NJIT Newsroom tagged with "bill o\\\'byrne"

NJIT Computer Scientist Publishes New Algorithm Cluster To Data Mine Health Records

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The time may be fast approaching for researchers to take better advantage of the vast amount of valuable patient information available from U.S. electronic health records. Lian Duan, an NJIT computer scientist with an expertise in data mining, has done just that with the recent publication of “Adverse Drug Effect Detection,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (March, 2013).

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NJ-HITEC Successfully Helps Docs Submit Data to CMS through Its Registry

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) reached another milestone in its mission to assist doctors improve the quality of healthcare through Health Information Technology (IT) by successfully assisting approximately 300 doctors submit Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and E-Prescribing (eRx) data through its member portal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by the March 31, 2013 deadline to receive federal incentive funding and avoid penalties.

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NJ-HITEC Assists Doctors by Submitting their Data for Federal Incentives through its CMS Qualified Data Registry

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

NJ-HITEC, a national leader in assisting doctors effectively use Health Information Technology to receive federal incentives, is now offering providers the ability to submit their required quality data through its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) qualified Data Registry and Data Submission Vendor (DSV).

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NJ-HITEC Ranked First in the Nation in Assisting Physicians Implement Health Information Technology

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) is ranked first nationally among the 62 Regional Extension Centers with over 6,300 member Primary Care Providers (PCPs), including 4,600 PCPs who are using a government certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system in their practice and 1,432 who have met the federal EHR program’s requirements to receive incentive payments.

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NJ-HITEC Ranked Second in the Nation in Assisting Physicians Implement Health Information Technology

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT announced today that its federally-funded grant program, the New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC), reached the 6,000-member milestone while also assisting over 1,000 physicians to become Meaningful Users of its Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.

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