Emedikon helps keep doctors and medical practice administrators abreast of the latest in best practices for efficiency and productivity. Since we are on the ‘front line’ of practicing medicine in the setting of a large practice, we have access to information and resources not readily available to many smaller and solo practices. One of our areas of expertise is the planning and implementation of electronic medical records (EMR). We also have great tips and advice from experts in various fields of interest to medical practitioners including legal, healthcare regulatory, marketing, management, and technology. In addition, we work with consultants and VARs in the healthcare IT world to help them develop relationship-building with their own clients.
OUR TEAM
Peter J Polack MD FACS: Founder and President
The Medical Practice Trends Blog is the brainchild of Peter J Polack MD, founder of Emedikon, a practice management resource specializing in the application of technology to the medical practice. He is the author of “Navigating the EMR Jungle”, a guide to electronic medical records implementation for physicians and medical practice administrators.
Peter is also a technology columnist for Ophthalmology Management magazine and writes about Electronic Medical Records (EMR) planning and implementation. He is also co-founder and CEO of Protodrone LLC, a software development firm with an emphasis on medical and optical lab solutions.
Peter is a managing partner for a large multi-subspecialty ophthalmology practice in central Florida. He is fellowship-trained in Cornea, Refractive Surgery and External Diseases.
Becky Smith: Director, Marketing Operations
Becky contributes to the overall product management and customer development vision for the company. From her work with dot com startups Informania and Viviance as VP Healthcare Solutions, the strategic initiatives she launched in a global E-learning firm included developing Alliance Partnerships, and positioning offers within multiple healthcare sectors. She worked in coordination with European healthcare groups in Germany, Scandinavia and UK, identified content partners and product opportunities in Disease Management, Continuing Education, Compliance Management and e-Detailing.
Becky specializes in content-marketing and customer education-based marketing. Most sales start with research. The right content strategy engages prospects and keeps them in relationship with your business as they progress through all their decision stages. Becky helps develop follow-up systems that put the right information to the right person at the right time so the marketing handoff to sales guarantees a high level of sales-readiness.
Frank Polack, PMP: Chief Information Officer
With over 20 years of experience, Frank specialized in the areas of project and portfolio management, leadership, culture change management, and enterprise portfolio management systems.
Frank’s background includes project management coaching and mentoring, implementing and running PMOs, effective management of multi-million dollar projects including major airport IT systems implementations, software development, facility relocations, and special projects for the 1996 Olympic Games such as the Torch Relay, Ticketing Allocation System and the Olympic Village Housing Allocation System. He also has a strong background in the technical arena, having served as CAD Manager and IT director for various companies.
Frank has been involved with the Project Management Institute, Inc (PMI)® for most of his career and earned his Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification in 2001. As president of the PMI Atlanta Chapter, he grew the chapter to over 2,000 members, and has served in various other elected and appointed positions at both the local and global levels. He is currently serving on the PMI Ethics Review Committee. Frank is also a member of the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) ®
