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Irv Lichtenwald

Irv Lichtenwald is president and CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation. He has more than 25 years experience helping technology firms evolve from the start-up phase to public markets, consistently demonstrating a strong attraction to entrepreneurial enterprises and groundbreaking ideas.

Founded in 2002 and based in Carlsbad, Calif., Medsphere is an organization of committed clinical and technology professionals working to make quality healthcare IT solutions accessible to organizations of virtually any size, shape or budget. Medsphere’s OpenVista® is an acute and inpatient behavioral health-oriented portfolio of clinical products and services that leverages the VistA electronic health record (EHR) system developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Indian Health Service (IHS). Medsphere’s Government Services Division also applies that VistA expertise to development and testing projects for both VA and IHS.

Medsphere’s MBS/Net division enables better ambulatory care via physician practice EHR, revenue cycle management (RCM) and practice management systems and services. Using a vendor-independent approach to helping hospitals solve critical challenges, the Phoenix Health Systems division provides a host of healthcare IT services, including systems implementation, compliance project management, service desk, end-user device management, infrastructure support, application management and IT leadership.

My Articles
Creating EHRs that Doctors Don't Hate | Dec 18, 2018
An interoperability update: Do we need more carrots and sticks? | Jul 24, 2018
Why the VA Should Stick with VistA and Not Waste $16 Billion on an Attempt to Replace It | Apr 18, 2018
Healthcare Has Cost Problems, but IT and EHRs Do Not Have to be One of Them | Apr 12, 2018
Opioid Epidemic Makes EHRs Essential to Public Health | Aug 10, 2017
Without Real Interoperability, Are Providers Paying Too Much for EHRs? | Jun 27, 2017
The Right Way to Modernize VA's VistA EHR: Shift Development to the Private Sector and the Cloud | May 2, 2017
Could Billion Dollar EHRs Bankrupt the Country? | Mar 7, 2017
Patients are Consumers, Too. Why a Portal Strategy Should Embrace Both | May 24, 2016
Hospitals Paying the Price of Not Investing in IT Security | Apr 13, 2016
Are CMS' Efforts Too Little and Too Late to Save the Collapsing US Rural Healthcare System? | Feb 19, 2016
How Do We Balance Civil Liberties With Treatment Of The Mentally Ill? | Dec 7, 2015
Can Smartphone Apps and EHRs Transform Mental Health Care? | Nov 12, 2015
RWJF Report: Time to Transition to a Post-HITECH World? | Oct 28, 2015
Are jackalopes and information blocking similar? | Jun 10, 2015