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November 12, 2007

2007 Technology Buyers' Guide

3M Health Information Systems

Health Information Systems provides sophisticated tools and services to capture, classify, and operationalize accurate healthcare data. Accurate healthcare data drives an organization’s ability to manage revenue and resources, comply with regulations, and ultimately improve the quality of patient care. 3M Software, including the 3M* Coding and Reimbursement System, is used by more than 4,000 customers worldwide.

Phone: 800-367-2447
www.3Mhis.com


 

Acusis Higher Standards specializes in superior performance, integrity, and world-class service. AcuSuite, its Web-based software application, manages the entire transcription process tailored to meet individual needs. Acusis is evidence of why you should demand more from your transcription provider.

Acusis
4 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 866-837-6158
Fax: 412-209-1299
E-mail: all.ears@acusis.com
www.acusis.com

 

A-Life Medical is the leader in providing coding solutions for the healthcare industry through advanced computerized coding and coder management solutions. We have now added Alacer, the most advanced Practice Management System to streamline the code to collection process. Alacer increases staff productivity, improves cashflow and coding consistency, and reduces denial rates and A/R days.

Karen Kniffin
Marketing Coordinator
A-Life Medical
6195 Lusk Boulevard, Suite 120
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: 888-224-6300 ext. 1665
Fax: 858-812-0952
E-mail: kkniffin@alifemedical.com
www.alifemedical.com

 

Ambir Technology manufacturers and markets scanners, electronic signature pads and digital imaging software solutions. Our products allow quick digital capture of insurance cards, documents, IDs and other materials and maximize workflow and improve data security while saving time and money.

Ambir Technology, Inc.
Corporate Headquarters
918 North Oak Lawn Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone: 630-530-5400
Fax: 630-203-6064
E-mail: sales@ambir.com
www.ambir.com

Arrendale/A+Network provides Transcription Choices including TA+ software products and integrated, outsourced transcription services. We do transcription ‘your way’ including configurable print/fax/download and browser-based electronic signature. HIM managers stay in control with online updates of outsourced jobs and HIPAA audit logs from TA+ software.

Arrendale Associates
20484G Chartwell Center Drive
Cornelius, NC 28031
Phone: 800-344-1323
Fax: 704-895-8725
E-mail: sales@aaita.com
www.aplusnetwork.com and www.aaita.com

 

 

Benchmark Systems is a leading developer of results proven healthcare practice management software and services. With a focus on offering superior solutions combined with an intensive in-house support network, Benchmark integrates with your staff to create a unified healthcare team, and a stronger practice environment.

MD-Navigator® Practice Management
EMR-EDI-ASP-Telephony

BENCHMARK SYSTEMS
Serving Physicians Coast to Coast
Phone: 800-779-0902
info@benchmark-systems.com
www.benchmark-systems.com

CBay provides transcription and document management solutions to integrated health delivery networks, hospitals, academic institutions, clinicsand physician practices. Offering full outsource, overflow and backlog services, CBay’s end-to-end solutions leverage leading Internet technologies and the world’s most highly credentialed transcriptionists to provide easier, more secure, accurate and costeffective medical transcription.

Stacey Cassidy
Director of Marketing
Phone: 410-940-6900 ext. 3195
Fax: 410-266-9409 scassidy@cbaysystems.com

CGI is a systems integrator focusing on electronic content management solutions that span the enterprise, including HIM, Business Office, HR, and AP. CGI supports end-to-end solutions for governments, providers, payers and health information exchange consortia.

Phone: 703-227-6107
E-mail: John.George@cgi.com
www.cgi.com/healthcare

CHARTCARE is a leading provider of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) applications to group practice physicians. CHARTCARE has received the 'Best in KLAS' Award for three consecutive years for being the #1 rated Ambulatory EMR in North America for groups of 6-25 physicians.

CHARTCARE, Inc.
7403 Lakewood Drive West, Suite 12
Lakewood, WA 98499
Phone: 800-438-1277
marketing@chartcare.com
www.chartcare.com

A Division of ChartOne, eWebHealth delivers medical record workflow solutions that support hospitals’ legal electronic health record requirements. Secure web-based technology combines with exceptional professional services to form reliable, flexible, affordable solutions that help hospitals get paid faster, mitigate risk, increase physician satisfaction, & focus on patient care.

Phone: 800-733-2679
www.chartone.com

 

As a worldwide provider of digital dictation, speech processing, transcription, authentication and workflow management systems, Crescendo continues to set the standard for technology. Leading the industry since 1990, Crescendo is continually introducing ground breaking new solutions for the medical environment.

Crescendo Systems Corporation
1600 Montgolfier
Laval, QC Canada H7T 0A2
Toll-Free: 800-724-2930
Phone: 450-973-8029
Fax: 450-973-4449
E-mail: info@crescendo.com
www.crescendo.com

The IPIX all-on-one PC mounts easily on any cart or wall mount. With a 17" or 20" LCD display, energy efficient Intel processor, touch screen, wireless and antimicrobial plastic, the sealed and fan-less IPIX is easy to clean for infection control. IEC-60601-1 certified for use in patient care applications.

If it's not sealed, it's not Datalux!
www.DATALUX.com | 1-800-DATALUX

Datalux Corporation
155 Aviation Drive
Winchester, VA 22602
(540) 662-1500
E-mail: ipix@datalux.com

Thousands of smart healthcare professionals use Dictaphone Speech Recognition to dramatically reduce transcription costs, make physicians more productive, and enhance care. And, when combined with new natural language processing technology, you can add new value to your EMR by extracting clinical facts and structured data from free-form narrative dictation, all without having to change how physicians document.

Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions
Nuance Communications, Inc.

One Wayside Road
Burlington, MA 01803
Phone: 781-565-5000
www.nuance.com/dictaphone

The dictation and transcription superstore. Philips, Olympus, Sony, VoiceWare, WavPedal, Stedmans, Dorlands, and more. One-stop shopping for dictation systems, transcription software, foot pedals, headsets, dictionaries, digital recorders, and medical spellcheckers. We have it all. Same-day shipping and superior toll-free customer service.

Dictran.com
P.O. Box 1428
Vienna, VA 22183
Phone: 800-841-6121
Fax: 703-716-1168
E-mail: sales@dictran.com
www.dictran.com

digiChart Inc. improves women’s healthcare and OB-GYN practices through unmatched, specialty-specific technology and services. OB-GYN physicians and their staff utilize digiChart’s Electronic Medical Record and Practice Management System solutions to optimize clinical workflow, streamline operations and increase revenue and productivity.

digiChart, Inc.
102 Woodmont Boulevard, Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37205
Phone: 877-634-2727
Fax: 615-321-4450
E-mail: EMR@digichart.com
www.digichart.com

DocComply® is a medical practice-management, EMR and billing solution that streamlines every aspect of a physician’s practice resulting in increased efficiency and returns. DocComply is a user-friendly, secure, web-based application that can be accessed anytime, anywhere.

DocComply
Phone: 866-4MD-BILL (463-2455)
www.doccomply.com

DocOncology™ is a breakthrough Oncology specific system that streamlines scheduling/registration, EMR, and billing. Features include electronic superbill, quick access to patient records, automated generation of letters to referring physicians, including tumor staging and chemotherapy selection.

DocOncology
Phone: 866-4MD-BILL (463-2455)
www.doconcology.com

 

 

Dorland’s Electronic Medical Speller is the most comprehensive medical spell checker available – featuring the correct spelling for over 400,000 medical terms, including pharmaceutical terminology at no additional cost. Also available: Dorland’s Electronic Medical Dictionary and Dorland’s Medical Dictionary for Health Care Consumers.

Contact us for complete information:
Licensing Department
Elsevier, Inc.
Phone: 800-523-1649 ext. 3276
E-mail: h.licensing@elsevier.com
View our full line of
professional healthcare resources,
all available for licensing, at:

www.us.elsevierhealth.com

A successful leader in traditional and specialized voice recognition editing services, Focus offers personalized expertise in both domestic and offshore outsourcing, demonstrating significant cost savings, reduced TATs, as well as continuous reliability and quality improvement.

Focus Infomatics, Inc.
500 West Cummings Park, Suite 6100
Woburn, MA 01801
Phone: 781-970-5303
Dennis@FocusInfomatics.com
www.FocusInfomatics.com
www.healthcomputing.com

FutureNet outsourcing transcription services provide quality work for clients with the advantages of a free Web-based EHR system for dictation and patient reports management. FutureNet guarantees turnaround time and performs all services in the United States with comparative price.

FutureNet Technologies Corporation
222 East Huntington Drive, Suite 208
Monrovia, CA 91016
Phone: 800-923-4258
Fax: 626-357-5032
E-mail: sales@futurenet-tech.com
www.futurenet-tech.com

GeniusDoc EHR provides physicians with a fully integrated clinical practice and financial management system that truly captures the workflow of a medical practice, offering diagnostic and therapeutic options with business intelligence at the point of care for electronic billing submission. GeniusDoc provides specific modules for Oncology, GI, IM, & Pediatrics.

GeniusDoc
9001 San Fernando Road
Sun Valley, CA 91352
Phone: 866-4-GenDoc
E-mail: sales@geniusdoc.com
www.geniusdoc.com

Full Service Medical Records Centers
When your medical records must be purged, stored, securely retrieved, or scanned and ready to view, you want professional, dependable people handling the job. At HCR Imaging, we only do medical record management and we get it right. Find out how different your next project can be with professionals who understand and only manage medical records.

HCR Imaging, Inc.
200 Mountain Avenue
White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986
Phone: 304-536-1290
Toll-Free: 888-801-2020
Fax: 304-536-1296
E-mail: info@hcrimaging.com
www.hcrimaging.com

 

HCI provides claims payors with a comprehensive suite of cost reduction services designed to prevent fraud, abuse, and overpayments. Implementing HCI’s entire line of technologically superior services can deliver significant savings and maximize payment accuracy. Only HCI employs a sophisticated prevention process that combines cuttingedge software with clinical review (RNs, MDs, DDS, etc.) on all suspect claims/billing patterns. For more information and a free Cost Reduction Analysis (CRA) contact us today.

HealthCare Insight®
11075 South State Street, Building #3
Sandy, UT 84070
Phone: 800-357-7781
Fax: 801-990-1801
E-mail: info@hcinsight.com
www.hcinsight.com

 

HealthPort is a one-source provider, offering the widest selection of affordable, quality health information products and services in the industry, including:

• Release-of-Information Technology and Services
• Electronic Document Management System
• Electronic Medical Record System
• Revenue Cycle Management System
• Document Conversion and Storage Services
• Healthcare Consulting Services
• Practice Management System

HealthPort combines technology and strategic solutions to continually improve fragmented business processes for the healthcare community.

Visit www.healthport.com, call 888-280-2351, or email getinfo@healthport.com today to learn how HealthPort can help you.

Health Revenue Assurance Associates (HRAA) is the leading provider of Reimbursement Integrity Services for health information management and the entire revenue cycle. Through customized hands-on strategic analysis of a hospital's revenue cycle and compliance focused, in-depth APC and DRG coding and documentation audits, customized education/certification programs, and Chargemaster data integrity reviews, HRAA provides solutions that yield measurable results, increased productivity, reduced DNFB, improved APC accuracy and optimized Revenue Integrity™. HRAA is committed to providing the most intuitive Revenue Integrity™ solutions in the industry and our newly introduced APC AuditorPro™ is the leading internal auditing technology for Outpatient claims.

Health Revenue Assurance Associates
E-mail: info@healthrevenue.com
www.healthrevenue.com

 

Intelligent scanners from IBML lead the way to successful paper-to-electronic medical record conversion. Hospitals can quickly scan high volumes of mixed documents to achieve more productive, efficient records management. Benefits include reduced costs and labor, faster processing and better quality.

Imaging Business Machines, LLC
2750 Crestwood Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35210
Phone: 205-439-7100
Fax: 205-314-1833
E-mail: info@ibml.com
www.ibml.com

 

Innovative Card Scanning, Inc. is the developer of the ScanSharp and ScanSharp OCR software, a customizable scanning solution tailored for physician offices and hospitals. ScanSharp is a compact insurance and ID card scanning system designed to streamline the registration process thereby decreasing time, effort and errors at the front desk.

Innovative Card Scanning, Inc.
1105 North Central Expressway, Suite 320
Allen, TX 75013
Phone: 800-291-1471 (Sales)
Phone: 214-550-5995 (Technical Support)
Fax: 214-292-8813
E-mail: info@medicscan.com
www.medicscan.com

 

 

Keystrokes is a high-volume, high-quality, full-service national transcription company located in the Western Suburbs of Chicago, established in 1997. We specialize in radiology but transcribe medical records, clinic and orthopaedics as well. We do not send any work out of the country.

Keystrokes Transcription Service, Inc.
220 East Garden Street
Yorkville, IL 60560
Phone: 630-553-3680
Fax: 630-553-9203
www.keystrokestranscription.com

LexiCode Corporation provides facility and physician coding services nationally to healthcare providers. Each coding consultant is credentialed, experienced, evaluated, and trained to comply with all official AHA, AMA, and CMS guidelines. Our services include the following:

- Onsite coding support;
- Remote coding support managed through our Remote Coding Center;
- Coding Department outsourcing;
- MS-DRG/APR-DRG Services
- Concurrent and retrospective auditing;
- E&M coding and auditing;
- Coder education; and
- Physician Documentation Awareness Programs.

LexiCode Corporation
Phone: 800-448-CODE
www.lexicode.com

 

iPoint Workstations Support IT, Nursing and Pharmacy:
Designed for mobile computing and electronic medication administration systems, iPoint workstations can function as mobile computer carts or as combination computer/medication carts. Available in many configurations, workstations are compatible with most hardware options including thin/thick client, laptop and all-in-one computers. Long-life battery solutions are available to meet the power requirements of virtually every technology platform. Ergonomic features include one-handed height adjustment that allows the large work area to be positioned in comfortable positions for standing or sitting. Scanner brackets, storage bins, cup holders and a variety of other accessories also are available.

Lionville
501 Gunnard Carlson Drive
Coatesville, PA 19320
Phone: 800-523-7114
Fax: 610-423-4523
E-mail: lionville@lionville.com
www.lionville.com

ChartMaxx® is an enterprise-wide electronic patient record solution enabling healthcare organizations to enhance performance by improving patient care and maximizing business results. ChartMaxx has more than 300,000 users managing 120 million patient records at 100 hospitals and IDNs throughout North America.

MedPlus, Inc., a Quest Diagnostics Company
4690 Parkway Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45040
Phone: 800-444-6235
Fax: 513-229-5505
E-mail: marketing@medplus.com
www.medplus.com

Guaranteed customer satisfaction with an “always on” customer service representative is the key to our customers’ loyalty and trust. MED-TECH provides the latest technology for record management and secure report access by offering our eBrowse Online Suite. Total custom solutions for any healthcare setting while using only domestic employees can make MED-TECH the last solution you will ever require for your transcription needs. Contact us and you will find the first-ever real transcription-vendor-partner, one that you and your facility deserve.

MED-TECH Resource, Inc.
2252 Northwest Parkway, Suite D
Marietta/Atlanta, GA 30067
Phone: 888-469-9711
E-mail: sales@med-tech.net
www.med-tech.net

Meta’s CHARMS 2000TM is a comprehensive suite of HIM applications that automate critical functions, including abstracting and coding, chart tracking, deficiency management, release of information, document management, EMR, electronic signature and department management. CHARMS 2000TM is designed for hospitals, physician group practices, long-term care facilities and HMOs.

Meta Health Technology
330 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 800-334-6840
metasales@metahealth.com
www.metahealth.com

New England Medical Transcription Solves Problems If you’re looking for:

• Better medical documentation
• Faster turnaround time
• Getting your transcription done more cost effectively
• Working with a partner who understands technology

Call 1-800-639-3244

New England Medical Transcription, Inc.
P.O. Box 430
Woolwich, ME 04579
Phone: 800-639-3244
www.nemtinc.com

NextGen Healthcare is an industry leading provider of award-winning electronic medical records and practice management software. Ideal for the multi-specialty enterprise or the solo practitioner, NextGen EMR and NextGen EPM are easily customized and completely integrated to facilitate clinical and administrative workflows.

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc.
795 Horsham Road
Horsham, PA 19044
www.nextgen.com

NJPR provides various HIM consulting services including interim management, coding, coding data quality monitorings which focus on accuracy and thoroughness of coding, documentation reviews, medical transcription assessments and physician billing services.

NJPR
129 Littleton Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Contact: Lori A. Hedges-Stephens, RHIA
Phone: 800-562-7899
www.njpr.com

FIRST Choice of Record Centers Worldwide.
Barcode tracking system that manages your internal archive’s physical data inventory, from patient records to accounting and human resources. Streamlines workflow, speeds turnaround time, boosts staff productivity, reduces costs, enhances service, ensures industry compliance.

E-mail: sales@oneilsoft.com

OTI is a national provider of medical transcription services to hospitals, clinics, and physician group practices.
OTI delivers:

• State-of-the-art web-based system
• Flexible interface with any EMR
• 24/7 accessibility and service
• Fast turn-around from 2-24 hours
• 100% U.S.-based transcriptionists
• Confidential, secure, & HIPAA compliant
• Free online tour and quote
Price + Quality
A Simple Equation For Your Medical Transcription Needs

Oracle Transcription, Inc. (OTI)
4007-B Norbeck Road
Rockville, MD 20853
Phone: 800-983-3581
Fax: 301-929-3008
E-mail: sales@oracleti.com
www.oracleti.com/ftr.htm

SpeechMagic – The Professional’s Choice
Featuring intelligent frontend and backend speech recognition, SpeechMagic improves transcription productivity, reduces backlogs and ensures a stress-free working environment. Ensure your dictation and transcription solution is “powered by SpeechMagic” – for cost-efficient medical documentation and improved quality of service.

A list of suppliers can be found on:
philips.com/speechrecognition

- Centralized Management
- Remote Note Viewing
- Template Creation
- Secure Connections
- Report Management

A software transcription platform
developed for Hospitals, Clinics and MTSOs.

A provider of dictation and transcription solutions
for over 10 years.

Phone: 888-597-9922
E-mail: sales@precdata.com
www.precdata.com

Why would you ever consider going it alone? Probity offers Best of Breed Dictation; Transcription; Speech Recognition; Integration;
Project Management & People. Now in 40 states and still growing.

Probity Medical Transcription
2205 Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17101
1-8PROBITYMT
717-260-8801
www.probitymt.com

(pro'- bi - te) n. adherence to the highest principles and ideals; UPRIGHTNESS syn see INTEGRITY

Spheris is a leading provider of clinical documentation technology and services to more than 500 health systems, hospitals and group practices. Spheris employs more than 5,000 skilled medical language specialists supporting the company’s clients through a secure network.

Spheris
9009 Carothers Parkway, Suite C-3
Franklin, TN 37067
Phone: 800-368-1717

Accountable. Flexible. Reliable. Quality driven. Committed to satisfaction. These are the words our customers use to describe Transcend Services, Inc. Full outsourcing or backlog assistance, using our advanced technology platform or yours.

Transcend Services, Inc.
Phone: 800-555-8727
www.transcendservices.com

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