Dialog Medical Completes Nationwide VA Installation; All 162 VA Hospitals Are Currently Using Dialog Medical's iMedConsent(TM) Application to Standardize the Informed Consent Process.ATLANTA -- Dialog Medical, the leading provider of informed consent and patient education systems for hospitals and physician practices, today announced the company has completed the installation of its iMedConsent application in all 162 Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. (VA) hospitals as part of a nationwide licensing agreement signed in May 2004. iMedConsent serves as the backbone for the VA's Electronic Support for Patient Decisions (ESPD ESPD Enfants En Situation Particulièrement Difficile (French) ESPD Engine Shutdown Protective Device ) initiative--helping VA healthcare facilities establish a "standard of care" as it relates to educating patients about conditions, treatment alternatives, benefits and risks of a procedure. "It has been a privilege to assist the VA in its efforts to deliver the highest possible level of care to our nation's veterans," said Michael Burke, president of Dialog Medical. "The organization has set a nationwide standard with its electronic medical records system, and through its use of iMedConsent, continues to demonstrate leadership in the area of enhancing patient safety and care." "Our implementation project managers have witnessed first-hand the provider enthusiasm for the ESPD initiative in VA hospitals across the country," added Jim Purcell “Diamond” Jim Purcell was the Chief of Police in Portland, Oregon during the 1950s. Purcell was an associate of Jim Elkins, a Portland mob boss, and helped protect Portland's pinball racket and other organized crime activity in the city. , director of implementation for Dialog Medical. "The enthusiasm from veterans and their families for the quality and comprehensiveness of the clinical content that is provided to them by the iMedConsent application has been especially gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. ." iMedConsent is designed to help physicians and hospitals assure consistency in the process of obtaining the patient's informed consent to treatments and procedures. The application includes consent forms for most medical/surgical procedures; patient education documents for thousands of diagnoses and treatments; and an extensive anatomical image gallery that allows the physician to annotate annotate - annotation images and simplify complex topics for the patient. In addition, iMedConsent automates the completion of patient documentation ranging from HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, disclosures to advance directives, including the digital capture of signatures, paperless storage of signed documents and electronic notation in the patient's health record. The iMedConsent application was customized for use within the VA Health System under direction from the VA's National Center for Ethics in Health Care and with input from the Office of Patient Care Services and the National Center for Patient Safety, and is employed by the VA across 24 medical specialties Medical Specialties See also anatomy; disease and illness; drugs; health; remedies; surgery. adenography the science of the description of glands. — adenographic, adj. ranging from allergy to vascular surgery Vascular surgery is a subspecialty of general surgery in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries and veins, are managed, largely via surgical intervention. The vascular surgeon is trained in the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting all parts of the vascular . About Dialog Medical Dialog Medical is a leading provider of informed consent and patient education systems for hospitals and physician practices. The company's iMedConsent(TM) application is currently used by more than 15,000 physicians in hospitals and physician practices nationwide. For more information on Dialog Medical and its products, visit www.dialogmedical.com. |
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