MIAMI, March 17, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ER Urgent Care Centers (Pink Sheets:ERUG) is pleased to announce that it is in discussions with DSS, Inc. to participate in a pilot program to bring DSS systems, software and infrastructural capabilities and technologies to the commercial marketplace. DSS, Inc. uses advanced technologies to provide software integration for the Veterans Administration's VISTA (Veterans Information Systems and Technologies Architecture) CPRs. ER Urgent Care Centers' executive director Jerry Miller comments, "We believe DSS, Inc. may have the most efficient and effective Medical Record Systems and Administrative Programs, and may prove to be an asset in our future plans of national expansion." Mr. Miller goes on to say that, "As a result of our meeting last December, we believe the practice side of DSS systems capabilities will keep ER Urgent Care Centers on the cutting edge of the delivery of health care."
DSS, Inc. is a private company based out of Juno Beach, Florida. The company has been operating for 12 years and has 65 employees and 7 offices nationwide. Currently, they support over 830 product installations in the Veterans Health Administration System nationwide.
DSS, Inc. is a founding member of the VSA. VSA is a non-profit trade association formed for the purpose of promoting VistA as a healthcare IT solution. The two primary goals of the VSA are:
-- To harness the resources of the members to promote and facilitate
adoption of VistA.
-- To provide a neutral buffer organization that can work with the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal, state, or local
government agencies, to promote and facilitate adoption of VistA.
About ER Urgent Care
ERUC Management Company Inc. operates ER Urgent Care Centers in the South Florida area. The "true, bona-fide," "Urgent Care Center" is a one-stop-shop where patients can receive premier health care, after-hours, at a fraction of the cost of emergency room visits. With the "Urgent Care Center" model, emergency rooms will no longer lose money on ER patients with minor injuries and illnesses and the HMOs will no longer have to pay exorbitant claims for non-admitted patients. ER Urgent Care Centers create a win-win situation for everyone, filling the financial and service gap between primary care physicians (PCPs) and hospital emergency rooms. For more information visit our Web site at www.erurgentcare.net or sign up for the corporate newsletter at http://www.erurgentcare.net/updates.asp Or visit our locations at:
850 Ives Dairy Rd. North Miami Beach, Fl. 33179 213 North Federal Highway Hallandale Beach, Fl. 33009 15463 SW 137th Ave. Kendal, Fl. 33177 Coming Soon: Hialeah, Fl. 33012
ER Urgent Care Center is a provider for Amerigroup, Avmed, Humana HUM, Aetna AET, Hip/Vista/Beacon, Medicaid/Medipass/Medi-Kids, Total Health Choice, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida, Assist Card, Cigna CI, Neighborhood Health Partnership, Corvel CRVL, Health Insurance Plans and many more.
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