Physicians Press Releases
Black Book Survey: New Generation CDI Enhances Patient Care and Reduces Financial Risk
Nearly a quarter of all U.S. hospitals now outsource some or all coding functions. Ninety-one percent of hospitals over 150 beds currently outsourcing their clinical documentation improvement (CDI) processes reported in Q3 to have realized significant increases (over 2.1M minimally)…
Lags in Interoperability and Enterprise Mobile Tech Strategy Don't Impede Secure Messaging Adoption, Black Book Cybersecurity Survey
The effective use of mobile technology in the regulated healthcare industry is improving patient safety and outcomes according to 94 percent of physicians and 90 percent of hospitals leaders surveyed. Secure texting is rapidly developing into the first choice to…
Glidewell Dental Releases BruxZir® Esthetic Solid Zirconia
Glidewell Dental, a leading technological innovator in restorative dentistry for 48 years, announced today the release of BruxZir® Esthetic Solid Zirconia for dental crowns & bridges. An all-new formula developed from the industry-leading BruxZir® Solid Zirconia, BruxZir Esthetic zirconia is a…
Glidewell Dental & Structo Announce Integration of the Velox Desktop 3D Printer Into the glidewell.io™ In-Office Solution
Glidewell Dental, an industry-leading provider of custom restorative services, materials and devices, announced today its expanded partnership with Structo, a dental 3D printing solutions provider, with the integration of the Structo Velox desktop 3D printer into the glidewell.ioTM In-Office Solution.…
Gilchrist Launches Office-Based Geriatric Consultation Service
Gilchrist, a nationally recognized, nonprofit leader in serious illness and end-of-life care, is pleased to announce the launch of an office-based consultation service to provide comprehensive health assessments and personalized plans of care for seniors, in coordination with primary care…
CureOne Recognized by Medicare as a Leader in Quality Data Collection and Reporting
CureOne™, a nonprofit movement dedicated to standardizing next generation sequencing (NGS) and connecting it with matched clinical outcome data, has been named a Medicare Quality Clinical Data Registry (QCDR), making it the only registry of its kind to achieve this…
Physician Practice 'OrthoIllinois' to Open an Orthopedic Center of Excellence Serving Far Suburban Residents With New Specialty Clinic
It’s all too common for suburban and rural residents to travel long distances to larger city centers to receive specialized medical care. Answering this need in 2018, the physician practice “OrthoIllinois” will open an Orthopedic Center of Excellence serving far…
Glidewell Dental Introduces glidewell.io™ In-Office Solution
Glidewell Dental, a leading technological innovator in restorative dentistry for 47 years, introduced over the weekend a first-of-its-kind chairside restorative ecosystem known as the glidewell.io™ In-Office Solution. Officially unveiled to a select group of clinicians attending the inaugural Glidewell Dental…
Glidewell Dental Announces Distribution of Align Technology's iTero Element® Scanner With glidewell.io™ In-Office Solution
Glidewell Dental today announced an agreement with Align Technology, Inc. to distribute the iTero Element®intraoral scanning system in North America with the newly unveiled glidewell.io™ In-Office Solution, a chairside restorative ecosystem set to simplify the process of prescribing and delivering…
ZT Wealth Launches New Southwest Houston Altus Hospital Location
After successfully opening their first hospital in Baytown in 2014, ZT Wealth expands Altus Hospital to Houston’s southwest side. Conveniently located at the corner of both the Sam Houston and Westpark Tollways, the Altus Hospital’s brand new location is the…
APEX Biologix, LLC and Plasma Performance, LLC Announce Merger
Representatives from APEX Biologix, LLC and Plasma Performance, LLC are pleased to announce that the two companies merged on October 23, 2017, and will be conducting business under the APEX Biologix company name. Plasma Performance and its President and Founder,…
Providers Driven to Implement Patient-Centric Financial Solutions as Consumer Payment Responsibility Skyrockets 29 Percent, Black Book Survey
The new era of patient payment technology demands more financing options, engaging patients early, analyzing consumers’ propensity to pay, managing expectations, and genuine cost transparency. Black Book™ today announced key findings from its 2017 Revenue Cycle Management surveys, deployed from…
M*Modal Ranks # 1 in Medical Transcription Technology Solutions and Services for Fourth Consecutive Year by Black Book Survey Based on Client Satisfaction
Black Book™, recognized for accurate, impartial customer satisfaction surveys in the multiple healthcare services and software industries, conducted a sweeping crowdsourced user poll to determine the highest ranked medical transcription software systems and outsourced services. M*Modal once again earned top performance honors…
Outsourced Coding and Health Information Management Market Expected to Double Again in 2018, Black Book Survey Reveals Top Vendors
Black Book™ conducted its annual coding management outsourcing and CDI software/technology user polls to determine the highest ranked client experience vendors for 2017. As part of a special research focus on hospitals, physician practice, healthcare networks and corporate users, Black Book surveyed the clients…
Revenue Cycle Vendor Consolidations Creating Industry Dynamos as Top Ranked Black Book Firms Unite
The 2017 Top Revenue Cycle Management Software & Services report, published today by Black Book™ named the top-performing companies within various market segments based on the independent feedback of their customers from the user level through senior management. Notably, among…
FDA MicroNeedling Draft Guidance
The FDA posted the “Regulatory Considerations for Microneedling Devices, Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff,” today on the FDA website. This has been a long-anticipated document within the medical device industry, and as a leader in…
Glidewell Dental Releases Newest Issue of Chairside® Magazine
Glidewell Dental, an industry-leading provider of dental laboratory services, products and technologies, announced today that the latest issue of Chairside® magazine — featuring expanded coverage of implant, restorative and esthetic dentistry — is now available in print and online. The digital…
Black Book Announces Seventh Annual Revenue Cycle Management Solutions Top Honors
The highest ranked vendors in customer satisfaction and client experience are announced by Black Book™ in ten categories of RCM Software Tools and RCM Outsourcing Services. In total, 567 hospitals and inpatient organizations and 4,403 physician practices were represented in the sweeping…
Marketware Raises $4.5 Million Led by EPIC Ventures; Appoints Alex Obbard as CEO
Marketware, the leading provider of SaaS healthcare relationship technology, announced the close of $4.5 million Series B led by EPIC Ventures and the appointment of Alex Obbard as the company's CEO. Obbard brings more than 25 years' experience in all…
Glidewell Dental to Present Educational Symposium in Dallas, Texas
Glidewell Dental, a leading technological innovator in restorative dentistry for 47 years, announced today its sponsorship of the inaugural Glidewell Dental Symposium. Scheduled for Nov. 17, 2017, at the Dallas Marriott Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, this full-day event will…