John Fontanetta, MD, FACEP and Jonathan Rothman, MBA Lecture at the 2008 TEPR Conference in Florida

2008 TEPR Conference-Fort. Lauderdale, Florida-John Fontanetta, MD, FACEP, Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Clara Maass Medical Center and long-standing partner with EMA and Jonathan Rothman, MBA, Director of Emergency Department Business Intelligence™ for Emergency Medical Associates, recently presented on key technology topics at the 2008 Towards the Electronic Medical Record Conference, which took place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Dr. Fontanetta presented on the topic of how an emergency department-specific electronic medical record, with the critical key feature of “charge-capture,” allows today’s emergency departments to implement an ED-specific EMR that reduces risk, enhances clinical and operational “best practices,” and, in today’s economically challenged hospital environments, pay for itself. Dr. Fontanetta is the Medical Director of EDIMS, LLC. (www.edims.net) the country’s first ED-specific electronic medical record, which has been showcased for its ease of use, long-term compliance, proven risk reduction features and unique ability to pay for itself in record time, via its state-of-the-art charge capture system.

Jonathan Rothman, MBA, Director of Business Intelligence™ for Emergency Medical Associates, one of the pioneers in the application of business intelligence for the emergency department, presented on the tremendous value that business intelligence brings to today’s emergency departments from a clinical, operational, financial and patient satisfaction perspective.