June 6, 2013

Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC) announces today that the combination of its F1RSTUse technology with myAnesthesia from iMDsoft has produced the premiere offering for mobile EHR technology. ABC and iMDsoft offer anesthesia and pain management professionals the opportunity to maximize their EHR Incentive Payments while achieving complete and easy electronic anesthesia documentation at a new level of mobility. Completely independent of hospital IT infrastructure, this cloud-based service has no hardware or software requirements for hospitals or surgery centers other than the use of an iPad, and no technical knowledge is required for installation or use.

Stanford R. Plavin, MD, President of Ambulatory Anesthesia of Atlanta (AAA), elaborates, “Ambulatory Anesthesia of Atlanta, LLC is a unique practice. We have a number of diverse outpatient clinical settings, while also supporting an established office-based anesthesia division called Mobile Anesthesiologists of Georgia. We work with practices and locations which have a variety of IT settings and infrastructures. Achieving successful cohesion can be difficult, but F1RSTUse and myAnesthesia provide us the ability to not only provide full comprehensive perioperative patient care and documentation, but also the unique opportunity to achieve meaningful use in our varied settings. AAA has a long-standing reputation and commitment to excellence in the anesthesia community. We are discriminating when it comes to choosing partners and products—they must meet our exacting standards and be highly-reliable. F1RSTUse and myAnesthesia provide the interoperability to meet and exceed the needs of our anesthesiologists and provides a platform for the continued growth and development of our specialty.”

F1RSTUse is unique. It is the first complete EHR platform built exclusively for anesthesiologists and pain management specialists to satisfy Stage 1 of Meaningful Use as required to earn the Medicare EHR incentive payment. Tony Mira, President and CEO of ABC, elaborates, “The combination of F1RSTUse and myAnesthesia™ elevates our clients’ experience. They are able to reduce administrative workload and streamline documentation, resulting in more efficient billing, and most importantly, better patient care and engagement.” myAnesthesia supports Meaningful Use efforts and can help anesthesiologists qualify for incentive payments. Delivery of required information from myAnesthesia to F1RSTUse ensures that the necessary data is present and correct. myAnesthesia is a powerful cloud-based, mobile solution for electronic anesthesia documentation. It streamlines the documentation process and improves the legibility, completeness, and accuracy of anesthesia records. The solution facilitates secure distribution of case information to billers, hospitals, pharmacies and anesthesia groups. myAnesthesia simplifies and shortens the reimbursement cycle for anesthesiologists by ensuring that all required data is present and complete, minimizing rejections. “We are excited that Ambulatory Anesthesia of Atlanta chose myAnesthesia, ” said David Sides, CEO of iMDsoft. “With our proven expertise in the anesthesia field and established relationship with ABC, we look forward to bringing AAA streamlined mobile anesthesia documentation that meets Meaningful Use.”

About iMDsoft
iMDsoft is a leading provider of Clinical Information Systems for critical, perioperative, and acute care environments. The company's flagship family of solutions, the MetaVision Suite, was first implemented in 1999. It captures, documents, analyzes, reports and stores the vast amount of patient-related data generated in a hospital. Hospitals worldwide, including 4 of the top 10 US hospitals, use MetaVision to improve care quality, enhance financial results, support research and promote compliance with government, payor, and hospital protocols. To learn more about iMDsoft, visit www.imd-soft.com.

About Anesthesia Business Consultants

ABC, established in 1979, is the nation’s largest billing and practice management company dedicated to the complex and intricate specialty of anesthesia and pain management. ABC is the developer of the premiere perioperative anesthesia platform, OneSourceAnesthesia, the mobile systems architecture that supports the entire perioperative process. OneSourceAnesthesia provides patient portals, pre-admission testing tracking, intra-operative documentation, and anesthesia quality measures tracking. Our revolutionary F1RSTUse secures the benefits of Meaningful Use through complete EHR. The heart of our offerings is ABC’s proprietary practice management software, F1RSTAnesthesia™. Our solutions provide accurate, prompt and complete billing and revenue cycle management. Our exclusive focus improves your cash flow and profitability. Visit ABC at: www.anesthesiallc.com.