Featured Challenges, Searches or Forum Topics - MedTech I.Q.2024-03-29T09:51:03Zhttps://medtechiq.ning.com/group/medicalinformatics/forum/topic/list?feed=yes&xn_auth=no&featured=1ONC (Office of the National Coordinator) Names First 2 EHR Certification Bodies ... Let the Race Begin!tag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-08-31:2140535:Topic:357022010-08-31T03:40:12.203ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<br></br><br></br>In perhaps the last piece puzzle ... the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (U.S.) announced today the first two Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ATCBs) for Electronic Health Records (EHRs):
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<li><a href="http://www.cchit.org/">Certification Commission for Health Information Technology…</a></li>
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Colleagues,<br/><br/>In perhaps the last piece puzzle ... the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (U.S.) announced today the first two Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ATCBs) for Electronic Health Records (EHRs):
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.cchit.org/">Certification Commission for Health Information Technology</a> <a href="http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1870&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=86&mode=2&in_hi_userid=11113&cached=true"><img alt="Exit Disclaimer" src="http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=18&objID=911201&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=7&mode=2&in_hi_userid=11113&cached=true" border="0"/></a> (CCHIT) - Chicago, Ill.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.drummondgroup.com/">Drummond Group Inc.</a> <a href="http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=1870&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=86&mode=2&in_hi_userid=11113&cached=true"><img alt="Exit Disclaimer" src="http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=18&objID=911201&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=7&mode=2&in_hi_userid=11113&cached=true" border="0"/></a> (DGI) - Austin, Texas</li>
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Certification by an ATCB will signify to eligible professionals, hospitals, and critical access hospitals that an EHR technology has the capabilities necessary to support their efforts to meet the goals and objectives of meaningful use ... and coincidentally, open the door to possibly garnering federal incentive payments totaling $44,000 for Medicare eligible providers and $63,750 for Medicaid eligible providers...<br/><br/>... As you might imagine, this is a big deal for both providers and EHR vendors ... Applications for additional ONC-ATCBs are also under review...<p><br/></p>
<p>... With the initial two ONC-ATCBs now named, EHR vendors can apply to them for certification of their products. In theory, by
purchasing certified EHRs, providers will have assurance that the<br />
products will support achievement of the meaningful use objectives... </p>
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<p>.... CMS is also working to create an online system for providers to register and attest for the EHR incentive
programs. The first incentive payments are targeted to be made in May<br />
2011...</p>
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<p>... To learn more about the ONC-ATCBs named today visit <a href="http://www.cchit.org/">www.cchit.org</a> and <a href="http://www.drummondgroup.com/">www.drummondgroup.com</a>. For more information about the ONC certification programs visit <a href="http://healthit.hhs.gov/certification">http://healthit.hhs.gov/certification</a>.... </p>
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<br/><br/>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC <br/> "Medical Home" Concept to be Adopted by 80% of VA Clinics by 2012 ... 100% by 2015tag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-08-17:2140535:Topic:351632010-08-17T12:54:49.064ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<br></br><br></br>The "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Medical Home</span>" coordinated care model is rapidly gaining traction, especially in light of the overarching federal healthcare reform efforts. The U.S. VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) and DOD (Department of Defense) are particularly interested in the framework as a means to improve primary care for their approximately 16 million beneficiaries. See link below to excerpts from a recent article published in…
Colleagues,<br/><br/>The "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Medical Home</span>" coordinated care model is rapidly gaining traction, especially in light of the overarching federal healthcare reform efforts. The U.S. VA (Department of Veterans Affairs) and DOD (Department of Defense) are particularly interested in the framework as a means to improve primary care for their approximately 16 million beneficiaries. See link below to excerpts from a recent article published in <i><a href="http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/research_currents.cfm">VA Research Currents</a> ...<br/><br/>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC<br/>-----------------------------</i><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br/>Next-generation primary care, coming to a VA clinic near you</span>
<br/><br/><div style="float: left; padding: 6px; width: 250px; margin: 0px 10px 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border: 1px solid rgb(0, 102, 153);"><h3 style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Hallmarks of the medical home</h3>
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<p style="font-size: 11px;">Gordon Schectman, MD, acting chief consultant for VA's Office of Patient Care Services, provides the following definition of PCMH on an Intranet forum for VA staff involved<br/> in implementing the model: "A patient-centered medical home is a<br/> team-based model of care led by a personal provider who enables<br/>
continuous and coordinated care through a patient's lifetime to maximize<br/>
health outcomes. The PCMH practice is responsible for providing for all<br/>
of a patient's health care needs or appropriately coordinating care<br/>
with other qualified professionals."</p>
<p style="font-size: 11px;">Other sources describe the ideal PCMH as one in which clinicians:</p>
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<li>take personal responsibility for patients' care</li>
<li>offer expanded hours, and availability on short notice</li>
<li>have email and phone contact with patients to augment visits</li>
<li>use the latest technology, including electronic health records</li>
<li>provide regular check-ups and offer preventive care based on patients' individual risk factors</li>
<li>help patients make healthy lifestyle decisions</li>
<li>offer patients the latest evidence-based treatments</li>
<li>coordinate care with other providers when needed and ensure that all procedures are relevant and necessaryTransformation already under way</li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Transformation already under way<br/><br/></span><p>A handful of VA clinics began moving to the new model a year or two ago. VA policymakers say at least 80 percent of VA clinics will follow suit by 2012. The rollout is a huge effort—even by VA standards—that is costing some $250 million. It's expected to pay long-term dividends, though, both for patients and the system. Among the core features: team-based care that emphasizes continuity; a bigger role for nurses in coordinating care; email, secure messaging and other alternative forms of contact with patients; and more attention on behavioral health issues. The makeover across all VA sites should be complete by about 2015 ...</p>
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<p>.. Medical homes, ideally, feature excellent communication between primary care providers and other pieces of the health care system, such as specialty clinics or home-health services...</p>
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<p>... Teamwork is another cornerstone of the medical home. In VA's model, this typically means a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant; registered nurse; clinical associate such as a licensed practice nurse or medical assistant; and clerical support person. Such a<br/> team will typically care for up to 1,200 Veterans. Support is provided by a pharmacist, social worker, mental health therapist and dietician, all of whom work closely with the primary team members...</p>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Major study will probe medical home model<br/><br/></span>
<p>Five teams of top VA health-services researchers in five different regions have begun a wide-reaching study of the medical home model. The effort will take three to five years. The teams will address a complex array of issues, drilling down to the details of day-to-day care...</p>
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... The medical home concept has been studied outside VA, mainly in small pilot projects, by systems such as Kaiser Permanente and Group Health Cooperative. But no prior research has been on the scale of VA's new initiative...<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Demo labs span the nation</span><br/><br/>... a team in a Midwest VA region that spans parts of Iowa,
Minnesota, the Dakotas and Nebraska will explore how the medical home serves rural patients. Four in ten patients in that region live in rural or "highly rural" areas...<br/><br/>...Another demo lab, based in southern California, will home in on
care-team structure and processes. The group will also test a telemedicine program for formerly homeless Veterans with chronic physical or mental illness who found housing through VA....<br/><br/>...A third demo lab is based in a mid-Atlantic VA region that spans
parts of Pennsylvania and five other states. The network serves a racially and economically diverse mix of Veterans, from inner-city Philadelphia to the farmland of West Virginia....<br/><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Move to medical home on par with VA shift to Health IT in 1990s</span><br/><br/><p>Parallel to the sweeping changes that transformed VA in the 1990s into a first-rate medical system, the move to the medical home is being seen as the next critical transformation for the nation's largest health care system...</p>
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Read entire article at: <a href="http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/docs/va_research_currents_july-aug_10.pdf">http://www.research.va.gov/resources/pubs/docs/va_research_currents_july-aug_10.pdf</a><br/><br/> Job opportunity at the U.S. ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator, Health Information Technology)tag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-07-19:2140535:Topic:338442010-07-19T13:16:38.525ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<br></br><br></br>Just In ...<br></br><br></br>ENJOY!<br></br><br></br>CC<br></br><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"></hr><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has posted a Consumer e-Health position announcement (Policy Analyst) on USAJobs.gov. The<br></br> incumbent reports to the Director, Division of Stakeholder Engagement and State<br></br>
Policy within the…</span></p>
Colleagues,<br/><br/>Just In ...<br/><br/>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC<br/><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"/><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has posted a Consumer e-Health position announcement (Policy Analyst) on USAJobs.gov. The<br/>
incumbent reports to the Director, Division of Stakeholder Engagement and State<br/>
Policy within the Office of Policy and Planning, with responsibility for<br/>
developing and managing ONC’s national consumer e- program. Links to the<br/>
postings are:</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">External Hire Posting</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;" class="MsoAutoSig"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Government-wide Posting</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">For other ONC job openings, please visit the “Contact Us” page at <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTkwODE3MSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC05MDgxNzEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjc2NTc4NTg2JmVtYWlsaWQ9Y2NAbWVkdGVjaGlxLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9Y2NAbWVkdGVjaGlxLmNvbSZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&102&&&http://healthit.hhs.gov/">http://healthit.hhs.gov</a>.</span></p> 6 Myths Explained ... Surrounding ARRA/HITECH EHR (Electronic Health Record) Incentive Paymentstag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-06-10:2140535:Topic:319242010-06-10T14:54:07.094ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<div class="headline_area"><br></br>Inevitably, as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Incentive Payments</span> to hospitals and EPs (Eligible Providers) for the "Meaningful Use" of EHRs (Electronic Health Records) gets closer to reality, the confusion sets in... <br></br><br></br>... Starting in 2011, EPs will begin receiving up to $44,000 under Medicare or $63,750 under Medicaid reimbursements for “meaningful” use of certified EHRs. Hospitals are eligible for incentive payments of $2 million…</div>
Colleagues,<div class="headline_area"><br/>Inevitably, as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Incentive Payments</span> to hospitals and EPs (Eligible Providers) for the "Meaningful Use" of EHRs (Electronic Health Records) gets closer to reality, the confusion sets in... <br/><br/>... Starting in 2011, EPs will begin receiving up to $44,000 under Medicare or $63,750 under Medicaid reimbursements for “meaningful” use of certified EHRs. Hospitals are eligible for incentive payments of $2 million or more...<br/><br/>... In the continuing quest to provide you with the <span style="font-weight: bold;">MedTech-IQ</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">3Cs of "Content, Community & Collaboration"</span>, we offer to you this guest blog from <span style="font-weight: bold;">"HITECH Answers" ...</span> a webspace dedicated to <span style="font-size: small;">providing analysis on the many facets of the HITECH Act impacting implementation of EHRs meeting <strong><a href="http://hitechanswers.net/aboutmeaningfuluse" target="_self">meaningful use</a></strong> requirements ...<br/><br/>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC<br/></span><hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"/><abbr class="published" title="2010-06-10">June 10, 2010<br/><br/></abbr></div>
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<p><em>The following is a guest post provided by Jim Tate, Founder of</em> <a href="http://www.emradvocate.com/" target="_blank"><em>EMR Advocate</em></a> <em>and a</em> <a href="http://hitechanswers.net/our-experts/emr-advocate" target="_blank"><em>contributing expert</em></a> <em>for HITECH Answers.</em></p>
<p><em><br/></em></p>
<p>In a time when hospitals and physicians are seeing declining reimbursements, the ARRA Medicare/Medicaid EHR Incentive Program is a <span style="font-weight: bold;">rare opportunity to be eligible for substantial incentives</span>. However, the road to attaining the incentives is complicated. Uncertainties related to the definition and documentation of meaningful use can translate to lost incentives or, even worse, penalties.</p>
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<p>As the definitions governing <a href="http://hitechanswers.net/aboutmeaningfuluse" target="_blank">“meaningful use of certified technology”</a>continue to evolve, it is critical to develop a roadmap to help your organization comply with the moving target of rules regarding compliance and documentation and get your fair share of the incentives.</p>
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<p><strong>3 Myths of the Hospital Program</strong></p>
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<p>1) Hospitals must decide between the Medicare or Medicaid ARRA incentives: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">FALSE</span> – “Eligible hospitals can qualify to receive payments from both the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs.”</p>
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<p>2) Hospitals must meet all requirements by October 1st, 2010 to receive the 2011 incentives: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">FALSE</span> – “CMS proposes that, for the first year an eligible hospital demonstrates meaningful EHR use, an EHR Reporting Period equals any 90 continuous days beginning and ending within the year.” <br/> <br/> 3) In 2011 hospitals must electronically transmit all Meaningful Use objectives to CMS. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">FALSE</span>- “In 2011, all of the results for all objectives/measures, including clinical quality measures would be reported by EPs and hospitals to CMS, or for Medicaid EPs and hospitals to the states, through attestation.” </p>
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<p><strong>3 Myths of the EP (Eligible Provider) Program</strong></p>
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<p>1) PAs (Physician Assistants) and FNPs (Family Nurse Practitioners) are eligible for both the Medicare and Medicaid ARRA incentives: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">FALSE</span>- “A Medicare EP is a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, a doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine, a doctor of podiatric medicine, a doctor of optometry, or a chiropractor.” “EPs (Medicaid) are physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants practicing predominantly in a Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Clinic (FQHC/RHC) that is directed by a physician assistant.” <br/> <br/> 2) Eligible Providers must meet all requirements by January 1st, 2011 to receive the 2011 Medicare incentives: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">FALSE</span> – “For the first year an EP applies for and receives an incentive payment, CMS proposes that an EHR Reporting Period is 90 days for any continuous period beginning and ending within the year.” <br/></p>
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<p>3) Eligible Providers must meet all ARRA criteria in 2011 to receive the maximum Medicare incentives. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">FALSE</span> – “In general, a qualifying EP can receive an annual incentive payment as high as <span style="font-weight: bold;">$18,000</span> if their first payment year is 2011 or 2012.” </p>
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<p><em><a href="http://www.emrincentives.com/" target="_blank">About EMRIncentives.com</a><br/> The EMRIncentives Team is led by Jim Tate, founder of EMRAdvocate and nationally recognized expert on the ARRA/HITECH incentive programs. They are dedicated to assisting hospitals and eligible providers as they plan for HIT adoption, achieving Stage 1 Meaningful Use and receiving the upcoming Medicare and Medicaid incentives.</em></p>
<br/> Open Government Data at Health & Human Services (HHS) ... Initiative Launched at IOM (Institute of Medicine)tag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-06-09:2140535:Topic:318622010-06-09T10:50:37.554ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<br></br><br></br>Thank you to MedTech-IQ member <a href="http://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/RonaldJPionMD?xg_source=profiles_memberList"><span class="fn">Ronald J. Pion MD</span></a> for this link <span>to <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Community Health Data Initiative</span> which was launched in a Forum at the<span style="font-weight: bold;">
IOM (Institute of Medicine)</span>, Washington, D.C. - June 2, 2010. <br></br><br></br></span>The Forum launch by U.S. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius…
Colleagues,<br/><br/>Thank you to MedTech-IQ member <a href="http://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/RonaldJPionMD?xg_source=profiles_memberList"><span class="fn">Ronald J. Pion MD</span></a> for this link <span>to <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Community Health Data Initiative</span> which was launched in a Forum at the<span style="font-weight: bold;">
IOM (Institute of Medicine)</span>, Washington, D.C. - June 2, 2010. <br/><br/></span>The Forum launch by U.S. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Institute of Medicine
President Harvey Fineberg can be seen here in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN8vU-UiElw">video</a> ...<br/><br/>... At the heart of the Initiative will be increasing amounts of federally
generated community health data being made publicly available, in easily accessible and useful formats ... <br/><br/>... by the end of 2010, a new <span style="font-weight: bold;">HHS Health Indicators Warehouse</span> will be
deployed online, providing currently available and new HHS data on national, state, regional, and county health performance – on indicators such as rates of smoking, obesity, diabetes, access to healthy food,<br/>
utilization of health care services, etc. – in an <span style="font-weight: bold;">easy-to-use “one stop data shop.”</span><br/><br/>... the Community Health
Data Initiative (CHDI) will turn to Web application developers, mobile<br/>
phone applications, social media, and other cutting-edge information technologies to “put public health data to work.”<span>.. <br/><br/>... See more at the HHS OpenGov website.:<a href="http://www.hhs.gov/open/" target="_blank" title="http://www.hhs.gov/open/" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr">http://www.hhs.gov/open/</a><br/>... See the HHS Open Government Plan here:</span> <a href="http://www.hhs.gov/open/plan/opengovernmentplan/index.html">http://www.hhs.gov/open/plan/opengovernmentplan/index.html</a><span><br/>... HHS accepts comments at: <a href="http://newmedia.hhs.gov/standards/comment_policy.html" target="_blank" title="http://newmedia.hhs.gov/standards/comment_policy.html" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr">http://newmedia.hhs.gov/standards/com...</a><br/><br/></span>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC<br/> From Software Advice ... EMR Software Market Share Analysistag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-05-14:2140535:Topic:308302010-05-14T17:28:48.388ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
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the article, they break down:<br></br>
<ul>
<li>The size of the…</li>
</ul>
Colleagues,<br/><br/>One of our respected members, San Francisco based Software Advice <br/><br/>... "<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.softwareadvice.com/medical/electronic-medical-record-software-comparison/?wfvar=wfvara1">We've Reviewed & Compared The Best Med Software So You Don't Have
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<ul>
<li>The size of the outpatient EMR market;</li>
<li>What EMR vendors have the most physicians using their system; and,</li>
<li>What EMR vendors have the most practices using their system.</li>
</ul>
<span style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Key Points:</span><br/><br/> * Over <span style="font-weight: bold;">300</span> software vendors<br/> * Many market segments (size of practice served, specialties services, inpatient/outpatient) <br/> * Very “fuzzy” sources of data.<br/><strong> *</strong> 788,000 physicians in the United States<br/> * 65% work in an outpatient facility or physician’s practice<br/> * 512,000 physicians in outpatient EHR software market.<br/> * 44% of 512,000 outpatient docs have adopted either a partial, basic, or fully functional EHR<br/> * 225,000 outpatient doctors using an EHR to some extent. <br/><br/>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Software Advice</span> outpatient market share breakdown looks like this:<br/><br/><ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Epic 45,000</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">Allscripts</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 40,000</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">eClinicalWorks</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 40,000</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">NextGen</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 35,000</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">SOAPWare</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 30,000</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">GE Centricity</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 25,000</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">Practice Fusion</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 18,500</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">Eclipsys</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 11,000</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">Sage Health </b> <span style="font-weight: bold;">10,000</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> <b style="font-weight: bold;">Greenway Medical</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 6,000</span></li>
</ul>
<br/>Our friends at Software Advice welcome your thoughts, perspectives & corrections if you think they got it wrong ... Sort of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Crowd Sourcing"</span> if you will. <br/><br/>Read on at: :
<a href="http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/medical/ehr-software-market-share-analysis-1051410/">http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/medical/ehr-software-market-share-analysis-1051410/</a><br/><br/>Don't hesitate to contact Chris directly at<br/><br/>Chris
Thorman<br/>Software
Advice<br/><a href="http://www.softwareadvice.com">www.softwareadvice.com</a><br/><br/>(800) 918-2764 (toll free)<br/>chris@softwareadvice.com<br/>-------------------------------------<br/>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC<br/> "Beacon Communities" ... A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, U.S. National Coordinator for Health Information Technologytag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-05-05:2140535:Topic:306352010-05-05T13:51:02.052ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<br></br><br></br>Please see below a message from the U.S. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on yesterday's announcement of the 15 Beacon Community awards totaling $220 million ...<br></br><br></br>ENJOY!<br></br><br></br>CC<br></br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></br><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><font color="#000066" size="3">Establishing Beacons for Nationwide Advances in Health IT</font></b> <br></br><br></br><b>A Message from Dr. David…</b></p>
Colleagues,<br/><br/>Please see below a message from the U.S. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology on yesterday's announcement of the 15 Beacon Community awards totaling $220 million ...<br/><br/>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC<br/>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b><font color="#000066" size="3">Establishing Beacons for Nationwide Advances in Health IT</font></b> <br/><br/><b>A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information<br/> Technology <br/><br/>May 5, 2010</b> <font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br/><br/>Healthcare professionals appreciate opportunities to learn from
innovative colleagues and communities – to see what really works, to get “boots-on-the-ground” perspectives, to learn best practices, and to use the experience of other leaders to inform how to improve performance more broadly. <br/>
<br/><br/>The <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTgxMjk5MyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC04MTI5OTMmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NzY3NjM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9Y2NAbWVkdGVjaGlxLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9Y2NAbWVkdGVjaGlxLmNvbSZleHRyYT0mJiY=&&&100&&&%3Ca%20href=">http://healthit.hhs.gov/beacon</a>">Beacon
Community Cooperative Agreement Program, by its very design, was intended to shine a spotlight on health information technology (health IT) innovators, so that we all might learn from them. Yesterday, <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTgxMjk5MyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC04MTI5OTMmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NzY3NjM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9Y2NAbWVkdGVjaGlxLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9Y2NAbWVkdGVjaGlxLmNvbSZleHRyYT0mJiY=&&&101&&&%3Ca%20href=">http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/05/20100504a.html</a>">Secretary Sebelius awarded $220 million to establish 15 Beacon Communities throughout America. These community consortia – selected from 130 applicants – have demonstrated leadership in developing advanced health IT solutions to help<br/>
improve specific health outcomes. They also share a strong conviction in the benefits of health IT as a critical pillar to advance broad and sustainable health system improvement. The average award amount is $15 million over 36 months. <br/><br/>The Beacon Community awards recognize collaborative community
efforts operating at the cutting edge of health IT and health care delivery system innovation. Beacon Communities will implement a range of care delivery innovations building on existing infrastructure of interoperable health IT and standards-based information exchange, in coordination with the Regional<br/>
Extension Center Program and State Health Information Exchange Program.<br/>
<br/><br/>In addition, the program will help Beacon Communities plan and develop
new initiatives that can ensure the longer-term sustainability of health IT-enabled improvements in health care quality, safety, efficiency, and population health. This includes preparing for future policy changes resulting from enactment of health care reform legislation that will permit providers, states, and regional health care organizations to test new payment methods emphasizing improvements in quality and value. <br/><br/>Like so many other
providers who effectively implement health IT, Beacon Communities will leverage other existing federal programs and resources to promote health information<br/>
exchange at the community level. These resources include: <br/></font></p>
<ul>
<li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) program, which aims to develop a longitudinal electronic health record for all active duty, Guard and Reserve, retired military personnel, and eligible<br/> separated Veterans</font><br/></li>
<li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) programs at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) to advance the adoption of certified electronic health records and exchange of health information</font><br/></li>
<li><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce efforts to extend broadband infrastructure</font></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br/>The partnership with applicable VLER, FQHC, and HCCN sites is particularly important to ensure we realize measurable and tangible results in federally funded, military, and private sector health care settings alike. <br/> <br/>I would like to acknowledge and praise the many applicants who were not funded today, but<br/> whose experience and commitment suggests our nation has an encouraging foundation of health information exchange to build on. An additional $30.3 million is currently available to fund additional Beacon Community cooperative agreement awards. An announcement to apply will be made in the near future.<br/>
<br/><br/>Especially, I am particularly pleased by the <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTgxMjk5MyZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC04MTI5OTMmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NzY3NjM4JmVtYWlsaWQ9Y2NAbWVkdGVjaGlxLmNvbSZ1c2VyaWQ9Y2NAbWVkdGVjaGlxLmNvbSZleHRyYT0mJiY=&&&102&&&%3Ca%20href=">http://healthit.hhs.gov/blog/onc/index.php/2010/05/05/beacon-communities-lead-the-charge-to-improve-health-outcomes/</a>">diversity
among Beacon awardees: geographically, they span the continental United States and reach as far as Hawaii; both urban and rural communities are well represented; and targeted program outcomes span some of America’s most pressing health concerns, from reducing medication errors and improving the care of individuals with cardiovascular disease to reducing disparities in access and outcomes for patients with diabetes. Additionally, the programs bring health IT<br/>
innovation to a variety of underserved populations to address health disparities and improve patient care. The Beacon Communities demonstrate that health IT can bring meaningful change to health care for all Americans — not just the healthiest, wealthiest, or best insured. <br/><br/>I extend my sincere
congratulations to our 15 Beacon Communities. Your work inspires me, and I believe that in the coming months, it will inspire and inform America’s medical<br/>
and health IT communities. <br/></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br/>Sincerely, <br/><br/><b>David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. <br/></b>National Coordinator for Health Information Technology <br/>U.S. Department of Health & Human Services</p>
<p></p>
<br/> $220 million ... 15 Beacon Community Awards Announced ...tag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-05-04:2140535:Topic:306012010-05-04T18:54:20.798ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<br></br><br></br>Today ... <br></br><br></br>U.S. Vice President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius announced the selection of 15 communities across the country to serve as pilot communities for eventual wide-scale use of health information technology through the $220 Beacon Community program ... Today’s awards are part of the $2 billion effort to achieve widespread meaningful use of health IT and provide for the use of an electronic health record (EHR) for each person…
Colleagues,<br/><br/>Today ... <br/><br/>U.S. Vice President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius announced the selection of 15 communities across the country to serve as pilot communities for eventual wide-scale use of health information technology through the $220 Beacon Community program ... Today’s awards are part of the $2 billion effort to achieve widespread meaningful use of health IT and provide for the use of an electronic health record (EHR) for each person in the United States by 2014. An additional $30 million is currently available to fund additional Beacon Community cooperative agreement awards ... An announcement to apply will be made in<br/>
the near future... <br/><br/>... The Beacon Communities will use health IT to bring doctors, hospitals,
community health programs, federal programs and patients together to design new ways of improving quality and efficiency of healthcare ... Beacon Communities will also access existing<br />
federal programs such as the Regional Extension Center Program, State Health Information Exchange Program, and the National Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC) ... <br/><br/>
<p>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">15 Beacon communities, their awards, and key strategies are</span>:</p>
<br />
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Community Services Council of Tulsa</span>, Tulsa, Okla. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">12,043,948</span> <br/></p>
<p>Leverage broad community partnerships with hospitals, providers, payers, and government agencies to expand a community-wide care coordination system, which will increase appropriate referrals for cancer screenings, decrease unnecessary specialist visits and (with telemedicine) increase access to care for patients with diabetes <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Delta Health Alliance</span>, Inc., Stoneville, Miss. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">14,666,156</span></p>
<p>Focus on achieving improvements for diabetic patients by electronically linking isolated systems and practices for care management, medication therapy management and patient education</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, Brewer Maine</span> $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">12,749,740</span></p>
<p>Expand community connectivity, including long-term care, primary care and specialist providers, to existing Health Information Exchange and promote the use of telemedicine and patient self-management in order to improve care for elderly patients and individuals needing long-term or home care <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Geisinger Clinic, Danville, PA</span> $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">16,069,110</span> <br/></p>
<p>Enhance care for patients with pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure by creating a community-wide medical home, promoting Health Information Exchange and extending Geisinger’s proven model for practice redesign to independent healthcare organizations throughout region <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">HealthInsight, Salt Lake City, Uta</span>h $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">15,790,181</span></p>
<p>Improve Diabetes management performance measures by increasing availability, accuracy and transparency of quality reporting, leverage Intermountain Healthcare’s strategies to reduce health systems costs throughout the region, and improve public health reporting</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Indiana Health Information Exchange, INC., Indianapolis, In</span>d. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">16,008,431</span></p>
<p>Expand the country’s largest Health Information Exchange to new community providers in order to improve cholesterol and blood sugar control for diabetic patients and reduce preventable re-admissions through telemonitoring of high risk chronic disease patients after hospital discharge</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Inland Northwest Health Services, Spokane, Wash</span>. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">15,702,479</span></p>
<p>Focus on increasing preventive services for diabetic patients in rural areas by extending Health Information Exchange and establishing anchor institutions in close proximity to remote clinics that will promulgate successes in health IT supported care coordination <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">- Louisiana Public Health Institute, New Orleans, La</span>. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">13,525,434</span> <br/></p>
<p>Reduce racial health disparities and improve control of diabetes and smoking cessation rates by linking technically isolated health systems, providers, and hospitals; and empower patients by increasing their access to Personal Health Records</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mayo Clinic Rochester, d/b/a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn</span>. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">12,284,770</span><br/> Enhance patient management and, reduce costs associated with hospitalization and emergency services for patients with diabetes and childhood asthma and address reduce health disparities for underserved populations and rural communities <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rhode Island Quality Institute, Providence, R.I</span>. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">15,914,787</span></p>
<p>Improve the management of patients with diabetes through several health IT initiatives to support Rhode Island’s transition to the Patient Centered Medical Home model and adapt infrastructure proven to improve childhood immunizations in order to achieve improvements in adult<br/> immunization rates</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization, Grand Junction, Colo</span>. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">11,878,279</span></p>
<p>Enable robust collection of clinical data from health systems, providers, and hospitals in order to inform practice redesign to improve blood pressure control in patients with diabetes and hypertension, increase smoking cessation counseling, and reduce unnecessary emergency department utilization and hospital re-admissions</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Southern Piedmont Community Care Plan, Inc., Concord, N.C.</span> $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">15,907,622</span></p>
<p>Improve care coordination for patients with diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and asthma by engaging patients and providers in bidirectional data sharing through a Health Record Bank, empowering patients and family members to participate in self-management through patient portals, and expanding access to care managers to facilitate post-discharge planning <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Regents of the University of California, San Diego, San Diego, Calif.</span> $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">15,275,115</span><br/> Expand pre-hospital emergency field care and electronic information transmission to improve outcomes for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, empower patients to engage in their own health management through web portal and cellular telephone technology, and improve<br/>
continuity of care for veterans and military personnel through the Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record initiative <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>- <span style="font-weight: bold;">University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii</span> $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">16,091,390</span></p>
<p>Implement a region-wide Health Information Exchange and Patient Health Record solution and utilize secure, internet-based care coordination and tele-monitoring tools to increase access to specialty care for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and obesity in this rural, health-professional shortage area <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">- Western New York Clinical Information Exchange, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y</span>. $<span style="text-decoration: underline;">16,092,485</span><br/> Utilize clinical decision support tools such as registries and point-of-care alerts and reminders and innovative telemedicine solutions to improve primary and specialty care for diabetic patients, decrease preventable emergency room visits, hospitalizations and re-admissions for patients with diabetes and congestive heart failure or pneumonia, and improve immunization rates among diabetic patients <br/></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>Read on at: <a href="http://healthit.hhs.gov/Programs/Beacon">http://Healthit.hhs.gov/Programs/Beacon</a>.</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>ENJOY!</p>
<p><br/></p>
<p>CC<br/></p> Over $25 million in U.S. Electronic Health Record (EHR) Regional Extension Center (REC) Awards Announcedtag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-04-04:2140535:Topic:297882010-04-04T16:21:42.757ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<br></br><br></br>Over $25 million in REC support contracts have been recently awarded to advance the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in the U.S.. The RECs are a key component of the ONC (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) approach to speed the
adoption of electronic health records by primary care practitioners. <br></br><br></br>Please see list below of awardees and descriptions of the awards they will receive…
Colleagues,<br/><br/>Over $25 million in REC support contracts have been recently awarded to advance the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in the U.S.. The RECs are a key component of the ONC (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) approach to speed the
adoption of electronic health records by primary care practitioners. <br/><br/>Please see list below of awardees and descriptions of the awards they will receive ...<br/><br/>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC<br/>------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><h2>Training Support for Regional Extension Centers</h2>
<br/> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Contract Award Amount:</span><br/>
<div id="so_formfield_dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contractor_awarded_name_" class="field fld_contractor_awarded_name fld-ro"><div class="widget" id="dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contract_award_amount__widget">$9,198,119<br/></div>
<br/><div class="widget" id="dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contractor_awarded_name__widget"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Contractor Awardee:</span><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Booz Allen Hamilton</span><br/><br/></div>
</div>
<div id="so_formfield_dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contractor_awarded_address_" class="field fld_contractor_awarded_address fld-ro"><div class="widget" id="dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contractor_awarded_address__widget"><div>This task order is to provide training support for the Regional Extension Centers under the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC) on behalf of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to support the Regional Extension<br/> Centers (RECs) funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.<br/></div>
</div>
</div>
<br/><h2>Knowledge Sharing Network</h2>
<br/> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Contract Award Amount:</span><br/>
<div id="so_formfield_dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contract_award_amount_" class="field fld_contract_award_amount fld-ro">$10,682,420<br/></div>
<br style="font-weight: bold;"/><div><div style="text-decoration: underline;" class="label" id="dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contractor_awarded_name__field-label"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Contractor Awardee:</span></div>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Westat</span><br/><div class="widget" id="dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contractor_awarded_name__widget"><br/></div>
This task order is to establish a knowledge sharing network under the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC) on behalf of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to support the Regional Extension Centers (RECs) funded<br/>
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.<br/></div>
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</div>
<br/><h2>Practice Transformation Support for Regional Extension Centers</h2>
<br/> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Contract Award Amount:</span><br/>
<div id="so_formfield_dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contract_award_amount_" class="field fld_contract_award_amount fld-ro">$3,606,822 <br/></div>
<br style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"/><div id="so_formfield_dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contractor_awarded_name_" class="field fld_contractor_awarded_name fld-ro"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Contractor Awardee:</span><div class="widget" id="dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contractor_awarded_name__widget"><span style="font-weight: bold;">RTI International</span></div>
<br/>
</div>
This task order is to provide practice transformation support for the Regional Extension Centers under the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC) on behalf of the Office of the<br/><div class="notice_desc_dates">National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to support<br/> the Regional Extension Centers (RECs) funded under the American Recovery<br/> and Reinvestment Act of 2009.<br/></div>
<br/><h2>Educational Tools and Resources to Support Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records</h2>
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These task orders will provide educational tools and resources to support the meaningful use of electronic health records under the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC) on<br/>
behalf of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to support the Regional Extension Centers (RECs) funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.<br/><br/><div id="so_formfield_dnf_class_values_procurement_notice__contract_award_amount_" class="field fld_contract_award_amount fld-ro"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Multiple-Awards</span>:<br/></div>
<span class="added"><br style="font-weight: bold;"/></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abt Associates</span><br/><br/> Task Order Value: $1,155,895<br/><br/><br/> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Westat</span> <br/><br/> Task Order Value: $858,099<br/><br/><br/> <span style="font-weight: bold;">RTI International</span><br/><br/> Task Order Value: $2,180,731<br/><br/> <br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">NORC</span><br/><br/> Task Order Value: $915,639<br/> MedThink Communications (Healthcare Communications Agency) ... Seeking Manager of Social Mediatag:medtechiq.ning.com,2010-03-27:2140535:Topic:296172010-03-27T12:45:29.081ZCC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSighthttps://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/CCatMedTechIQ
Colleagues,<br></br><br></br>Please see this job posting from MedTech-IQ member <a href="http://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/VincentWright?xg_source=profiles_memberList">Vincent Wright</a>... As you may know, Vincent runs the <a href="http://mylinkingpowerforum.ning.com/" id="application_name_header_link" name="application_name_header_link">MyLinkingPowerForum.com</a> social network, an excellent resource for connecting with professionals across a broad spectrum of disciplines…
Colleagues,<br/><br/>Please see this job posting from MedTech-IQ member <a href="http://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/VincentWright?xg_source=profiles_memberList">Vincent Wright</a>... As you may know, Vincent runs the <a id="application_name_header_link" href="http://mylinkingpowerforum.ning.com/" name="application_name_header_link">MyLinkingPowerForum.com</a> social network, an excellent resource for connecting with professionals across a broad spectrum of disciplines ...<br/><br/>ENJOY!<br/><br/>CC<br/>----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><h1><a href="http://mylinkingpowerforum.ning.com/group/LinkingJobSeekers/forum/topics/manager-of-social-media%22%3Ehttp://mylinkingpowerforum.ning.com/group/LinkingJobSeekers/forum/topics/manager-of-social-media%3C/a">Manager of Social Media</a></h1>
<br/><div class="discussion"><div class="description"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The Manager, Social Media & Public Relations functions as the primary<br/>
agency representative to middle/senior level clients. Working as part of<br/>
the public relations practice, he/she internally provides strategic<br/>
leadership and counsel to account teams related to all aspects of social<br/>
media. The Manager will be responsible for development and<br/>
implementation of social media strategies and programming, ongoing<br/>
client satisfaction, and developing opportunities through building and<br/>
maintaining strong client relationships and identifying new business<br/>
opportunities. This position will also lead MedThink’s internal and<br/>
external social media efforts, ensuring consistency of message. The<br/>
manager will also help produce thought leader and perspective pieces to<br/>
showcase MedThink’s expertise in the area of social media. Traditional<br/>
public relations responsibilities may be assigned based on client<br/>
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