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Hope Community Cancer Center Selects MedSym's Electronic Health Record
PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 9, 2010 – Birmingham, AL – MedSym, Inc., an Application Service Provider (ASP) for an integrated Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Practice Management system for oncology, announced that it has been selected to provide its web-based HemOncProEHR and HemOncProPM to Hope Community Cancer Center in Marmora, New Jersey. Hope is a four-physician, four-nurse-praticitioner cancer care clinic serving the Atlantic and Cape May counties of New Jersey. The HemOncPro system will allow Hope to transition away from paper charts to a completely electronic medical environment. It will be used by more than 36 full- and part-time...
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Michigan Hematology Oncology, P.C. Contracts MedSym After Extensive Evaluation Process
Birmingham, AL – August 9, 2010 – MedSym®, Inc., the market leader for Electronic Health Record technologies for oncology and hematology, today announced that the physician providers at Michigan Hematology Oncology, P.C. located in Rochester, Michigan, selected the MedSym fully integrated HemOncProPM and HemOncProEHR system for the practice. The HemOncPro suite was designed specifically with the needs of oncology/hematology specialists in mind. Functionality, such as a powerful set of pre-built oncology structured templates, integrated messaging, e-Prescribing, and embedded oncology specific financial and clinical reporting ensure optimal reimbursement and productivity for on-the-go physicians. As a component set of tools, MedSym's charge...
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Three Prestigious Hematology & Oncology Practices Adopt MedSym, Inc.'s HemOncProPM & HemOncProEHR
CHICAGO and Birmingham, Ala., May 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — MedSym Inc., recently completed implementations of the HemOncProPM and HemOncProEHR application at the offices of Monmouth Hematology Oncology, Mid-Florida Hematology Oncology and Hematology Oncology Clinic of Baton Rouge. The implementation of HemOncProEHR by MedSym is designed to improve patient care and practice operations within these notable longstanding practices with intuitive workflows and oncology-specific clinical decision support tools. Hematology Oncology Clinic of Baton Rouge Hematology Oncology Clinic provides cancer care to over 28,000 patients in the greater communities of Baton Rouge, LA. The clinic's six physicians are committed to providing the best...
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For 3rd Consecutive Year, MedSym, Inc. Selected to Present at the Electronic Health Records Lab during 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting
MedSym, Inc., has been selected to present at the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Lab during the 2010 American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) Annual Meeting, June 48, at McCormick Place, in Chicago, Illinois. This year the meeting features several new initiatives and programs that highlight the theme "Advancing Quality through Innovation." This is the third year in a row MedSym has been chosen. The screening process, which begins many months prior to the event, requires compliance for specific EHR functionalities and includes a live application demonstration to the ASCO committee. MedSym will offer extensive product demonstrations of the company's HemOncProEHR...
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MedSym’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) Software Now iPad Compatible
MedSym's electronic health record (EHR) software for hematology/oncology, HemOncProEHR is now iPad compatible. Healthcare providers can now easily access critical patient information in MedSym's EHR software wherever they are, via Apple iPad. Birmingham, AL (PRWEB) June 2, 2010 – MedSym, Inc. today announced that HemOncProEHR, their EHR system specifically designed for hematology and medical oncology, is now compatible with the Apple iPad. "With Apple selling 2 million iPads within the first two months, it's easy to predict that mobile devices like this will be widely adopted by the medical profession," says MedSym's CEO, Brian Driskill. "In the treatment of cancer...
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MedSym to Demonstrate HemOncPro in the EHR Lab at the 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting
Birmingham, AL — MedSym, Inc. is one of eleven electronic health record (EHR) vendors selected to participate in the fourth American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) EHR Lab to be held June 5-7 at the 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. The ASCO EHR Lab experience is highly valued by both ASCO members and vendors as a unique opportunity for oncology providers and their practice staff to familiarize themselves with products available for implementation today. One of the strengths of the ASCO EHR Lab is that it is designed to provide a common basis of comparison across different EHR...
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MedSym Leverages the InstaMed Connect API to Accelerate New Sales and Increase Revenue
Birmingham, AL and Atlanta, GA (March 2, 2010) — At the HIMSS10 show in Atlanta today, MedSym announced the results of its integration with InstaMed Connect, a fully integrated and open Application Programming Interface (API) for healthcare and payment transactions. MedSym, a software vendor that provides fully integrated practice management and electronic health records software, has integrated InstaMed Connect to deploy revenue cycle transactions nationwide, giving its customers access to the industry leading healthcare payments network and platform. This integration also includes healthcare transactions required to meet the meaningful use criteria. Integrating InstaMed Connect has allowed MedSym to rapidly add new capabilities...
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MedSym, Inc. HemOncPro Suite Selected by Cancer and Blood Specialty Clinic of Long Beach, Calif.
Birmingham, AL — August 1, 2009 (PR.com) For over 12 years, MedSym, Inc. has delivered state-of-the-art EHR technology to oncology and hematology physician practices and multi-specialty clinics. MedSym has provided specialized oncology services to over 1,100 physicians in the United States. MedSym was recently selected by Cancer and Blood Specialty Clinic of Long Beach, Calif. to provide a medical oncology and hematology specific fully integrated practice management and electronic health records solution in all of their offices. Cancer and Blood Specialty Clinic is a medical oncology and hematology practice that serves patients in the Long Beach and Los Angeles metropolitan...
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Hope Cancer Care of Nevada Endorses MedSym's HemOncProEHR and HemOncProPM Solutions for Oncology & Hematology Practice
Agreement makes EMRs more affordable and accessible to small practices Birmingham, AL — October 1, 2009 (Business Wire) — MedSym today announced that Hope Cancer Care of Nevada, a Las Vegas oncology and hematology practice, signed an agreement endorsing MedSym's solution as an electronic health record (EHR) system of choice for the new practice. Under the agreement, Hope Cancer Care purchased the HemOncProEHR and HemOncProPM software for the practices clinic and administrative staff with the objective of implementing enabling technologies that support enhanced patient care and administrative efficiency. "We selected MedSym's HemOncPro solution because its capabilities were superior and more...
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MedSym, Inc. Selected to Participate in ASCO's Electronic Health Record Pilot
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — February 8, 2009 (Business Wire) MedSym, Inc. is pleased to announce it has been selected to participate in the American Society of Clinical Oncology's EHR Pilot Program to determine whether clinical decision support tools can be effectively utilized by oncologists through the incorporation of clinical guidelines tools into EHR products. MedSym, Inc. (formerly ASCENT Integrated Medical Solutions) was one of ten EHR vendors selected to demonstrate ASCO's EHR Guidelines during the 2008 EHR Lab at ASCO's Annual Meeting. Following that event, Rabbit Healthcare Systems and MedSym, Inc. demonstrated interest and capabilities to take ASCO's Clinical Guideline Tools...
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Ascent Integrated Medical Solutions Changes Name to MedSym, Inc.
Monday, March 2, 2009 8:00 am EST Company to Emphasize Physician Technologies Marketplace CHICAGO — (Business Wire) — With substantial progress and results comes a need for change and alignment visibility. Clients and friends of Ascent Integrated Medical Solutions were recently informed of a name change to MedSym, Inc. The new name is effective immediately with this announcement. The name will reflect one of the company's key differentiating factors: the ability to strategically and creatively help clients balance and shape a successful course by providing fully integrated single platform healthcare solutions for practice management and electronic health records. "Our explosive...
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MedSym, Inc. Announces Three Contract Wins of ConcurMD Suite to Customers in the U.S.
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — February 26, 2009 Company sells PM/EMR solution into customer base.  MedSym, Inc., a healthcare Application Service Provider (ASP) of integrated practice management (PM) and electronic health record (EHR) solutions, today announced contracts to provide its ConcurMDPM and ConcurMDEHR solutions to Sophia Lal, DO, Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama; Family Medical Associates in Lebanon, Tennessee; and Executive Park Family Practice in Opelika, Alabama. Under the terms of the agreements, MedSym has sold additional licenses of its PM and EHR software applications to the three practices, and will also deliver associated support, training and implementation services. All three implementations...
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MedSym, Inc. Releases New ConcurMD Suite Build
MedSym, Inc. launched a major new release this week of the ConcurMD Suite, the integrated, multi-specialty core product for ENT/Allergy, Family Practice and Internal Medicine. The Version 7.2 release features important improvements including history taking, a more powerful and flexible treatment list and enhanced reporting capabilities. With the release of the ConcurMD Suite Version 7.2, formerly known as T.I.M.E. (Totally Integrated Medical Enterprise), the product will be addressing the functional benefits of rapid documentation by physicians and nurses. MedSym is a wholly owned subsidiary of Southeast Cancer Network. Southeast Cancer Network, a privately held healthcare organization, is a 14-site ambulatory...
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MedSym, Inc. HemOncPro Suite Selected by Physician Practices Across the Nation
MedSym, a provider of Electronic Health Records (EHR), announces January sales of flagship Oncology product HemOncPro Suite - Record 2009 continue to surpass Fiscal 2008 levels. ATLANTA, Georgia — February 1, 2009 (PR.com) — MedSym, Inc., a privately held company and a provider of the next generation of interoperable electronic health records (EHR) for medical oncologists, today announced that January sales of the HemOncPro Suite licenses continue to surpass fiscal 2008 levels as the company's growth in sales occurs across the country. In January 2009, HemOncPro, the oncology/hematology-specific physician practice management and electronic health record software, has been contracted by...
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MedSym, Inc. Announces General Availability Release of HemOncPro Suite, Version 4.1
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — February 22, 2009 (Newswire Today) MedSym, Inc. announces the immediate release of the HemOncPro Suite, Version 4.1 from beta QA to General Availability status for physician and clinic utilization. The HemOncPro Suite is comprised of three (3) fully integrated oncology/hematology applications: HemOncProPM (practice management), HemOncProEHR (electronic health record) and HemOncProLIS (laboratory information system). The system is unique in all of oncology in that the application is designed on a single Microsoft SQL database. MedSym is a wholly owned subsidiary of Southeast Cancer Network. HemOncPro 4.1 has been in development for 4 years with one objective: to create...
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