Wednesday 27 February 2013

Electronic Records Popularity Growing Fast with Medical Professionals Says Atlanta’s BCA

EMRs necessary to keep up with patient avalanche expected with Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care

ATLANTA, GA, February 27, 2013 -- Hospitals, clinics and office-based physicians are increasingly turning to electronic medical records as they prepare for the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care  (PPAHC)  act says Albert Woodard, CEO of Atlanta-based Business Computer Applications, a company devoted to digitizing medical records. 

“Medical practitioners are bracing for a triple whammy as, in addition to the PPAHC, they are also facing a wave of retiring baby boomers coupled with a predicted shortage of qualified medical staff,” says Woodard. Some 80 million aging baby boomers are landing on Medicare roles at a rate of 7,000 a day according to AARP; the PPAHC is expected to flood the system with another 32 million patients; and a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services forecast says health care staff shortages will worsen in 2014.

“The strain all of this will put on our health care system is enormous,” Says Woodard, “thus forcing medical providers to search for more efficient and effective methods to operate their practices.”

Woodard singled out a December 2012 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicating that across the U.S. office-based physicians are increasingly turning to electronic medical records (EMRs). “EMRs can aid in improving quality of care, reduce errors and increase efficiency by making patients’ medical history accessible to anybody who treats them,” he says. 

Paper records, which most physicians have traditionally relied on, will no longer be practical or effective. A study published by the RAND Health Information Technology Project (HIT) says the U.S. healthcare system is the world’s largest and most inefficient enterprise with most records still stored on paper, which means that they cannot be used to coordinate care, routinely measure quality, or reduce medical errors. 

In 2012 the CDC study says that about 72 percent of office-based physicians in the United States used an EMR/EHR system, a 26 percent increase from a 2011 estimate.

“As we move through 2013 we will see more marriages between computers and healthcare in physician’s office, hospitals and clinics as information technology continues to move from the billing departments and other back office functions into the examining room,” says Woodard.  The 2008 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act directs the healthcare industry to transition from being paper dependent to information technology.

The CDC report indicates that change is coming fast. And incentives are there to speed the momentum. The federal government is promising financial benefits for those that do and penalties for those who do not. The Department of Health and Human Services is offering financial incentives to hospitals and doctors' practices that can achieve what it calls "meaningful use" of EMRs by certain dates. On the other hand, doctors and institutions that don’t comply or fall behind in the ”meaningful use” category by 2015 will receive lower reimbursement rates for treating Medicare and Medicaid patients.

“EMRs can help reduce errors, provide better access to health information, improve care coordination, save millions of dollars and alleviate a shortage of qualified healthcare professionals,” says Woodard. “They can even overcome the old problem of poor handwriting making it making it easier to read progress notes that physicians have written.”

About BCA: Business Computer Applications (BCA), an Atlanta-based IT healthcare company that provides EMR and practice management systems, scheduling, and case management information systems among others. BCA currently serves 300 healthcare sites, 5,000 physicians, and is the world's largest telemedicine system outside of the Pentagon. www.BCA.us.

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Friday 1 February 2013

VOS targets Formula One Circuit Owners to be the exclusive provider of Cloud Point-of-Sale Services at 2013 F1 championship events


Value Optimized Solutions, Inc. [VOS] provides a unique business solution to Formula One circuit owners focusing on enhanced customer service for race fans, merchants and vendors by providing a top notch concierge service coupled with a secure cloud Point-of-Sale service. Formula One circuit owners offer racing fans some of the most prestigious global race events available, where most of the effort is forcibly consumed with race's logistics and infrastructure leaving race fans with average self-service amenities that take time away from the events. The company decision to work with Formula One was a natural choice based on VOS' elite global services presence, a main development center located in India, and VOS' advanced process technology experience.  VOS targets nine of the twenty 2013 F1 world championship races.

February 1, 2013 Austin, Texas, USA -- Formula One Circuit Owners provide some of the most prestigious race events in the world, where they must accommodate a very sophisticated and large number of race fans arriving to the event venues from all continents.  Each event provides three days of exciting side automotive attractions and F1 qualification races prior to the main championship duel.

Coordination and support to the international F1 race teams, plus construction and logistics of the event itself, leave circuit owners little time to focus on missing customer service opportunities regarding the race fan experience at the venue.  Merchants and vendors located around the track, in some cases at a several minute's walk, currently only accept cash in the event's country currency, forcing patrons to experience long waiting lines for placing an order, which may in turn, cause them to miss a race attraction.  This customer service model places limitations on what customers could enjoy from vendors and restricts merchants to localized sales. VOS' Cloud Point-of-Sale service provides an enhanced customer and vendor experience by introducing online mobile phone ordering, top notch concierge service, a customizable virtual product list to all merchants, secure online payments accepting all major credit cards, and onsite management and support throughout the entire event.

Husayn Alvarez-Gomariz, CEO of VOS, stated: "We are very excited about partnering with F1 circuit owners to help take their customer service model, for race fans and vendors, to an enhanced cloud based point-of-sale offering to include top notch service that matches the prestige of Formula One racing itself. As a F1 race fan myself, I am fully convinced that this partnership will be a perfect match separating Formula One into the ultimate thrill not only for racing, but also for its customer experience." VOS targets a total of nine Formula One world championship race events in 2013: the Sepang International Circuit of Malaysia, the Shanghai International Circuit of China, the Bahrain International Circuit of Bahrain, the Marina Bay Street Circuit of Singapore, the Korea International Circuit of Korea, the Buddh International Circuit of India, the Etihad Airways Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, the Circuit of the Americas of United States, and the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace of Brazil.

Value-Optimized Solutions, Inc. [VOS] is the world leader provider of complete hardware/software business solutions and on-line services located in Austin, TX USA with a client base that expands across all continents. VOS service solutions have a global presence and are used in the public and private sectors extensively. VOS services are geared towards delivering business solutions that satisfy business needs with a clear emphasis on providing organizations with empirical results that demonstrate the effectiveness of the solution.  Media relations contact: Sydney Hardison, mediarelations_prl@vos-us.com www.vos-us.com Any other company and/or product names mentioned may be trade names, trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners.

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Media Relations
Value-Optimized Solutions Inc.
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Event "2013 Korea Grand Sale Discount" target foreigners is carried out mainly in the tourist destination in Seoul, Busan, and Jeju Island from 11 February until 28 January 2013.


Event "2013 Korea Grand Sale Discount" target foreigners is carried out mainly in the tourist destination in Seoul, Busan, and Jeju Island from 11 February until 28 January 2013. Restaurants and tourist attractions, Korea Grand Sale will join approximately 24,000 contractors throughout South Korea, and even comes with benefits such as discounts and gifts presented everywhere, including shopping and entertainment.

Seoul, South Korea, February 01, 2013 -- Event "2013 Korea Grand Sale Discount" target foreigners is carried out mainly in the tourist destination in Seoul, Busan, and Jeju Island from 11 February until 28 January 2013. Restaurants and tourist attractions, Korea Grand Sale will join approximately 24,000 contractors throughout South Korea, and even comes with benefits such as discounts and gifts presented everywhere, including shopping and entertainment.

Of course, to enjoy the Special Week event to be held in different themes every week, a free shuttle bus between the Gangbuk and is operated and Gangnam so that you can move with ease in Seoul during the period, foreign travel It has been a great value to an event.

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The annual Korean Shopping Festival "KOREA GRAND SALE 2013" "2013 Korea Tourism Festival


Annual Korean Shopping Festival "KOREA GRAND SALE 2013" is centered around the main tourist areas in Seoul, Busan, Jeju, South Korea from January 11, 2013 until February 28, the celebration of the seven-week shopping.

Seoul, South Korea, February 01, 2013 -- Annual Korean Shopping Festival "KOREA GRAND SALE 2013" is centered around the main tourist areas in Seoul, Busan, Jeju, South Korea from January 11, 2013 until February 28, the celebration of the seven-week shopping.

Access by the Korean committee organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Co, a collection of 24,700 multiple stores participate in department stores, duty-free shops, restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores, 85 vendors, shopping discounts of 5-9% for foreign tourists , regardless of the scale or concessions are calendar year the biggest. In addition, in order to be separate with Hong Kong, Singapore and other foreign Shopping Festival, this will be held KPOP concert invite visitors from around the world to join the festivities.

Shopping Festival Myeongdong will be the fashion, beauty, food, and other theme week activities, so that foreign tourists are shopping while side experience Korean fashion and traditional food culture. Moreover, in order to provide visitors the most comfortable and convenient shopping trips during the event exclusively for foreigners paid circulation shuttle bus traveling on the K-Shuttle Seoul's main local tourist areas, can also choose to take the "Seoul - Gyeonggi Jiangbei (main sightseeing places in Itaewon, Myeongdong, Dongdaemun) and Jiangnan (Greenway, sex Apgujeong), free shuttle buses.

For more details, please refer to the Seoul Tourism Organization Use Visitseoul.

* Myeongdong Special Week Activity:
- [Week 1] Fashion Week (January 11, 2013 to January 17)
- [23 weeks] Beauty Week (January 18, 2013 to January 31)
- [4 weeks] Fun Week (February 1, 2013 to February 7)
- [5 weeks] Food Week (February 8, 2013 to February 14)
- [Six weeks] Health Week (February 15, 2013 to February 21)
- Place: the first Erming Dongwai change the bank headquarters before Korea Shopping Festival booth

* K-POP Concert: 2013 Korean Shopping Festival to commemorate Seoul Music Awards
- Event Date: 2013 (d)
- Activities and tickets related matters: Please refer to the event website

* Jiangbei - Jiangnan free shuttle bus
- During operation: January 11, 2013 to February 27, 2011 (every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday)
- Running time: 1 day, morning (09:10), afternoon (13:30) Departure
- Object: foreign tourists
- Cost: Free
- Consulting Phone: +82-2-318-0345          
- E-mail: cosmojin@cosmojin.com
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VisitSeoul: Theme - Seoul City Recommended the route Jiangnan style best route


2012 With the birds tert of the song "Jiangnan style" of the world's large thermal, Seoul, South Korea Gangnam District has become the focus of attention, many to South Korea travel of foreign tourists to experience the song appeared the Seoul Gangnam, specifically the Jiangnan also as one of the popular attractions of the tour's first Ershi. Seoul City official tourist information site "- Visit Seoul for coming to Seoul to develop a set of tours of Seoul Gangnam let you play good, eat happy.

Seoul, South Korea, February 01, 2013 -- 2012 With the birds tert of the song "Jiangnan style" of the world's large thermal, Seoul, South Korea Gangnam District has become the focus of attention, many to South Korea travel of foreign tourists to experience the song appeared the Seoul Gangnam, specifically theJiangnan also as one of the popular attractions of the tour's first Ershi. Seoul City official tourist information site "- Visit Seoul for coming to Seoul to develop a set of tours of Seoul Gangnam let you play good, eat happy.

Following let us tour the famous attractions of Seoul Han River south of Jiangnan it! Today with us visiting Sinsa-dong, Gangnam ? ? ? Samseongdong. Gangnam Station ? ? Greenway ? ? Cheongdam-dong ? ? sex Apgujeong-dong to find delicious fun place!

The COEX-, 1. Samseongdong by South Korea's largest city center underground comprehensive shopping and cultural space
South Korea and Asia's largest underground shopping complex cultural space COEX has everything. COEX has a large exhibition hall, located in Seoul's Gangnam secondary schools Strip Hotel (GRAND Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul & Seoul COEX Intercontinental Hotel), Shopping Center (COEX MALL, modern department stores, duty-free shops), cinema (MEGA BOX), Aquarium (Aquarium) Kimchi Museum, a large bookstore (Bandi & Luni's) restaurant around the world, are the heart airport. Trade Center underground Samseongdong full 14 Olympic arena size, such a large-scale, first came here, it is easy to get lost it!

Here is the dining, shopping, cultural and entertainment space, but also a concentration of Korean famous brand, so be sure to look at Kane! There are hotels and are the heart of the airport next to the COEX Mall, was the epitome of a small city. COX Atlantic Hall door out the logo to go 50 rice wine can see the Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul, crossing the road is Bongeunsa entrance to the zebra crossing in front of the hotel.

2. Millennium monasteries in the city - Bongeunsa
Bongeunsa 1200 history-dong in Seoul Gangnam, located in the heart has a conference center and a number of hotels. The Bongeunsa to people providing the resting place of contemplation and meditation, also provide monastery accommodation services, visitors can experience Korea's Buddhist culture through monasteries accommodation. If interested in Buddhism to Korea, we must come here to visit.

I think there are some tourists visiting South Korea for the first time the monastery it! You must pay attention to the need to comply with some basic etiquette in the monastery. The first door in the land of the Gods of the the King door, placed the location of the four kings went to the door on both sides need to go in the palm of your hand together. Encountered in the temple, and the tower, the monks the palm of your hand and then walked together, while praying in their hearts. To enter the main building when you can do it! Do at least once or three times, but do remember that according to the singular. If there is pray, you need to get rid of the 108 kinds of trouble, then to depress body to worship, try to do 108 thanks to a good experience. 108 worship is not an easy thing, body tired, but you can swap the mind to achieve the effect of exercise. In addition to the Buddhists, many people who lose weight will follow Oh! Came to Korea together we pray and shaping the beautiful body!

* Monastery accommodation in a mountain monastery with monks with practice and experience the daily life of the monastery, the deep rest of the body and mind at the same time. Monastery accommodation from the activities of the religious component, so that we can more easily participate in leisure and cultural activities in this regard, is interested in it, I remember the experience oh! Here we go to lunch. ~
The Bongeunsa out, we went to Gangnam Station's Bulgogi Brothers! Hotel to eat authentic Korean barbecue to Samseong Station subway Line 2 to the subway to sit three stops to Gangnam Station. From Gangnam Station No. 2 export out can see Samsung Motors, to Yangjae Station direction to go 600 meters, crossing the street after the left will see the Bulgogi Brothes billboards. Today's lunch will taste roast beef, foreigners outside in addition to kimchi, favorite dishes is roast beef!
Korean cuisine usually put more seasoning, but the roast beef is not particularly more seasoning, so foreigners favorite Korean dishes. The roast beef is mainly divided into yin, yang style, Gwangyang style, Pyongyang and Jeolla type, etc.. Yin, yang style need to go through 2 to 3 days marinated Gwangyang style seasonings differ somewhat from other roast beef, Pyongyang-style in the water more pot roast the Jeolla style is unique rice cakes ribs barbecue. Seasonings placed on behalf of roast beef Eonyang style and Gwangyang-style roast beef, two characteristics are also retains the inherent beef gravy can taste the flavor of the seasonings, and full of flavor!

3. Xinsha hole avenue - Seoul fashionable SOHO
The world famous city has gathered the fashion, design, food as one of the streets. Like New York's SOHO Barcelona La Lambla Street, like Paris Montnartre Avenue, Seoul, Korea, to be known as SOHO is Xinsha hole Boulevard.
Sinsa-dong, Metro Line 3, Exit 8 out straight ahead along the direction of the Dosan Park about 3 minutes, you will see the left side of the J-Tower. Start here to Apgujeong-dong of modern high school and Xinsha secondary school until the streets of a ginkgo tree, is the tree-lined boulevard.
Here the perfect combination of European and Asian culture, exotic cafes, art galleries, antique shops, and a collection of various specialty gourmet shops to street decorated like the streets of European countries. Just walking and sightseeing, we have been very happy! Many small cafes and European open-air balcony restaurant is located along the street trees, if you run into like, into the open space, is a good choice. With the the Korean shooting and hit here also gradually gathering popularity, well-known artists often visit here. If you are lucky, maybe you can also run into a famous artist Oh!

4. Truly famous street in Cheongdam-dong - "Pop Center
Street from the Galleria Department Store in Apgujeong-dong the Cheongdam crossroads of around known as "artiste Street. The renowned artist Street hairstyles shops and designer stores row upon row. Trendsetting artists hairstyle can do here to buy the famous people visiting the street name of the artist is also named. If you want to imitate the popular hairstyles of TV, movies, magazines appear inside crossroads starting from Dosan Park, Seoul, after the the Hedong crossroads until Cheongdam crossroads around. There is a well-known artist from hair to shoes latest fashion from head to toe transformed totally new. The popular hairstyles bring words can not, by this opportunity to do an artist's trendy hairstyle, change the image, how it? Wuwa! We also morph into the artist as give it a try! Go to the hair shop, we could look at the jewelry store!
Gathered many overseas brands Cheongdam-dong uniquely shaped high-Su Rong Building ", if you have time, you can go inside of buildings Lucie Jewelry shop around. Happens starred in the MBC program "Xuren Ying, and Crown.J's wedding we got married," is shot in the studio in the building since. Japanese brand-name the Lucie is the local marriage jewelry Niwaka representatives brand, with its exquisite workmanship and feel design to receive widespread attention and welcome. Magazine artist Lee Da Hae 150 million won worth of jewelry worn can also try them on Oh! However, if no prior appointment, is prohibited from entering the store, so you want to have a special experience, please make an appointment and then into the store Oh!

5. Rodeo Apgujeong Street
Unknowingly to the evening, all the way to the Apgujeong Cheongdam-dong, it hunger, tonight's menu is the puffer fish soup, the Apgujeong famous Fairview blowfish soup "can eat satiated. Next day drinking drink blowfish soup is not only a body good, taste delicious, but also helps to recover from fatigue.
Puffer fish soup is put red chili powder and cooked soup, puffer fish broth into the bean sprouts, radish and celery with boiled, light taste delicious. Customers can point puffer like spicy soup, relatively light taste can select the puffer fish broth.
Although puffer into the pregnant the type Tutou dolphin, the end of the month buck dolphin, yellow fin puffer, China more than discipline dolphin species, but the most common pregnant Tutou dolphin like a chicken breast dry, but with a light feature. The end of the month Tutou dolphin meat is chewy, soft the yellow fin puffer fleshy, Chinese multi-discipline dolphin meat compact. Although no matter what kind of taste very good, but different, depending on the species, so please choose according to personal taste. Sipping refreshing soups, the body will unwittingly recuperate fatigue to disappear. Fairview blowfish soupIs 24 hours a day, and any time you can go to enjoy.

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After dinner, our tour is coming to an end, to give hope that the day's itinerary to come to Seoul to bring convenience oh more information, you can visit www.visitseoul.net, I hope you gain a lot.

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Joseph Ahn
VisitSeoul
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