"The world is changing very fast. Big does not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow."
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Advance HIS...Smaller, leaner, quicker and more adaptable--in a word: excellence where you least expect it. We are your partners in a fast-paced, rapidly changing and results-driven environment.
Our Goal
Our goal is to be your partner in evaluating, designing and implementing the most efficient and cost effective solution to your health information management needs.
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Our Team
Our Services
We work with your practice through every aspect of the health documentation process as it impacts your revenue cycle. We are your partners in achieving a better bottom line.
Sheila Olson, President, and Diane Baxtrom, Director of Operations, lead a highly skilled team of health documentation specialists and IT professionals.
About Us
Our Philosophy
At Advance HIS, we believe bigger is not always better and that personal relationships are the most important component in developing solutions for our clients. We believe that by getting to know our physicians, their specific payor mix, their practice administrators, their IT professionals and PACS/RIS and HIS vendors, their technologists and ancillary staff, we can better anticipate your needs and make recommendations that make good business sense for your practice. Advances in technology make healthcare delivery a larger, broader and less geographically restricted business model, but the best service is still personal. We want our clients to know they can call us at any time of the day or night and talk to a professional who will utilize all her creativity and every resource at her disposal to solve their problems and answer their questions.
We also believe that flexibility is the key to managing the changing needs of our clients as their practices evolve and compliance with documentation regulations become more detailed and specific. Our team works with many different vendors and practice management consultants and we are able to quickly identify potential problems and collaborate effectively to minimize interruptions in workflow and maximize our clients' ability to provide neccessary information to give their patients the best possible care.
Advance HIS can work with you to improve your revenue cycle management by providing complete, timely and accurate medical records and eliminating errors that can cause costly delays in reimbursement.
Advance HIS is also committed to diversity in the workplace and has focused on providing career opportunities to women and minorities.
Contact one of our Practice Analysts and let us show you how Advance HIS can be your partner in improving efficiency and increasing your bottom line.
Sheila Olson, CEO
Ms. Olson has been in the healthcare field since 1986. She has worked primarily in diagnostic imaging, both in inpatient and outpatient settings. She has consulting experience in all aspects of revenue cycle management, RIS/PACS and HIS evaluation and implementation and has pursued post-graduate coursework in Public Administration. Ms. Olson is a member of AHIMA and has lectured on revenue cycle management and best business practices. She is active in several local charities. She resides in Southern Maryland with her two youngest children and her English Bulldog Lucy.
Diane Baxtrom, Director of Operations
Ms. Baxtrom began her career as a paralegal for a prestigious firm in Washington, DC, before she was hired by Advance HIS to become Director of Operations. Ms. Baxtrom has excellent organizational skills and is well-known for the highly competent and professional level of service she provides to our clients. She has extensive experience in word processing and health documentation software programs. She resides in Southern Maryland with her husband and youngest daughter and her two Boxers, Maggie and Winnie.
Our Advance HIS Associates
Advance HIS is pleased to have a wealth of talented associates with varied backgrounds, including transcription in most medical specialties, certified coders, human resources professionals, medical equipment purchasing agents, and IT technicians. We have associates in seven states. Our featured associate this month is Jenn Leither, an experienced radiology transcriptionist and mother of two young children, who resides in South Dakota with her husband and is active in her church and her daughter's pre-school community.
Services
Business Analysis and Documentation Solutions
Our biggest strength at Advance HIS is our ability to meet with you to analyze your needs and help you develop a solution to modernize your documetation practices, increase efficiency, decrease costs and improve your revenue cycle. We can work with your system, help you utilize our own cost-efficient dictation solutions, or even assist you in evaluating RIS/PACS and HIS models and how best to integrate them into your current business practice. Whether you are a large practice with 200 physicians or a small group of four, we have the knowledge and the experience to assist you in making the right choices and ensuring that those choices are successful in achieving your goals.
Editing and Voice Recognition
Voice Recognition is the wave of the future for many specialties, especially those with limited vocabularies such as radiology. Advance HIS has worked with many practices and helped them solve problems, shorten their learning curve and improve their final product through expert editing skills. We are familiar with many products and work with some of the leading vendors in VR technology. Our group can work with you to choose the right product for your practice, implement it with minimal workflow interruption, and guarantee a product that will please your referring physicians and satisfy the needs of your payors.
The transcribed report is the keystone of a patient's medical record. It must be accurate. It must be delivered in a timely manner. It must be complete so that all billable charges can be captured. Nothing can be left to chance. Advance HIS works only with US-trained and based transcriptionists--true medical language specialists, who continually hone their skills and advance their knowledge through continuing education and a stringent quality assurance program. We have associates in every time zone who are available for every shift. At Advance HIS, we have the capability to offer coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. When you partner with our company, you have a dedicated team of medical language professionals available to cover any fluctuation in workflow. We can add resources when you need them, and we will turn around your documentation usually in about an hour. You will have your own dedicated Account Specialist who takes full responsibility for making sure your documents are complete, accurate and delivered in the manner of your choice in the time frame you need to meet the needs of your patients and referring clinicians. You will never have to wait for your transcribed reports. And you will always have the personalized service that has become Advance HIS's trademark. When you call, we answer. If you need something, we will deliver it sooner than you expected it. And you will find our rates to be more competitive than other agencies who may send your work outside the U.S. Call us and let us show you how our professional team can work for you.
Info
For general inquiries, please call 888-724-0442; if you are calling from Maryland or the DC area, please call 443-414-5222.
To reach Ms. Olson for a professional consultation, please the dial the toll-free number above and select extenstion 1, or dial directly at 410-610-2919. You may also email
sheila.olson_advanceHIMsolutions.com.
To reach Ms. Baxtrom for customer service or to schedule an appointment, please dial the toll-free number above and select extension 2, call her directly at 410-474-1740 or email diane.baxtrom_advanceHIMsolutions.com.
We are proud to be an environmentally conscious business that encourages telecommuting, but our snail-mail address is
Advance HIS
P.O. Box 52
Solomons, MD 20629
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1. Can you work with our existing RIS/HIS software?
Yes, we can! One of the best features of working with AHIS professionals is that we are able to work with your products either through direct input into your system or by developing an interface using our IT consultants so that our products work seamlessly with yours.
2. Do you have a dictation system our practice can utilize? Is there are large investment to get started?
To utilize our most basic services, all your practice will need is a digital recording device. There are various hand-held and desktop recorders that turn your dictation into sound files that can easily be either encrypted and securely e-mailed to our transcription team, or we can provide you with an FTP solution. We will be happy to consult with you to provide the best choice for your practice.
3. What geographical areas do you serve?
While our main office is in the Maryland/DC area, we have experienced HIM professionals in 7 states. Also, one of the tremendous benefits of utilizing our service is that, thanks to secure internet technology, we can provide health information management solutions anywhere in the United States. Also, our consulting team is always available to travel to your site to meet with you and discuss your needs.
We are always looking for talented HIM and IT professionals. We offer a variety of contracts and positions. One of the advantages you will enjoy as an associate of AHIS is telecommuting and the virtual office. Please submit your resume for immediate consideration to:
Sheila Olson_advanceHIMsolutions.com
