Primed for efficiency: a variety of software and hardware suppliers make the trek to San Francisco to showcase their solutions at the Medical Group Management Association's annual conference

Health Management Technology, Oct, 2004

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) traditionally provides an exhibit hall at makes others pale in comparison. This year, Oct. 3-6 in beautiful San Francisco, MGMA offers three days of exhibit hall exploration, with the chance to see an impressive array of information technology, to attendees at its annual conference. Suppliers of practice management systems, electronic medical records, scheduling, transcription and voice recognition services, wireless technology, credentialing info tech, financial and claims management systems and document management technologies will be on hand to demonstrate their products and help attendees consider what's right for their organizations.

To help maximize your MGMA exhibit experience, Health Management Technology offers a showcase of some products you can personally test-drive at the conference. While you are there, stop by HMT Booth 1309 and say hello.

Companion Technologies Booth 523

Companion Technologies develops practice management, electronic medical records and electronic data interchange software.

Companion PM is a fully integrated practice management system that works on Windows, Unix and Linux platforms. Its modular design can be scaled to meet specialty-specific requirements while accommodating changes in practice size and organization. Companion EMR is a Windows-based electronic medical records system that works on PCs, handhelds, laptops and tablets. It provides local and remote access to clinical data and automates prescriptions, labs, encounters, medical histories, patient education, and more.

Companion Technologies also offers group practice and claims management EDI systems that automate billing processes and help reduce errors, maximize reimbursement and improve cash flow. Visit Booth 523 to see which system best fits your data management needs.

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Dictaphone Booth 717

Dictaphone Corp. provides solutions that use speech recognition and natural language processing technology--to streamline the clinical documentation process and reduce transcription costs.

EXSpeech offers transcription-assisted speech recognition integrated with Dictaphone's dictation system. Enterprise Workstation 2.0 is optimized for complete provider control of documentation with voice-driven self-editing of recognized documents. It also incorporates technology that automatically extracts key medical data from text reports for quick look-up and reuse to speed documentation further. The GoMD suite provides PDA-based dictation and charge capture. The ichart solution offers these products on a centrally hosted ASP basis.

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iLIANT Booth 423

iLIANT provides comprehensive business support services aimed at leveraging technology in ways that simplify a physician practice. The company uses software that is in the forefront of technology for billing and collections to streamline processes and reduce the cycle of revenue management. Among these software products are scanning technology, claims review and editing systems, online eligibility verification, and powerful data repository systems for customized reporting.

iLIANT's Revenue Cycle Management services provide advantages to physician practices in fundamental ways by reducing accounts receivable days outstanding and increasing collected revenues per patient visit, iLIANT provides software and business services to more than 2,200 physician clients across the U.S. Visit iLIANT at Booth 423 to learn more.

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Sy.Med Development Inc. Booth 1419

OneApp is a managed care/ credentialing software system developed and licensed by Sy.Med Development Inc. It simplifies and automates completion of any form or credentialing application, improves the management of provider data and electronically stores key documents. OneApp is designed for use in any provider-centered healthcare organization and is used by more than 385 clients in 43 states. It can he installed on an individual PC or in a networked environment. Features include:

* Microsoft SQL Server database;

* automated form and application completion process;

* reporting, tracking and alert functions;

* optional privileging, imaging and data export modules.

Visit Booth 1419 for a OneApp demonstration.

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LaserFiche Booth 933

LaserFiche Document Management software solves healthcare business issues across departments by joining paper, e-mail and electronic records in a single interface. Designed on a nonproprietary platform, LaserFiche ensures long-term archive accessibility and enables active document support for existing practice management and electronic medical record software environments.

LaserFiche can assist healthcare organizations to realize benefits in multiple departments. Fast access to records helps to speed the billing process, reduce compliance costs, and improve efficiency and accountability while tracking patient records. The company's solutions provide intelligent full-text retrieval, Web distribution and workflow to deliver information across a secure scalable system that integrates with existing IT infrastructures. Visit LaserFiche at Booth 933 for more information.