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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Health informatics |
| Founded | 1969 |
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| Headquarters | Westwood, Massachusetts,USA |
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| Products | Software |
| Revenue | $493.8 million (2019)[1] |
| Website | www |
Medical Information Technology, Inc., shortened toMeditech, is a privately heldMassachusetts-based software and service company that develops and sellsinformation systems for healthcare organizations.[2]
In 1969,Neil Pappalardo began developing the programming languageMIIS. This was one of several proprietary implementations ofMUMPS, a programming language which had not yet been standardized.
In July of that year, Pappalardo, Morton E. Ruderman, Curtis W. Marble, Jerome H. Grossman, andEdward B. Roberts founded the company, with a $500,000 investment fromEG&G.[3][4] Between 1971 and 1979, Pappalardo developed various other systems, but those associated with integrated healthcare information remained his primary focus.[5]
In 1982, Meditech adopted the then-new MAGIC operating system/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 effectdumb terminals. Client/server executes the code on a user's PC, although all code remained centralized. Client-server supports onlyMicrosoft Windows-based operating systems. Meditech announced its version 6.0 in 2006.[5]
In 2003, Howard Messing was named president, and in 2010 became chief executive officer.[citation needed]
MEDITECH announced the launch of Expanse, the company’s mobile, web-based EHR, on February 27, 2018.[6]
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.[7]
In 2021, Michelle O’Connor was named president and chief executive officer.[8][9]
In 2007, Meditech acquired Patient Care Technologies, Inc. (PtCT) and the merger was completed effective December 31, 2009.[10][11]
In 2011, Meditech acquiredLSS Data Systems, Inc. (LSS) after partnering since 1982. The merger was completed effective December 31, 2013.[11]
Meditech acquired UK-based Centennial Computer Corporation in 2018.[12]
Meditech offers software for healthcare organizations of various types and sizes. Some of the software modules include: Health Information Management, Revenue Cycle, Scanning and Archiving, Scheduling and Referral Management, as well as others.[14]
Meditech South Africa, founded in 1982, provides software and services to the healthcare industry in Africa and the Middle East.[15] On June 6, 2012, Meditech announced its partnership withIntelligent Medical Objects to provide mapping of clinician-friendly diagnosis and procedure terminologies to billing codes and medical concepts.[16]
Meditech owns several facilities in easternMassachusetts, located inWestwood,Canton,Fall River, andFoxborough. Meditech also has a facility inAtlanta, Georgia that was the former offices of Patient Care Technologies (PtCT),[17] which is chiefly responsible for the company's Home Care line of clinical and billing software.[18] Meditech also owns a building inMinnetonka, Minnesota along with global offices in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, and Singapore.[19][20][21]