# The Shams Group

> The Shams Group is an Irving, Texas healthcare software and consulting company founded in 1989. It helps hospitals and health systems implement and optimize EHRs, preserve records from retired applications, maintain data access during outages, and automate intake and administrative work. Its offering combines enterprise software, deployment and integration services, training, and ongoing support.

- **Founded:** 1989
- **Headquarters:** Irving, United States
- **Founders:** Kamruddin (Kam) Shams (Founder and Chairman)
- **Products:** Legacy Data Viewer, Downtime Viewer & Clinical Access, Patient Check-In & Registration Kiosk, Contactless Patient Intake, ezBrowser
- **Notable:** Operating since 1989., Listed as a MEDITECH Alliance vendor in 2026., MEDITECH identifies TSG’s work on the Willis Knighton implementation and MaaS optimization engagements.

## Products & services

- **Legacy Data Viewer** — Archives historical clinical, administrative, and financial records from retired systems; provides search, role-based access, audit trails, and hosted SaaS or on-premises deployment.
- **Downtime Viewer & Clinical Access** — Provides access to patient information during planned and unplanned EHR outages, with configurable views and concurrent department access.
- **Patient Check-In & Registration Kiosk** — Self-service intake with demographics, insurance, consent, payments, and EHR integration; supports scheduled and walk-in workflows.
- **Contactless Patient Intake** — Portal for pre-arrival registration, demographic updates, signed forms, and payments from a browser-enabled device.
- **ezBrowser** — Healthcare workflow browser with application tabs, contextual navigation, scripting, alerts, and bots for defined repetitive tasks.
- **Document Archive Repository / Galactica** — Enterprise document capture, indexing, storage, retrieval, and retention across clinical, financial, and operational departments.
- **EHR Professional Services** — EHR selection, implementation, conversion, training, go-live support, upgrades, and optimization, with substantial MEDITECH experience.
- **EHR Conversion & Data Migration** — Discovery, extraction, mapping, validation, migration, and archiving for healthcare system transitions.
- **EzPay** — Payment collection middleware connecting otherwise separate accounting systems, with automated reconciliation, logs, and receipts.
- **EDI Automation** — Electronic exchange and automation of operational documents; a 2026 case study describes EDI 856 advance shipment notices and warehouse receiving.
- **ETL & Enterprise Data Warehousing** — Data extraction, transformation, loading, consolidation, reporting, and analytics services.
- **Digital Transformation & Microsoft 365 Training** — Consulting and workforce training around digital tools and healthcare workflows.
- **Medical Coding Services** — Coding and abstracting support for healthcare revenue-cycle operations.

## Achievements

- Operating since 1989.
- Listed as a MEDITECH Alliance vendor in 2026.
- MEDITECH identifies TSG’s work on the Willis Knighton implementation and MaaS optimization engagements.
- Published case studies cover Ontario patient intake, a Colorado Epic transition, and Louisiana warehouse automation.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Healthcare IT Today included CEO Zia Shams in its October 7 collection of MEDITECH LIVE interviews.
- **2026-09** — Published a quarterly newsletter focused on rural healthcare technology priorities.
- **2026-08** — Published a Colorado health-system case study about centralized legacy access during an Epic transition.
- **2026-06** — Published a Louisiana EDI 856 warehouse automation case study.
- **2026-05** — Announced MEDITECH Alliance membership and expanded consulting collaboration.

## Links

- Website: https://shamsgroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-shams-group-tsg-/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TheShamsGroup
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheShamsGroup

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Last updated: 2026-10-23