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Ohio State Medical Association Signs PerfectServe as Exclusive Provider of Physician Communications Management Solutions
The Ohio State Medical Association has selected PerfectServeŽ, Inc. as its exclusive partner for personal physician communications management solutions for 14,000 Ohio physicians. PerfectServe offers personal communications management tools focused on working physicians in private practice who want to take advantage of significant enhancements over the limited capabilities and inconvenience of standard answering and paging services.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 4, 2003 - PerfectServeŽ, Inc. has been selected by the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) as its exclusive partner for physician communications management solutions for 14,000 Ohio physicians.
Effective immediately, physicians may obtain PerfectServes after-hours call management and other communications solutions through the OSMAdvantage program. OSMAdvantage helps physicians select vendors with best-of-breed solutions for key practice management functions, including communications.
"After thorough research of various alternatives to answering services, PerfectServe rated highest in terms of its flexibility to meet the varying needs of our physician members, to eliminate the patient care risks inherent with conventional paging services and to perform consistently and reliably," said Dr. John Thomas, OSMA president.
The practice management services provided by OSMAdvantage partners must be built on a robust technology platform, feature a Web-enabled component that is compatible with a variety of applications, meet HIPAA-compliance standards and be proven to add efficiency to participating medical practices. PerfectServe meets or exceeds all of these criteria.
"Meeting the OSMAs stringent criteria to be selected as an exclusive partner is a testament to the capabilities of the PerfectServe platform to address the mobile realities of physicians lifestyles and workstyles," says Terrell Edwards, PerfectServe's president and chief executive officer.
PERFECTSERVE ONCALL - CONVENIENT, 100 PERCENT ACCURATE AND HIPAA-COMPLIANT
PerfectServe offers personal communications management tools focused on working physicians in private practice who want to take advantage of significant enhancements over the limited capabilities and inconvenience of standard answering and paging services.
PerfectServe OnCall - the companys flagship offering - lets physicians give out a single contact telephone number for others to call around the clock that also works with all brands of peripheral communications devices including pagers, mobile phones, wireless devices and standard telephones. Users may easily change the times that any device is active via the phone or over the Internet.
With PerfectServe OnCall, physicians become users on a secure and robust IP-based network. This enables the most comprehensive solution for physician-to-physician and hospital-to-physician communications and the immediate notification, delivery and access of clinical patient care information.
Ohio physicians interested in learning more about PerfectServe or ordering new service should contact OSMAs Carol Mullinax at 1-800-766-6762, extension 6745, or email mullinax@osma.org or perfectserve.osma.org .
ABOUT PERFECTSERVE, INC.
PerfectServe, Inc. is the nations leading provider of physician-centric voice/data patient care communications solutions. The companys flagship offering - PerfectServe OnCall - is a physician call management and messaging solution that provides unprecedented accuracy, reliability and personal control over the on-call process. Unlike conventional answering services, PerfectServe accommodates the complex workflow and mobile realities of today's physician life/work style. Further, PerfectServe provides the industry's first HIPAA-secure nationwide platform to enable the immediate notification, delivery and access to clinical patient care information. PerfectServe patient care communication solutions serve physicians, hospitals and nearly 1 million patients throughout the United States.
For more information: www.perfectserve.com .
ABOUT THE OHIO STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
The Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) is a statewide association representing Ohio physicians, residents and medical students. It is dedicated to making the practice of medicine less complicated and more satisfying for physicians, their staffs and patients, by advocating their position, saving them time and money, and promoting the medical profession. The OSMA is affiliated with the American Medical Association on the national level and Ohio county medical societies on the local level. For more information: www.osma.org .
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