MT. LAUREL, N.J., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Demonstrating the value of standards-based health information technologies, MedQuist Inc. , a leading provider of technology-enabled clinical documentation services, is participating as an Implementer in the HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase at booth #233 in Hall C of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The Showcase is part of the 2010 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition being held from March 1-4.
“Dictation and transcription solutions provide a pathway for realizing the benefits of the EHR. As the industry completes the journey to an EHR environment, MedQuist is committed to assisting healthcare facilities during that transition,” says V. “Juggy” Jagannathan, MedQuist vice president of Research. “Our customers are able to maintain the efficiency of current processes, and also derive the benefits of EHRs using MedQuist technology-enabled service solutions.”
This is the third time that MedQuist has participated in the Interoperability Showcase. The company has long supported and implemented interoperability standards as an active participant in IHE, and is the only Medical Transcription Service Organization (MTSO) involved in the 2010 Showcase. Recently, MedQuist also successfully demonstrated secure information exchange in the IHE Connectathon, the North American healthcare IT industry’s largest interoperability testing event, held in Chicago in January.
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