Ideas That Evoke® Announces Office Expansion to Los Angeles

MADISON, WI (APRIL 2018) – Ideas That Evoke® – a digital, social and public relations agency serving clients in the beauty, salon professional, lifestyle and luxury industries – recently announced the expansion of its business to the West Coast. Founded in 2009 by Kelly Ehlers, the agency works with industry-leading brands to pioneer marketing, influencer and digital strategies in today’s hyper-connected media landscape. The second location, based in Los Angeles, will be opened by Jeffrey C. Lunnen, Managing Director for Ideas That Evoke.

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Datica Reveals Findings from Hospital CIO Cloud Perspectives Survey

SEATTLE AND MADISON, WIS. MAY 23, 2018

Datica™ today released its 2018 CIO Cloud Perspective Survey titled “Healthcare Cloud Take-off: Waiting for the Fog to Clear.” The survey report has uncovered why chief information officers mark cloud migration as a pressing priority but also includes new details on why shifts to the cloud are happening slowly. From the survey, 17.7 percent of the respondents say they work with healthcare organizations that have more than 50 percent of the existing software infrastructure remotely hosted or in the cloud. Nearly 15 percent of those who took the survey say 25-50 percent of their infrastructure is cloud-based.

Healthcare systems that have taken an on-ramp to the cloud are still in the minority, but the respondents of this survey who have made the cloud shift a reality are learning what works and what doesn’t. In 2015, and prior to cloud hosting becoming a mainstream topic in the medical industry, a paper from the Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research concluded that hospitals of all sizes would use cloud-based Healthcare Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Platforms to deliver healthcare information services with low cost, high clinical value, and high usability. Now, three years later, roughly 20 percent of hospitals have adopted those cloud-based infrastructures.

Compliance, security, and privacy key to cloud adoption

Another finding: Compliance, security, and privacy are the three primary concerns for those hospital CIOs who have considered implementing digital health technology from outside vendors. The survey questions drilled down deeper to uncover the following:

More than half of the respondents have concerns (52.57%)
Slightly less than half say they are comfortable assessing compliance of vendors (44%)
A mere 3.43 percent stated no concern for cloud-hosted applications because they weren’t allowed
“These survey findings mirror what we’ve been hearing in high-level conversations at Datica,” said Travis Good, MD, CEO and Chief Privacy Officer for the company. “Although cloud hosting for healthcare has become mainstream, the understanding of and confidence in the cloud to meet the exacting standards of the highly regulated industry is still a major concern for healthcare systems.”

Even though new tools and changes in the regulatory environment have made cloud a safe option for storing sensitive information, including Protected Health Information (PHI), the survey shows the majority of survey respondents do not have a strategy for moving their data centers to the cloud. Although nearly 60 percent of those who took the survey place cloud hosting in their organizations’ Top 10 priorities, only about 30 percent have a strategy in place.

Download the Datica 2018 Hospital CIO Survey Report here.

About Datica’s Hospital CIO Survey
Conducted around the 2018 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Las Vegas, and with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) CIO members, the research sought to provide an in-depth look at the current state of the cloud from the seat of the chief information officer of leading hospital organizations. An executive of Datica outlined the survey in person at the CHIME CIO forum at HIMSS18. Using an online survey, CIO leaders from 175 leading healthcare organizations participated in this research and final results were tabulated in April. Datica segmented survey responses and provided analysis to reveal five key findings for the report.

About Datica
The Datica Platform is designed for those who store, manage and share protected health information (PHI) in the cloud; it manages all ongoing compliance and security burdens found within the exacting standards of HIPAA, HITRUST, GDPR, and GxP. Customers can license and deploy cloud-native applications on their own cloud account, or tap Datica’s cloud account for compliance, security and electronic health record integration expertise when launching and managing applications. Customers of the Kubernetes-enabled Datica Platform include mid-to-late stage startups to Fortune 100 companies across the healthcare spectrum: solution providers, hospital organizations, pharmaceutical giants and nationwide health insurance payers. For more information, go to Datica.com.

ImageMoverMD Co-Founder Participating on an #AskIndustry Panel at the SIIM Annual Meeting

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ImageMoverMD Co-Founder Participating on an #AskIndustry Panel at the SIIM Annual Meeting

Richard Bruce, MD, will speak on mobile image and information capture across the enterprise

MADISON, Wis. (May 17, 2018) — Today’s mobile devices work hard to increase performance and productivity within the workplace—and healthcare is no exception. Multimedia capture using mobile devices poses a unique challenge when those images are shared with peers and stored on the device itself. Richard Bruce, medical director of radiology informatics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-founder and CMIO of ImageMoverMD, will be one of five panelists discussing the risks associated with unsecured media sharing and how to implement a safe, compliant solution across the enterprise.

The #AskIndustry session will take place Thursday, May 31 in the Exhibit Hall Theater at the Science and Innovation pavilion from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. Objectives for the session include:

Identifying core use cases for using mobile devices to capture images
Demonstrating how to integrate imaging content capture with the EMR
Discussing how to gain adoption of a managed enterprise image capture solution
“ImageMover is specifically designed for the convenient and secure transfer of medical images, so having Dr. Bruce speak on the topic of enterprise imaging at the SIIM Annual Meeting is a great opportunity to bring awareness to such a prevalent issue within the industry,” said Darcey Nett, president of ImageMoverMD.

For those who won’t be able to attend the panel discussion but want to learn more about enterprise imaging, ImageMoverMD will be presenting its suite of solutions at booth 208 throughout the duration of the event. Additionally, one-on-one meetings can be scheduled for a more comprehensive overview of the available products.

If you’re unable to attend SIIM and want to learn how ImageMoverMD can improve clinical workflow, please visit www.ImageMoverMD.com or contact Darcey Nett at Darcey@ImageMoverMD.com.

About ImageMoverMD
ImageMoverMD is a medical imaging software company that connects photos, video and outside medical images with enterprise imaging and electronic health record systems. The company’s solutions employ an exclusive approach to securely capture and integrate medical images with the EHR, simplifying communication and enhancing patient care. For more information, visit ImageMoverMD.com and follow us on Twitter @ImageMoverMD.

Dr. Richard Bruce

Central Storage & Warehouse Reclaims Title as State’s Largest Provider of Rooftop Solar Energy

May 17, 2018 – Madison, WI. Central Storage & Warehouse Co. (CSW) reclaimed its title as Wisconsin’s largest corporate provider of rooftop solar energy with the recent commissioning of over 2,800 panels to its freezer warehouse in Pleasant Prairie.

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BDO USA, LLP Announces Wisconsin Expansion Through Addition of Smith & Gesteland, LLP

Contact: Jerry Walsh, WalshPR, 631-419-9008, jerry@prwalsh.com

BDO USA, LLP ANNOUNCES WISCONSIN EXPANSION THROUGH ADDITION OF SMITH & GESTELAND, LLP

Madison Firm Brings 85 Staff to BDO

Chicago, IL – BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading accounting and advisory firms, today announced an expansion of its Wisconsin practice through the addition of 85 staff, including 15 partners, from Smith & Gesteland, LLP. Founded in 1948, Smith & Gesteland (S&G) provides a full range of accounting, tax, human resource management and information technology services to a client base of middle market businesses. The firm, based in Madison, also has a unique “80/20” consulting practice that helps clients focus on critical success factors to enhance profitability. S&G has significant strength in the construction, technology, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Combined with BDO’s existing offices in Madison and Milwaukee, BDO will have 185 professionals serving Wisconsin clients. The combination of BDO and Smith & Gesteland is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed on July 1, 2018.

“I look forward to welcoming all of the partners and professionals of Smith & Gesteland to BDO USA. Our firm has demonstrated steady growth in the Madison market and this combination will greatly enhance our presence in both Madison and the greater Wisconsin market,” said Wayne Berson, CEO of BDO USA. “S&G’s entrepreneurial culture is a natural fit with BDO. They bring significant resources to our existing industry strengths in real estate, nonprofit, manufacturing, construction and especially technology, where we will be the dominant firm in the market.”

“In combining with BDO, we will form the leading firm serving middle market businesses in the Madison market, while providing both our clients and our people with additional opportunities for growth,” said Bill Pellino, Managing Partner of S&G. “Our clients will still receive the same close personal attention they have come to expect from our team, but now they will have access to a wider array of services, broader industry experience, and the full coverage of BDO’s extensive global network. BDO has a team-oriented, collaborative culture, similar to our own. The firm’s reputation as a favorable workplace also fits well with our focus on our people, who will now have access to more training and many more opportunities to pursue career growth.”

Upon completion of the transaction, Bill Pellino will serve as the Tax Managing Partner for BDO’s Wisconsin Practice and Dan Kramer will continue in his existing role as BDO’s Assurance Managing Partner for Wisconsin. BDO will maintain its Milwaukee office and its current Madison location along with the new Madison (Middleton) practice. The two Madison offices, which are only blocks apart, will eventually be combined into one location. See current contact information below:

BDO USA, LLP BDO USA, LLP

One Erdman Place 330 East Kilbourn Avenue

Suite 404 Suite 750 Two Plaza East

Madison, WI 53717 Milwaukee, WI 53202-3143

Phone: 608-831-8500 Phone: 414-272-5900

S&G (BDO USA, LLP upon completion of transaction)

8383 Greenway Boulevard

Suite 500

Middleton, WI 53562

Phone: 608-836-7500

“In all my years of consulting in the Wisconsin market, I cannot recall a firm more sought after by both national and regional suitors than S&G,” said Allan D. Koltin, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, who advised both firms on the transaction. “In the end, S&G felt BDO’s culture – very similar to their own – was the right fit. They also valued the depth of resources BDO can provide their clients and the growth opportunities it provides their associates. BDO really valued S&G’s strong leadership and depth of talent.”

Smith & Gesteland has been voted the top CPA firm in Madison by In Business Magazine for 13 consecutive years. Like BDO USA, S&G has been recognized by numerous business and industry publications for its workplace accomplishments. The firm was recently named as one of Madison Magazine’s Best Places to Work and recognized by Accounting Today as one of the nation’s Best Accounting Firms to Work for.

BDO Facts:

BDO USA has 185 staff serving Wisconsin businesses from offices in Madison, Middleton and Milwaukee.
Over the past five years, BDO USA’s cumulative growth rate has far outpaced all other major U.S. accounting firms, with revenues more than doubling from $618 million in 2012 to $1.41 billion in 2017. During that time, BDO entered 24 new U.S. cities and expanded its critical mass in 13 existing markets.
BDO represents companies ranging from closely-held private businesses to leading nonprofits to Fortune 500 multinationals.
BDO USA has industry practices specialized in serving businesses in the construction, energy, financial institutions, asset management, government contracting, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, nonprofit, private equity, real estate, restaurant, retail and technology sectors.
BDO has been named a Best Company by Working Mother Magazine for seven consecutive years and been recognized with the When Work Works Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for eight consecutive years.
BDO has more than 60 offices and more than 550 independent alliance firm locations around the country.
BDO USA has been serving clients for more than 100 years since its founding in 1910 (as Seidman & Seidman).
As an independent member of BDO International Limited, the firm can leverage the resources of more than more than 73,000 people working out of 1,500 offices across 162 countries.
About BDO USA

BDO is the brand name for BDO USA, LLP, a U.S. professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. For more than 100 years, BDO has provided quality service through the active involvement of experienced and committed professionals. The firm serves clients through more than 60 offices and over 550 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As an independent Member Firm of BDO International Limited, BDO serves multi-national clients through a global network of more than 73,000 people working out of 1,500 offices across 162 countries.

BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, is the U.S. member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms. For more information please visit: www.bdo.com.

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