OmniMD™ signs Co-Branding Partnership Agreement with ROC Logistics LLC (ROCMD)

Tarrytown, NY—Jun 8, 2010—OmniMD™, one of the leading healthcare information technology companies, which provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management (PMS) and other Healthcare IT products and services to their providers and clinics across the nation, has signed a co-branding partnership agreement with ROC Logistics LLC. This strategic partnership will provide OmniMD™ an opportunity to utilize ROCMD’s marketing network and extend its reach across USA including Puerto Rico.

The co-branding partnership with ROCMD will allow OmniMD to increase its market share in the Healthcare IT Industry. Under the agreement, ROCMD will be benefited by the wide array of high quality OmniMD™ products and services which includes Specialty Electronic Medical Records, Practice Management Software, Medical Transcription, Document Indexing, Website Development and Hosting. They can market OmniMD™ products which will help OmniMD™ to reach more customers in short time, increase OmniMD™ revenues and help build strong brand.

“We are in touch with OmniMD for quite some time now. They proved us that it was our right decision to partner with them. We are impressed with their commitment to achieve all standards of EMR. ROCMD is sure to achieve consistent breakthroughs in EMR market while partnering with OmniMD.” Jose Manuel Gomez (President ROC Logistics LLC)

OmniMD™ integrated Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management (PMS) products and services, offers unparalleled reliability, ease-of-use, efficiency and customizability. The solution is a HIPAA compliant, web-enabled and support device, which can range from tablet PCs, Smart phone and handhelds to desktop computers. The system is SureScripts Gold Certified, which also provides real-time alerts for drug-drug, drug allergy and other interactions based on a patient’s EMR. The solution captures complete documentation such as HPI, ROS and Physical Exams, Assessment & Plan to complete patient visits. The system follows HL7 standards for information sharing and integration across practices and hospitals. The solution is secured by Thawte, which uses 128–bit encryption and digital certificates to ensure complete data security.

About OmniMD^™

OmniMD^™ is a developer of HIPAA compliant Internet based enterprise healthcare practice solutions. OmniMD EMR, Version 6.0.5 is a CCHIT Certified® 2006 Ambulatory EHR, designed to fully automate the work-flow of contemporary healthcare organizations. The company is a division of Integrated Systems Management, Inc. – ISM Inc. - (www.ismnet.com) a leader in Internet consulting and e-business development since 1989.

OmniMD^™'s suite of products and services empowers hundreds of clinics with the ability to efficiently automate and manage clinical processes and patient information electronically. With its comprehensive and flexible product modules, the suite allows you to choose a customized solution that grows with your practice needs and electronic readiness over a period of time.

For additional information, please visit www.omnimd.com or ROCMD Rafael Cruz (rcruz@roclogistics.com) Puerto Rico.

OmniMD™ signs Co-Branding Partnership Agreement with BalineMD

Tarrytown, NY—May 25, 2010—OmniMD™, one of the leading healthcare information technology companies, which provides Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Practice Management (PMS) and other Healthcare IT products and services to their providers and clinics across the nation, has signed a co-branding partnership agreement with BalineMD. This strategic partnership will provide OmniMD™ an opportunity to utilize BalineMD’s marketing network and build brand across USA.

The co-branding partnership with BalineMD will allow OmniMD to increase its market share in the Healthcare IT Industry. Under the agreement, BalineMD will be benefited by the wide array of high quality OmniMD™ products and services which includes Specialty Electronic Medical Records, Practice Management Software, Medical Transcription, Document Indexing, Website Development and Hosting. They can market OmniMD™ products which will help OmniMD™ to reach more customers in short time, increase OmniMD™ market share, revenues and help build brand.

“The OmniMD leadership’s commitment to healthcare IT and deeper penetration in healthcare market influenced BalineMD to have co-branding partnership with OmniMD.  We look forward to have long term association with OmniMD.” Ramesh Gangisetti (CEO, BalineMD)

OmniMD™ integrated Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management (PMS) products and services, offers unparalleled reliability, ease-of-use, efficiency and customizability. The solution is a HIPAA compliant, web-enabled and support device, which can range from tablet PCs, Smart phone and handhelds to desktop computers. The system is SureScripts Certified, which also provides real-time alerts for drug-drug, drug allergy and other interactions based on a patient’s EMR. The solution captures complete documentation such as HPI, ROS and Physical Exams, Assessment & Plan to complete patient visits. The system follows HL7 standards for information sharing and integration across practices and hospitals. The solution is secured by Thawte, which uses 128–bit encryption and digital certificates to ensure complete data security.

About OmniMD^™

OmniMD^™ is a developer of HIPAA compliant Internet based enterprise healthcare practice solutions. OmniMD EMR, Version 6.0.5 is a CCHIT Certified® 2006 Ambulatory EHR, designed to fully automate the work-flow of contemporary healthcare organizations. The company is a division of Integrated Systems Management, Inc. – ISM Inc. - (www.ismnet.com) a leader in Internet consulting and e-business development since 1989.

OmniMD^™'s suite of products and services empowers hundreds of clinics with the ability to efficiently automate and manage clinical processes and patient information electronically. With its comprehensive and flexible product modules, the suite allows you to choose a customized solution that grows with your practice needs and electronic readiness over a period of time.

For additional information, please visit www.omnimd.com, and for BalineMD, please visit www.balinemd.com.

Point and click Charting Vs. Transcription-Electronic Medical Records

The most critical part of any Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is the method of data entry. EMR is about aggregation of patient encounter data at the point of care in order to provide a complete, accurate and timely view of patient information. An electronic medical record is not just a typed record of the patient encounter, but an extremely useful decision support tool.

Data can be entered into the EMR via either of two general mechanisms: direct entry by the physician using point and click templates or transcription of dictated notes. Point and click template entry requires data selection and navigation for capturing patient information. Transcription has been around for years for documenting patient encounters. Each method has its pros and cons.

POINT AN CLICK TEMPLATES

Most EMR systems allow providers to generate clinical documentation by selecting variable terms from pre-structured point-and-click templates. Users simply point and click to select appropriate choices from lists of choices to record a patient encounter. The end result would be a document that closely resembles a transcribed procedure note.

Advantages

• Completely customizable templates.
• Consistent, complete and accurate data.
• Notes for similar type of exams will appear to be standard and similar.
• Stores / Organizes data for subsequent retrieval.
• Each click adds data elements to the database. Point-and-click systems create data that can be used to generate clinically useful reports, such as health maintenance reminders, disease management, etc.
• One of the major advantages of template based charting is the time needed to make the document available as a medical record. Since notes are created within the EMR, they are available immediately upon completion.

Disadvantages

• It takes more time and definitely more concentration for a physician to navigate through a large data set to create progress notes using point and click templates.
• Templates must be customized, as per the physician’s requirement. Customization can be inflexible and costly.
• Output from templates appears too canned and identical, losing individuality for each patient.
• Difficult for physician to capture complete patient encounter on computer in front of a patient.

TRANSCRIPTION

Transcription has long been the standard for documenting patient encounters. It is more convenient for a provider compared to handwritten notes or electronic data entry. There are some advantages to transcription in comparison to point and click charting. There are a few disadvantages as well.

Advantages

• Corresponds intuitively to the physician’s usual method of working. Dictation remains the most intuitive and least time-consuming means of data entry.
• Physicians can dictate anytime, any where using PDA, Dictaphone or telephone at their convenience. Provides for more efficient use of doctor’s time.
• Providers need not change the way they practice just to accommodate an EMR.(EMR can interact with transcription service so that transcriptions can be attached directly into the patient’s electronic medical record, if such a facility is provided by the EMR vendor.)
• Requires minimal training for physicians.
• Provides expressive power to describe patient’s condition and other health related events.
• Economical.

Disadvantages

• Details of the exam can easily be forgotten and omitted while dictating, if dictation is not captured immediately at the point of care.
• Cannot be queried for generating reports unless transcribed in pre-for-matted templates.
• Transcribed reports are not immediately accessible. Physicians normally wait 12 to 24 hours for charts to be delivered, with exception of those vendors supporting two to four hour turnaround.

For a physician, an EMR that fits into their practice workflow can be invaluable. A competent EMR will have a template driven charting feature and the ability to interact with a transcription services at the same time, Both are indispensable features of Electronic Medical Record software, as doctors are not unanimous on point and click charting or transcription. Such an EMR will be both efficient and cost effective.

PM Inspires Software Development Company in India

While meeting Atal Bihari Vajpayee during his inauguration at Raj Bhavan as Prime Minister of India in 1999, Divan Dave CEO of ISM/OmniMD was invited by India’s PM of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) to start a software development center in India. Subsequently ISM India was opened in 1999, at Gurgaon, India. ISM’s CEO explains, “India always revered education and in this new world of knowledge, one who has efficiency achieving education will be ahead. ISM wants to make sure that such opportunity is not lost. We’re launching our software development center at Gurgaon (suburb of New Delhi) India.”