CMHC Systems' Clinical Product Manager to Present at TEPR.Business Editors, Health/Medical & High Tech Writers DUBLIN, Ohio--(BW HealthWire)--April 12, 2001 CMHC CMHC community mental health center. Systems, a leading provider of information technology for healthcare and human services organizations, is pleased to announce that Jane Branham, Clinical Product Manager, has been invited to present at the Towards an Electronic Patient Record 2001 Conference. Staff HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, expert, Branham is Chair of CMHC Systems' HIPAA task force and is a registered Health Information Administrator with AHIMA AHIMA American Health Information Management Association (Chicago, IL) . She has been featured in the professional profiles section of ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals and has contributed articles to several leading industry publications including Behavioral Health Management and Treatment Today. This is Branham's second invitation to present at TEPR TEPR Toward an Electronic Patient Record Conference . Branham's presentation, "Practical Planning -- Effectively Combining EPR EPR Electron Paramagnetic Resonance EPR Extended Producer Responsibility EPR Electronic Patient Record(s) EPR Emergency Preparedness and Response (US DHS) EPR Endpoint Reference EPR Ethylene-Propylene Rubber and HIPAA Strategies for Behavioral Healthcare," will focus on automation as the common ground between a managed care environment and HIPAA implementation issues. The session will provide an effective strategy combining efforts made in implementing an electronic patient record with the effort needed to fully implement the regulations mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when . Branham will use team building, process redesign, evaluation of regulations, and issues specific to behavioral healthcare. Attendees will be given tools and resources to bridge the gap between the EPR and HIPAA. The 17th Annual TEPR Conference is scheduled for May 8-13, 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts at the Hynes Convention Center The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has 193,000 square feet (0 m) of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. . Additional conference topics include eHealth, Government IT Initiatives, Legal Issues with Medical Record, and HIPAA legislation. For more information about TEPR or the 2001 conference agenda, call 617.964.3923 or visit www.tepr.com. Since 1978, CMHC Systems has pioneered the development of technology and management information systems for human service organizations. Integrating clinical, financial, demographic, and staff data, the CMHC/MIS permits total information management. Using browser-based software and operating under UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , the CMHC/MIS combines a powerful multi-tasking system with Internet technology to create a graphical environment allowing quick and easy system navigation. The CMHC/MIS works with all major network architectures. CMHC has helped provide information management solutions to more than 500 organizations with 650 sites in 41 states and more than 25,000 end-users. For more information about CMHC Systems, please write us at 570 Metro Place North, Dublin, Ohio, 43017; call 614-764-0143; fax 614-799-3188; email karenc@cmhc.com; or visit our web site at www.cmhc.com. |
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