40 IDX Drive Burlington, VT 05402 T: 802–862–1022 E: jay.fisher@ge.com www.gehealthcare.com/centricity

GE Healthcare is dedicated to helping you transform healthcare delivery by driving critical breakthroughs in healthcare IT. Our Centricity solutions support the vast information needs of our customers with enterprise-wide and departmental clinical systems; industry-leading imaging management solutions and best-in-class practice and revenue cycle management tools. Healthcare IT re-imagined.

 

Greenway Medical Technologies 3910

Rebekah Green 121 Greenway Blvd. Carrollton, GA 30117 T: 866–636–8356 • F: 770–836–3200 E: info@greenwaymedical.com www.greenwayhitsolutions.com

PrimeSuite

Greenway employs a single-database integration strategy for practice management, EHRs and interoperability to create a simplistic and efficient workflow. Greenway’s EHR, PrimeSuite, reduces time spent on charting by up to one hour per day, allowing practices to care for the needs of an extra 24 patients per week. Scheduling payment postings can be done online, patient information is readily available, test results can be shared quickly through secure e-mail channels and enhanced coding allows physicians to bill their time quickly and accurately. These improvements benefit a practice’s clinical, financial and administrative processes.

 

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems

1242

795 Horsham Road Horsham, PA 19044 T: 215–657–7010 • F: 215–657–7011 E: sales@nextgen.com www.nextgen.com

580 Howard Ave. Somerset, NJ 08873 T: 877–363–3797 x2922 • F: 732–302–0767 E: marc.klar@practiceone.com www.practiceone.com

e-Medsys EHR e-Medsys PM…a comprehensive system managing the business side of the practice. It includes Appointment Scheduling, Management Reports, Advanced Collections, Advanced Recalls, and much more…these are not expensive, add-on “modules.” Supporting EDI for electronic claims, automated EOB reconciliation, and insurance verification, e-Medsys PM is the one tool your practice needs for automated PM / EDI solutions. e-Medsys PM is now higher than Version 20…a testament to the product’s stability, reliability and usability. It is available separately from our e-Medsys EHR, and in Client Server or ASP/SaaS format!

 

Pulse Systems, Inc.

3841

Rayma Korber 3017 N. Cypress Wichita, KS 67226 T: 316–636–5900 • F: 316–462–2828 E: sales@pulseinc.com www.pulseinc.com

 

Pulse Patient Relationship Management Pulse is an industry leading healthcare software and services organization who pioneered the Patient Relationship Management concept, unifying Electronic Health Records, Practice Management, Document Management, Mobile and EDI solutions. Pulse Patient Relationship Management V4.1 is a CCHIT Certified product for CCHIT Ambulatory EHR and Child Health 2008. Pulse is a SureScripts Certified Solutions Provider™. One product . . . One database . . . One Solution. Your Practice. Made Perfect.

 

SeePoint Technology

4659

Rick Trojan 2619 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Redondo Beach, CA 90278 T: 310–321–7207 • F: 310–535–9234 E: info@kiohealth.com www.kiohealth.com

71 Pineland Drive, Ste. 203 New Gloucester, ME 04260 T: 207–688–6270 • F: 207–688–6273 E: info@medtechpublishing.com www.healthcarefinancenews.com

Healthcare Finance News is the business news source for healthcare financial managers. Our award-winning editorial staff provides comprehensive coverage of the unprecedented financial challenges faced by healthcare providers and payers in light of skyrocketing healthcare costs and an aging population. The Healthcare Finance News franchise includes a monthly newspaper with over 32,000 subscribers, daily news at www.HealthcareFinanceNews. com and via email (Healthcare Finance NewsDay), and the Healthcare Finance News Week weekly e-newsletter. In addition, the franchise provides Healthcare Finance Job Spot, offering career solutions and the latest open positions at http://jobspot.healthcarefinancenews.com.

 

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NextGen EPM

NextGen Healthcare is a leading provider of practice management and EMR software. Ideal for the multi-provider enterprise or a solo practitioner, NextGen^® EPM automates office administration and streamlines providers’ registration, scheduling, reporting and billing needs.

KioHealth Healthcare Solutions KioHealth Healthcare Solutions provide touch screen hardware and software applications that allow patient self-service. The solution is modular and scalable, perfect for both small and large healthcare organizations. The applications include Patient Check-in, WayFinding, ER Triage, Patient Education and more. Using KioHealth’s patient empowering applications allow you to increase patient throughput, validate demographic information, collect copayment or outstanding payments, and free up staff for personalized patient care all through automated, self-service kiosk terminals. Run the solution stand alone or integrate with PM applications.

HIMSS Analytics Benchmarks Hospitals’ EMR Progress at HIMSS09

The HIMSS Analytics booth at the HIMSS09 Exhibition is the portal to benchmark a hospital’s EMR implementation progress. Visitors meet with HIMSS Analytics representatives and learn about the EMR Adoption ModelSM that scores hospitals in the HIMSS Analytics Database on their progress in completing the eight stages to creating a paperless patient record environment. HIMSS Analytics representatives provide visitors with information on how to participate in the HIMSS Analytics Annual Study to obtain their EMR Adoption Model score, which they can then compare to 5,000-plus U.S. hospitals’ scores, their state’s average and more. Additionally, study participants gain free access to nearly 50 benchmarking reports on IT staffing, budgeting, capital operating expenditures and more to support IT strategy and planning needs; free chapters from the Essentials of the U.S. Hospital IT Market Report; numerous market research and reports on software vendors and their applications; and many more provider perks. For more information about the EMR Adoption Model, visit www.himssanalytics.org.