Physicians' Alliance to Offer iMedica Patient Relationship Manager.DALLAS -- iMedica([R]) Corporation and Physicians' Alliance, Inc., a nonprofit group purchasing organization A group purchasing organization is an entity that leverages the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees that are actually paid by the vendors. , announced today that Physicians' Alliance will offer iMedica's electronic health record (EHR (Electronic Health Records) Computerized medical records that bring patient care into the digital age and save time, money and lives. The push to adopt comprehensive electronic documentation between doctors' offices and hospital settings intensified after the RAND ) and practice management (PM) system, iMedica Patient Relationship Manager([TM])(PRM PRM Partner Relationship Management PRM Parameter PRM Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (US State Department) PRM Partidul Romania Mare (Romania Mare Party) PRM Professional Risk Manager ), to its members. Physicians' Alliance uses the power of large group purchasing to negotiate deeply discounted contracts for the goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. used most by medical and dental practices, at no cost to members. The alliance has never before offered EHRs. "I've been looking at EHRs since 1998," says Bob Chalmers, executive director of Physicians' Alliance. "With the early systems, you had to go through multiple screens to record a visit, and that just wouldn't work. Now the market is more mature, so we decided it was time to select a good EHR. Of course, any system we chose had to be based on HL7, and it had to be CCHIT CCHIT Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (SM) certified. iMedica PRM is all of those, and it's very easy to use, flexible." iMedica CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Michael Nissenbaum adds, "Physicians' Alliance has built strong relationships with all its members and vendors, and we're delighted to be working with them. They have rigorous technical and support requirements for the systems it offers, and we're honored that iMedica PRM was selected." Released in November 2005, iMedica PRM unites iMedica's award-winning electronic health records system with practice management functions, all in one application and one database. iMedica PRM version 6.0 (the EHR component) has been certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology  This article reads like a news release, or is otherwise written in an overly promotional tone.Please help [ rewrite this article] from a to be less promotional, per Wikipedia . (CCHIT(SM)). CCHIT certification helps physicians who have been overwhelmed by the number and variety of EHR systems available. Physicians can now look to the products with the CCHIT seal as an important criterion in their decision making process for their practices' EHR systems. iMedica PRM helps practices manage the entire patient relationship in one system and one database. Uniting clinical and practice management data lets iMedica PRM do things that other systems can't, such as showing health maintenance reminders in the schedule and avoiding interface issues between disparate systems - just a few of the many ways iMedica PRM helps physicians streamline their practice workflow and achieve a fast ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). . Optimized for a Tablet PC (1) A tablet computer environment from Microsoft that is based on an enhanced version of Windows XP. Designed to function more like a portable writing tablet than previous tablet-based computers, it includes handwriting recognition as well as the ability to retain handwritten words , the iMedica PRM allows doctors to hold the computer like a clipboard, maintaining eye contact with the patient throughout a visit. Physicians have the flexibility to work in whatever way suits them best: type, click, talk, or even hand-write and draw. iMedica has posted the fastest time in the TEPR TEPR Toward an Electronic Patient Record Conference Documentation Challenge - which clocks real physicians charting a Level 4 visit using different EHRs - every year it was offered since 2002. And just as important, the resulting visit note was determined to be accurate and complete. About iMedica Corporation Founded in 1998, iMedica is a pioneer of electronic health records solutions. Its products feature Adaptive Learning (algorithm) adaptive learning - (Or "Hebbian learning") Learning where a system programs itself by adjusting weights or strengths until it produces the desired output. and Intelligent Navigation that speed charting and eliminate the need for templates. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. was designed by a team of physicians to improve performance and communication among doctors, staff, and insurance providers. The talented team at iMedica has been working with physicians for decades, and is committed to bringing that experience and a successful implementation to every client. Its newest product, iMedica PRM, helps physicians manage everything from appointments to clinical findings to collections in one system. Based in Carrollton, Texas, iMedica is privately owned. For more information, visit www.imedica.com or call toll-free 866-960-6890. About Physicians' Alliance Physicians' Alliance, Inc. is a nonprofit group purchasing organization created to help improve the bottom lines of medical and dental practices. The alliance was founded by a handful of physicians concerned about the rising costs of operating a practice. To this day, Physicians' Alliance remains the only nonprofit purchasing organization founded and still run by a Board made entirely of practicing physicians. Physicians' Alliance uses the power of large group purchasing to negotiate deeply discounted contracts for the goods and services used most by its member practices, from vaccines to office supplies to EHRs, all at no cost to its members. By providing excellent value and service, Physicians' Alliance has grown to serve approximately 3,000 physicians across the United States. For more information, visit www.physiciansalliance.org. |
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