HIE consulting firms merge

Healthcare consulting practices Alschuler Associates and Semantically Yours will merge to form the Lantana Consulting Group for consulting and development services. The new Cambridge, Mass.-based company will take effect Jan. 1, 2011.

According to the newly-announced company, both firms play a role developing the standards for health information exchange (HIE). Looking forward, Lantana Consulting Group will be in a position to help its clients in the public and private sectors make their health information interoperable and reusable, the organization stated.

Liora Alschuler, formerly of Alschuler Associates, will be CEO of the new Lantana Consulting Group, and Bob Dolin, MD, formerly of Semantically Yours, will be president and chief medical officer. The merged entity will continue operating virtually with consultants positioned throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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