At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 11, 2011, Marion Jenkins, PhD, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies, and Todd Logan, Vice President of Sales – Western Region, SourceMedical Solutions, gave a presentation titled “Information Technology for Surgery Centers — Achieving Positive Outcomes and Avoiding Complications.” According to the presentation, orthopedic ASCs should have an IT plan that includes any sort of electronic health record or clinical documentation information. The plan can also integrate strategies on the macro-level, such as incorporating ACOs or meaningful use into the system, even those issues are still a few years down the road for ASCs, said Mr. Logan.
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