Information Technology

It’s no secret the Internet is everywhere, so it is a contradiction that millions of Americans feel secure enough to do their banking online, but the U.S. healthcare system is still wary of transitioning health and medical records into an electronic format. As I sat with Ron Pelletier, vice president of market strategy, at a SourceMedical conference in Las Vegas, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and WATERBURY, Conn. — Mavicor LLC and Amkai LLC are pleased to announce that they have entered into a market services partnership agreement, effective July 27.In making this announcement, Mavicor’s president, Jesse Mayhew stated, "We are proud to announce another milestone reached in our business plan; we know that to optimally serve our clients’ best interests, we ...

WATERBURY, Conn. — Amkai announced that it was awarded contracts by 11 facilities recently as part of the company’s “Amkai ASC Stimulus Program.” This offer provided an affordable subscription price approach to the acquisition of the AmkaiOffice management system and AmkaiCharts EMR software. Launched at the ASC Association conference in Nashville, Tenn., the limited-time program ran until early July as ...

Moving an Aug. 1 deadline, the Federal Trade Commission will wait until Nov. 1 to enforce a provision of the “red flags” rule requiring physicians and hospitals to adopt written plans for tracking and responding to indicators of identity theft in their billing operations. According to Modern Healthcare, this is the third time the FTC has changed the date, and ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — SourceMedical today announced the launch of a new cost-effective training offering for SourceMedical Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) customers. SourceAdvantage focuses on improving the way that ASC associates utilize SourceMedical software products, by providing a portfolio of blended learning options with extremely attractive pricing.A survey of SourceMedical clients showed that clients recognize the need for continuous training but ...