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Call Desk Inc. to Offer Live Virtual Medical Receptionists to Medical Clinics
PORTLAND, Ore. — Call Desk Inc. announced that they have enhanced their services to provide HIPAA compliant virtual medical receptionists to medical clinics.Call Desk, Inc., offers virtual medical receptionists to medical clinics throughout the U.S. and Canada. For a fraction of the cost of hiring and training full-time medical receptionists, Call Desk provides a virtual team who function as natural, ...(More)
7/14/2008
Guides Teach Doctors How to Start Cash-Only and House Call Medical Practices
LAS VEGAS — Learn How to Start a Cash Only Medical Practice is a 150-page business and marketing guide written for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who are interested in opting out of insurance or HMO medical practice, and transitioning into fee-for-service or cash-only medical practices.From information on research, analysis, and hiring to advice on how to set up ...(More)
7/14/2008
SourceMedical Named a "Top 100" Healthcare IT company
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For the seventh consecutive year, SourceMedical Solutions has earned a spot on the prestigious Healthcare Informatics list of "Top 100" healthcare information technology companies. The company ranked 59th — three positions higher than in 2007.The list, published in the June issue of Healthcare Informatics, ranks both public and private healthcare IT companies based on the previous year's ...(More)
7/14/2008
CMS Proposes Quality Improvements for ASCs in 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that will update payment rates for 2009 and improve quality of services provided in hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). The proposed rule builds on efforts across Medicare to transform the program into a prudent purchaser of healthcare services, paying based on quality ...(More)
7/11/2008
Amkai Announces Twenty New Contracts in June
WATERBURY, Conn. — Amkai announced that it was awarded contracts by 20 facilities during the month of June to provide them with the company’s AmkaiOffice™ management system. These successes follow the major launch of AmkaiOffice 2.0 at the recent Ambulatory Surgery Center Association convention in San Antonio. Most of these contracts incorporated Amkai’s Freedom Upgrade introductory promotion, which provided an ...(More)
7/11/2008
JCR Releases Books on Environment of Care, National Patient Safety Goal
OAK BROOK, Ill. — Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announces the publication of two books, Environment of Care® Risk Assessment and Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm Resulting from Falls: Toolkit for Implementing National Patient Safety Goal 9. JCR is a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission.Whether the risk issue is infant and pediatric abduction, infection control during construction, fire safety, ...(More)
7/11/2008
Oncology Med To Service Boston Surgery Center
PITTSBURGH — Oncology Med, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based cancer treatment solutions group, announced today that during the month of July, it will begin providing prostate cancer brachytherapy treatment services under a new multiple year exclusive contract with Eastern Massachusetts Ambulatory Surgery Center; a physician-owned surgery center being managed by Ambulatory Surgery Centers of America with affiliate facilities located throughout the United ...(More)
7/11/2008
Amkai Launches Freedom II Upgrade Plan
WATERBURY, Conn. — Amkai announced today the successful completion on July 4 of its Freedom Upgrade promotional campaign and the simultaneous launch of the “Freedom II” program. Like its predecessor, Freedom II minimizes upfront capital investment for surgery centers seeking to replace legacy administrative systems with AmkaiOffice™. Created by the team which developed the popular AdvantX™ software, AmkaiOffice provides comprehensive ...(More)
7/10/2008
Physician-Owned Hospitals Linked to Shifts in Care
After physicians become part-owners of specialty hospitals, referrals for surgery and other hospital tests and treatments increase significantly, suggests a study in the July issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied ...(More)
7/10/2008
Cadaver Tissue Fails Nearly 25 Percent of the Time in Young ACL Reconstructions
ORLANDO, Fla. — With an estimated 80,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears happening each year in the United States, including recently to golfer Tiger Woods, choosing the best replacement ligament for surgery is one key to success. A study released today at the 2008 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting at the JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes, found ...(More)
7/10/2008
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