Electronic Health Records Seminar Set at Cape Regional

COURT HOUSE — On Tues., Sept. 13, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Cape Regional Medical Center, in partnership with the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s federally recognized Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center, NJ-HITEC, will host a free continuing medical education (CME) seminar for area physicians on electronic health record (EHR) implementation.
This 90-minute presentation has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 1.5 prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The program will be held at Cape Regional Medical Center, 2 Stone Harbor Boulevard, in Classrooms A and B located on the ground floor. It will include topics such as “Obtaining Medicare and Medicaid Financial Reimbursements for Meaningful Use compliance,” “EHR Vendor Selection Assistance,” “Practice Readiness Assessment,” “Workflow Redesign,” and “Financing Opportunities and Advice.”
The program will also cover the EHR implementation services available to physicians through NJ-HITEC.
Registration is free; those interested in attending should call Roxie Netta at 609-336-7733, at extension 311, or send an email to Roxanna.netta@spectramd.com or fax contact information to 609-336-7734.
NJ-HITEC (New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center) is the state’s nonprofit, federally funded Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (REC) created under the HITECH Act of 2009. NJ-HITEC is a federally-designated Regional Extension Center funded by the Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services, Award Number: 90RC0037/01.
Its mission is to assist NJ primary care providers in the successful implementation and Meaningful Use compliance of EHR systems in order to deliver quality care improvements to New Jersey residents.
To find out more about NJ-HITEC and its services, visit www.NJHITEC.org.