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Live Benchmarking Winners for Q4 2006

Congratulations to our Q4 Live Benchmarking winners. 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 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.

Here are the winners by region and specialty from the fourth quarter of 2006 (Oct-Dec). Congratulations to all!

Northeastern

Rank in Contest	Primary Care	Medical Specialties	Surgical Specialties
1	Deborah Hazen, MD	Julia Edelman, MD	Valley ENT
2	Bruce Tofias, MD	Janice Washburn, MD	RGH Opthamology Associates
3	Peter Masucci, MD	Brigham Faulkner	Bone and Joint Associates

Southern

Rank in Contest	Primary Care	Medical Specialties	Surgical Specialties
1	Centrahealth	Brannon and Rogers	Orthopedic Center of Vero Beach
2	Moore Family Care PA	St. Mary's OB/GYN & Crown Mountain Women's Health	Retina Specialists
3	The Hope Family Center	NA - due to a tie for second place	Lydia Lane Dworkin, MD

Midwestern

Rank in Contest	Primary Care	Medical Specialties	Surgical Specialties
1	Mann Family Care	Crosswoods Women's Health	James Brodell, MD, & Summit Opthamology
2	Central Park Pediactrics	Barry J. Fish, MD	NA - due to a tie for first place
3	Healthworks MSO	Debra Miller, MD	Kathryn Boehm, MD

Western

Rank in Contest	Primary Care	Medical Specialties	Surgical Specialties
1	Silicon Valley Pediatricians	Judy C. Dean, MD	Texas Medical & Surgical Associates
2	Debra Krieg, MD	Contra Costa Medical Group For Women	Children's Medical Center of Tucson
3	Cypress Lakewood Clinic	Amy Huibonhoa, MD	Michael D. Bryan, MD

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Will you be a winner next time? Q1 (Jan-Mar) winners will be announced in the May 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.