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Company News and Event Headlines
Assist
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Chairman's commentary on Medical Economics published in CT Update The most recent issue of CT Update, a leading medical industry newsletter focused on medical imaging, has published a commentary by Jeff Hagmeier, the chairman and chief executive officer for Assist One discussing the medical economic impacts of HIPAA, and other current and pending healthcare legislation on healthcare provider groups entitled "eHealth Act of 2002: Grants for Provider Groups." The article is available via download from the link provided below.
Assist One's Chief Technology Officer Given Achievement Award
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts - Mark A. Phillips, a Senior Manager and acting Chief Technology Officer for Assist One Technologies (Assist One), a Boston-based management and information technology consulting company, has been given an achievement award from the Boston University Graduate School of Management's (BU) Master of Science Degree in Information Systems (MSIS) program for his outstanding professional achievement. The School of Management's MSIS Alumni Professional Achievement Awards are given annually to two former students who have excelled in their careers. MIS Quarterly has ranked Boston University's School of Management's Information Systems department as one of the top ten in the nation for both program and faculty. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the only other ranking school in New England. "I am grateful to be so recognized by the program and am encouraged by the program's continuing success and its recent recognition. I am proud to have been a part of the program and look forward to its continued growth and outreach to the business and technology communities," Phillips said. Phillips, is responsible for Assist One's research and development initiatives and for heading the company's risk management consulting practice. At Assist One, Phillips directs the creation of innovative and strategic information services for the company as well as leading Assist One's risk management services practice. Phillips has over eleven years of information technology experience with big-five consulting, Fortune 100, government, and public and private sector businesses. Prior to joining Assist One, Phillips worked for Deloitte and Touche LLP's management consulting practice in their enterprise risk services group, where he provided technology consulting and enterprise risk-related services, including business continuity advising, technology-risk management, and information security and litigation consulting to health care, financial services, and public sector clients within the firm's northeast region. Also, Phillips has worked for the Travelers Insurance Companies (Travelers) in its nationally recognized, accelerated information-technology management program. While at Travelers, Mark held several positions, each with increasing responsibilities in systems development, implementation, training, and information security. "We are proud of Mark's accomplishments, thrilled that he is a member of our team, and extremely pleased that he has been recognized for his achievements and contributions by one of the most prominent and respected dual degree MSIS/MBA programs in the country," said Jeff Hagmeier, Assist One's chairman and chief executive officer.
Assist One and HealthHelp enter into Joint Marketing Agreement
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts - Assist One Technologies (Assist One), a Boston-based management consulting and software development company, has entered into a joint marketing agreement with HealthHelp, the nationwide radiology services management company based in Houston, Texas. Under the new agreement, HealthHelp will introduce its network of over 635,000 health care providers to Assist One's office-automation technology, which Assist One will offer HealthHelp-network members at a group rate. Assist One's unique, integrated workflow-automation technology helps hospitals and physicians to bring efficiency and regulatory compliance to their practices--often without the need to replace existing systems. Also, Assist One will sponsor a number of HealthHelp's quality-assurance meetings, during which health care providers will view the Assist One technology. "We are thrilled to work with HealthHelp in meeting the needs of the providers in their network, and we look forward to a long and mutually productive relationship. Together, we will offer providers a more complete end-to-end solution that will increase the amount of time physicians spend with patients by freeing hundreds of physician and support-staff administrative hours. This joint agreement provides substantial opportunities for both companies to move forward in their goal to help providers to improve the quality of patient care while reducing costs," said Jeff Hagmeier, Assist One's chairman and chief executive officer. About HealthHelp: Covering more than 7 million lives, contracting with over 635,000 health care providers, and managing radiology services for numerous insurers, HealthHelp is known for its innovative and highly successful national radiology quality assurance programs. The company has a assembled extensive data repositories that drive its benchmarking, profiling, and educational programs that support radiologists, ordering physicians, patients, managed care organizations, and self-insured employers in their efforts to identify and order the correct radiology examinations for patients and to track the outcomes of those examinations. Through HealthHelp's quality programs, patients have increased access to appropriate care, physicians are linked up to vast business and clinical resources--including outcomes studies, best-practice evaluations, and CME-accredited education on the latest standards in radiology--and payers are given a range of qualified and certified radiological services. HealthHelp's support services bring documented efficiency and quality to enrollees nationwide. More information about HealthHelp can be found on the company's Web site, www.healthhelp.com.
Assist One's eM·Notes™ Software achieves Initial Processing Milestone Assist One is pleased to report that customers using our eM Notes™ electronic medical record software achieving a performance benchmark of over 100,000 patient records processed and managed. eM Notes™ is a post-transcription software program that automatically translates patient office note transcriptions into viewable online patient records for use by physician group practices, clinics, and hospital departments. For more product information click here.  Healthcare
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