Netsmart Names Dawn Iddings to Lead Home Care Business

OVERLAND PARK, KS --(Marketwired - August 09, 2016) - Netsmart has announced that Dawn Iddings has joined the company as senior vice president and general manager of Netsmart Homecare™.

Iddings will manage the continued development of Netsmart's market-leading home care, hospice, palliative care and private duty solution, including integration into the Netsmart CareFabric® suite of clinical and business solutions.

Iddings brings more than 15 years of healthcare and technology experience to Netsmart, including senior-level positions at Siemens Healthcare, Cerner and Garmin International.

"Dawn has a proven record of facilitating long-term collaborative relationships with both clients and healthcare industry leaders," said Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine. "Her diverse experience in the healthcare ecosystem complements our ability to meet the needs of our clients as we grow our quality, innovative home care solutions."

The Netsmart Homecare solution is designed to fit home care organizations of all sizes nationwide. It provides business, clinical and scheduling functionality for home health, hospice palliative care and private duty, and automates clinical and business processes from care engagement to billing and accounts receivable.

The announcement about Iddings joining Netsmart as Netsmart Homecare executive was made on the opening day of the 2016 Allscripts Client Experience (ACE) user conference, attended by thousands of Allscripts clients and industry leaders. The Allscripts Homecare business unit was acquired by Netsmart as part of a new venture with Allscripts MDRX and GI Partners in April 2016. The relationship established Netsmart as the largest human services and post-acute technology provider in healthcare.

Key Takeaways

--  Netsmart names SVP/GM for its Home Care business 
--  Clients include large home care organizations and small home care
    companies nationwide
--  Areas covered included home health, hospice, palliative care and private
    duty 
--  Includes integration with Netsmart CareFabric suite for integrated
    care/services delivery 

About Netsmart
Netsmart is healthcare's largest human services and integrated care technology provider. Netsmart technology platforms and expertise are integral to the delivery of outcomes-based services and care to more than 25 million persons nationwide.

Netsmart serves more than 500,000 users in more than 24,000 organizations across all 50 states. Netsmart client communities include behavioral health; addiction treatment; intellectual and developmental disabilities; child and family services; public health; home health, hospice and palliative care, and private duty; and vital records.

Netsmart's CareFabric®, a framework of innovative clinical and business solutions and services, supports integrated, coordinated delivery of health services across the spectrum of care.

Netsmart's HIT Value Model™, a vendor-agnostic planning and measurement system, provides a path for human services organizations to evaluate where on the healthcare IT spectrum they should focus their efforts, the value associated with that strategic decision and a comparison with peer organizations nationwide.

Netsmart is pleased to support the EveryDayMatters® Foundation, which was established for human services organizations to learn from each other and share their causes and stories. For more information, visit www.everydaymatters.com

Learn more about how Netsmart is changing the face of healthcare today. Visit www.ntst.com, call 1-800-472-5509, follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter, like us on Facebook or visit us on YouTube

CareFabric and EveryDayMatters are registered trademarks of Netsmart Technologies, Inc.
HIT Value Model is a trademark of Netsmart Technologies, Inc.


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