECH South Africa
- Dell, MEDITECH Solutions Group
- Zynx Health[7]
- DrFirst[8]
- Institute for Health Metrics
References
- ↑ http://www.lssdata.com After a 30+ year partnership, the merger between LSS and MEDITECH will be complete on January 1, 2014. Effective January 2, LSSdata.com will move to MEDITECH.com.
- ↑ "LSS Company History". http://www.lssdata.com/about/history.htm. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ↑ "Company Profile for LSS Data Systems". Thomson Reuters. http://www.micromedex.com/pressroom/news_feeds/?story_ID=94493&category=9. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ↑ "Company Profile for LSS Data Systems". The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=31021706. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
- ↑ "Company Profile by Klas Research". http://www.klasresearch.com/VendorDirectory/VendorProfile/?vendorID=106. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ↑ Drummond Group Product Certification List
- ↑ "Zynx Health and LSS Data Systems Form Strategic Alliance to Provide Evidence-Based Medicine to Ambulatory Care" (Press release). Business Wire. 2006-02-14.
- ↑ "LSS Data Systems Incorporates DrFirst(TM) Rcopia e-Prescription Technology into the Medical and Practice Management (MPM) Suite" (Press release). Business Wire. 2007-05-22.
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