QualityMetric acquires HealthStat Productions
QualityMetric Inc., of Lincoln, a leader in the development of dynamic tools for measuring health care outcomes, has acquired HealthStat Productions, a New Jersey-based multimedia company specializing in education programs on health measurement. QualityMetric Chief Executive Officer John E. Ware serves as chief scientific officer for both companies.
”The addition of HealthStat educational products will allow QualityMetric to provide a full complement of tools and training services – outcomes research, dynamic assessment tools, consultant services and multimedia education and training workshops,” Ware said.
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Eleanor M. Perfetto, executive vice president and chief operating officer at QualityMetric, said there is increasing pressure from accreditation agencies, insurers and government representatives to measure improvement of “functional health status in patients.”
”HealthStat’s world-class multimedia programs are helping stakeholders in health care – physicians, nurses, pharmacists and health administrators – to understand the value of health assessment tools and how to use them,” Perfetto said.
According to Kenneth Nochimson, president of HealthStat Productions, all programs in the “Understanding Health Outcomes” multimedia series are accredited for continuing medical education by the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Nochimson will join QualityMetric as executive director for education and media communications.
ICSL Network Management accredited
ICSL Network Management, a Providence-based division of Innovative Clinical Solutions, Ltd., reports that its subsidiary, Physicians Consultant and Management Corporation, has been awarded accreditation by the URAC/American Accreditation HealthCare Commission for its utilization program.
ICSL Network Management’s Utilization Management program provides comprehensive services to Managed Care Organizations and physician networks to ensure that medically appropriate, cost-effective patient care is delivered. URAC’s accreditation recognizes that the program meets nationally accepted standards.
”We recognize the vital role that quality plays throughout the healthcare industry today,” said John Wardle, chief operating officer of ICSL Network Management. “We have developed a top notch utilization management program”
Landmark Medical launches online site
Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket is now on the world wide Web – at www.landmarkmedical.org. The Web site includes news and information from hospital departments and medical staff, as well as a comprehensive listing of all Landmark-affiliated physicians.
The “Physician Search” is a unique element of the Web site. Rather than simply offering a list of affiliated physicians for visitors to the Web, Landmark’s site provides an advanced search engine. Visitors may search for a physician by name, partial name, specialty, or location. A page of biographical data, along with a photo, is provided for active staff physicians.
New features will continue to be added to the site, and future links will be available to other medical sites, including the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island site now under construction.
Solutions Plus launches NxTier Technologies
Solutions Plus, of Worcester, Mass., has launched NxTier Technologies, an applications services provider (ASP) of e-commerce fulfillment and logistics solutions.
NxTier’s suite of products encompasses both customer facing and backend solutions, including shopping cart, order management, inventory management, warehouse management, rate calculation, routing optimization, and tracing/tracking from port of entry to last mile delivery. The company also offers online shipping services direct to consumers through its MisterShipIt.com Web site.
Solutions Plus was founded in 1994 as an Internet service provider (ISP), and has transitioned into an ASP.
Bank Rhode Island hosts e-business talks
Bank Rhode Island will be hosting two small business seminars entitled: Should your business be doing business on the Web? The seminars will be held at the bank’s Park Avenue branch in Cranston on May 23 and at its One Turks Head branch in Providence on May 24 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Matthew Flanagan and John Rubens, co-founders of Global Risk Exchange, will be presenting this free seminar on the fundamentals, costs and strategies behind a corporate Web site. Flanagan and Rubens also own and operate a Providence-based Internet marketing and strategy firm, Akimbo3.
The discussions will be facilitated by David Lucier, of Lucier & Co., an accounting firm, and Carol Gaffney, of peopleSOLUTIONS.
Anyone interested in attending should call Donna Conklin at Bank Rhode Island at 456-5015 ext. 1586 by May 22.
Bank Rhode Island’s total assets stood at $659.3 million as of March 31,2000 and total deposits were $552.8 million. The bank’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol “BARI.” Its corporate Web site is located at www.bankri,com.
