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WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --  PhysicianOne Urgent Care  today announced that it will begin using Augnito , the leading medical voice-to-text AI solution for clinical documentation. PhysicianOne Urgent Care seeks to transform its clinical workflows to reduce administrative burden on providers and improve the quality of clinical documentation, which improves ROI for healthcare organisations in the long-term. Augnito's medical voice recognition solution will be used by providers across all of PhysicianOne Urgent Care's 20-plus U.S. locations. Rustom Lawyer, Co-founder & CEO, Augnito
"PhysicianOne Urgent Care provides convenient access to high-quality, cost-effective care," said Dr. Jeannie Kenkare, DO, PhysicianOne Urgent Care Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer. "We pride ourselves in partnering with innovative companies like Augnito that focus on saving provider's time and improving patient outcomes for all of our stakeholders." Augnito harnesses the power of AI speech-recognition technology, providing highly accurate, specialized clinical text from dictated speech. Augnito is both HIPAA and GDPR compliant, ensuring security and confidentiality for all clinical documentation. According to Dr. Kenkare, "Augnito's medical speech recognition software is able to dictate directly into our EHR without any need for integration. The Augnito client-service team listened to our feedback and turned around swift changes to optimize the product experience for our providers. The results of our evaluation and the overall product capabilities were key to our choosing Augnito. Augnito offers higher standards of accuracy and speed than other voice recognition tools on the market." Commenting on the partnership, Augnito CEO Rustom Lawyer said, "We're grateful to PhysicianOne Urgent Care for trusting Augnito to streamline its workflows. Our software delivers specialized features and functionality for urgent care, including a multi-specialty vocabulary. That means Augnito can help urgent care centers surpass existing standards for turnaround times and improve revenues, especially with urgent care's high patient volumes. PhysicianOne's adoption of Augnito supports Augnito as the obvious choice of speech-recognition technology for urgent care centers." About PhysicianOne Urgent Care
PhysicianOne Urgent Care delivers easily accessible, quality walk-in and virtual urgent care for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Experienced providers are onsite at all times, with X-ray, lab, suturing, and IV services available at every location. Telehealth virtual urgent care is available 24/7. PhysicianOne Urgent Care locations accept medical insurance, and affordable self-pay options are also available. Founded in 2008, PhysicianOne Urgent Care was the first urgent-care organization to be accredited and certified by the Urgent Care Association of America. PhysicianOne Urgent Care is proud to be affiliated with Yale New Haven Health at its Connecticut and New York locations, and with Tufts Medicine at its Massachusetts locations. For more information, visit www.PhysicianOneUrgentCare.com . About Augnito
Augnito is an advanced AI-powered voice recognition solution, launched in 2020 to revolutionize clinical documentation in the global healthcare market. Augnito empowers medical professionals to streamline clinical workflows with cloud-based, AI speech recognition, enabling ergonomic data entry with 99% accuracy, anywhere, from any device. Scribetech, Augnito's sister company, founded in 2001, is a pioneer in healthcare documentation software within the UK's National Health Service and independent healthcare organizations internationally. Augnito is HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus and SOC2 certified. Augnito medical transcription software is currently deployed at more than 250 hospitals and health systems across 15 countries. For more information, visit www.augnito.ai .

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PhysicianOne Urgent Care Adopts Augnito's Voice Recognition AI Solution Across Its 20-Plus locations in the U.S.

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CHESTNUT HILL  MA -  September 15: Amelia N. Nadler DNP, FNP-C clinical quality manager of PhysicianOne Urgent Care puts on her PPE before administering a COVID-19 test on September 15, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
CHESTNUT HILL  MA -  September 15: Amelia N. Nadler DNP, FNP-C clinical quality manager of PhysicianOne Urgent Care holds a COVID-19 test swab on September 15, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
CHESTNUT HILL  MA -  September 15: Amelia N. Nadler DNP, FNP-C clinical quality manager of PhysicianOne Urgent Care puts on her PPE before administering a COVID-19 test on September 15, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
CHESTNUT HILL  MA -  September 15:  Ventilation is very important as Amelia N. Nadler DNP, FNP-C clinical quality manager of PhysicianOne Urgent Care checks a patient on September 15, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
CHESTNUT HILL  MA -  September 15: Amelia N. Nadler DNP, FNP-C clinical quality manager of PhysicianOne Urgent Care looks for PPE in the closet on September 15, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
CHESTNUT HILL  MA -  September 15: Amelia N. Nadler DNP, FNP-C clinical quality manager of PhysicianOne Urgent Care on September 15, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
CHESTNUT HILL  MA -  September 15: Amelia N. Nadler DNP, FNP-C clinical quality manager of PhysicianOne Urgent Care administers a COVID-19 test on September 15, 2021 in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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On a typical day at PhysicianOne Urgent Care in Chestnut Hill, one might mistake the facility for a coronavirus testing site. That’s how it’s been since late August at least. Coronavirus-related issues have made up the majority of patient visits, from symptomatic cases to those needing a test to be able to travel or go to school. Patients coming in for a coronavirus test remained steady throughout the morning and afternoon on Wednesday, when PhysicianOne Clinical Quality Manager Amelia Nadler invited the Herald for a look into the day’s operations. “We certainly fill that gap where they can’t get in to see their primary (care physician) as fast as they need to … That’s a huge gap for people especially where every sniffle that comes up needs to be tested, and we support that,” Nadler said. She added that sometimes, it even feels like working at a testing facility, with patients wanting to simply get in and get out. Nadler said some patients get frustrated they have to go through a brief appointment to get tested. The Chestnut Hill location is the busiest in Massachusetts, according to Nadler. There are other sites in Waltham and Medford, along with locations in Connecticut and New York. The urgent care offers in-person, mobile and telehealth services that have expanded during the pandemic. Patients filed in one after the other for coronavirus tests on Wednesday, and the phones rang with people looking for a vaccine or a test. Nadler, who is a nurse practitioner, bounced from patient rooms back to her desk to handle charting, administrative work and calls with test results for coronavirus or other things such as strep throat or blood cultures. It wasn’t until midday that she saw her first non-COVID patient, which she celebrated with a lighthearted “woohoo!”
Patients still come to the urgent care center for other ailments such as cuts, bruises, fractures, abdominal pain, fever or sore throat. But the uptick in coronavirus-related visits ramped up after a mild summer and has continued to stay busy, Nadler said. She attributed the recent explosion of patients — 87 alone on Tuesday — to the delta variant and increased testing protocols for school, work and travel. Without urgent care, Nadler said the health care system would be “entirely overwhelmed.”
“We’ve become such a resource to the communities especially when their PCPs couldn’t see them, you know, just because they were overwhelmed, or the ERs were overwhelmed or people were afraid to go to the hospitals,” Nadler said, adding that urgent care centers serve a population of people who aren’t severely ill, yet are ill enough to raise concern. Nadler said she thinks urgent care offices are here to stay, especially as they continue to offer a halfway point of care between a primary care doctor and the emergency room. Sign up for email newsletters

Urgent care meeting the need for COVID testing, keeping hospitals from getting overwhelmed

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April 4, 2020 at 4:38 p.m. The city of Medford and PhysicianOne Urgent Care offered a one-day drive-thru testing site for COVID-19 on Saturday as cases continue to rise in Massachusetts. Pre-screened patients lined up in their cars from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. outside PhysicianOne Urgent Care’s Medford location for testing. The site was open for just one day due to limited availability of testing kits, but will reopen for additional days should more kits become available, officials said. “I’m so thankful to PhysicianOne for providing this important resource not only to Medford residents, but to residents from our neighboring communities who may not otherwise have access to testing,” Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn said in a statement earlier this week. “Access to testing is critical in understanding and slowing the spread of COVID-19.”
A priority testing site for first responders, corrections officers, mortuary service providers and state active duty National Guard personnel will open Sunday at Patriot Place. The free testing will be available through a partnership between the New England Patriots, the state, Wellpath and Quest Diagnostics. Sign up for email newsletters

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. and BROOKFIELD, Conn., Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Finance LLC ("Oxford"), a specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life sciences and healthcare services companies worldwide, today announced the closing of a $25.5 million term loan and revolving line of credit to PhysicianOne Urgent Care ("PhysicianOne" or "the Company"), an operator of 18 urgent care centers in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. The proceeds will be used for general working capital, to fund add-on acquisitions and new centers, and repay existing debt. Oxford is the sole lead arranger and administrative agent in this transaction. PineBridge Structured Capital ("PineBridge") is the lead equity investor in PhysicianOne. PhysicianOne Urgent Care centers are open 365 days per year and provide walk-in treatment for non-life threatening illnesses and injuries. They are the first physician-founded urgent care center in Connecticut to be certified and accredited by the Urgent Care Association, and are affiliated with two of the nation's leading hospital systems; Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut and New York, and Tufts Medical Center in Massachusetts. "Oxford is thrilled to work with the outstanding management team at PhysicianOne," said Tracy S. Maziek, head of healthcare services at Oxford Finance. "Our foremost objective was to provide a flexible solution that would allow the Company to achieve its growth goals." "We are excited about the opportunity to bring our innovative model of expert, walk-in care to more patients throughout the Northeast with our continued expansion," said Lynne Rosen, PhysicianOne Urgent Care CEO. "For non-life threatening illnesses and injuries, we're the first choice alternative to the ER, saving consumers time and money. We provide easy access to the right care, at the right time, for the right cost in our communities. We have seen tremendous growth over the last couple years, and are looking forward to expanding access to high-quality, on-demand care to more patients in new markets with this partnership." "We continue to be excited about the opportunity at PhysicianOne and are pleased to partner with Oxford to help the company achieve its growth initiatives," said Pamela R. Applefeld, senior vice president at PineBridge and board member of PhysicianOne. About Oxford Finance LLC
Oxford Finance is a specialty finance firm providing senior secured loans to public and private life sciences and healthcare services companies worldwide. For over 20 years, Oxford has delivered flexible financing solutions to its clients, enabling these companies to maximize their equity by leveraging their assets. In recent years, Oxford has originated over $5 billion in loans, with lines of credit ranging from $5 million to $150 million. Oxford is headquartered in Alexandria, Va., with additional offices in San Diego, Calif.; Palo Alto, Calif.; and the greater Boston and New York City areas. For more information, visit https://oxfordfinance.com/
About PhysicianOne Urgent Care
PhysicianOne Urgent Care provides high-quality, easily-accessible, walk-in medical care for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries for patients of all ages. All 18 locations throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York are open 365 days per year; 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., weekdays, and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., weekends and holidays. Experienced providers are on site at all times. X-ray and lab services are available on site every day. Most insurances are accepted; self-pay options are also available. Parking is available at all locations. Founded by a team of physicians in 2008, PhysicianOne Urgent Care was the first in the region to be accredited and certified by the Urgent Care Association. PhysicianOne Urgent Care is proud to be an Affiliate of Yale New Haven Health in Connecticut and New York, and partnered with Wellforce/Tufts Medical Center in Massachusetts to provide expanded access for their patients with prestigious health systems. For more information please visit www.P1UC.com
About PineBridge Investments
PineBridge Investments is a private, global asset manager focused on active, high-conviction investing. We draw on the collective power of our experts in each discipline, market, and region of the world through an open culture of collaboration designed to identify the best ideas. Our mission is to exceed clients' expectations on every level, every day. As of 30 June 2019, the firm managed US$97.2 billion across global asset classes for sophisticated investors around the world. PineBridge Structured Capital provides junior debt and non-control equity capital tailored to meet the specific needs of middle markets businesses. For more information, visit https://www.pinebridge.com/
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