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64 Surgical Information Systems Expands ASC Offerings with SourceMed Acquisition: 5 Key Notes By Laura Dyrda P erioperative information systems provider Surgical Informa- tion Systems acquired ASC soware and services company SourceMed. Here are five things to know: 1. e acquisition of SourceMed will broaden SIS' ambulatory port- folio, which includes the Amkai ambulatory products SIS acquired in 2014. e company serves hospital, ASC and ASC management com- pany customers. 2. SourceMed developed AdvantX, Vision and SurgiSource, which are ASC business and clinical management solutions. e company also offers ASC advisory and revenue cycle services. 3. SIS will continue to invest in Amkai and SourceMed solutions, which together serve almost 3,000 hospitals and ASCs. 4. Formed in 1996, the SIS product suite is built specifically for peri- operative environments and includes both hospital and ASC-focused solutions for perioperative EMR, anesthesia information management systems, ASC business management and business intelligence and ana- lytics systems. "e combination of talent from SIS, Amkai and SourceMed gives us unparalleled capabilities in meeting the unique needs of the periopera- tive IT market and is a major step toward achieving our stated vision to be the premier provider of perioperative information solutions," said SIS CEO Tom Stampiglia. 5. e terms of the agreement were not disclosed. n Average PA Income by Specialty in 2016 By Emily Rappleye P hysician assistants earned an average income of more than $104,000 in 2016, but in some specialties, av- erage pay was nearly $120,000, according to survey data from the National Commission on Certification of Phy- sician assistants. The survey includes information from 94 percent of certi- fied PAs. The profession is relatively young — the first PAs graduat- ed 50 years ago — but is growing quickly to meet provider demand, particularly as the physician shortage grows. The number of PAs in the country increased 44 percent over the past six years to number 115,547 at the end of 2016, ac- cording to the survey. More than 70 percent of those PAs practice in non-primary care specialties. Here is the mean total income for PAs by specialty in 2016. Specialties are listed in alphabetical order. Adolescent medicine — $81,607 Anesthesiology — $98,435 Critical care medicine — $114,235 Dermatology — $118,145 Emergency medicine — $116,661 Family medicine (general practice) — $96,468 Gynecology — $87,609 Hospice and palliative medicine — $97,778 Hospital medicine — $105,413 Internal medicine (general practice) — $96,575 Internal medicine (subspecialty) — $97,245 Neurology — $95,606 Obstetrics and gynecology — $89,942 Occupational medicine — $101,924 Ophthalmology — $94,545 Otolaryngology — $96,451 Pain management — $103,154 Pathology — $119,000 Pediatrics — $88,764 Pediatrics (subspecialties) — $98,733 Physical medicine/rehabilitation — $96,231 Preventive medicine/public health — $93,231 Psychiatry — $101,630 Radiation oncology — $100,211 Radiology — $103,932 Surgery (general) — $106,504 Surgery (subspecialties) — $113,752 Urology — $102,197 n