The healthcare industry is undergoing profound and fundamental changes:

• Payers, healthcare delivery organizations, and practitioners are consolidating through mergers, acquisitions, and alliances.
• Stand-alone operations are becoming healthcare systems that support a continuum of care.

Information processing and telecommunications are key to the success of this transformation—and BellSouth Small Business Solutions can help.

BellSouth Small Business Services can tailor a solution to fit your healthcare organization’s needs. BellSouth data networks can:

• Provide reliable, cost-effective network solutions for voice, data, and video
• Link providers, payers, patients, and strategic suppliers
• Enhance quality of patient care
• Improve organizational performance and bottom line
• Provide increased levels of efficiency
• Team with selected partners for your specific needs

BellSouth Small Business Services can optimize data network services for your organization:

• Telecommunications networks bring new levels of connectivity to community, regional, and state-sized healthcare networks. Hospitals are connected to physicians, labs, and clinics.
• Cost-efficient telemedicine brings healthcare services to remote areas.
• Physicians are provided with Internet access, e-mail, and other online services.

• BellSouth can provide telecommunications services specific to your organization, whether you are in a rural, single-physician office or the largest integrated delivery system.

• Our account teams keep informed of industry changes and are ready to bring you relevant solutions.
• Our representatives keep costs down and respond quickly to your needs. They know that concern for patient wellness often transcends routine business decisions.

BellSouth Small Business Services can provide:

Internet and IP Services
Telemedicine
Document Conferencing
Voice Communications
Broadband Services
High-Speed Data Networks
Videoconferencing
Voice Conferencing