NJIT Newsroom tagged with "health information technology"

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.

Tagged: nj-hitec, health information technology

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.

Tagged: donald sebastian, nj-hitec, ehr, electronic health record, health information technology, primary care providers, us department of health and human services

NJ-HITEC and NJIT Will Help Students Create Personal Health Records on Sept. 10

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

NJ-HITEC and NJIT will celebrate National Health Information Technology (IT) Week by launching a new health IT initiative at the NJIT Campus Center Atrium on Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tagged: nj-hitec, ehr, electronic health record, medicat, student health services, personal health records

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.

Tagged: donald sebastian, grant, nj-hitec, ehr, health information technology, new jersey health information technology extension center, primary care providers

NJ Docs Beat Fed Deadline Signing Up in Droves for Electronic Health Records

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) announced today that it has reached the 5,000 primary care providers member milestone in support of the healthcare evolution to transition to patient Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

Tagged: donald sebastian, nj-hitec, electronic health record, new jersey health information technology extension center