Health Information Technology

In 2018, KRM Associates (KRM) joined Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, and other industry leaders and innovators to help make seamless care available to the nation’s veterans. This team has worked diligently to modernize the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic health record (EHR). Cerner - now Oracle Cerner - announced the historic agreement in May [...]

Threats to the security of network connected devices continue to increase as the capabilities of IoT continue to evolve. CRISP proactively addresses these threats along a continuum of initiatives.

A demonstration of data consolidation and interoperability of medical records using the VICA system and SMART on FHIR to pull data from Cerner's sandbox.

It is often difficult for patients to understand and comply with medical instructions. KRM has built several Amazon Echo “skills” as proofs-of-concept for our new VICA (Voice Initiated Care Assistant) for use with our care management platform to provide reminders and help at home, while keeping the patient in contact with the care team..

Building enterprise grade technology applications is hard. Before the first line of code is written, there are a myriad of decisions that need to be made concerning the infrastructure of the application. What operating systems do we use? What application web server do we use? What languages to we use? How do we connect to our existing databases? Where do we even start? By using LEAF, enterprises can enable rapid application development, enforce application consistency and delivery, as well as the streamlining of application provisioning and deployment.

KRM has long been in demand as an organization that can devise custom software solutions that are both functional and easy to use. We apply industry best practices to design and develop projects that consistently exceed the expectations of our clients.

KRM Associates Inc. has been performing work in various capacities for the Department of Veterans Affairs for over a decade. Our experiences include network security and engineering services, web development, medical consulting, and more.

Our Health & Wellness Management System solution can ingest information from any CCHIT compliant EMR, and has been proven to interact with an HIE using NHIN CONNECT technology. Open-source means this software can be adapted to meet many user needs.

While Meaningful Use is a fairly new requirement, the past use of an EHR for quality improvement as well as the work surrounding the reporting of clinical quality measures demonstrates that KRM Associates has the personnel necessary to extract, transform and synthesize clinical data from electronic medical record systems for use in the health improvement process.

KRM Associates Inc. (KRM) is part of a multi-state collaborative funded through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), to modify and pilot web-based Health & Wellness Management System technology originally developed under a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) transformation grant as a pediatric specific case management tool.