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Volume 18 • Issue 7 • $5.00 January 2022

THE REGION’S MONTHLY NEWSPAPER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS & PHYSICIANS
OUR 18TH YEAR SERVING THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY!

Oncology Medical IT Medical IT

iCare: An Advanced EHR

Delivered in the Cloud

BY DANIEL CASCIATO

iCare was developed with a very simple premise—that
today’s healthcare organizations should focus on patient
care, not software. iCare uses the latest technology and a
proven clinical engine to provide users with the flexibility
and ease of use they demand while providing a secure and
affordable solution that is built for the future of healthcare.
“As an advanced electronic health record system, or EHR,
iCare simplifies the experience for the user,” says Michael W.
Dr. Stephen D. Nimer Kesti, Chairman of the Government Relations Group, LLC, Jorge Rodriguez
and an expert in the EHR Market .
Sylvester Kesti has 40 years experience in healthcare and has been a Remote Patient
senior advisor to EHR companies, including developing and Michael W. Kesti
Comprehensive implementing plans, conducting competitive analyses, and Monitoring
reviewing and overseeing the implementation of numerous EHR systems in hospitals and
physician practices across the USA.
Cancer Center: “iCare allows any user to maneuver around through the different aspects of the system Transforming
without leaving one screen, without issues of coordination, and potentially losing data,”
Celebrating he adds. Healthcare
iCare provides a complete solution for clinical, billing and administrative functionality
30 Years of at a fraction of the cost of legacy software. The Enterprise Cloud Electronic Health Record Delivery
(EHR) from iCare is a fresh alternative to legacy software. iCare software makes EHR
implementation fast, intuitive and affordable and the result will be better patient care.
Research, Clinical BY BARBARA R. FALLON
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Care and Q. Is there a doctor in the house?
A. Quite possibly, especially if physi-
Education cians and community health care centers
Community take telehealth to the next level through

Engagement South University Expands WITHmyDOC.
WITHmyDOC is a digital health com-
with Two New Programs pany which virtually connects patients
to their care teams, providing real-time
BY DANIEL CASCIATO data to control symptom and disease
BY LOIS THOMSON progression. Founded in 2018,
Leading-edge research, excellent clinical WITHmyDOC uses a web-based intelli-
care and robust community engagement South University had been gence platform for remote patient moni-
are driving the success of Sylvester seeking to expand the program- toring (RPM) which is transforming
Comprehensive Cancer Center at the ming at its West Palm Beach healthcare delivery.
University of Miami Health System. campus for the past few years, Through the platform, partnering
“Our multidisciplinary cancer team is and after much consideration, health systems, physician practices and
dedicated to bringing the latest diagnostic, two new offerings are currently healthcare organizations can provide
treatment and support programs to our in place. The initial curriculum remote patient monitoring that facili-
highly diverse community,” says Dr. chosen was a Physician Assis - tates proactive intervention for chronic
Stephen D. Nimer, director of Sylvester, tant studies program, and the care management and telehealth visits.
South Florida’s only National Cancer second was an Anes thesiologist Dr. Thomas Nguyen Robin Schugar According to Jorge Rodriguez, VP
Institute (NCI) designated cancer center, Assistant (AA) program. Sales and Marketing, who joined the
which celebrates its 30th anniversary in Robin Schugar, DHSc, PA-C, is program director for the Physician Assistant (PA) company in pre-COVID 2020, the pan-
2022. “Sylvester’s high-impact initiatives program, and she said, "The university is very particular about conducting extensive demic has played a role in accelerating
include cancer prevention and outreach, research in the areas where they decide to expand the programs; they see what the improved acceptance of the value of
education and training, and support for needs are to be sure the program can be successful and contribute in a positive way remote patient monitoring.
patients, families and survivors.” in the health care field." Dr. Thomas Nguyen, Dean of Academic Affairs and While software engineers, digital
As an academic cancer center, Retention, agreed that both the PA and AA programs were in high demand and would experts and developers knew that capa-
Sylvester’s researchers work closely with benefit the health care sector. bility and opportunity existed pre-
clinicians to discover, develop, and deliver Dr. Schugar said U.S. News & World Report ranks physician assistant as the number COVID for connecting providers and
therapies targeted at specific cancers in one job for 2021, adding that because of the physician shortage, physician assistants patients outside of physician offices and
order to achieve better outcomes, Dr. are one of the top job opportunities to help spread coverage for the lack of physicians health clinics; the practice of telehealth
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