EDIMS Chief Medical Officer, John Fontanetta, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., Named Top Doc for 3rd Consecutive Year

Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:08am EST
 
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LIVINGSTON, N.J.--(Business Wire)--
John Fontanetta, M.D., F.A.C.E.P., has been named a 2009 Top Emergency Doc by
New Jersey Monthly Magazine in its Top Doc survey reported in the magazine`s
November issue. This is the third year that Dr. Fontanetta has been named a Top
Doc. With nearly 20 years of clinical and management experience in Emergency
Medicine, Dr. Fontanetta currently serves as the Chairman of Emergency Medicine
at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, N.J., which sees 73,000
visits/year. 

As Chief Medical Officer for EDIMS, a leading provider of emergency department
(ED) information management systems for hospitals, Dr. Fontanetta contributes
his expertise in efficient ED operations/process design, physician productivity,
and the use of ED information systems and information management applications to
transform the work performed in unscheduled healthcare environments. Dr.
Fontanetta is a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and
Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine (Subspecialty of Pulmonary
Medicine). 

According to New Jersey Monthly, who commissioned an independent survey
conducted by the Polling Institute at Monmouth University in West Long Branch,
N.J., a total of 20,254 New Jersey-based doctors were invited to give their
recommendations for this year`s list. A total of 3,224 responses were validated
and the highest vote-getters, minus any doctors who received disciplinary
action, were then named as New Jersey`s Top Docs for 2009. The final list of 609
Top Doctors represents 60 medical specialties. 

Dr. Fontanetta received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical
College in New York, N.Y., completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Thomas
Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., and fellowship in Pulmonary
/ Critical Care Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Municipal
Hospital Center, Bronx, N.Y. 

For photo of Dr. Fontanetta, please visit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/36981810@N07/4058489047/. 

About EDIMS LLC

Guided by a team of over 350 practicing emergency department (ED) professionals,
EDIMS LLC delivers high-acuity best practices to hospitals through its
interoperable ED information management systems. Its electronic health record
(EHR) solutions are being used at 39 hospitals and long-term care facilities in
New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Wisconsin and California, providing
comprehensive computer physician order entry (CPOE), real-time charge capture
and the ability to fully document ED patient encounters. EDIMS is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Alpha Physician Resources, an independent, full-service physician
practice management firm that helps medical groups and hospitals maximize the
service quality, productivity and profitability of EDs. For more information,
visit http://www.EDIMS.net.

Amendola Communications for EDIMS LLC
Lindsey Karberg, 480-664-8412 ext. 13
lkarberg@acmarketingpr.com

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