Once reserved for the use of the physicians that originally developed it, commercial marketing and sales of the EDIMS system began in 2008. EDIMS is now deployed at hospitals nationwide and our client list is growing rapidly.
EDIMS delivers evidence-based best practices to emergency departments through its interoperable information systems. Its electronic health record (EHR) solutions are being used at hospitals and long-term care facilities nationwide, providing comprehensive computerized provider order entry (CPOE), real-time charge capture and the ability to fully document ED patient encounters.
EDIMS has organized a virtual team of over 350 board certified ED physicians, RNs, pharmacists, medical malpractice attorneys, risk management professionals, medical malpractice insurance representatives to develop and review all EDIMS templates, order sets, “macros,” and “pearls.”
Our team of practicing professionals ensures that EDIMS clinical decision support is the most comprehensive in the industry.
EDIMS' Management Team has extensive experience in multiple disciplines within the health care arena. Our collective knowledgebase allows us to effectively address emergency department clinical operations, financial operations, performance improvement, risk reduction and technology requirements for both the present, and well into the future.
Our Management Team encompasses physician thought-leaders in the fields of clinical information systems, clinical research, risk reduction, EMS, evidence-based medicine, in addition to industry experts in software development, support and customer service.
Mr. Hade is a seasoned business and technology management professional with extensive experience in healthcare and financial services and a significant depth of line-level and executive-level knowledge. His strong leadership qualifications, coupled with a hands-on technology approach and a focus on bottom-line results, have enabled him to formulate and implement advanced technology and business solutions that have been successfully used to manage vital data flows, including patient, banking, and trading transaction data. Mr. Hade's superior record of delivering simultaneous large-scale, mission-critical systems on time and under budget affirms the effectiveness of his team-based approach to management. He has extensive experience in building emerging-growth IT service and product firms, and has worked with venture capitalists in raising funds and assessing technologies of companies seeking funding.
Prior to being named CEO in May of 2006, Mr. Hade served as the company's Chief Operating Officer. Under his leadership, the organization has raised its products and services to new levels of quality and customer satisfaction, and continues to execute a shared vision of delivering to our customers through reliable quality, exemplary service, and increased product features.
Mr. Hade's prior companies include Avanti Health Systems, PriMed, Hackensack University Medical Center, JP Morgan Chase & Co., System Arts, ChartScape, and SendWordNow (mission critical notification services for Time Warner, Walmart, U.S.P.S, others).
Dr. Fontanetta is an expert in efficient ED operations/process design, physician productivity, ED incentive plan development, EDIS interface design and deployment, and the use of EDISs and information management applications in transforming the work performed in unscheduled healthcare environments. He has nearly 20 years of clinical and management experience in Emergency Medicine and currently serves as the Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, New Jersey, which sees 54,000 visits/year. He has been heavily involved in development of the EDIMS and WEBeMARS products offered by EDIMS. Dr. Fontanetta is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty of Pulmonary Medicine).
He received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York, New York and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and fellowship in Pulmonary / Critical Care Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, New York.
Mr. Sugerman's vast experience includes over 20 years focusing on all core finance, accounting and treasury functions for hospitals, hospital systems, clinics, insurance companies, and a wide range of other industries in various stages of start-up, growth, turnaround and transition.
He has served as CFO and Treasurer of a public insurance company, has over 14 years of audit and consulting experience with Big Four accounting firms and spent 12 years as a founding partner in a health care consulting firm.
His experience extends far beyond accounting and finance to encompass most business functions, including turnaround management; strategic and tactical business planning, new venture start-up, operating management and IT systems.
With extensive hands-on management skills in several turnaround situations and negative cash flow operations, he has acquired a keen understanding of what works and what hasn't worked for achieving profitability in the highly competitive and highly regulated health care and insurance industries.
Mr. Sugerman holds both a B.S. in accounting from California Polytechnic University and an MBA from Claremont Graduate University. He is a licensed CPA and a member of the California Society of CPA's, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American College of Health Care Executives and Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Ms. Barry joined Alpha Physician Resources in 1988 as a consultant to develop the Clinical Information Manager Program. This program provides charting scribes for Emergency Department physicians. Elaine became a full-time member of the Alpha team in April 1999 as Director of the Clinical Information Manager Program and has also been a client account manager for several sites responsible for (i). ensuring contractual agreements for providing emergency department physicians were met. (ii). providing on site support to hospital administration and Emergency Department leadership including compliance with JCAHO, EMTALA and New York/New Jersey State regulations.
Currently Ms. Barry serves as the Director of IT Clinical Client relations for EDIMS. Elaine is responsible for directing clinical policy and compliance initiatives as well as efforts to maximize the adoption of EDIMS software in the ED environment. Elaine has a clinical operations background, with experience in ED process optimization, and extensive domain knowledge that will continue to strongly influence the evolution of our EDIMS product.
Prior to joining Alpha, EMA and EDIMS, Ms. Barry worked as a Registered Nurse. She has an extensive 25 years of clinical experience including pediatrics, critical care, medical surgical, emergency department and 18 years as a mobile intensive care nurse and was certified as a National Registry paramedic while working in the pre-hospital setting. Elaine maintains her clinical skills as an Advanced Practice nurse in the Emergency Department at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville New Jersey.
Ms. Barry earned a Bachelors degree in Nursing from Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. A Masters degree in Nursing Administration from Seton Hall and a post Master's degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Elaine's clinical excellence has been recognized several times over her career including being the 1999 recipient of Somerset Medical Center's Nurse of the year award.
After receiving her MBA with honors from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, Jamie has spent 15 years developing and implementing marketing strategies for a wide range of clients.
In Ernst & Young's Business Consulting Practice, Jamie helped companies, including American Express, Hechingers, and Canadian Tire to refocus their organizations against customer segments and leverage advanced technologies.
At Marketing Corporation of American, a marketing consulting firm that specializes in building demand creation through consumer insight and innovation, Jamie was responsible for developing and building relationships with several clients including Schering-Plough, Americast, Capital One and Peachtree Software. For these companies and others Jamie designed marketing strategies, analyzed new business opportunities, and developed marketing programs that significantly increased revenues. It was also while at MCofA that Jamie created a marketing training program for new consultants that was later expanded into a Brand Marketing Training "University" for Capital One employees.
In 1999 Jamie joined what became Euro RSCG and was responsible for the $32 million First USA relationship. She also was part of a select senior management team charged with developing the company's own marketing strategy that reestablished the company as a thought leader and premier advertising company for companies seeking to leverage the emerging power of the internet. In addition, Jamie was a key strategic partner in the successful launches of several new ventures including; Concierge, a First USA product, American One, a subsidiary of Capital One, SpeedGreetings.com, and Orange Communications.
In recent years, Jamie has continued to work with clients in a wide range of industries on a freelance basis, primarily working with small businesses and start-up ventures to develop marketing strategies, conduct market research and design marketing programs.
Mr. Sultan brings 16 years of IT experience in legal services, technology, finance and healthcare industries. As Director of Technology, Sultan is responsible for planning, designing and directing data and telecommunication infrastructure services at EDIMS, and providing guidance for client sites.
Before joining EDIMS, Sultan was director of network operations at Alexander Gallo Holdings LLC (AGH) after the Atlanta-based court reporting and litigation support services company acquired The Hobart West Group Inc., where he was director of information technology. After the acquisition, Sultan integrated IT personnel from multiple companies AGH had acquired into one technology unit and oversaw network, server, telecommunication and data center services.
Sultan was also the director of network services at System Arts Inc., New York, N.Y.; network service manager at Avanti of New York Inc., Smithtown, N.Y.; and network administrator at Doctors Offcenters Inc., Hauppauge, NY
A comprehensive team of ED clinical, operational and administrative experts provides our expertise, drives the success of our products and identifies and addresses opportunities for improvements at our client facilities.
Our consulting team is comprised of Physicians, Nurses, and Hospital Administrators with expertise in emergency department clinical operations, process re-design and improvement, service initiatives, patient satisfaction, and financial modeling. We understand how to drive improved productivity and profitability in EDs.
Ms. Atfield is responsible for updating and maintaining Medicare and CPT changes as well as individual site information which is used for physician order entry and facility billing. She has over 25 years of Critical Care and Emergency Department nursing experience, has developed facility charge criteria for the emergency department where she worked, and has worked as a physician educator in documentation, coding and billing.
EDIMS has a team of board certified ED physicians, RNs, pharmacists, medical malpractice attorneys, risk management professionals, and medical malpractice insurance representatives that we employ to develop and review all decision support including EDIMS templates, order sets, "macros," and "pearls." In addition, this team provides valuable insight into the overall development of EDIMS, ensuring that we are meeting the needs the professionals who use and rely on EDIMS in their emergency departments everyday.
