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LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., April 12, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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An ophthalmic surgeon, John Hovanesian, M.D., from Harvard Eye Associates was named as one of the 100 most influential people worldwide in eye care by the UK publication The Ophthalmologist. This year’s “Power List” has a special focus on “10 Years of Excellence and Impact” in ophthalmology.

The final list of 100 is based on nominations from peers, colleagues, and industry leaders, and elected by an independent panel of judges representing all sub-specialties around the world. The 2023 Power List recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in ophthalmology over the last decade across six areas: research, innovation, teaching & mentoring, progressing practice, communication & advocacy, and humanitarianism.

Harvard Eye Associates, a leading multi-specialty ophthalmology practice in Orange County, CA, is proud to celebrate John Hovanesian, M.D. on being named on the Power List for two consecutive years. He is a trailblazer in the field of ophthalmology and is renowned for his exceptional surgical skills and expertise in treating complex eye conditions. Dr. Hovanesian has dedicated his career to advancing eye care through his clinical work and research, teaching and mentoring future ophthalmologists, advocating to make eye care more environmentally sustainable and giving back to local and international communities.

“Recognition from the world community of ophthalmology is a great honor of course, but every day I am humbled in our own community by the trust and confidence of our patients as well as all by the remarkable colleagues I work with at Harvard Eye. Each brings world-class compassion and skill to our patients.” 

For more information about Harvard Eye Associates and John A. Hovanesian, M.D., please visit harvardeye.com.

See The Ophthalmologist’s Power List 2023 here.

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Erica Arrington

Marketing & Business Development Manager

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(949)900-5228

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Harvard Eye Associates Physician Named on the Ophthalmologist’s 2023 Power List

CONROE, Texas, April 12, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Premium Healthcare Beacon Campus is the first medical institute in the nation to deploy SENSORA™ Cardiac Disease Platform by Eko Health to identify structural heart disease

MIAMI, April 6, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Premium Healthcare has announced the implementation of SENSORA™ Cardiac Disease Detection Platform by Eko Health to identify structural heart disease. With the launch of Eko Health technology, Premium Healthcare is advancing the way to more accurately and consistently identify valvular heart disease (VHD) in patients during routine visits with their primary care physician (PCP).

“I was brought in to use this advanced new equipment. In what felt like a few moments I was done and received my results immediately. It was a painless quick procedure. Thank god everything is great, and I don’t have anything to worry about,” said Oscar Peñaber, a 72-year-old patient at Premium Healthcare Plus Senior Medical Center. 

By combining murmur analysis artificial intelligence (AI) with its digital stethoscopes, Eko Health has pioneered a non-invasive detection platform that can identify structural murmurs in seconds, so patients can get the treatment they need sooner. Premium Healthcare is the first healthcare institution in the United States to deploy SENSORA™ for structural murmur detection, which was recently cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  

VHD, the most common type of structural heart disease, is a life-threatening condition diagnosed in more than 8 million Americans. Left undetected and untreated, it can lead to heart failure, stroke, blood clots, and death. Older adults have approximately a 1 in 10 chance of developing clinically significant VHD. However, more than half (57%) of clinically significant valvular heart disease goes undetected in this population. SENSORA™ for structural murmur detection more than doubles the likelihood of detecting significant VHD.

“The primary care setting is a patient’s first line of defense for identifying and diagnosing heart disease. However, we know from clinical evidence that detection rates are low,” said Dr. Keila Hoover M.D, Founder and CEO of Premium Healthcare. “We’re excited about the promise of this technology to better serve our patient community by increasing the accuracy and consistency of structural murmur identification and improving the quality of referrals for valve disease treatment.”

Premium Healthcare will debut the use of SENSORA™ for structural murmur detection at their newly opened 5-story tower building, Beacon Campus, on 69^th Ave SW Coral Way and their Senior Medical Center in the heart of Westchester, FL.

Premium Healthcare is South Florida’s fastest-growing medical centers, and their introduction of Eko Health’s SENSORA™ Platform at the Beacon Campus is evidence of the medical organization’s commitment to fast-paced technological advancements.

For more information about SENSORA™ at Premium Healthcare call 786-523-3836 or visit premiumhealthcare.com.

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Daniel Gonzalez

Marketing Manager

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(786)523-3836

Carlos De Cespedes

Co Owner of Premium Healthcare Plus Senior Medical Center

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(305)586-1234

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Premium Healthcare First in the Nation to Debut AI Powered Heart Valve Disease Detection Program

TIFF Bell Lightbox will be the site for health IT adventurers this spring at Smile Digital Health’s first-ever in-person IHD.

TORONTO, April 6, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Smile Digital Health (Smile), a leading FHIR® health data fabric and exchange solutions provider, announced on Jan. 25, 2023, that its annual Intelligent Health Data (IHD) Symposium will be taking place in Toronto at TIFF Bell Lightbox on May 15 – 16. This is in addition to its traditional virtual offering. TIFFs unique atmosphere lends itself to networking opportunities, heightening the overall attendee experience.

The Hon. Sylvia Jones, Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, is the event’s featured keynote speaker. Minister Jones has worked with healthcare partners from across Ontario, championing initiatives to advance easier and faster access to care along with creating additional options for care in each community. Her passion and advocacy for building a more convenient and connected healthcare system stem from her belief that putting the patient back at the center of healthcare is the key to the future. Minister Jones will share her insights on the future of healthcare in Ontario.

The third annual symposium provides attendees the opportunity to take a health data adventure of their own making, with three theaters and over 20 sessions to choose from. Presented by a host of industry leaders, session topics cover current health data innovations and solutions to a range of pertinent industry concerns, such as Overview of the Shared pan-Canadian Interoperability Roadmap; Large Language Models in Healthcare; AI in Healthcare: Identifying the Opportunities in Healthcare by Understanding the Job of Healthcare and Wearables on FHIR: How best to represent time-series data in the FHIR standard. The full agenda can be found on the IHD website.

“Hosting an event like IHD helps drive that collaboration in the health IT community that is so integral to achieving better global health. We appreciate having the opportunity to hold such an event and are thrilled that Minister Jones will set the stage for two days of learning, networking and idea sharing,” said Duncan Weatherston, Chief Executive Officer, Smile Digital Health. “This event underscores Smile’s commitment to building a world-class learning health system across Ontario.” 

The symposium’s platinum sponsor, Accenture, is a Fortune Global 500 company specializing in information technology services and consulting.

“Helping to foster innovation and growth in the community and working with a partner like Smile Digital Health make being part of an event like IHD an easy decision. Our goal is to create 360° Value for all our stakeholders—our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Bringing the health IT community together is one way we can do just that,” said Karina Guy, Managing Director and National Lead, Applied Intelligence in Health Care and Life Sciences, Accenture (Canada).

Attendees visiting Toronto, the third largest tech hub in North America, can enjoy a preferred room rate at the Hyatt Regency Hotel as long as they book by April 13, 2023.

Changes in the digital health landscape are happening at hyperspeed. Smile wants to share their journey on the road to digital transformation in healthcare. IHD 2023 is one step along the way. Guests can register on the IHD website.

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About Smile Digital Health

Smile Digital Health is a health information technology company focused on delivering better global health through open standards. Our enterprise-grade, open framework data fabric and integration platform fuels healthcare’s digital transformation and accelerates value creation across all patient journeys at scale. our HL7® FHIR® standard-based clinical data repository (#SmileInside), our platform enables collaboration and allows organizations to ingest, transform, store, enrich, analyze, aggregate and meaningfully share the health information to power digital transformation. We prepare healthcare providers, payers, researchers and life sciences organizations for a connected future beyond legacy systems, adding new value through the intelligent use of information, and ultimately delivering better patient outcomes. For more information, visit SmileDigitalHealth.com. 

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Victoria Valladolid

Director of Marketing, Smile Digital Health

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(877) 537-3343 x 728

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The Intelligent Health Data Symposium Goes Hybrid

HOUSTON, April 5, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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PARAMOUNT BED, known around the world for its durable and safety-first hospital beds and assistive mobility devices, chose US Med-Equip (USME) to become the exclusive U.S. distributor of its medical equipment. 

USME now offers thousands of hospitals and clinicians around the country PARAMOUNT’s beds, built stronger for a lifespan surpassing many others in the industry. The bed’s Japanese-engineered design helps accelerate early mobility and makes preventative maintenance and repairs simple and easy. 

The portfolio of top-quality PARAMOUNT equipment for sale includes the A6 Series Medical Surgical Bed and ALiUS™ Medical Surgical/ICU Bed, a sought-after low-height bed with an early mobilization tool. Both have a 562 lbs. capacity and include advanced patient features such as simple controls and buttons for ease of use, grip assists for patients to hold on to support mobility and help keep them safe, stable, and balanced when standing, and built-in USB ports to charge their phones. 

Other available mobility equipment for rent includes the Sittan™ Rehabilitation Table, which promotes early, upright ambulation by helping patients balance when sitting on the side of their bed, and PARAMOUNT’s walking aid, which comes with two sets of brakes for enhanced safety and an adjustable height to suit most patients. All overbed tables come with an auto or a manual-locking brake to reduce the risk of patient falls when they lean on them while getting out of the bed. 

“We chose USME as our partner because of their proven record providing the best service to top clinicians and staff seeking the best equipment for their patients,” PARAMOUNT BED USA President Kazuya Takahashi said. “We are excited to work with a dedicated team working from more than 90 locations, USME has the best resources and processes to best serve hospital partners nationwide.”

US Med-Equip partners with thousands of hospitals across the nation for the rental, sale, service and asset management of medical equipment—diagnostic and clinical devices ranging from ventilators to therapeutic patient beds. In 2022, US Med-Equip acquired Freedom Medical, known for its beds and therapeutic mattresses with WAVE™ technology, which helps protect patients’ skin from pressure injuries.

“We continue to align ourselves with the best partners in the industry to bolster support for hospital partners focused on their patients’ healing,” said US Med-Equip CEO Greg Salario. “As a leader in patient bed safety, quality and durability, we share with PARAMOUNT an unwavering commitment to helping healthcare heroes.”

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Matthew Stanford

Communications Specialist

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877-677-7767

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PARAMOUNT BED Chooses US Med-Equip as Exclusive Distributor of Patient Beds and Assistive Mobility Equipment for Hospitals Across the Nation

The new integration will help physical therapy clinics automate compliance, optimize reimbursements, and maximize staff efficiency

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 3, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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PredictionHealth, an Artificial Intelligence healthcare technology company, announced a new partnership with PromptEMR, a next-generation Physical Therapy practice management software company. This partnership will allow Prompt customers to seamlessly leverage PredictionHealth’s PT Practice Intel service, a proprietary AI system that analyzes every word of every sentence across 100% of therapists’ charts to provide unprecedented visibility into the health of a practice. The intuitive platform offers AI-generated insights to help automate compliance, optimize reimbursements, and maximize efficiency.

“The Physical Therapy industry continues to face a slew of challenges, particularly with continued reimbursement cuts, strict regulations, and staff burnout and turnover. But we know our product can help. We are thrilled to add Prompt EMR as a partner to offer their clients a solution to help improve compliance and revenue while streamlining documentation and KPI gathering and reporting. The seamless data feed from Prompt’s robust EMR platform will grant Prompt users access to unparalleled insights and will significantly increase the rate that feedback reaches practice owners, managers, and therapists.” 

-Pedro Teixeira, MD, PhD, CEO and Co-founder of PredictionHealth

“Failed audits and over-documentation are two issues that have been plaguing the physical therapy industry for decades. PredictionHealth’s advanced AI-driven system combined with Prompt’s all-in-one EMR and Practice Management software creates a one-of-a-kind solution for maintaining compliance and avoiding therapist burnout. We are excited to be joining forces to continue to help move the outpatient rehabilitation industry forward.“

– Ray Baliatico, CEO of Prompt EMR

About PredictionHealth: 

PredictionHealth is a Nashville-based healthcare technology company with a mission to make it easy for clinicians to deliver the best care to every patient every time by streamlining clinician workflows and reducing administrative busywork. Founded in 2017 by Pedro Teixeira, MD, PhD, CEO and Ravi Atreya, MD, PhD, CMO, the company has developed AI tool sets leveraging their ability to analyze unstructured data to extract meaningful insights from medical documentation. For more information, please visit www.predictionhealth.com/.

About Prompt EMR: 

Prompt EMR is a fully-integrated enterprise platform that provides end-to-end business management software for the Outpatient Rehabilitation industry. Prompt’s modern, easy-to-use system streamlines workflows for every user within a clinic, driving improved efficiency, profitability, and patient care. Prompt addresses online patient scheduling, electronic onboarding, in-clinic scheduling, patient management, documentation, billing, reporting, and analytics, allowing a clinic to utilize one piece of software to manage their entire business. Prompt EMR’s streamlined workflows eliminate cumbersome data entry and manual processes which drives higher clinic profitability, a better patient experience, and improved outcomes. For more information, please visit www.promptemr.com.

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Tim Dwyer

Director of Growth

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An AI-Powered Revolution for Physical Therapy: Prompt EMR and PredictionHealth Team Up to Help Solve the PT Industry’s Biggest Challenges

AQuity’s revenue cycle expertise expanded with denials, education, and revenue integrity consulting solutions

CARY, N.C., April 3, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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AQuity Solutions, a leading provider of virtual solutions for clinical documentation capture, medical coding, and mid-revenue cycle offerings, today announced they have acquired Cumming, GA-based Axea Solutions. The purchase strengthens AQuity’s revenue cycle management portfolio, gaining Axea’s expertise in its revenue cycle solutions, consulting, and education strategies for revenue cycle professionals. 

“We are delighted to join AQuity and look forward to providing new capabilities to their market-leading client base and solutions portfolio,” commented Susan Gatehouse, Owner/CEO of Axea Solutions, who will join the AQuity leadership team as Vice President of Revenue Integrity. “AQuity’s commitment to invest in its market leading solutions allows them to deliver a flexible, cost-effective balance of technology and services, meeting clients at their state of readiness,” adds Susan. 

“I would like to welcome Axea Solutions’ clients and employees to the AQuity family,” noted Jason Kolinoski, COO for AQuity. “Uniting our companies expands our capabilities and brings enormous value to our clients with new revenue integrity strategies and solutions. We are thrilled to have Susan join our team and look forward to enhancing the client experience for our customers by integrating our collective strengths and leveraging our combined expertise.”

“We continue to accelerate our growth and build greater value for our clients, employees, and investors through strategic acquisitions building upon our market leading solutions platform,” added Kashyap Joshi, AQuity’s CEO. “We are pleased to welcome Axea clients and employees alongside Susan, a highly respected thought leader, into the AQuity family.”

About AQuity

Headquartered in Cary, NC, AQuity provides solutions for 21 of the Top 25 and over half of the Top 250 Health Systems in the United States. AQuity employs over 7,500 virtual scribe and medical transcription document capture specialists, medical coders, coding and billing auditors, and interim management professionals across the United States, India, Australia, Canada, and the U.K. With over 40 years of experience in solutions for healthcare, AQuity is recognized year after year by KLAS and Black Book as a leading vendor in multiple disciplines. AQuity is privately held. https://aquitysolutions.com. 

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Dale Kivi

Senior Director of Communications

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804.339.9017

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AQuity Solutions Adds Leading Revenue Integrity and Thought Leadership Expertise With Acquisition of Axea Solutions

ATLANTA, April 3, 2023 (Newswire.com)
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Applications are now being accepted for ApolloMD’s 2023 Emergency Medicine Scholarship for Residents.

Now in its sixth year, the scholarship supports medical residents who are pursuing a career in emergency medicine. It reflects ApolloMD’s commitment to supporting resident physicians who are eager to pursue their passion for emergency medicine and high-quality, patient-centered healthcare.

Scholarship funds will help the winner defray the costs of medical education.

“Excellent healthcare relies on excellent physicians,” says Dr. Michael Dolister, ApolloMD’s CEO. “The entire ApolloMD team is dedicated to supporting resident physicians with a passion for emergency medicine and its crucial role in our patients’ and the nation’s health.”

Pride, patient care, and passion
Opening the application process coincides with 2023’s Match Day on Friday, March 17. Match Day is the day when resident physicians find out the results of the National Resident Matching Program, which matches medical students with the medical centers where they will complete the final year of their post-graduate medical residency or fellowship.

Gagandeep Singh, MD, ApolloMD’s 2022 scholarship winner, describes the financial support as essential to his ultrasound fellowship studies and continuing interest in Level 1 Trauma and pediatric emergency care.

Dr. Singh is recognized for taking pride in caring for vulnerable members of his community, understanding each patient as an individual with unique needs, providing emergency care, connecting patients with specialists and community services, and “helping those who truly need it.”

“I love what I do,” says Dr. Singh. “I honestly cannot imagine living my life any other way.”

Scholarship application details
Qualifying applicants for the ApolloMD scholarship must be a member in good standing of a US allopathic or osteopathic medical school. They must also be actively training in an emergency medicine residency program or applying for an NRMP position.

Scholarship applicants are evaluated on key strengths and factors, including their:

• application and essay
• scholarship achievements
• philanthropic endeavors
• proven leadership skills
• involvement with accredited medical societies/organizations

Resident physicians must apply online by June 15. The 2023 recipient will be announced in July. Good luck to all applicants!

About ApolloMD
ApolloMD is a fully-integrated and aligned national group practice that partners with over 100 leading healthcare institutions nationwide to provide multi-specialty physician services, including Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Anesthesia and Radiology.

Emphasizing quality, efficiency, communication and patient satisfaction, ApolloMD’s collaborative approach includes a performance and value-based compensation structure and physician ownership, as well as the CareHub Technology Suite, which improves access to care, communication and patient engagement in a coordinated and cost-effective manner. This focus, which ApolloMD has maintained since its inception nearly 30 years ago, has allowed it to become one of the country’s most successful and fastest-growing groups. Please visit ApolloMD.com for more information.

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Alison Coyle

Vice President, Marketing

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404-645-7565

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Apply Now Through June 15 for ApolloMD’s 2023 Emergency Medicine Scholarship