2. First: One More QM CEO!
• Before we get to HDS, the source of QuadraMed’s EMR today, we
first have the story of one other CEO at Compucare, thanks to
Dave Wellons, a past contributor to these HIS-tories,
who explains his own background in the IT and HIS
industries, and then introduces the missing CEO:
– “As usual a great set of slides. It is really interesting
to go back and read about the history that was made
from the 1980s until now. I started in HIS in 1984
and have non-healthcare computer experience
going back to 1971.
– One QuadraMed person I didn't see mentioned was
Jim Peebles. Jim was a founder of SunQuestback in
the day, and then teaming with Chris Heller, founded
MIDAS who sold the MIDS system to hospitals to do
Quality Assurance (as it was called back then).”
3. Landacorp& MIDAS Connection
• “I know this well because Jim and I competed when I was VP of
Sales & Marketing at Landacorp, the first QM/UM system in the
market.
• The Landacorpsystem was built by Bryan Lang based on Joyce
Craddick's "Medical Management Analytics", a consulting method
to help hospitals do their QA/UM work.
• During my time at Landacorp, we met several times with
QuadraMed when they were located in San Rafael, CA and their
CEO was Jim Durham, the founder, with talks towards working
together, which never materialized.
• MIDAS was written in MUMPS.
• Then Jim Peebles 'retired' from MIDAS and next showed up as a
board member of QuadraMed and for a period of time was the
acting CEO until the replacement could be found.”
4. Another HIS-tory Hero
• This final episode on the roots of
today’s QuadraMed products covers
the story of one of the early pioneers
of EMRs before that term was even
invented: Dr. Ralph Korpman
• His story is truly amazing, if (like Will
Rogers) you “only know what you read
in the newspapers,” check this column
about his early days at Technicon:
5. Amazing what you can find on the web…
Per the CLINICAL CHEMISTRY JOURNAL, Vol. 40, No. 6, 1994:
• “Dr. Korpman is a Professor at Loma Linda University School of
Medicine. He received his Bachelor’s and M.D. degrees there,
where he also completed residencies in Anatomic Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine and a fellowship in Clinical Hematology. He
also attended the Claremont Graduate School where he received
a Certificate in Executive Management.
• In 1976, Dr. Korpman founded Medical Data Corporation (MDC)
which developed turnkey systems used in hospitals. MDC was
acquired by HBOC in 1981, where he served as Chief Scientist.
• He founded Health Data Sciences in 1983, an organization
dedicated to the provision of fully integrated, point-of-care based,
patient-centered information systems that provide operations
optimization, fault tolerant performance, and multi-institutional
networking; these systems optimize health care productivity and
quality through the use of electronic medical records.”
6. Check the plate!
• This ad from 1990 sums it up:
an EMR that will travel a long
& winding road, up to 2012!
• Ulticarehad it all back then,
not only a very robust suite of
clinical apps, including nursing
documentation and CPOE, but
it also was one of the leaders
in “the new thing” back then:
• Bedside Terminals – the mid
80s saw the introduction of
PCs and terminals in patient
rooms (check out HIS-tory
episode #42 for all the details
on our web site: hispros.com)
8. To Be
Continued…
• Stay tuned for next
week to read how
UltiCare was sold to
some of the most
prestigious names in
Healthcare,
• And eventually made
some of its biggest sales
by selling itself, as the
company was sold, and
sold, and sold again…
• And the product was
renamed and renamed,
again and again…
