January 18, 2021
Aziz Idris
The Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation is the gold standard for any healthcare provider when it comes to maintaining a high level of patient care and safety.
The management ensures that the procedures, policies and resources are in place to ensure healthcare worker’s safety in all areas of the organisation.
This was shared by Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar in his capacity as Chairman and Executive Director of Jerudong Park Medical Centre (JPMC).
He explained that the JCI accreditation process is designed to create a culture of safety and quality and provides assurance that the standards, training and processes used to survey the performance of healthcare organisations meet the highest international benchmark.
SOC Telemed Hires Top Executive Roles from Global Leaders in Healthcare and Tech
Stephanie Harris joins from AMTEK, Ron Egan from GE Healthcare, to round off SOC s expanding leadership team
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RESTON, Va., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ SOC Telemed, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLMD), one of the largest national providers of acute care telemedicine, announced two key additions to its leadership team with the addition of Stephanie Harris as Chief Human Resources Officer and Ron Egan as Chief Customer Officer.
In her role as CHRO, Harris will lead SOC Telemed s people strategy, talent acquisition and development, total rewards, and succession planning. Harris brings nearly 25 years of human resource experience supporting high-growth, private companies, and highly matrixed, $5 billion+ global organizations. Harris joins SOC Telemed from Telular AMETEK, a leader in IoT solutions for the commercial telematics market, where she served as Vice Pre
Assure Sets Record for Cash Collection and Procedures in Full-Year, Fourth Quarter 2020
DENVER, Jan. 11, 2021 Assure Holdings Corp. (the “
Company” or “
Assure”) (TSXV: IOM; OTCQB: ARHH), a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring services (“
IONM”), announced an annual and quarterly record for cash collection and number of procedures in full-year and fourth quarter 2020.
John A. Farlinger, executive chairman and CEO said, “I am proud of the progress our billing and collections team has made and the success we have had in meeting our objectives in 2020. Since fully taking over the revenue cycle management function in February 2020 after our legacy 3
rd party billing provider was terminated due to poor performance, Assure invested heavily in this area by hiring a seasoned leader, staffing a 20-person internal billing and collections team and migrating to a platform that has an automated and integrated process, transitioning from what had historically been
Company” or “
Assure”) (TSXV: IOM; OTCQB: ARHH), a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring services (“
IONM”), is pleased to announce that upon paying US$3,171,540 on December 24, 2020, it has made the final payment in connection with the previously announced acquisition (the “
Acquisition”) of all of the assets of Neuro-Pro Monitoring (“
Neuro-Pro”). The early payment of the balance of the purchase price resulted in a reduced cost to Assure of US$170,000. Accordingly, the total purchase price paid in connection with the Acquisition was US$7,529,231.
“As anticipated, Neuro-Pro has strengthened and diversified our revenue stream, substantially increased our scale in terms of number of procedures and was immediately accretive to Assure’s earnings and cash flow in 2020,” said John A. Farlinger, Assure’s executive chairman and CEO. “In addition, we further developed important relationships that Neuro-Pro originated with some of the most prestigious spi
From The Upper Peninsula Surgery Center
MARQUETTE The Upper Peninsula Surgery Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Ambulatory Services Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards, according to a news release. The Gold Seal is “a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care,” officials said in the release.
Upper Peninsula Surgery Center underwent a “rigorous, unannounced onsite review” on Dec. 11, officials said.
During the visit, a team of Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with ambulatory standards spanning several areas, including infection prevention and control, emergency management, environment care, leadership and rights and responsibilities of the individual.