"When I look at a service, I'm looking at whether it fills my [hospital's] beds, makes us money directly. [UMED] is one step removed, but it makes sense.  It lowers your malpractice risk ... a risk manager would love it ... our ER doctors would love it because it makes their job easier.  We get a lot of travelers ..."

" ... When that diabetic comes in and he's delirious, and he fails to tell you he's a diabetic, our doctor misdiagnoses it, gives him an antibiotic instead of what he really needs, she's saying, 'Oh, God, keep this out of court.'  So when you look at [UMED] from that standpoint, the more information, especially at the teaching institution where we're teaching residents - a large portion of people in the ER are residents - I can see it being very useful."

How UMED Benefits Physicians

UMED was designed by physicians and emergency medical personnel and offers many benefits to the medical community including:

• As a physician UMED can give you the peace of mind that comes with knowing that your patients' medical histories are available in emergencies - especially when they travel.  They will receive more rapid, effective treatment because of UMED.
• UMED pays a fee to participating physicians to compensate you and your staff for the time you take to thoughtfully complete your patients' UMED form.
• UMED can lower health care costs by eliminating duplicate tests and reducing the opportunity for complications.  Cost reductions can lead to savings for patients and for doctors - especially doctors working in capitated plans.
• Since patients can use UMED to forward their medical records to primary care doctors, specialists and hospitals you will spend less time on the unprofitable process of forwarding medical records.
• Medical Records that you receive from UMED will be legible and well organized.  You will spend less time deciphering cryptic handwriting and more time seeing patients.
• Doctors who complete UMED questionaires on behalf of their patients are compensated by UMED.
• Doctors who are interested in reselling UMED to their patients can participate in our Partner Program and receive finders fees every time one of their patients buy UMED.

For more information about our Physicians Program call 1(866) 251-UMED or request more information online