Alpha Technologies : Datacenter

CHARLESTON — Alpha Technologies hosted a special event at the University of Charleston's Erma Byrd Gallery Friday, March 30 on campus in Charleston.

Approximately 30 attendees — registrants from Charleston and Huntington area businesses — were present at the event, in which speakers from Cisco and NetApp were on hand to discuss ways to get businesses back on their feet should a disaster strike.

Be it a power failure, a computer virus, cyberterrorism, system administration error or a natural disaster, Alpha's goal at the March 30 event was for area businesses to have a plan.

Featured speakers included Alpha's own Ron Deeds, Client Advocate Manager; Van Flowers, NetApp Systems Engineer; and Joe Crouch, Consulting Systems Engineer for Cisco Systems.

CHARLESTON — Alpha Technologies was a proud sponsor of Carnaval Rio, a fundraising masquerade gala to benefit the Clay Center and the Charleston Ballet, which took place Jan. 21 at the Clay Center. The evening featured a special performance by Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., dancers from the Charleston Ballet and music and dancing.

Presenting sponsor was Jackson Kelly Attorneys at Law, and Murphy's performance was hosted by Energize West Virginia with Natural Gas.

Entertainment sponsors were Appalachian Power and the Capitol Conference Center.

SOUTH CHARLESTON — Alpha held what was to be the first in a series of electronic medical records management seminars and workshops Friday, Dec. 12, at the South Charleston Technology Park.

This debut seminar was a success with doctors and office managers, focusing specifically on Meaningful Use.

Featured speakers included Barry Brooks, president and CEO of Innovative Healthcare Solutions, and Chris Passero of Money Concepts.

The event proved a success and received high marks among surveys. It marks the beginning of Alpha's commitment to getting healthcare providers to the level of self sustainability with the rapidly evolving transition into EHR.

"Meaningful Use" means providers need to show they're using certified EHR technology in ways that can be measured significantly in quality and in quantity.

This qualifies them for eligibility for reimbursement through stimulus funding as part of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

HUNTINGTON — Alpha Technologies hosted an event Monday at Marshall University — free to students and business leaders throughout the Charleston-Huntington area — with an emphasis on cloud computing.

The Herald-Dispatch reported on the event and the article is available by clicking this link.

Cloud computing, commonly referred to as “sky computing,” utilizes computing as a service rather than a product. With this concept, handheld touch devices can tap into the processing power of an offsite data center via wireless connection to drive heavier software applications or store data.

Cisco's data center solutions combined with NetApp's computer storage and data management will play a big part in bringing this evolving technology to the user’s fingertips.

Alpha's Marshall event was kind of a peek under the hood of the engine that currently drives the cloud, as well as an exploration of cloud computing in general.

HURRICANE — Plantronics will be discontinuing the Savi Office product line. Going forward, please transition customers to the Savi 700 Series product line which is currently available.

The last ship date for Savi Office will be December 31, 2011.

Savi 700 Series products are now orderable and shipping.

HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce allowed Alpha along with several other vendors in the Greater Charleston-Huntington area to set up a display and showcase business at its Business After Hours Trade Show at Pullman Plaza Hotel.

Business After Hours is a networking opportunity for Chamber members and other members of the local business community. The Chamber hosts the meetings four times per year.

Alpha personnel were able to actually demonstrate some of the various technological products and services the company has to offer.

The company also got a chance to network with the Huntington area's longtime businesseses and organizations.

CHARLESTON — Alpha was one of more than 75 employers and training providers at the WV Green-Up Job Fair and Education Event on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the WorkForce West Virginia Charleston office.

The facility was flooded with job applicants, with Alpha personnel shaking hands, talking Alpha and taking résumés.

Alpha continues to encourage job seekers who want to grow in IT/Networking to send in résumés for consideration.

LEWISBURG — That wasn't a regular conference setting Alpha attended Saturday.

It was an actual exam room, a real doctor's setting at West Virginia's School of Osteopathic Medicine with Alpha demoing Allscripts MyWay electronic health records.

Becky McCord, Alpha Healthcare Communications Director, and Chris Whitman, Alpha-Allscripts Technical Support Engineer and Trainer, both attended the event, providing Allscripts MyWay to physicians.

Alpha continues to progress its information campaign to make West Virginia doctors and physician practices familiar to EHR.

CHARLESTON — Alpha made its first appearance at the West Virginia State Medical Assocation's annual Business Meeting Friday and Saturday at Embassy Suites.

The display booth's prime location on the floor allowed Alpha to network with everyone, including agencies that provide other services such as medical coding and health insurance.

Demonstrations on AllScripts Patient Portal were presented to 25 different people.

And those who weren't interested in EHR stopped
by for an apple.

Alpha Technologies Healthcare Communications Director Becky McCord.

Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, discusses the importance of registering for the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs, administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

LEXINGTON, KY. — Alpha Technologies is happy to share the good news for Allscripts partners: The Stimulus is real and it pays big.

And University of Kentucky Healthcare (UK Healthcare), an Allscripts Sunrise client, is the proof. They're the first hospital in the country to get a Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Payment — $2.86 million.

This is about a third of the total Meaningful Use payments that they expect to receive from Medicaid over the course of the program. In other words, the incentives are big and now others will see the program is truly in motion which will help create momentum in the market.

‘Doctor, the Stimulus Payments are real. In fact, Allscripts clients are already receiving money. Don’t you want to get your check?’

Funding of up to $19 billion has been earmarked for payment. Once this is gone, its’ gone.

Dec. 21, 2010

HURRICANE — Alpha Technologies recently announced that one of its medical clients is one of the first practices nationwide — and the first in West Virginia — to use a new paperless Digital Physicians Office (DPO) solution by Allscripts, Cisco and EXTENSION, INC.

Spectrum Family Care of Hurricane, W.Va., adopted the DPO when it opened its doors in September and the new integrated digital package has kept owners Drs. Michael and Lea Famularcano and their patients in better communication. Automated appointment reminders and personalized patient welcome messages have saved Spectrum a lot of time on regular house calls, while instant access to clinical data and a cost-effecient e-prescription option have significantly cut costs on paper and storage space.

Read the full news release here.

CHICAGO — Allscripts MyWay EHR version 9.0 has received Complete EHR Ambulatory certification -- deeming the Electronic Health Record (EHR) software capable of enabling providers to meet the Stage 1 meaningful use measures required to qualify for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Tested and certified under the Drummond Group's Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Testing and Certification Body (ONC-ATCB) program, the EHR software is 2011/2012 compliant in accordance with the criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

“Allscripts is committed to providing physicians and hospitals with the certified solutions they need to take full advantage of this important federal program,” said Glen Tullman, Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts.

Read the full press release here.

ORLANDO — Alpha Technologies was recently awarded Top Growth 2010 in the State & Local category at Ingram Micro Inc.'s annual GovEd Alliance Invitational, held Nov. 11 in Orlando, Fla.

More than 200 solution providers, managed service providers and IT vendors attended.

Keynote speakers included Cisco's Public Sector
Partner Director Dawn Duross and Citrix's Channel Development Director Nancy Binnie.

Alpha Technologies attended the 24th annual Family Medicine and Sports Medicine Conference Nov. 12-14 at the Pullman Plaza Hotel in Huntington, W.Va.

Approximately 508 registered attendees from West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina and Pennsylvania attended.

Demonstrations on Allscripts MyWay, AllScripts Remote and AllScripts Patient Portal were presented.

CHARLESTON — Alpha is currently featured in the technology issue of The State Journal.

West Virginia's statewide business weekly features an article on a
recent contract between Preferred Integrated Provider Access Corporation (PIPAC) and Alpha in assuming the role of the states' only EHR provider of Allscripts MyWay.

Read the full article here.

MORGANTOWN — Preferred Integrated Provider Access Corporation (PIPAC), a West Virginia-owned and operated IPA, has selected Alpha — the only West Virginia company that supports Allscripts MyWay — as the best Electronic Health Record provider to bring MyWay to more than 150 practices statewide.

Currently, more than 580 West Virginia physicians and four hospitals use Allscripts for medical records.
Alpha Technologies aims to increase that number dramatically with the new PIPAC contract.

Read the full press release here.

HUNTINGTON — Alpha Technologies attended the Office Managers Association of Heath Care Providers' 24th annual Education Conference last week at Pullman Plaza in Huntington, W.Va.

The conference was designed for office managers and health care personnel to network with other managers and keep up to date with the rapidly changing medical field.

One of those key changes is the switch to electronic medical records.

Alpha's goal at this conference was to promote Allscripts MyWay, designed to allow a secure sharing of information across practices with patients, hospitals, labs, pharmacies, payers, long-term care and home health providers. It also significantly reduces transcription errors and forms.

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