A-Life Medical Names New Vice President of Client Services; New Addition to A-Life Team Brings Extensive Background in Healthcare and Information Technology.Business Editors/Medical Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 A-Life Medical, Inc., the leader in advanced natural language processing Natural language processing Computer analysis and generation of natural language text. The goal is to enable natural languages, such as English, French, or Japanese, to serve either as the medium through which users interact with computer systems such as (NLP (Natural Language Processing) The capability of understanding human language. If the language is spoken, voice recognition plays an important role in converting the sounds to individual words. Then, natural language processing figures out what the words mean. ) technology for the medical industry, today announced the addition of Sally Wait to its executive team as vice president of client services. In this role, Ms. Wait will be responsible for all client-related efforts regarding implementation, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , and A-Life's service bureau. Ms. Wait will manage all service staff personnel throughout these departments and will serve to improve upon A-Life's implementation of the company's automated coding products, compliance with industry rules and regulations, consulting practices, customer process redesign, and quality control. "We are enthusiastic about the knowledge and experience Sally Wait brings to A-Life," said Richard Wesson, chief executive officer of A-Life Medical. "We consider our clients to be our most important asset, and making sure that our products are working optimally for them, that they are getting the best possible customer service, and they are satisfied at every turn, is imperative. Sally's talent and expertise will help us to improve upon what we already believe to be our number one priority." Prior to joining A-Life, Ms. Wait was the vice president of implementation at IDX Systems IDX Systems Corporation (IDX) was a healthcare software technology company that formerly had headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1969 by Robert Hoehl, Richard Tarrant, and Paul Egerman. Corporation in Seattle, responsible for the national and international implementation of the company's software products for hospitals, clinics, and physicians' offices. She was also president of Transitions, Inc., an independent consulting practice for organizations undergoing substantial change. Her role included information services See Information Systems. management, operational redesign, staff and program development, and project management. Contributing to her years of healthcare and IT experience, Ms. Wait also worked with HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy & Co.; Mercy Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract and Subsidiaries; Datacare, Inc.; and Columbia Hospital. Ms. Wait earned her BS degree in nursing and philosophy from the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Additionally, she has published and presented her works helping companies to plan for automation through a number of industry venues. About A-Life Medical, Inc. A-Life Medical, Inc. is the leader in advanced natural language processing (NLP) technology for the medical industry. This technology emulates human understanding of language. Through its expertise in NLP technology, A-Life has successfully taught a computer to "read" narrative text associated with physicians' charts and to automatically assign complex medical codes used for billing and data collection. A-Life specializes in automating text processing and coding in the emergency medicine and radiology specialties, with plans to expand to other areas of medicine, including inpatient services. Founded in 1996, A-Life Medical is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . For more information on A-Life and its products, call 858/268-9999 or visit A-Life at www.alifemedical.com. All company, product, and service names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks or service marks of other companies. |
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