Live Benchmarking winners for Q3 and grand prize winner from User Conference

Congratulations to the Live Benchmarking Program's third quarter winners and grand prize winner from athenahealth's 5th annual User Conference, Dr. Deborah Hazen of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts! Dr. Hazen won a trip for four to Las Vegas. Check out her stats.

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Live Benchmarks provide a quick pulse check of your practice's performance across four best practice metrics, and then compare your practice with other athenahealth practices in your state, region, specialty, and group size (provided there are at least 5 practices to be compared). You can see your overall rank in each category over a 7-day average for a real-time view, and a 91-day average for a quarterly view when you log into athenaNet.

For a quick refresh on how Live Benchmarking winners are scored, see June's Pulse article. Haven't made the winners' circle yet? You have a chance every quarter to win. At the end of each quarter, #1 ranked winners in each region receive a catered lunch for the practice with a special athenahealth guest.

Here are the winners by region and specialty from the third quarter of 2006 (July-Sept). Congratulations all!

Northeastern Region Q3 Winners

Rank in Contest Primary Care Medical Specialties Surgical Specialties
1 MA - Deborah Hazen, MD MA - Janice Washburn, MD NY - Valley ENT
2 MA - Bruce Tofias, MD PA - Women's Healthcare Group of PA NH - Monadnock Orthopaedic Associates
3 MA - Peter Masucci, MD CT - Partners In Womens Care LLC NY - Richard M. Bochner, MD

Southern Region Q3 Winners

Rank in Contest Primary Care Medical Specialties Surgical Specialties
1 NC - The Hope Family Center NC - Brannon and Rogers OK - Clinical Urology, Inc
2 VA - Centrahealth/Altavista Medical Center NC - CARE VA - Children's Urology of VA
3 NC - Moore Family Care PA VA - Eugene Louie-NG, MD, PC FL - Center for Advanced Eye Care

Midwestern Region Q3 Winners

Rank in Contest Primary Care Medical Specialties Surgical Specialties
1 OH - Central Park Pediatrics OH - Crosswoods Womens Health OH - Kathryn E. Boehm, MD, LLC
2 OH - Mann Family Care OH - Barry J. Fish, MD, LLC OH - ORL Inc.
3 KS - Shawnee Mission Physicians Group OH - Dr Debra Miller OH - Summit Ophthalmology

Western Region Q3 Winners

Rank in Contest Primary Care Medical Specialties Surgical Specialties
1 CA - Pediatric Partners & Internal Medicine Associates CA - Contra Costa Medical Grp for Women TX - Turner Eye Clinic
2   CA - Amy M. Huibonhoa, MD, Inc. CA - Silicon Valley Pediatricians, Inc.
3 CA- Windsor Primary Care & TX - Paluxy Valley Medical AZ - Camelback Women's Health WY - Absaroka Orthopedics

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Grand Prize Winners: Patricia Keyes, Denise Luzzo, Michele Varney, Deborah Hazen, MD, Margaret McNamara, Priscilla Descoteaux, and Lea Murphy.
Grand Prize Winners: Patricia Keyes, Denise Luzzo, Michele Varney, Deborah Hazen, MD, Margaret McNamara, Priscilla Descoteaux, and Lea Murphy.

Will you be a winner next time? Q4 (Oct-Dec) winners will be announced in the January issue of the Pulse. Remember, you can see your overall rank in each category over a 7-day average for a real-time view, and a 91-day average for a quarterly view. In order to qualify to win, your practice must enter at least 600 claims over the quarter, and be live on athenaNet at least 90 days prior to the first day of the quarter.