http://www.mdstaff.comThe latest news about MD-Staff and ASM Software SolutionsCopyright 2013 - Applied Statistics & ManagementASM SalesThursday, December 20, 2012ASM RSS Generatorhttp://www.mdstaff.com/company/press-releases/12-20-2012.aspx Temecula, CA – December 20, 2012 – Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. (d.b.a. MD-Staff), a leading provider of credentialing, privileging and OPPE/FPPE software solutions, is pleased to announce expanded support hours. Effective January 2, 2013, the MD-Staff support team will be available Monday through Friday from 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8:00). <br /><br /> "A significant portion of our client base is located in the Eastern and Central time zones," says Mark Ashley, Vice President of Client Services. "Our expanded support hours ensure that our support team is fully accessible during almost every client's workday." <br /><br /> MD-Staff provides industry leading support to over 850 clients worldwide via telephone and email. The expanded support hours will be available to all clients. In addition, MD-Staff will continue to offer 24x7x365 emergency support services. <br /><br /> About Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. <br /><br /> Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Temecula, CA, Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. is dedicated to the development and support of software solutions that leverage the latest technologies and methodologies for the healthcare industry. The company’s flagship product, MD-Staff, is the most advanced credentialing, privileging, and provider information management platform available. Used by over 850 facilities worldwide, MD-Staff Credentialing Software is a proven system that helps healthcare organizations of any size streamline their credentialing process while reducing overall costs. <br /><br /> ### http://www.mdstaff.com/company/press-releases/01-31-2011.aspx Bothell, WA - TalentWise, a leading employment screening solution provider that offers employment screening and onboarding solutions designed for human resources, staffing and recruiting professionals, announced today its partnership with Applied Statistics and Management (ASM), a leading provider of credentialing software for medical staff services departments in hospitals. Together, the two companies have launched the first pre-integrated credentialing and screening solution through ASM’s MD-Staff flagship product. With a single click, the pre-integrated solution allows MD-Staff users to streamline the credentialing and screening process on physicians and allied health professionals working at their healthcare facilities by embedding TalentWise background screening within the MDStaff credentialing tool. MD-Staff users have access to any of TalentWise's hundreds of custom employment screening packages including background checks and drug testing and receive the benefit of TalentWise's award winning customer service, fast turnaround time, and accurate results. <br /><br /> "Healthcare organizations have an inherent obligation to their patients and workforces to keep them safe. This pre-integrated solution will help MD-Staff users reduce both risk and overall program cost by seamlessly incorporating criminal background and drug screening into the healthcare credentialing process," remarked Todd Owens, General Manager of TalentWise. <br /><br /> With the partnership between the two companies, TalentWise and ASM bring their customers a comprehensive credentialing and screening offering through the MD Staff tool that: <br /><br /> <ul> <li>Improves credentialing consistency and compliance by integrating the end-to-end medical staff credentialing and background screening process</li> <li>Increases productivity by eliminating the need to manage disparate systems and disconnected processes</li> <li>Reduces risk by lowering the probability of manual data entry errors and by creating a closed-loop process to ensure all medical staff workers are screened per hospital policy</li> </ul> <br /><br /> "As a company founded upon the objective of delivering consistency, compliance and efficiency to medical staff credentialing programs, we are pleased to announce this exciting new solution. TalentWise is an industry-leader known for taking care if its customers. We are confident that our valued ASM clients using the pre-integrated solution will benefit greatly from this additional layer of risk mitigation and productivity improvement," added Nick Phan, Vice President and Chief Software Architect, Applied Statistics and Management. <br /><br /> For more information about TalentWise, including our healthcare industry solutions, please visit <a href="http://www.talentwise.com" target="_blank">http://www.talentwise.com</a> <br /><br /> About TalentWise <br /><br /> TalentWise, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelius Inc., is an industry leading consumer reporting agency focused on providing businesses, landlords, and households with the information they need to make sound and legally compliant decisions. Through its TalentWise employment screening and onboarding division, the company has earned recognition as a top three employment screening provider and top two in quality of service for three years in a row. TalentWise works with more than 3,000 businesses throughout North America, helping to make HR, staffing and recruiting professionals’ lives easier by driving greater quality from their recruitment-to-hire process through affordable, comprehensive and flexible technology that increases productivity and improves compliance. For more information about TalentWise, visit <a href="http://www.talentwise.com" target="_blank">http://www.talentwise.com</a> <br /><br /> About Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. <br /><br /> Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Temecula, CA, Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. (ASM) is dedicated to the development and support of software solutions that leverage the latest technologies and methodologies for the healthcare industry. ASM's flagship product, MD-Staff, is the most advanced credentialing, privileging and provider information management platform available. Used by over 700 facilities worldwide, MD-Staff Credentialing Software is a proven system that helps healthcare organizations of any size streamline their credentialing process while reducing overall costs. Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. can be contacted at (800) 736-7276 or <a href="http://www.mdstaff.com">http://www.mdstaff.com</a>. <br /><br /> ### http://www.mdstaff.com/company/press-releases/12-11-2009.aspx Temecula, CA - Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. (ASM), a leading provider of credentialing, privileging and provider information management software solutions, is proud to partner with Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc. to provide MD-Staff, E>Priv and MD-Query services on behalf of its hospitals in the regions of Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Southeast Wisconsin. <br /><br /> ASM President, Trung Phan, noted that he is proud to welcome Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare to the ASM/MD-Staff family of customers and looks forward to a long lasting relationship. “We take great pride in the relationship that we build with our customers and we are excited to have the opportunity to provide our services to Wheaton,” said Phan. <br /><br /> About Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. (ASM) <br /><br /> Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Temecula, CA, Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. (ASM) is dedicated to the development and support of software solutions that leverage the latest technologies and methodologies for the healthcare industry. ASM's flagship product, MD-Staff, is the most advanced credentialing, privileging and provider information management platform available. Used by over 600 facilities worldwide, MD-Staff Credentialing Software is a proven system that helps healthcare organizations of any size streamline their credentialing process while reducing overall costs. Applied Statistics & Management, Inc. can be contact at (800) 736-7276 or www.mdstaff.com. <br /><br /> About Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare <br /><br /> Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare is one of the largest integrated regional health care delivery systems in Wisconsin, with nearly 12,000 associates. Hospitals include All Saints in Racine County; St. Joseph , St. Francis, Franklin Hospital, and Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Milwaukee County; and Elmbrook Memorial in Waukesha County. The region also includes Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group with more than 350 physicians.