Advancing the Legacy Data Landscape with Jim Jacobs

From HIMSS in Las Vegas, Michael chats with Jim Jacobs, President and CEO of MediQuant. Together, they discuss MediQuant’s role in the healthcare ecosystem, problems the company is solving for CIOs and clinical leaders, how clinical summaries and AI change the way legacy data supports care, why it’s important for health systems to think about applications and archived data together, and much more.

Learn more about MediQuant at www.mediquant.com.

About Our Guest

James W. “Jim” Jacobs, Jr. is an accomplished healthcare executive with more than 25 years developing and building healthcare software companies. Currently, Jim is the President and CEO of MediQuant LLC, healthcare’s leading provider of active data archiving technology for the enterprise. Since becoming CEO in 2018, Jim has driven strategic initiatives to reorganize the company, re-capitalize with Silversmith Capital Partners, and accelerate MediQuant’s significant growth.

Previous success includes executive roles with Optum, Nuance, QuadraMed and others, where he participated in seven recapitalization processes.

Jim’s background and career is steeped in technology, and includes a variety of roles in sales, marketing, and executive leadership. His MBA was focused on Decision Sciences, a unique blend of business, technology, and AI. Jim is a published author, noted speaker, and has participated in the development of 3 software Patents.

In his spare time, Jim enjoys playing most sports including running, hiking, biking, and golf. Jim gives his time fundraising for cancer research, and volunteering with foster care and organizations serving individuals with special needs.

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