AHDI 2009 President, Susan Lucci, Joins 4th Largest Medical Transcription Company, Webmedx

AHDI 2009 President, Susan Lucci, Joins 4th Largest Medical Transcription
Company, Webmedx
Highly-respected industry leader to serve as Vice President of Field
Operations, help lead sector through important transformational period

ATLANTA, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Webmedx, the fourth largest medical
transcription service provider in the U.S. and a premier supplier of clinical
documentation technology, proudly announces the appointment of Susan Lucci,
RHIT, CMT, AHDI-F, to the position of Vice President, Field Operations. With
twenty-five years of experience in health information management (HIM) and
medical transcription, Lucci assumes national leadership responsibility for
day-to-day customer operations alongside the delivery of new technology and
service capabilities to those customers. The announcement was made by Sean
Carroll, CEO, Webmedx.

In addition to her Webmedx responsibilities, Lucci continues to serve as the
Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity's (AHDI's) 2009 president
and acting board member through 2010. Other industry leadership roles include
representing the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) on
the Health Story Project's Executive Committee, an industry initiative that
develops HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) implementation guides for
common types of electronic healthcare documents, brings them through the HL7
ballot process, and promotes their adoption within the industry. Furthermore,
Lucci is a member of AHDI's educational and EHR committees, moderates AHIMA's
Community of Practice for medical transcription, and is a national speaker and
author.

"Susan is a transformational leader in HIM and clinical documentation,"
mentions Jay Cannon, President and COO, Webmedx. "Her industry-wide reputation
of thought leadership is representative of the kind of forward-thinking
guidance our sector and customers need to successfully transition from medical
transcription to documentation editing, clinical content management and more,"
he concludes.

Lucci is equally pleased to join such a progressive organization as Webmedx.
"The company's reputation, ethics and honesty led me to accept this important
position," mentions Lucci. Having worked with Cannon and Carroll on AHDI and
Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) executive boards, Lucci was
keenly aware of the company's vision to streamline clinical documentation
processes in support of physician satisfaction and quality patient care."

Prior to joining Webmedx, Lucci held vice president and director positions
with other leading medical transcription companies and served as assistant HIM
director and clinical coder for two healthcare provider organizations. Lucci
holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Rockville University
and an associate degree in health information management and business from St.
Petersburg College. Lucci will manage and be supported by the company's entire
team of Client Advocacy Representatives in her new role.

About Webmedx

Webmedx, Inc. is the 4th largest medical transcription outsourcing company in
the U.S. and the only service provider within the top ten companies offering a
100% domestic workforce. Providing workflow technology integrated with
transcription services to produce, distribute, access, and control clinical
reports, enables its clients to focus on the business of patient care. The
company's combination of software and services improves turnaround time,
quality, and access to patient information and clinical applications.

For more information call:
Beth Friedman, President
The Friedman Marketing Group
770.335.8570
beth@tfmgcom.com

SOURCE Webmedx

Beth Friedman, President of The Friedman Marketing Group for Webmedx, Inc.,
+1-770-335-8570, beth@tfmgcom.com