Avicenna Medical Blog

Internal Medicine of Northern Michigan to use Avicenna’s AviTracks Anticoag in its Anticoagulation Management Service

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 @ 07:17 PM

Internal Medicine of Northern Michigan PLLC (IMNM), a leading healthcare provider in Petoskey, Michigan, and Avicenna Medical Systems, a provider of clinical decision support software, announced today that IMNM’s Anticoagulation Management Service will use Avicenna’s AviTracks Anticoag system to track its patients.

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Taking Care of Patients with Chronic Conditions

Posted by Yehuda Bechar on Mon, Jun 07, 2010 @ 04:12 PM

First lets define "chronic condition". There are many definitions of  "chronic condition", some more expansive than others. I would characterize it as any condition that requires ongoing adjustments by the affected person and interactions with the health care system.As I mentioned on a previous blog (Chronic Disease Management and Adverse Drug Events) the care of patients with chronic conditions needs to be improved and streamlined.Some deficiencies that exist today include: • Rushed...
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EMRs, Meaningful Use and the stimulus money

Posted by Yehuda Bechar on Fri, May 07, 2010 @ 10:37 AM

Do you want to get the stimulus money? Of course, every body wants to get a piece of the pie. But that money comes with some strings attached. Your organization needs to demonstrate the use of an EMR within the Meaningful Use criteria.

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Chronic Disease Management and Adverse Drug Events

Posted by Yehuda Bechar on Mon, May 03, 2010 @ 11:39 AM

Here are the facts:

"One of six Americans who visit emergency rooms due to adverse drug-related events will need to be hospitalized. Drugs that commonly require monitoring in outpatient settings accounted for over half of all unintentional drug overdoses that resulted in an emergency room visit.  With monitoring, clinicians can adjust the patient's dosage to prevent avoidable adverse events."

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Anticoagulation Management and Patient Education

Posted by Yehuda Bechar on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 @ 08:45 PM

How can I make sure all my patients have the information they need to be safe?

That is a common question we get from many of our clinics. We develop chronic disease management software with configurations for many different specialties.  But one thing they all have in common is the education page.

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Good and Bad News on Hypertension in US

Posted by John Cunningham on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 @ 12:43 PM

Good and Bad News on Hypertension in US from Heartwire

October 13, 2008 (Bethesda, MD) — A new report looking at hypertension during two time periods 10 years apart has found that more US adults have high blood pressure than ever before. The prevalence has increased from almost 25% during the first period surveyed (1988–1994) to 28.9% during the second period (1999–2004). The findings, by Dr Jeffrey A Cutler (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [NHLBI], Bethesda, MD) and colleagues, are...

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$40,000 in financing from the Business Accelerator program administered by Ann Arbor SPARK

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Thu, Mar 04, 2010 @ 11:02 AM

Ann Arbor, MI – March 4, 2010 – Avicenna Medical Systems, Inc, a leading provider of chronic disease management systems and clinical procedure documentation, announced today that it has secured $40,000 in financing from the Business Accelerator program administered by Ann Arbor SPARK.

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Introducing AviDocs - Q-Sight Interface

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Sat, Jan 09, 2010 @ 05:20 PM

Ann Arbor, MI – January 9, 2010 – Avicenna Medical Systems, Inc, a leading provider of chronic disease management systems and clinical procedure documentation, and Owens & Minor, Inc., (NYSE: OMI) a FORTUNE 500 and the leading distributor of national name-brand medical and surgical supplies and a healthcare supply chain management company, announced today the general availability (GA) of the AviDocs-Qsight interface. This interface greatly simplifies the workflow and accuracy of the procedural...

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American College of Rheumatology (ACR/ARHP Scientific Meeting in San Francisco October 24 - 29, 2008)

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Wed, Oct 22, 2008 @ 05:37 PM

Ann Arbor, MI – October 22, 2008 – Avicenna Medical Systems, Inc. will be attending the American College of Rheumatology (ACR/ARHP Scientific Meeting in San Francisco October 24 - 29, 2008) to unveil its AviTracks™ software. A web-based disease management application designed by healthcare professionals to enhance the way clinics and health organization care for patients. Please feel free to stop by our booth.

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Avicenna’s AviTracks™ 3.0 Expands Specialties, Add Features

Posted by DeAnn Dennis on Mon, Apr 28, 2008 @ 12:00 AM

Ann Arbor, MI – April 28, 2008 – Avicenna Medical Systems, a provider of electronic medical procedure documentation and chronic disease management software, announced today that it has completed its latest release of AviTracks™ disease management software. The AviTracks™ 3.0 delivers important new functionality while broadening its coverage to practically any medical specialty.
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