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As a senior manager and executive whose background encompasses diverse business environments, includes IP Telephony, point-of-sale kiosk, web enabled systems with email marketing, web development & contact management, systems integration, and technology staffing. Ray Torres has held board of director and business advisory board positions with small-to-medium size, privately-held companies. He earned his Master in Business Administration from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University. He is also a Stanford University Executive Development program graduate.

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Is Your Business Ready, or Not, for Borrowing?
As a private sector executive of many years and presently a business consultant, I've experienced at least 3 significant business cycles. The dot-com bust was the most devastating and personal as president of a dot-com company in Colorado Springs. But that's history and another story. Companies, especially smaller ones, are caught off guard when the economy slows and sputters such as the one we're facing today. Being bankable and loan worthy is life in any type business. Read
By: Ray Torres | 11/06/2008 | Loans
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Are You Ready for E-prescribing?
Placing “e” in front of everything may be trendy, but electronic prescribing is far more than a trend. E-prescribing has gained much public attention for saving lives and money by addressing medication errors. Statistics show that medication errors kill 7,000 Americans annually, have injured 1.5 million people, and cost billions of dollars in emergency department visits and other complications [1] [2]. Read
By: Ray Torres | 11/06/2008 | Information Technology
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2010 Mission: Healthcare
A large percentage of Arizona medical practices are likely to operate Electronic Healthcare Record systems by 2010. The vision is for practice management and EHR vendors to revolutionize information technology; for patients to experience office processing and communication efficiencies; and for the medical office building industry to contribute to the intelligent healthcare technology imperative. Read
By: Ray Torres | 20/05/2008 | Communication
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The Heart and Soul of Moving to an Electronic Medical Records System
Starting today is not soon enough to have an electronic healthcare records system implemented in your practice. It will take about two years of serious and rigorous process, at which time your patients will face less office bureaucracy and a more effective way of addressing their medical needs. Read
By: Ray Torres | 18/02/2008 | Technology
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Data Backup Challenges and Solutions
I don’t know of a single medical practice that does not perform some kind of data backup or save information on some medium. The correct choice often goes unnoticed, but the incorrect backup selection can lead to many issues. So what are some of the challenges you may face in a data storage environment? Read
By: Ray Torres | 22/01/2008 | Data Recovery
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A Raving Customer
Every business strives to differentiate itself as being the only one to do what they do. Consumers are smart enough to know they have choices. If quality and pricing of a product or service is competitive, they’ll most often select a firm with stellar customer service. Why help out your competitor’s business when the mission is to build customer following and loyalty. Read
By: Ray Torres | 21/01/2008 | Customer Service
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Customer-centric Communications
With so many competitive challenges facing small businesses today, we are not afforded many chances to provide excellent service to our clients. A customer-centric phone system can help you provide focused attention to your clients and greatly enhance your ability to communicate effectively and efficiently. Read
By: Ray Torres | 21/01/2008 | Customer Service
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Internet Protocol Communications in a Medical Practice
In today’s telecommunications environment, exciting and incredible ways to communicate are becoming common in the market place. So many features are available on advance business phone system than ever before. The marketplace is cluttered with traditional phones modalities, which are rapidly being replaced by software base IP PBX business phone systems. And businesses are quickly choosing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) over traditional PBX telephony solutions. Read
By: Ray Torres | 21/01/2008 | VoIP