The team at Medical Records Institute (MRI) is ecstatic about the success of TEPR 2004, held May 17-21 in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Attendee numbers reached an all time high with just under 4,000 professionals, the exhibit floor held over 160 cutting edge organizations, and the educational sessions provided over 400 highly educated presenters.

As TEPR celebrated its 20th Anniversary, many special events were planned and hard hitting vendor competitions were offered to the delegates. One of the most well known of the competitions was the 2004 TEPR Awards. The following organizations within 8 specific categories were recognized last week:

Mobile Devices for Use in Healthcare
1st Honors: Midmark Diagnostics Group - IQmark Diagnostic PDA
2nd Honors: Hitachi - VisionPlate Wireless Thin Client Tablet- VisionPlate II
3rd Honors: MedicWare, Inc. - Acer TravelMate C111

E-Prescription Management Systems
1st Honors: DrFirst - Rcopia
2nd Honors: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions - TouchWorks Rx+ and TouchScript v10 and v7.4
3rd Honors: SynaMed LLC - SynaMed

Communications & Connectivity Systems/Solutions
1st Honors: Medfusion - Virtual Office Suite 4.0
2nd Honors: Kryptiq - RosettaStone Gateway
3rd Honors: Phytel, Inc. - The Phytel Connection 3.2

Medical Records Document Imaging/Management Systems
1st Honors : eClinical Works - eClinicalWorks DM 6.0
2nd Honors: Cerner Corporation - Cerner ProVision Document Imaging 8.0
3rd Honors: SynaMed LLC - SynaMed

Practice Management Systems
1st Honors: NextGen Healthcare - NextGen Enterprise Practice Management 3.20
2nd Honors: eClinical Works - eClinicalWorks PM 6.0
3rd Honors: SynaMed LLC - SynaMed

EHR Systems for Small/Solo Practices
1st Honors (tie): NextGen Healthcare - NextGen Electronic Medical Records 3.9 (NextGen EMR)
1st Honors (tie): Physician Micro Systems, Inc. - Practice Partner Patient Records 8.0
3rd Honors: SynaMed LLC - SynaMed

EHR Systems for Medium and Large Practices
1st Honors: Allscripts Healthcare Solutions - TouchWorks Electronic Medical Record 10.0(EMR)
2nd Honors: NextGen Healthcare - NextGen Electronic Medical Records 3.9 (NextGen EMR)
3rd Honors:`Physician Micro Systems, Inc. - Practice Partner Patient Records 8.0

EHR Systems for Hospitals
1st Honors: Cerner Corporation - Cerner Millennium Solutions 2003.02
2nd Honors: Misys Healthcare Systems - Misys CPR / DataWarehouse
3rd Honors: Eclipsys Corporation - SunriseXA(tm) (Extension of Sunrise(tm) Clinical Manager)

You can access the proceedings off of the TEPR web site at
http://www.tepr.com/2004/proceedings and log in with the following
credentials:

Username: tepr2004
Password: mri0504

Best-kept Secret: Do you know that until Friday, June 4, 2004 you can sign up for TEPR 2005 in Salt Lake City at the lowest rate of $495? It's a steal! Register today, if you haven't already, at www.tepr.com!
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