MTI Named EMC Mid-Market Partner of the Year for Second Year

Godalming, UK (PRWEB UK) 20 March 2014

MTI today announces it has been named EMC Mid-Market Partner of the Year 2013 by EMC’s EMEA Advisory Board. The recognition – awarded at the 2014 EMC EMEA Partner Kick-off Event – reflects significant growth in MTI’s revenues across its EMC portfolio, delivering over 100 net-new named accounts. MTI was the recipient of the same award in 2012.

EMC’s EMEA Partner of the Year awards recognise high-achieving EMC Business Partners who exceed growth expectations and demonstrate a commitment to excellence through innovation and thought leadership that support joint business goals.

Terry Beale, EMC UK Channel Director, said: “The awards recognise that MTI has excelled by delivering value to our mid-market customers and demonstrated the capability to integrate EMC products into one MTI solution, helping customers improve efficiency and increase agility. MTI is able to achieve this through its strong technical capability, which is up-to-date with the latest customer and market trends. The award to MTI of EMC Mid-Market Partner of the Year 2013 is well deserved.”

Keith Clark, CEO of MTI, said: “MTI is proud of its long-standing relationship with EMC, having celebrated our 10-year anniversary last year. This amounts to over a decade of helping a great many organisations transform their businesses with the right application of IT solutions and services. EMC’s technologies play a key role in MTI’s portfolio, and the results which have earned MTI this most recent award are testimony to the impact that this partnership continues to have in the market. It is most encouraging to see that growth has come from a combination of organic growth, as well as a large number of new accounts.”

Payment systems operator Vocalink is an example of MTI’s expertise and long-standing client relationships within the IT industry. John Hewett, Head of Infrastructure Services at VocaLink, said: “VocaLink has been working with MTI and EMC for over seven years. The products and services provided sit right at the heart of our business, making us more efficient and effective. VocaLink provides high availability and resilient payment solutions delivering class-leading payment clearing systems and ATM switching platforms, which underpin the majority of UK electronic payments industry. Data efficiency, security and speed are business critical for VocaLink. MTI provides strategic consultancy, design, service delivery and on-site training to our team allowing us to focus on our core activities.”

Ian Parslow, Senior Vice President of Sales, MTI, said: “This recognition builds on MTI’s success, which includes winning EMC’s Mid-Market Partner of the Year 2012 and EMC’s VSPEX EMEA Partner of the Year 2013. Moving forward, we will further differentiate our message with ‘One MTI’ and we will continue to build out our XaaS portfolio ‘powered by EMC’. 2014 is set to be an even more successful year with EMC, across all our practice areas.”

ENDS

Notes to Editors

EMC is a trademark or registered trademark of EMC Corporation in the US and other countries.

About MTI

MTI – Managing Data Securely

MTI is a global solutions and service provider, underpinned with operational excellence and experience gained through thousands of client and partner engagements. With more than 25 years experience working extensively across public, social and private market sectors, MTI has developed proven methodologies and best practices aligned with recognised Industry Standards (ITIL, Prince2).

MTI’s consultants and specialists work collaboratively to provide holistic, tailored solutions and services across its Datacentre, Security & Managed Services Practices, whether in the corporate datacentre (private cloud), in a hosted environment or a hybrid service model. MTI aims to develop a partnership that will become a recognised asset, providing support and guidance through the myriad of choice in the market to ensure the right strategic decisions and investments are made.

More information is available at http://www.mti.com or you can follow us on Twitter @MTI_Technology.







AIS Newsletter Reports on Tough Halifax Integrity Agreement

Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 26, 2014

As part of its $ 85 million False Claims Act settlement with the Department of Justice for alleged Stark violations, Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing have agreed to a five-year corporate integrity agreement (CIA) that requires its top managers — including the chief medical officer, chief revenue officer and service line administrator — to certify in writing that their departments comply with federal health care regulations. In the March 24 issue of Atlantic Information Services, Inc.’s (AIS) Report on Medicare Compliance, one chief compliance officer calls the Halifax CIA one of the toughest he has seen.

Like other CIAs, it requires the hospital to hire and retain a compliance officer who is not subordinate to the CEO or general counsel and reports directly to the board. “Noncompliance responsibilities of the compliance officer should be limited,” the CIA notes. In another familiar move, board members are required to routinely review the compliance program and sign a resolution every time attesting that Halifax has implemented an effective compliance program that adheres to all federal health program requirements. If they can’t make that promise, board members must sign a statement that they can’t guarantee compliance and lay out their corrective action plan.

But with the requirement that hospital executives must certify their departments’ compliance, Halifax’s CIA goes a step farther. “If you have to certify something, you take it very seriously,” says Brian Kozik, chief compliance officer at Lawrence General Hospital in Lawrence, Mass. “This will hold them accountable.” He also calls the CIA “a big message to the industry and to boards. All those people who sign certifications will be more accountable. It’s spread across the organization.” The CIA should empower compliance officers everywhere because it shows the weight the federal government is giving compliance programs — specifically the importance of face time with the board and reporting, he continues.

Halifax Hospital and Halifax Staffing were scheduled to go on trial March 3 before a jury in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida when word came down of the settlement. The case is USA and Elin Baklid-Kunz v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center and Halifax Staffing, Inc. (U.S. DC MD of Fla., No 6:09-cv-1002-Orl-31TBS).

Visit http://aishealth.com/archive/rmc032414-03 to read the article in its entirety.

About Report on Medicare Compliance

The industry’s #1 source of timely news and proven strategies on Medicare compliance, Stark and other big-dollar issues of concern to health care compliance officers, the award-winning Report on Medicare Compliance identifies and provides valuable guidance on dozens of high-risk billing and documentation problems and foreshadows the next moves of federal enforcers and their armies of RAC, ZPIC and MAC auditors. “The best information there is for hospital compliance officers,” the 8-page weekly newsletter includes insights and strategies not available anywhere else.

Since 1992, Report on Medicare Compliance has been written by Nina Youngstrom, who has a reputation for being one of the most knowledgeable journalists and incisive writers in the field. With excellent contacts at the IG’s office and at CMS, and strong relationships among industry experts and compliance officers, each issue of Report on Medicare Compliance contains exclusive, inside news. Visit http://aishealth.com/marketplace/report-medicare-compliance for more information.

About AIS

Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS) is a publishing and information company that has been serving the health care industry for more than 25 years. It develops highly targeted news, data and strategic information for managers in hospitals, health plans, medical group practices, pharmaceutical companies and other health care organizations. AIS products include print and electronic newsletters, websites, looseleafs, books, strategic reports, databases, webinars and conferences. Learn more at http://AISHealth.com.







Display Solution: Lichtstarkes E-Signage-Display mit 46-Zoll-Diagonale lieferbar

Display Solution: Lichtstarkes E-Signage-Display mit 46-Zoll-Diagonale lieferbar
Mit einer Lichtstärke von 5000 cd/m2 ist Samsungs kontrastreiches Ultra-High-Brightness-E-Signage-Display LTI460HZ01 bei einer Bildiagonalen von 46 Zoll extrem hell. So lassen sich auch im hellsten Sonnenlicht Informationen problemlos ablesen. Muster …
Read more on elektroniknet.de

MSC è rivenditore ufficiale dei display Sharp
… dai display di piccolo formato da 8,9 cm (3,5 pollici) fino agli schermi da 203 cm (80 pollici), alcuni equipaggiati con funzionalità a schermo tattile, capaci di garantire una luminosità di 2000 cd/m² e un rapporto di contrasto 1:5000, per …
Read more on Elettronica news

シャープのデジタルサイネージシステム、京阪京橋駅コンコースに採用
… つなぎ目が目立たない狭額縁・高輝度タイプの60V型液晶ディスプレイを縦に2台繋ぎ合わせ、109V型相当の大画面ディスプレイを実現している。 また、各ディスプレイの表示内容を効果的に切り換えできるコンテンツ配信/表示システムとして「e-Signage Pro」を活用している。
Read more on マイナビニュース

Sharp Unveils First-Ever 60, 70, and 80 Class Size e-Signage LCD Modules

Camas, WA (PRWEB) June 05, 2012

Today, Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA) announced the availability of a new line of TFT LCD modules optimized for e-Signage (electronic signage) applications. The modules mark the first opportunity for e-Signage product designers to benefit from the proven durability and performance of Sharp LCD modules, as well as its expert, regionally-based technical support resources.

The portfolio includes a family of 60-inch, 70-inch, and 80-inch Class size LCDs, as well as specialty modules for outdoor signage, video walls, and applications that require high resolution. The modules will be on show at Display Week 2012, June 5 – 8 in Boston, MA. Learn more at http://www.sharpsma.com/lcds/e-signage.

The 60/70/80-inch Class family of Sharp e-Signage LCDs features a multi-channel LVDS interface, and all models are optimized for 24/7 operation. Full-HD (a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels) for all modules delivers images with crisp, true-to-life detail, and Sharp’s proprietary UV2A process provides wide viewing angles and high contrast. The displays are equally compatible for use in portrait and landscape mode, making them an ideal fit for virtually any location.

Displays in the 60/70/80 Class Module Family include 60-inch (diagonal) (LK600D3LBX), 70-inch Class (69.5” diagonal) (LK695D3LBX), and 80-inch (diagonal) (LK800D3LBX) products. Each Class size is available with 350 nits, 500 nits, or 700 nits of brightness. Many models have integrated driver boards for LED backlighting and pulse-width modulation dimming.

In addition, Sharp offers specialty models to meet especially demanding requirements. The 2000-nit, 60-inch (diagonal) (LK600D3LB14) high-brightness model is designed for optimal visibility in bright daylight. A second 60-inch (diagonal) module is designed specifically for seamless video walls (LD600T3SH1). The module delivers 1500 nits of brightness via an LED backlight array, and boasts a super narrow 6.5 mm bezel. An integrated local dimming feature allows it to operate with a targeted increase in contrast up to 1,000,000:1 with reduced power consumption.

For applications that require especially high resolution, like imaging for medical diagnostics or monitors for the film or advertising industries, Sharp has QFHD Resolution LCD panels available at 3840 × 2160 pixels – four times the resolution of Full-HD. This LED-backlit LCD portfolio currently includes 60-inch (diagonal) model (LK601R3LA19), with a 31.5-inch (diagonal) (LQ315D1LG91) in development.

Availability and Pricing

Product samples and pricing may be obtained through any Sharp Representative or Distributor. Sharp displays are RoHS* compliant, upholding the company’s commitment to reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing. For pricing details on other Modules (or to schedule a sample request for the 31.5-inch diagonal LQ315D1LG91) please contact your Sharp Representative or Distributor. One-piece sample pricing for 350-nit 60/70/80-inch Class Module Family models is as follows:

60-inch Class: LK600D3LBXX    

350 nits w/LED Driver, 60Hz I/120Hz O    

$ 2,078.00

70-inch Class: LK695D3LAXX    

350 nits w/LED Driver, 60Hz I/O    

$ 3,867.00

80-inch Class: LK800D3LAXX

350 nits w/LED Driver, 60 Hz I/120Hz O        

$ 6,094.00

Sharp Customer Support

Sharp’s dedicated sales and field applications engineering team supports OEM and Integration customers throughout the design cycle. This way, each product’s unique features can be leveraged to meet the specific demands of most any industry solution challenge. For more information, visit http://www.SHARPsma.com.

About Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas

Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas (SMA) drives innovative LCD, optoelectronics, imager, and RF components to market. The world’s leading manufacturers of consumer and business technologies look to SMA for the products, expertise, and worldwide support they need to make their visions a reality. SMA, in Camas, Washington, is the microelectronics sales and marketing division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sharp Corporation. For more information, visit us at http://www.SHARPsma.com.

∗ The Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Directive (2002/95/EC). This directive took effect July 1, 2006.

All Specification values quoted are Typical values. LED: Light Emitting Diode. LCD: Liquid Crystal Display. Sharp is a registered trademark of Sharp Corporation.







Forest Square Shopping Center Chooses Formetcos LED Message Center to Promote Their Businesses

Atlanta, Georgia (PRWEB) April 04, 2014

The Owner of Forest Square Shopping Center was looking for ways to enhance his shopping center’s presence in the marketplace and to appeal to customers in a very competitive shopping area in Atlanta, Georgia. In evaluating their marketing dollar expenditure, they realized that their main objectives were three fold. They needed to help their tenants attract more customers which would in turn increase revenue for them, they needed to attract new tenants to promote the available retail space and they needed to create more exposure for the retail space that is hidden from the main road. After evaluating these objectives, the Forest Square Shopping Center realized that the best advertising medium would be an LED Electronic Message Center. This would allow them to rotate multiple advertisements, showcase special promotions for the different businesses in the plaza, and create awareness by bringing attention from passing motorists. By teaming up with Whiteway Neon-AD and Formetco, Forest Square Shopping Center has a new look and extremely happy tenants.

“We are very pleased with our electronic message board that we purchased from Formetco. They have been great to work with and have surpassed our expectations from start to finish. Our tenants are now able to advertise their products without having to buy expensive Atlanta Media time. Also, this sign will support us in our leasing efforts as we solicit new tenants,” said Philip Sunshine, General Partner at Buford Clairmont Co., Ltd.

“We are elated that Whiteway and Buford Clairmont Co. decided to partner with Formetco on this project. This location is great for this type of advertising and offered Formetco the opportunity to help a key partner with their advertising needs,” said Jeff Frazier, Director of EMC Sales at Formetco. Visit http://www.formetco.com/emc for information regarding LED video displays.







Legal Tip Kiosks Offer Fresh Advertising Opportunities

York, PA (PRWEB) April 03, 2014

For lawyers, vast changes in advertising mediums make it difficult for them to effectively promote their services. Livewire Digital, in partnership with Blue Zebra Kiosks, is giving attorneys a new, powerful alternative—dedicated kiosks that offer legal tips to consumers.

Placed in areas where pedestrians congregate, these interactive kiosks allow users to confidentially inquire about legal situations where they might need the help of an attorney. By selecting a category, such as workers comp, medical malpractice, or wills, individuals can receive legal advice on the screen and view a recommended lawyer’s name for each area of specialty. The person can then choose how to receive the information.

“Our kiosks provide legal information and lawyer referrals to consumers,” says David Entin of Blue Zebra Kiosks. “These kiosks are located in high foot−traffic locations, such as shopping malls and medical facilities. Consumers can easily find information on a specific legal topic and instantly get a printout, text, or email with useful legal tips and referrals for attorneys and related services.”

Livewire Digital partnered with Blue Zebra Kiosks, providing multiple screens and graphics that attract consumers. The centerpiece of Livewire’s contribution is its unique eConcierge® platform and content management system, which allows the kiosk client to monitor activity and safeguard and update the information seamlessly from a remote site. Livewire also provided the easy-to-use interface, functional design spec, screen flow and design layout, along with the requirements for the kiosk hardware and necessary interfaces.

Livewire Digital’s CEO, David McCracken, says, “We know that information kiosks like Blue Zebra’s are becoming more and more necessary, providing instant information for all types of businesses. In this case, not only do we provide an inviting, user-friendly interface for this innovative marketing tool, our software allows the client to continually customize sponsorships differently for each kiosk, as sponsorship agreements change and new locations are added.”

Blue Zebra chose to introduce their kiosk in a select market where they felt these legal information kiosks could prove the value of their product. They continue to add more kiosks in the test market and plan to expand to other markets in the near future. The kiosks have a small footprint, are practically silent, use very little electricity, and do not share the host’s Internet connection. Attorneys pay to advertise on the kiosks, and host locations receive a monthly fee. To learn more, check out this video.

About Livewire Digital

Livewire is the Power to Connect, creating software solutions for kiosks, digital signage, and online and mobile applications, all managed from its eConcierge® Content Management System. Livewire’s many turnkey solutions increase revenue and productivity for its customers, while lowering overhead and providing seamless integration. Livewire provides cutting-edge software, hardware consulting, and system integration, bringing the necessary puzzle pieces together to increase customer engagement and create a better end-user experience.







Social Media Outperforms Wall Street at Predicting Earnings Surprises?

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) April 01, 2014

Researchers from three prestigious schools – Georgia Institute of Technology, Purdue University, and City University of Hong Kong – have released what they believe is the first study proving the ability of social media to predict future stock returns and earnings surprises. Forthcoming in the April 2014 issue of The Review of Financial Studies, the study, “Wisdom of Crowds: The Value of Stock Opinions Transmitted through Social Media,” examines data from 2005-2012 available on social investing site Seeking Alpha and compares it to market data for that period.

Citing the study’s conclusion that peer opinions published online reliably predict positive or negative stock returns anywhere from one month to three years in advance, Associate Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, Yu Jeffrey Hu, states, “Traditionally the domain of professional forecasters, financial analysis is increasingly being performed and broadcast by investors themselves.”

The study’s researchers performed textual analysis of more than seven years’ worth of material posted to the web site Seeking Alpha. Seeking Alpha is a crowd-sourced investing site that allows contributors to publish research and ideas, which the community of users then peer-reviews.

The data included more than 97,000 articles and 459,679 comments. Articles were written by 6,500 authors and covered over 7,000 stocks. When compared to market data and articles from Dow Jones, analysis showed:

●    Articles on stock investing and community comments on the Seeking Alpha site predict stock returns over every time-frame examined: three months, six months, one year and three years.

●    This was not true of previous studies of the predictive value of short chatter messages posted on Internet message boards, which demonstrated no predictive value.

●    Unlike previous sell-side research showing that financial analyst opinions are quickly incorporated into the market price, this study finds that the value relevant information on Seeking Alpha site affects the market price at a slower pace.

●    The Seeking Alpha user community successfully identified the predictive value of authors in real time.

     ●     When the community disagreed with authors, their opinions had predictive value

     ●     Authors who were historically accurate met with less or no community disagreement.

●    Community sentiment – either positive or negative – was more accurate in predicting future stock prices and earnings surprises than Seeking Alpha articles alone, sell-side analysis, or similar content from Dow Jones.

●    Previewing the results, the Wall Street Journal wrote, “Seeking Alpha predicted stock returns and earnings surprises above and beyond Wall Street analyst reports and financial news articles.”

Hu and his fellow researchers concluded, “The predictability holds even after controlling for the effect of traditional advice sources, such as financial analysts and newspaper articles. Together, our findings point to the usefulness of peer-based advice in financial markets.”

“Social media outlets are unique in the sense that they enable direct and immediate interactions among users. These interactions, combined with the seeming intelligence of the ‘crowd,’ may be one of the primary reasons social media platforms are able to produce value-relevant content that is incremental to that revealed through traditional news channels,” said Hu.

Professor Hu worked on this independent study with Hailiang Chen of City University of Hong Kong, Prabuddha De and Byoung-Hyoun Hwang of Purdue University. The study was conducted independently from Seeking Alpha.

About Yu Jeffrey Hu

Yu Jeffrey Hu is an Associate Professor at the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is an expert on big data, business analytics, electronic commerce, Internet retailing, social media, consumer behavior, and online advertising.

He has also written papers on pricing models in online advertising and mechanisms to protect online consumers’ privacy. His research has been discussed and cited by media outlets such as New York Times, TIME Magazine, Wired Magazine, National Public Radio, InformationWeek, INC. Magazine, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Channel 2 (WSBTV). His papers have been adopted for classroom use by many top universities around the world.

Dr. Hu received his Ph.D. in Management Science and Information Technology from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Prior to joining Georgia Institute of Technology, he worked for Purdue University as a tenured associate professor. He also worked for MIT’s Center for Digital Business as a research associate. He received a B.S. degree in Finance with the honor of Outstanding Graduating Student from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and received a M.S. degree in Economics with honor from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Wisdom of Crowds: The Value of Stock Opinions Transmitted through Social Media

The Review of Financial Studies

About Seeking Alpha

Seeking Alpha is disrupting traditional equity research by giving serious investors direct access to the investment ideas of financial professionals and industry insiders.

Seeking Alpha delivers:

●    Breadth: Seeking Alpha authors published ideas on 6,351 unique stocks in 2013, including more than 3,000 small- and mid-cap stocks.

●    Depth: With over 8,500 contributing authors, 3 million registered users, more than 1 million comments, and 24-hr moderation, insight and discussion are informed and sophisticated.

●    Influence: Seeking Alpha articles frequently move stocks due to its large and influential readership. Seeking Alpha articles and comments have predictive value that widely outperforms traditional equity research and other social-media platforms.

Press Contacts:

Sean Lough

Director of Marketing

Seeking Alpha

+1 (212) 497-1168

sean(at)seekingalpha(dot)com

@Sean_Lough

Fred Bracken

Press Support

press(at)seekingalpha(dot)com

+1 (646) 371-3428

info(at)getfred(dot)co

Seeking Alpha and the Seeking Alpha logo are trademarks of Seeking Alpha Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

END







Roland DGA Enters the Dynamic Digital Signage Market

Roland DGA Enters the Dynamic Digital Signage Market
Digital printing company Roland DGA Corp. has entered the dynamic digital signage market with its new Roland DisplayStudio digital sign system, a complete solution that allows traditional sign shops to increase profits by adding digital signage to …
Read more on Digital Signage Connection

Limited Space Introduces Digital Showcase Media
According to the company, DSM features the latest in digital screen technology and multi-zonal sound. The screens measure 165 inches and utilize NEC's ultra HD cinema-screen quality images as part of a fully rounded, interactive brand platform.
Read more on Digital Signage Connection

QSR, retail partnerships highlight Q1 for ComQi digital signage
The partnership with Milwaukee-based Everbrite leverages that firm's more than 80 years of experience building signs and visual identification plans for retailers. The ComQi EnGage digital signage platform, and supporting services, is now embedded into …
Read more on Retail Customer Experience

DirectTrust Surpasses ONCs Secure HIE Specs, Earns Renewal

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) April 08, 2014

DirectTrust, a non-profit trade alliance that advances secure, health information exchange via the Direct Protocol, announced today that its Cooperative Agreement with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT has been renewed for a second full year. The renewal came after DirectTrust not only met, but exceeded the goals of the ONC’s Exemplar HIE Governance Program.

“This is a time when identity theft and privacy concerns are prevalent, so securing patients’ personal health information in Direct messages – and trusting the identity between senders – is a must,” DirectTrust President and CEO David C. Kibbe, MD, said. “In a remarkably short period of time, our members have created a national network for secure and trusted health data exchange over the Internet. EHR users in hospitals, medical practices, and other health care facilities, as well as their patients, will all benefit from the ability to move data securely across organizational and IT boundaries via Direct. The work has been done on time, and on target.”

DirectTrust sets policies and standards for secure health information exchange and operates a voluntary, accreditation program for Health Information Services Providers (HISPs) in partnership with the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). Accredited HISPs provide trusted, low-cost message exchanges from within EHRs, web portals, and other applications for the purposes of health care coordination and patient engagement.

To qualify for renewal, DirectTrust had to meet a number of deadlines and milestones for growth of its trust community. One of those involved their Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC)-DirectTrust program. Accredited HISPs share digital certificates with one another, making it transparent and efficient for Direct relying parties to know who to trust, without having to engage in one-off contracts or single-use connections.

In all to date, DirectTrust has enrolled 49 organizations – including leading EHR companies, connectivity vendors, and state HIEs – in more than 80 accreditation and audit programs encompassing privacy, security, and trust-in-identity controls. That far exceeded the goal of 50 programs set for the first year of the Cooperative Agreement.

“Over the past year, DirectTrust worked hard to promote good governance practices and enable the exchange of health information,” said Kory Mertz, the Challenge Grant Director at the ONC. “We expect that in the second year of the contract, DirectTrust will continue this success and help to enable HISP-to-HISP interoperability among their participants.”

According to John Blair, MD, Chair of the DirectTrust Board of Directors and CEO of MedAllies, an accredited HISP, “The country has placed a high priority on digitizing providers throughout the health care industry. For the last several years, significant money and effort has gone into moving providers from paper to EHRs. Direct exchange is our greatest hope to create interoperability between these disparate EHR systems for transitions of care and care coordination. The partnership between DirectTrust and ONC has been a very productive collaboration between the private sector and government, something we don’t see every day.”

Details on the benefits of HIPAA-compliant messaging and EHNAC-DirectTrust accreditation can be found at http://www.DirectTrust.org.

About DirectTrust

DirectTrust is a nonprofit, competitively neutral, self-regulatory entity created by and for participants in the Direct community – including health information service providers (HISPs), certificate authorities, registration authorities, doctors, patients, and vendors. It supports both provider-to-provider, as well as patient-to-provider Direct exchange. The goal of DirectTrust is to develop, promote and, as necessary, help enforce the rules and best practices needed to maintain security and trust within the Direct network, consistent with the HITECH Act and the governance rules for the NwHIN established by the ONC. DirectTrust is committed to fostering widespread public confidence in the Direct exchange of health information. To learn more, please visit http://www.DirectTrust.org.

About the ONC Exemplar HIE Governance Program

The Exemplar Health Information Exchange Governance Program funds cooperative agreements that advance the efforts of existing governance entities that benefit consumers and healthcare providers by allowing health information to flow securely between unaffiliated healthcare organizations. Ultimately, this aligns interoperability requirements and business practices with national priorities; overcomes interoperability challenges; reduces implementation costs; and assures the privacy and security of health information exchange.







Randhurst hopes new signs draws more shoppers to center's interior

Randhurst hopes new signs draws more shoppers to center's interior
It will feature 11 tenant panels and an electronic message center. "It would be just for the stores that are within the Main Street area, as well as a video board on the right that would display images of basically the types of restaurants, the …
Read more on Chicago Daily Herald

Dennis-Yarmouth message board lights up
Shortly after noon on Friday, March 28, the Daktronics Galaxy electronic message board in front of Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School lit up for the first time with a series of messages thanking the donors that made the $ 50,000 project possible.
Read more on Wicked Local Yarmouth

Increased IT usage by GP practices
This has taken added time. Now — using the new system — following a patient visit, consultation notes are written up, those notes appear on the electronic referral message to the hospital under the new system, and letters are no longer required …
Read more on Irish Medical Times