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PhoneTree Announces New
PhoneTree Patient Messaging™ Product and Pricing Options
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC, USA – PhoneTree® is unveiling PhoneTree Patient Messaging™ at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 2007 Annual Conference, October 28-31.
With a range of delivery and pricing options beginning at $99 per month, PhoneTree Patient Messaging is equally well-suited for single- and multi-provider practices, multi-specialty groups, and enterprise environments. By providing cost-effective patient communication with prompt return on investment, PhoneTree Patient Messaging produces ongoing incremental revenue for medical practices by reducing patient no-shows, decreasing past-due balances and increasing office efficiency.
“We’re very excited about the new platforms and pricing of the new PhoneTree Patient Messaging,” says AJ DiBianca, President and CEO of PhoneTree. “We know that automated patient messaging is an important and essential tool in today’s medical practices. We’ve researched technology trends in both the overall marketplace and the healthcare community to create platforms addressing the technology needs of the doctor, the office staff and most importantly, the patient.”
For more information, visit the PhoneTree Patient Messaging web site at www.phonetree.com/health or visit us at the MGMA 2007 Annual Conference. PhoneTree is proud to be an MGMA AdminiServe Partner.
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Turbeville Town Administrator Pat Goodwin reviews the “Operation Senior” brochure with participant Juanita Henry. |
Checking In - Turbeville, SC seniors get a special wake-up call
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TURBEVILLE, SC — By: KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY/Manning Times
Seniors in Turbeville now have the option of waking up to a phone call that will give them the date, a weather report and a short devotional message to get their morning up and running. It is called Operation Senior.
It is a telephone-calling program created to aid senior citizens, residing in the Town of Turbeville who are living independently and want the security of a phone call to check in on them. Every morning from 9-9:30 this automated message is sent directly from the Town Hall to all subscribed seniors in the Turbeville area. The voice these seniors hear is that of Town Administrator Pat Goodwin...
Full Story: http://www.clarendontoday.com/Pages/062807/News/seniors.html
PhoneTree
Announces Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. to Deliver PhoneTree Automated Patient Messaging Solution.
PhoneTree chosen as exclusive provider of automated patient messaging.
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC, USA – PhoneTree® announced today that it has been chosen by Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. as its exclusive provider of automated patient messaging in conjunction with Sage Software healthcare-focused products.
PhoneTree is the innovative leader in automated patient communication and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC. The companies will work together to provide unique PhoneTree messaging to customers of Intergy by Sage, MedWare by Sage, The Medical Manager by Sage and Practice Analytics by Sage.
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PhoneTree President and CEO AJ DiBianca signing official partnership with Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. at National User Conference in Las Vegas, NV. |
“We have been working with PhoneTree for many years,” said Mark Phillips, Director of Product Management for Sage Software practice management systems. “We are thrilled about the expanded opportunities that are expected to arise over the next several months.”
“We are very excited about providing PhoneTree patient messaging systems to Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. customers,” said A. J. DiBianca, President and CEO of PhoneTree. “We know that automated messaging is an important and essential tool in today’s medical practices. It is an effective, efficient way for a practice to engage its patients. At PhoneTree we know whether it is doctor-patient communication, working directly with a customer or an agreement between two companies, it’s all about the relationship.”
About PhoneTree
Since 1989, Personal Communication Systems has manufactured and sold high quality PhoneTree automated
messaging systems to a wide variety of organizations. PCS currently has over 40,000 systems that are being
used by churches, faith-based organizations, medical and dental practices, civic organizations, libraries,
schools, businesses of all sizes and many government agencies. All PhoneTree systems are proudly designed
and manufactured in the United States.
PhoneTree and the PhoneTree logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Personal Communication Systems, Inc. For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.phonetree.com or visit us at the SAGE SOFTWARE HEALTHCARE, INC. NATIONAL USER CONFERENCE in Las Vegas, NV.
Contact: Michael Euliss, Director of Marketing · 800.951.8733 · meuliss@phonetree.com
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PhoneTree Launches the Freedom Plan
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC, USA – Churches, ministries, and other faith-based and non-profit organizations can now own PhoneTree® Congregational Messaging Systems using easy, monthly payments that disappear over time.
Today’s launch of the PhoneTree Freedom Plan means churches, ministries, and other faith-based and non-profit (501c3) organizations now have two ways to own PhoneTree: a new, monthly, “disappearing-payments” plan, or the original single-payment special purchase with special faith-based/non-profit prices.
PhoneTree President and CEO, AJ DiBianca says, “While others tie you to perpetual monthly payments, our market research tells us there is a strong desire to own a system outright with unlimited calls and no monthly usage, per-call or overage fees. Our new Freedom Plan gives our customers the freedom to choose how to purchase our most powerful PhoneTree systems — through a traditional one-time purchase or a simple, affordable payment plan that fits virtually every budget. Either way, you'll actively engage your membership with the proven benefits of PhoneTree messaging and e-messaging — without the prospect of having to pay forever."
The PhoneTree Freedom Plan allows churches, ministries, and other faith-based or non-profit organizations to purchase a PhoneTree messaging system for a low down payment and monthly payments that later disappear — or, own a system with a one-time purchase. For example, a church can own a PhoneTree 2500 congregational messaging system for $299 down and $59 per month over 30 months, or with a single purchase at special faith-based/non-profit pricing. With the monthly payment plan, customers still receive the complete PhoneTree system and full maintenance agreement, including toll-free support and a no-questions-asked hardware warranty.
DiBianca says, “The PhoneTree system ships right after the initial payment is received. The customer, right away, starts experiencing the benefits and freedoms a PhoneTree messaging system provides. This is the full-featured PhoneTree system (also available via one-time purchase) with unlimited calls and combined voice/text/e-mail messaging, — and with freedom from required per-call fees and endless payments.
“Our passion at PhoneTree is to equip churches and ministries with the tools to fully Engage™ those they serve and those who serve with them. We know that fully Engaged people are more likely to serve and volunteer, pledge and promise support, attract new members, involve more than the standard 20%, and so much more.
“We know PhoneTree messaging systems allow churches and ministries to Engage their people more
frequently, more effectively, and in the ways they want to be Engaged because of our combined choices
of voice, e-mail, and text messaging. At the same time, PhoneTree gives freedom from the time it takes
to deliver messages, relieves the burdens of recruiting volunteers, and offers many other benefits too
numerous to list. With the PhoneTree Freedom Plan, churches and ministries now have the freedom to choose
how they’ll own PhoneTree, so they can focus on the work of ministry.”
Contact: Clif Kelley, Marketing Specialist · 800.951.8733 · ckelley@phonetree.com
PhoneTree Engages Churches Through Christian Management Association Sponsorship
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WINSTON-SALEM,
NC – PhoneTree® is sponsoring the CMA
Sustaining Growth – Expanding Ministry Impact through Inspiration and Engagement management
training institute at the 30th annual CMA Conference 2007 in Palm Springs, CA March 12 through 15.
Leaders from the country’s most influential and recognizable Christian churches will convene in
Palm Springs, California for the 30th annual Christian Management Association Conference when PhoneTree
sponsors the Sustaining Growth – Expanding Ministry Impact through Inspiration and Engagement management
training institute on March 12, 2007.
These leaders seek to inspire their churches and ministries to higher levels of excellence and to create
dynamic cultures where people are inspired and engaged in ways that lead to ministry growth and significance.
These leaders are eagerly anticipating learning time- and employee-tested methods for creating a ministry
and ministry workplace for staff and volunteers alike that is:
| • Engaging • Challenging • Purpose-filled |
They will learn using actual case studies and take home proven tools that will help them build a God-inspired
and engaged culture.
PhoneTree, the industry leader in congregational messaging systems, also remains a leader in working with
church leaders to Engage the people who serve in and are served by their ministries. Michael Euliss,
Director of Marketing for PhoneTree, conducts training across the nation about how to become and remain
an Engaged Church, because PhoneTree believes in partnering with ministries.
Euliss says, “Just two days ago, I was privileged to lead The Engaged Church national webinar sponsored
by Church Business Magazine. We at PhoneTree enthusiastically seek opportunities to share the vision of
an Engaged Church because we know that engaged churches and ministries are, indeed, the most effective.
Ministries already using PhoneTree systems tell us that their PhoneTree systems are vital parts of reaching
out and engaging their congregations, small groups, visitors, and those they serve. Our partnerships with
them help enable them to enhance their ministres’ growth and significance.”
Noted experts such as Al Lopus, President of the Best Christian Workplaces Institute in Mercer Island,
WA; Dan Dupree, President of the Coalition for Christian Outreach, Pittsburgh, PA; Jeep Jensen, Executive
Vice President of the English Language Institute/China (US headquarters, San Dimas, CA; and Bethany Palmer,
Executive Director and co-Founder of Envoy Financial, Colorado Springs, CO, will lead the institute.
About CMA
Christian Management Association, founded in 1976, serves more than 3,500 individual members representing
today’s most recognized and influential Christian organizations and growing churches. In this fast-paced
age of information there are hundreds of management seminars and thousands of leadership books available.
Sorting through this deluge of data is the job of CMA. For executives of organizations and churches, CMA
is the one place to go to learn what to know. CMA members can focus more of their attention on their mission
and impacting the world for Jesus Christ.
About PhoneTree
Since 1989, PhoneTree has manufactured and sold high quality telephone messaging systems to a wide
variety of organizations. PhoneTree currently has over 45,000 systems that are being used by churches,
faith-based organizations, medical and dental practices, civic organizations, libraries, schools, businesses
of all sizes, and many government agencies. All PhoneTree systems are proudly designed and manufactured
in the United States.
Contact: Clif Kelley, Marketing Specialist · 800.951.8733 · ckelley@phonetree.com
PhoneTree Proud to Sponsor Crystal Cathedral’s Inaugural Faith Forward Forum
WINSTON-SALEM,
NC – When church leaders from across the globe gathered at the Crystal Cathedral for the inaugural
Faith Forward Symposium presented by The Dr. Robert Harold Schuller Forum for Possibility Thinking Leadership,
PhoneTree® was there, serving as a proud sponsor and supporting the goals and vision of Faith Forward.
At Faith Forward, a new direction for the Crystal Cathedral, the broadest group of thinkers – leaders
of the classic, contemporary, and emerging churches from across the denominations and traditions along
with scientists, communicators, and business leaders – gathered to, as Dr. Schuller said, “step
beyond merely being inspired to preach to becoming forward moving voices, working together, grappling
with today’s issues and tomorrow’s strategies.” Forum leaders such as Pastor Ed Young,
Jr., Pastor Brian Houston, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Kenneth Ulmer, Dr. Todd Hunter, Dr. Eddie Gibbs,
Dr. Diana Butler Bass, Kidmo’s Buzzy Enniss, Dr. Neil Clark Warren, Dr. Leonard Sweet, Dr. Michael
Guillen, Dr. Bob Roberts, Jr., Dr. Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Bobby Schuller, Dr. Robert A. Schuller,
Dr. Stephen G. Post, Walden Media’s Michael Flaherty, Judah Smith, and many more challenged the
entire Christian community to move beyond traditions and boundaries and to work together, absent boundaries
and through all means be they traditional, contemporary, or emerging, to “turn Skeptics into Seekers,
Seekers into Believers, and Believers into Achievers.”
PhoneTree, the leader in voice and e-communications systems for churches nationwide, embraces and embodies
forward thinking and innovation in its systems. PhoneTree, born in the church, has a rich tradition of
serving the faith-based community for nearly 20 years, counting over 30,000 churches as PhoneTree customers.
A PhoneTree congregational messaging system embraces the contemporary needs of any congregation with a
product flexible enough to meet the members, prospective members, skeptics, and seekers at the points
they communicate, using any combination of voice and e-mail messaging. And, PhoneTree already meets the
people’s emerging messaging needs right now, particularly the needs of young people, because text
messaging, used alone or in any combination with voice and e-mail, is already a PhoneTree feature. PhoneTree
allows unlimited usage for only the costs of the system and the costs (usually free) of local telephone
calls, allowing messages up to four minutes long if the user chooses. A congregation may make as many
calls as they want with no per call fee.
Finally, PhoneTree knows that, to turn Skeptics into Seekers, Seekers into Believers, and Believers into
Achievers, a congregation must become and remain Engaged™. Why? Because a congregation that is engaged
is one that is actively working better together, will have more people and resources available for ministry,
and is actively reaching out. PhoneTree President and CEO A. J. DiBianca says, “In virtually the
time it takes you to make a single phone call, you can Engage™ your entire congregation, any smaller
group, or persons within or outside your organization. PhoneTree offers the solution to your messaging
needs. And, we are so committed to helping meet and solve the messaging challenges of ministry that we
offer special faith-based pricing.”
Contact: Clif Kelley, Marketing Specialist · 800.951.8733 · ckelley@phonetree.com
PhoneTree Becomes MGMA AdminiServe Partner
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC – PhoneTree is proud to announce its AdminiServe Partner status as issued from
the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). "This affiliation signifies our commitment to the
MGMA and to providing the best in automated patient messaging." said Scott Benson, Business Development
Manager. PhoneTree has been a corporate affiliate for many years before receiving this designation.
Founded in 1926, MGMA is the nation's principal voice for medical group practice. MGMA's 20,000 members
manage and lead more than 12,000 organizations in which more than 242,000 physicians practice.
MGMA leads the profession and assists members through information, education, networking and advocacy.
Its core purpose is to continually improve the performance of medical group practice professionals and
the organizations they represent.
MGMA AdminiServe status is a designation representing PhoneTree as one of the medical industry's product
and service providers supporting MGMA members and their quest to be the best in group practice administration.
Contact: Michael Euliss, Director of Marketing· 800.951.8733 · meuliss@phonetree.com
PhoneTree President and Founder, AJ DiBianca, Serving on Better Business Bureau
WINSTON-SALEM,
NC – PhoneTree is proud to announce its President and founder, AJ DiBianca, is now serving on the
Board of Directors for the Northwest
North Carolina Better Business Bureau (NWNCBBB). The Better Business Bureau is a non-profit organization
that provides reports on business firms to help consumers before making purchases. The Bureau also provides
information about charity groups and organizations helps resolve consumers' disputes with businesses through
telephone conciliation, mediation and arbitration, and it also promotes ethical business standards and
voluntary self-regulation of business practices.
Better Business Bureaus are private non-profit organizations supported largely by membership dues paid by business and professional groups in each Bureaus' service area. PhoneTree has been a member of the Better Business Bureau since October 2002. PhoneTree is proud to support the Bureau's services to the public and uphold the Bureau's membership standards.
"PhoneTree has always taken ethics and customer service extremely seriously," says AJ DiBianca,
the company's President and founder, "So being part of the Better Business Bureau is a natural step
for our organization. It is truly an honor to not only to be associated with them, but also to participate
by serving on the Board of Directors."
Contact: Michael Euliss, Director of Marketing· 800.951.8733 · meuliss@phonetree.com