Orchard Software News
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Orchard Software is Top of KLAS--Again!
In the Top 20 Year-end Best in KLAS report for 2009, Orchard Software was ranked the #1 LIS vendor in the Community Hospital and Ambulatory Solutions categories. Orchard received an overall score or 93.24 out of 100 (higher than last year’s score of 92.22) in the Community Hospital category and 91.18 out of 100 (higher than last year’s score of 90.80) in the Ambulatory Solutions category. Again, as last year, no other vendor listed in the survey received an overall score above 90. Orchard’s next highest LIS competitor had an overall score of 88.26. Overall, KLAS rated over 750 products from over 200 companies, and of all products rated, only four had a higher overall score (94.30, 94.25, 93.93, and 93.33) than Orchard’s overall score of 93.24. For the Product Quality Rating score, only two other products had a higher PQR score (8.66 and 8.58) than Orchard’s PQR score of 8.57.
In December 2009, Orchard’s score in the primary indicators category was 8.15 out of 9.0 (6.90 average for competitors). The detail indicators category measures quality of product, staff, documentation, updates, interfaces support, and ease of use. In December, Orchard’s score in the detail indicators category was 8.20 out of 9.0 (6.38 average for competitors). The business indicators category measures pricing, willingness to buy again, and willingness to recommend. Orchard’s score in the business indicators category in December was 94% out of 100 (73% average for competitors).
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Channel Partnership for Orchard Software & Fisher HealthCare
Orchard Software and Fisher HealthCare announced an exclusive agreement to offer and sell Orchard laboratory information systems, including the Orchard® Pathology diagnostic information system, to hospitals and independent reference laboratories.
Read the full Orchard Software - Fisher HealthCare Press Release.
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Cardinal Health, Orchard Software Enter Exclusive Agreement for Laboratory Information Systems Offering
Cardinal Health to offer Orchard Laboratory Information Systems to Physician Office Lab customers to facilitate patient data exchange and improve billing efficiency.
Read the full Cardinal Health - Orchard Software Press Release.
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Sign up now to upgrade to Orchard Harvest LIS 8.5!
Don’t Pass on this Upgrade and Fall Behind
We encourage you to not let your Harvest LIS fall behind with upgrades. You will miss out on the advantages of the new features, and you also run the risk of not being current with upgrades incorporated for new regulatory issues. Finally, while upgrades are included at no cost with support, if you continue to pass on upgrades, it may cost you when the time comes for you to do so. Not only may you need new hardware, but in order to bring your system up-to-date, it may require a site visit from an Orchard Systems Engineer, which is a cost not included for normal upgrades.First Come, First Served
Sign up now to receive Harvest LIS 8.5! Upgrades will be scheduled in the order received, so submit your upgrade request now.
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Orchard Software is a "Top Workplace"
Orchard Software was recently named to the Indianapolis Star’s Top Workplaces list for 2009. The survey asked over 17,000 employees from 129 companies in central Indiana to rate their employers in various categories. We are proud to announce Orchard received a #4 ranking in the medium-size company category as a top place to work, and joined the ranks of very prestigious companies around the Indianapolis area.Not only were we excited to receive acknowledgement as a “Top Workplace,” but this summer Orchard celebrated its sweet 16 birthday. We could not accomplish these things without our customers, and we would like to thank them for being part of the Orchard organization and a big reason why it is a pleasure to be an Orchard employee. We thank our customers for their continued support.
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Medical Necessity Verification Made Easy
Orchard Software maintains a relationship with CodeMap®, of Barrington, Illinois. The agreement includes features and pricing exclusive to Orchard customers. CodeMap® is a leading provider of Medicare compliance and reimbursement solutions and already provides many of our Orchard users with both NCD and LMRP codes pre-formatted to be compatible with Orchard’s software.
As always, Orchard will continue to offer a free download of the unedited national codes. But, customers whose needs include local codes or expert support with the codes and their use may wish to consider CodeMap®. Current customers may sign in now to find out more about Orchard's special agreement with CodeMap®, or visit www.CodeMap.com for more general information.
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For Many Years in a Row...Orchard's LIS Voted Top of the Class
For many years in a row, Orchard Software has been ranked as the "Top of the Class" vendor for laboratory information systems by the readers of Advance for Administrators of the Laboratory. Some of the reasons noted from the surveys: excellent technical and customer service, the system is user friendly and easily adaptable, the system is continually updated to serve the changing needs of the laboratory, customizable for any type of laboratory, flexible and inexpensive, easy to maneuver, excellent tech service department, open lines of communication, and responsiveness.
We want to thank all of our customers for their continued support and feedback!
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Orchard at Top of Lab Economics' Web Vendor Survey
Users with an Orchard web-connectivity system were polled for Lab Economics, and in 2006 & 2007, gave Orchard the highest combined rating based on their satisfaction with support for their Orchard web product and their willingness to buy again, which put Orchard at the top of the web vendor survey.
Click the links to read the full article of how Harvest Webstation topped the vendor survey in 2006 and was at the top again in 2007!
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Frost & Sullivan: Customer Value Enhancement Award
Frost & Sullivan presented Orchard Software its 2005 Customer Value Enhancement (CVE) Award for the laboratory information systems (LIS) industry "in recognition of its customer initiatives that have enabled the company to generate the highest satisfaction rates in the industry."
Click the link for more excerpts from Frost & Sullivan's press release.
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Career Opportunities Now Available at Orchard Software
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Orchard Software Representatives Attending Several Upcoming Trade Shows
Complimentary WebinarAn Update on ARRA/HITECH and its Impact on LaboratoriesThe next few years will be very exciting in healthcare IT, with all the incentive monies available for doctors ($44K each) and for hospitals (over $2M) to embrace EMR technologies and prove meaningful use. Join Orchard Software’s Curt Johnson, VP of Sales and Marketing, in a complimentary webinar to discuss the importance of the ARRA/HITECH stimulus and its impact on laboratories on August 19th, 2010, at 1:00pm EDT. Register today, as space is limited for our complimentary webinar! |
Orchard Software is growing! Click here to view the current career opportunities at Orchard.
The Orchard Software sales staff has been busy meeting folks and demonstrating our products, including Orchard® Harvest™ LIS and Orchard® Copia®, at trade shows, exhibitions, & symposiums around the country. Click here to read more about past and future trade shows.