Meditech

In 1969, Neil Pappalardo began development of the programming language MIIS. This was one of several proprietary implementations of MUMPS, 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 and Edward B. Roberts founded the company, with a $500,000 investment from EG&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 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 effect dumb terminals. Client/server executes the code on a user's PC, although all code remained centralized. Client-server supports only Microsoft 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]

Meditech expanded from the United States and Canada into the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and several other communities, including the Spanish-speaking world.[11]

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, Emergency Department Management, Electronic Health Record, Physician Care Manager, Ambulatory, Patient Care and Patient Safety, Oncology, Genomics, Population Health, Virtual Assistant, Quality and Surveillance, Case Management, Laboratory and Microbiology, Blood Bank, Anatomical Pathology, Critical Care, Pharmacy, Imaging and Documentation Management, Cost Accounting, Business and Clinical Analytics, Data Repository, General Accounting, Human Resource Planning, Supply Chain, Surgical Services, Labor and Delivery, Long Term Care, Home Health, Hospice, Patient and Consumer Health Portal, High Availability Snapshot, Expanse Now, Virtual Care, and Expanse Patient Connect. [13]

While the company supports multiple legacy platforms, it's go-forward solution is MEDITECH Expanse.

Some other developments include:

• Working with partners and other companies to provide new technology in the areas of business continuance, identity management, and RFID
• Incorporating evidence-based medicine into practice through integration with Zynx Health, Inc.
• The development of an oncology product to manage the needs of oncology departments
• Expanding medication management capabilities to include e-prescribing and medication reconciliation from DrFirst, Inc.
• Offering standard interoperability suites to help customers transition to electronic health record standards

Meditech South Africa, founded in 1982, provides software and services to the health care industry in Africa and the Middle East. Other companies such as BridgeHead Software produce software designed to be used with Meditech software. On June 6, 2012, Meditech announced its partnership with Intelligent Medical Objects to provide mapping of clinician-friendly diagnosis and procedure terminologies to billing codes and medical concepts.[14]

Meditech owns several facilities in eastern Massachusetts located in Westwood (two offices, three buildings), Canton, Fall River, and Foxborough. Meditech also has a facility in Atlanta, Georgia that was formerly Patient Care Technologies (PtCT).[15] It is chiefly responsible for the company's Home Care line of clinical and billing software.[16] Meditech also owns a building in Minnetonka, Minnesota.