Lacey, WA Jan 23, 2012 – U.S. HealthWorks, the largest operator of occupational healthcare and urgent care centers in Washington, today announced the acquisition of the Pacific Walk-In Clinic, located at 3928 Pacific Avenue Southeast.
The Pacific Walk-In Clinic acquisition brings the number of U.S. HealthWorks operated medical centers in Washington to 18 and increases the number of centers and worksite locations to 174 nationwide. Terms of the transaction, effective January 19, 2012, were not disclosed.
The Pacific Walk-In Clinic is open seven days a week and has provided the Lacey community with a reliable urgent care center for over 10 years.
The clinic offers a wide range of urgent care services as well as occupational medicine, including diagnosis and treatment for injury and illness, preventive services, pre-employment and post-offer exams and screening, and return-to-work rehabilitative care.
“We are delighted to be a part of a strong and growing organization like U.S. HealthWorks,” said Patricia Sylwester, MD, the Center Medical Director for the Lacey clinic. “U.S. HealthWorks has a large presence in Washington and has a great reputation for providing excellent medical care. It’s exciting to join a company that offers many innovative approaches during these changing times in healthcare coverage.”
“We’re thrilled to increase our coverage in Washington and to welcome Dr. Sylwester and her team to U.S. HealthWorks,” said Dr. Andy Parker, Senior Vice President of Operations. “This new location offers our existing clients and patients another choice in where they can receive care.”
Month: January 2012
Precyse Ranks 2nd in the 2011 Best in KLAS Software and Services Report
Wayne, Pa. and Alpharetta, Ga., Jan 19, 2012 — Precyse, a leader in Health Information Management (HIM) technology and services, announces that it has once again achieved high scores for its Transcription Services in the “2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” report. Precyse received the second highest overall performance ranking with its score less than one tenth of one percent behind the first-place vendor.
Criteria used by KLAS to survey Precyse customers include services delivered as sold, money’s worth, quality of service staff, vendor executive involvement, lives up to expectations and real problem solving.
In 2010, Precyse earned KLAS’ highest scores for money’s worth and real problem resolution and tied with the highest score for report quality in the “Transcription Services: Competition, Technology, Consolidation” report. In 2009, Precyse Transcription Services received the second highest KLAS Medical Transcription Services Organization (MTSO) ranking and honors for on- time delivery and tied with the highest ranking for budget and cost in the “Transcription Services: Steady Demand in a Volatile Market” report.
Precyse is well recognized for its large remote workforce of high-quality and experienced medical transcriptionists that consistently produce documents with 98% accuracy or above. Precyse consistently delivers 99.9% uptime, helping physicians experience reliable dictation and document receipt. At the heart of Precyse Transcription is precyseNetTM, a single platform that supports both hospital-employed medical transcriptionists and editors and transcription outsourced to Precyse.
“Quality, turnaround times and response times are all stellar with Precyse as our Transcription partner,” said Nadine Polasko, Corporate Director for HIM at Valley Health Systems in Winchester, Virginia. “Transcription is a non-issue now that I have outsourced my six HIM Departments to Precyse.”
“In the midst of an industry that is faced with ever-increasing health information management pressures and costs, we focus on combining the most advanced technologies with top-notch experts to transform the patient narrative into meaningful health information, while allowing our clients to reach their financial and clinical goals,” said Precyse president Chris Powell. “I am thrilled to see the excellent scores for Precyse in the 2011 Best in KLAS Awards report, as well as the year over year consistency of our ranking as seen in the last three years; something no other transcription vendor can claim. I am very proud of our team’s day-to-day commitment to our clients. I see their dedication to our vision and mission, I believe it makes a difference in how we deliver outcomes and I am not surprised that our clients take the time to share this positive feedback with KLAS each year.”
“Since 1998, KLAS has been committed to helping healthcare providers make decisions based on candid peer feedback,” said Adam Gale, KLAS president. “Best in KLAS rankings mark those vendors who best keep their promises in their market segments for offering a combination of superior products, strong service and high customer value. We hope these ratings continue to help providers find transparency from their vendors in making purchasing decisions.”
KLAS is an independent-research company that conducts surveys of healthcare executives and professionals, the hospital and physician client base. Data referenced herein is taken from the December 2011, 2010 and 2009 “Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” reports. KLAS Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved. www.KLASresearch.com.