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The Health Information Technology, Electronic Health Record program is offering a free lecture on Meaningful Use of the Electronic Health Record.
What is Meaningful Use? Meaningful use is using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to:
Ultimately, it is hoped that the meaningful use of certified EHR technology will result in:
Bala Thirumalainambi, the Meaningful Use Manager of NJ HITEC (New Jersey's Regional Extension Center), will be presenting a guest lecture at Burlington County College's Pemberton campus on May 9, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the William K. McDaniel IRLC (library), room 102. Mr. Thirumalainambi will discuss the HITECH requirements of Meaningful Use of the EHR from the providers' (physicians') perspective, including the requirements of Stage 1 Meaningful Use, the Medicare and Medicaid incentives for Meaningful Use, and how physicians attest to Meaningful Use.
This presentation provides an excellent overview of Stage 1 Meaningful Use in an easy to understand format with some practical advice on how to achieve Meaningful Use for physicians. A brief update on the proposed Stage 2 will also be discussed.
A question and answer session will immediately follow the presentation.
Seating will be first come, first serve, so please email Lisa Ferrante, lferrant@bcc.edu with your intent to attend. |
Health information management is the study of the principles and practices of acquiring, analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical information vital to providing quality patient care.
A career in Health Information Management or Information Technology is right for you if you:
- See yourself in a career that offers diverse opportunities
- Would like to work in health care, but not directly with patients
- Have an aptitude for science, but also like management, law, and computers
- Enjoy working with professionals: physicians, nurses, lawyers, administrators and executives
- Want a career where you can choose to work on your own, with others, or some of both
The Health Information Management (HIM) and Health Information Technology (HIT) programs incorporate the disciplines of medicine, management, finance, information technology, and law into one curriculum. Because of this unique mixture, HIM graduates can choose from a variety of work settings across an array of healthcare environments.
Burlington County College offers three choices:
Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Health Information Technology
Coding Certificate Program
Electronic Health Record Certificates
We look forward to assisting you in your educational goals. If you would like to request an information packet please call 609-894-9311, 1711.
For more information on the Associate in Applied Science- HIT degree or the Coding Certificate program , please attend one of our FREE information sessions scheduled below at the Pemberton
Campus, Parker Center, Room 313 at 4:00 pm.
- February 1, 2012
- April 11, 2012
- May 23, 2012
- July 25, 2012
Click on the EHR Certificate tab for the Electronic Health Record Certificate program FREE information session dates.
For directions to our Pemberton Campus, Click Here.
For more information on the programs we offer contact.
Susan P. Scully, BS, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P
Interim Assistant Director of Health Information Technology
sscully@bcc.edu 609-894-9311, 1257
Lisa K. Ferrante, RHIA
HITECH Project Manager
Electronic Health Record Program
lferrant@bcc.edu 609-894-9311, 1093
Fran Dilorenzo
Project CODE Manager
Coding Certificate Program
fdiloren@bcc.edu 609-894-9311, 1668
The Associate Degree Program at Burlington County College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
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