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DELIVERING PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO RURAL AMERICA:
Spotlight on AmkaiSolutions partner
Covenant Community Pain Solutions
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Written by Kathy Allison, MHA, BSN, Covenant Community Pain Solutions
Covenant Community Pain Solutions (CCPS) brings interventional pain management to community hospitals, allowing trained physicians to provide interventional pain management procedures to people experiencing chronic lower back and leg pain in the rural hospital out-patient setting. There are many folks in outlying communities that suffer from chronic lower back and leg pain who may not be able, or willing, to travel into large cities for treatment. Treating patients in their hometown, at their community hospital, by physicians they know, has been a positive experience for the local populations and for the serving facilities and physicians.
CCPS chose AmkaiSolutions for our pain program's electronic medical record (EMR) because of the good experience our parent company, Covenant Surgical Partners, has enjoyed with AmkaiSolutions. Its thin client enterprise architecture allows for deployment at the community hospital with the data securely hosted and maintained at the data center maximizing uptime. The nurses and physicians in our community pain settings have shared with us how much easier Amkai is to work with compared with other EMRs they have used. CCPS is delighted that the use of AmkaiSolutions products for our pain programs will allow us to benchmark against best practices, analyze variations from site to site, allowing our organization to constantly improve on the care we oversee, and stay abreast of the outcomes of our community constituents.
A certified registered nurse anesthetist who works with us, but also travels and works on myriad of other EMRs, said "I was very impressed with AmkaiSolutions EMR and was starting to get much more comfortable after just a few cases."
Kathy Allison, Vice President of Covenant Community Pain Solutions
Prior to joining Covenant, Ms. Allison had 15 years of clinical experience with primary emphasis in cardiology and disease management. During the most recent 10 years, Kathy has focused on program and product development, building many successful programs from the ground up including a clinical research program at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, FL. Since moving to Nashville in 2007, Kathy has worked for Healthways as a project director, VHSP/BCBST building Long Term Care @ Home for TennCare. Kathy has a B.S. in Nursing and an M.S. in Administration from the University of Central Florida.
Covenant Surgical Partners
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Covenant Surgical Partners, Inc. is a privately-held owner and operator of ambulatory surgery centers. Covenant was founded by a group of successful and experienced investors, including several highly regarded healthcare and financial executives and a prominent physician who is an owner of a surgery center.
To learn more about Covenant Surgical Partners and Covenant Community Pain Solutions, click here
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Keys to a Successful EMR Integration
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Written by Joe Macies, CEO, AmkaiSolutions
More and more ASCs are making the switch to an electronic medical records (EMR) system because an EMR offers a significant improvement over paper records in all areas of an ASC's operation, and provides numerous benefits to patients, physicians and staff. But there is a common misconception about investing in an EMR which assumes that once you purchase the software and install it, you're ready to go.
Integration of an EMR goes well beyond that, which is part of the reason it brings such significant improvements over the use of paper records. The advantages are even greater for those ASCs that put time and effort into the EMR transition process. Clients have repeatedly told us that preparation, teamwork and a facility-wide commitment to making the switch helped ensure a smooth integration and allowed them to reap even more benefits of using an electronic-based records system than they expected.
We like to make sure ASCs considering making the switch are aware of what is involved in the EMR integration process so they can ensure their facility is well prepared. It is particularly helpful to understand the three stages an ASC goes through during the EMR transition: before, during and after integration. A firm understanding of what is involved in each of the stages will make the integration of the system a seamless transition.
In this first part in a three-part series, we will discuss the first stage, which is the time leading up to installation of the EMR software and the period when the ASC prepares the facility and its staff for the technology upgrade. There are 10 steps your ASC will want to take during this first stage to maximize the system's long-term effectiveness.
Click here to review the complete article, the first in a three-part series written for Beckers ASC Review. The series explores the different stages an ambulatory surgery center goes through when switching to EMR. Parts two and three will appear in the November/December issue of Becker's ASC Review and on the Becker's ASC Review website.
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AmkaiSolutions' New Client Advocacy Program Launches! | |
As our product capabilities continue to expand, so does our client service and support. This month we are extremely excited to be introducing our new Client Advocacy Program, designed to ensure that each of our clients is well-versed on our products' most recent new features and benefits, and is maximizing the full potential of our systems.
The Client Advocacy Program will be an important component of our commitment to ensuring the highest customer satisfaction through on-going customer support. To this end, we have created an advocacy team which will follow up with every client on a scheduled basis, confirming all is going smoothly and that the systems are being used correctly and to their fullest capabilities. This proactive approach will enable us to confirm our clients' continual satisfaction, making sure they are on the right path and taking full advantage of all new functions and features. The Client Advocacy Program will not only provide comprehensive support, but will also ensure that all questions and concerns are addressed on a frequent basis.
We are excited to be launching this program, and look forward to sharing it with our clients. |
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Welcome, New AmkaiSolutions Clients!
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Thank you to all our new clients for putting their trust in us to deliver the best EMR and business management solutions:
1. Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, LLC Surgery Center
Durham NC
AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts
2. Covenant Community Pain Center
Harlan, KY
AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts
3. Malo Consulting
Rutherford, NJ
AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts
4. The Doctors Clinic Surgery Center
Silverdale, WA
AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts
5. Vincera Core Physicians
Philadelphia, PA
AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts - Practice
AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts - ASC
AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts - Physical Therapy
6. St. Vincent's Eye Surgery Medical Center/Covenant Surgical Partners
Los Angeles, CA
AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts
7. Paramus Surgery Center/Covenant Surgical Partners
Paramus, NJ
AmkaiCharts
8. Crescent City Surgery Center/Covenant Surgical Partners
Evansville, IN
AmkaiCharts
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Visit AmkaiSolutions at the following meetings | |
Becker's ASC meeting
October 25 - 27
Chicago, IL
ASSOCIATION OF AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA
November 3
Wrightsville Beach, NC
OREGON AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER ASSOCIATION (OASCA) ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE
November 8 - 9
POrtland, OR
Texas ASC conference
November 15 - 16
Dallas, TX
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Talk to us! | |
Tel: 914.273.5790
855-GO-AMKAI (855.462.6524)
Fax: 914.801.5932
www.amkai.com
200 Business Park Drive, Suite 208
Armonk, NY 10504 |
From our CEO Joe Macies, to any one of our team members, our door is always open! Please don't hesitate to contact any of us at any time with questions about our products or services. About AmkaiSolutions™ AmkaiSolutions™is a trusted industry leader, offering innovative software solutions and services to ambulatory surgery centers, associated practice and clinics, and surgical hospitals. AmkaiCharts™, the #1 rated EMR, is specifically designed for the fast-paced, procedure driven healthcare delivery model. The rapid case-centric flow is intuitive, easy to use, and allows facilities to eliminate paperwork and focus on patient care. AmkaiCharts fully integrates with AmkaiOffice™, the company's next generation administrative and management system.
AmkaiOffice tracks all required data, helps reduce supply costs and ensures timely completion of tasks, while providing detailed profitability reporting of case costing, and corporate/facility financial reporting and modeling. Both AmkaiOffice and AmkaiCharts are fully customizable to adapt to the specific workflow of the facility.
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