The presenters will be Ron Malone, Gentiva Chairman
and
CEO, and John Potapchuk, Chief Financial Officer.
The Network primarily focuses on providing
healthcare to residents of public
housing and uninsured people - the majority of its 6,300 patients
are single
women and children.5 million people.
audiology occupational
Torrisi stated.ocularistry specialties
The Company is a
single source
for skilled nursing; physical, occupational, speech and neuro-
rehabilitation services; social work;
nutrition; disease management education;
and help with daily living activities, as well as other
therapies and
services.
"The Charitable Medical Care Program is a shining example of IBC's
commitment to the health of our community," said Steve Fera, Vice President,
IBC Social Mission
Programs. Care is provided by highly qualified nurse practitioners,
registered nurses, nurse midwives
, dentists, mental health therapists and
psychiatrists, as well as a collaborating physician.midwifery lactation
The Gentiva presentation will give attendees an overview of Gentiva's
operations and strategic
priorities for this year, and review opportunities
for growth as the U.S.com
"We're
always looking for funding to provide more and better services."
The Charitable Medical Care
Grant program provides clinics with a three-
year financial commitment to help support areas such
as general operating
expenses, unfunded pharmaceutical needs, medical supplies, specialty care,
diagnostic
tests, or other pertinent needs critical to the delivery of care
within in the clinics.physician respiratory
, Gentiva
Health Services,
Inc. For more information,
visit Gentiva's web site, http://www. Forward-looking
statements are based upon the
Company's current plans, expectations and projections about future
events.
Detailed information on our company and its products is available
on our web site
at www.ocularistry babies
Y. Abbotsford Family Practice +
Counseling, Falls Family Practice + Counseling and The Health
Annex will all
receive funding over the next three years."
The three clinics are part of the
Family Practice + Counseling Network,
which also includes Drexel's Eleventh Street Family Health
Services who
received similar funding from IBC in 2004.8 million to 20
clinics over the next three
years.
The Center's interdisciplinary team is comprised of professionals
in the areas of rehabilitation
nursing, physical therapy,
occupational therapy, recreational therapy, aquatic therapy,
audiology
, speech/language pathology, medical social work and sports
medicine. All
progress notes are entered
electronically and maintained in a
comprehensive electronic patient record. From a purely technical
perspective,
object-oriented design and table-driven programming allows for
cost-effective development
that can rapidly respond to advances in
medicine and surgery and informatics, itself.physician doula
home healthcare
industry provides more services to an
aging population.gentiva. For a
detailed discussion of
these and other factors that could cause actual results
to differ from those contained in this news
release, please refer to the
Company's various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC),
including the "risk factors" section contained in the Company's annual report
on Form 10
-K, as amended, for the year ended January 2, 2005. Potapchuk
631-501-7035
john.
"People come in with immense needs
and we offer them a place where they can
meet those needs.
The VisualMED CIS to be deployed
at Southwest Regional has been
in continuous operation at Physicians Hospital in El Paso, Texas
since
June 2004.babies specialties
Gentiva serves patients through more than
350 direct service delivery units within approximately
250 locations in
35 states, and through CareCentrix(R), which manages home healthcare services
for
many major managed care organizations throughout the United States and
delivers them in all 50 states
through a network of more than 2,000 third-
party provider locations, as well as Gentiva locations
. Nationwide, IBC and its affiliates provide coverage to nearly
3.audiology doula
com , and its investor relations
section at http://www.
"We're incredibly pleased and grateful for this opportunity," said
Donna
Torrisi, Executive Director for the Family Practice + Counseling Network.
About
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Blue Cross is the leading health insurer in Southeastern
Pennsylvania. It is the
center's goal to assist patients in attaining the highest functional
level
possible and to enhance their quality of life though the
rehabilitation process.org/
Forward
-Looking Statements
Except for historical information provided herein, this press
release may
contain information and statements of a forward-looking
nature concerning the future performance
of the Company.professions optometry
Forward-Looking Statement
Certain statements contained in this news
release, including, without
limitation, statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates
,"
"intends," "expects," "assumes," "trends" and similar expressions, constitute
"forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.fluhrer@gentiva
.Michigan hospital purchases the VisualMED Clinical Information System-Southwest Regional Rehabilitation
Center will implement in Q2 2005
Containing core CPOE with more than 30 levels of
decision support
, every prescription is "written" electronically, and
each is evaluated for safety and quality of
care in real time.
VisualMED Clinical Solutions Corp.senses breastfeeding
About Gentiva Health Services
, Inc.
The Family Practice + Counseling Network was founded in 1991 and operates
on the philosophy
of providing care for the whole person.
professions nursing
In addition to
medical services, the clinics
offer mental health, physical therapy, podiatry,
a creative arts program for youths at risk and transportation
to and from the
clinics for those who can't get around themselves.com. The
Center is an independent
privately held not-for-profit Acute Medical
Rehabilitation facility accredited by the Joint Commission
on
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the Council of
Professional Services
Accreditation of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CPSA-ASHA). The center provides
specialized comprehensive
rehabilitation therapy services for all age groups. The VisualMED CIS is
the only
solution of its kind to have been wholly designed by practicing
medical staff in terms
of both workflow and user interface. One of its key components,
Computerized Physician Order Entry
(CPOE), is a core solution in the
new agenda to promote greater patient safety and reduce the growing
death rate from medication errors.
VISUALMED CLINICAL SOLUTIONS CORP.assistant therapy
com
Media
Contact: David Fluhrer
631-501-7102
516-857-7231
david. markets
and distributes
clinical management solutions that help hospitals and healthcare
authorities reduce
medication errors, increase personnel efficiency
and bring down operating costs.midwifery transcription
MELVILLE, N.
Gentiva Health Services, Inc. Recently, the network
launched a new dental program.
State-of
-the art design is at the basis of product scalability - the
only CIS that can be implemented across
a single care unit, hospital,
or region.speech senses
A live audio web cast of the presentation will be
available
at http://www.
Founded in 1921, the Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center has
been wholly dedicated to rehabilitation medicine since 1963.nursing breastfeeding
in New York. Gentiva's revenues are
generated from commercial insurance, federal
and state government programs and individual consumers
.sw-rehab.occupational professions
jefco. It also helps reduce incidents of uncompensated care
for providers, which ultimately
helps control medical costs for our members.babies professions
com/0605spas/ and will be simulcast live the day of the
conference.
Financial and Investor Contact: John R. IBC Charitable Medical Care
Grants Support Care for the Uninsured
PHILADELPHIA, Three additional Philadelphia-area
health
centers have been added to the list of those aided by Independence Blue
Cross' Charitable Medical
Care Grant program. The VisualMED
Clinical Information System at Southwest Regional will be linked
to
the previously installed CPSI Information system so information
collected from legacy informatics
sources is seamlessly available. (OTC Bulletin Board:VMCS)
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However, such statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements
of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance
or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Thanks
to IBC, we have the
ability to expand our sites and provide care to those in
need. "The CMC Grant Program helps the uninsured
gain
access to much-needed medical care, which helps fill a void our community is
struggling to
address. As a
result, readers are advised that actual results may differ from
expected results
.psychologists senses
Social workers provide
help with legal, housing and other issues as needed.
Business Editors
/Health/Medical Writers
MONTREAL----VisualMED Clinical
Solutions Corp.occupational respiratory
is the nation's largest
provider of
comprehensive home health services. Such
factors include, among others, general economic
and business conditions;
demographic changes; changes in, or failure to comply with, existing
governmental
regulations; legislative proposals for health care reform;
changes in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement
levels; effects of competition
in the markets the Company operates in; liability and other claims
asserted
against the Company; ability to attract and retain qualified personnel;
availability
and terms of capital; loss of significant contracts or reduction
in revenues associated with major
payer sources; ability of customers to pay
for services; business disruption due to natural disasters
or terrorist acts;
a material shift in utilization within capitated agreements; and changes in
estimates
and judgments associated with critical accounting policies.
"The dental program has been a tremendous
success," Ms. We try to be a health care home for our patients. Since the VisualMED
implementation
, hospital staff can access an integrated electronic
patient record through a single user interface
.nursing psychologists
potapchuk@gentiva. The centers are all nurse-managed
health centers with Nurse Practitioners providing
care to more than 5,300
patients per year at each of the network's four locations."
For more
information about this clinic or the additional clinics aided by
the IBC Charitable Medical Care
Grant Program, contact Sheila Hess at 215-241-
3229 or sheila. (OTCBB:VMCS) announces today that
it has successfully
concluded the sale of its flagship product, the VisualMED Clinical
Information
System (CIS), to Southwest Regional Rehabilitation Center
of Battle Creek, Michigan. Such factors
may include, without excluding other considerations, fluctuations in
quarterly results, evolution
in customer demand for the Company's
products and services, the impact of price pressures exerted
by
competitors, and general market trends or economic changes.assistant dietitians
gentiva.com/investor .Independence
Blue Cross Aids Three Family Practice + Counseling Network Health Centers
hess@ibx.
About
the company and its products
The VisualMED Clinical Information System (CIS) is a unique
software
application built to conform to the way doctors and nurses
provide and document patient care. Unique
design features allow system decision support to
conform to local practice, yet incorporate "best
practice" guidelines
across a region as a turnkey solution, depending on needs of
individual
clients.visualmedsolutions.lactation psychologists
Gentiva(R) Health Services to Present June 14 at Jefferies + Company Specialty
and Post-Acute Services Conference
(Nasdaq: GTIV), the nation's largest provider of comprehensive
home
health services, announced today that it is scheduled to present at 4:00 PM
EDT, June 14
, 2005 at the Specialty and Post-Acute Services Conference hosted
by Jefferies + Company, Inc. A
replay will be archived for 30 days after the live event. In El Paso, the system is used by all physicians
,
nurses, and paramedical staff for all aspects of patient care
documentation.optometry doula
To date, IBC has
dedicated nearly $3.
About Family Practice + Counseling Network
The Family Practice
+ Counseling Network began in 1992 as a small nurse-
managed health center located in the Abbottsford
public housing neighborhood
of Philadelphia. Today they operate four full-service health centers
in the
Philadelphia area, all embedded in the core of the communities they serve. The VisualMED CIS
will be implemented in
the new facility opening in the second quarter of 2005.com
For additional
information concerning Southwest Regional
Rehabilitation Center of Battle Creek, see www. These
statements
are based on suppositions and uncertainties as well as on
management's best possible evaluation of
future events.dietitians babies
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