MedRisk's Expert Clinical Benchmarks awards Greg Ernst
the 2007 Kellogg Lectureship
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. (Nov. 16, 2007) - Expert Clinical Benchmarks® (ECB), LLC - the research and academic arm of MedRisk, Inc. - has selected Greg Ernst, PT, PhD, ECS, SCS, ATC as the recipient of the 2007 Robert M. Kellogg Honorary Lecture in Clinical Electrophysiology.
Ernst is a physical therapist and a board-certified practitioner of electromyography. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the Texas Health Science Center, Ernst lives in San Antonio, Texas
“The award recognizes Ernst’s leadership qualities, teaching skills and superior clinical expertise as well as his application of high ethical standards in the area of electrophysiology,” explained ECB’s Vice President Roger Nelson, PT, PhD, FAPTA.
ECB named the award after Robert M. Kellogg, PT, PhD, ECS an internationally respected physical therapy clinician and researcher and a Captain in the United States Navy. The award program is in its fifth year.
About ECB
Expert Clinical Benchmarks, LLC (ECB) is the clinical research and academic subsidiary of MedRisk, Inc. ECB monitors treatment outcomes, measures patient satisfaction, conducts academic offerings for clinicians, performs peer reviews, and is the industry leader in the development and maintenance of physical medicine treatment guidelines and utilization management protocols based on integrated outcome models and evidence-based practices.
About MedRisk
Founded in 1994 and based in King of Prussia, Pa., MedRisk, Inc. provides specialty managed care services along with claims workflow management tools to the workers’ compensation industry. With a demonstrated core competency in physical medicine management, MedRisk has leveraged its technological expertise and evidence-based research to provide a growing list of products and services to its client community including document management, best-practice claim-workflow automation, specialty network services, network integration and data analytics. MedRisk’s programs deliver savings and operational efficiencies that are significantly greater than traditional programs. Customers include insurance carriers, self-insured employers, third-party administrators and general managed care workers’ compensation companies. More information is available at www.medrisknet.com or by calling 1-800-225-9675.
Media Contacts:
Helen Knight, King Knight Communications, 813-961-6051; helen@kingknight.com
Rommy Blum, MedRisk, Inc., 610-768-5812; rblum@medrisknet.com
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