HIP Health Plan Deploys Pathlore LMS; New York's Largest HMO Prescribes Pathlore e-Learning System to Train Employees Across the Organization.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2002 Pathlore, the most widely adopted e-Learning solution provider in the marketplace, today announced that HIP Health Plan of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (HIP), New York's largest HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, , has implemented Pathlore Learning Management System (LMS) to manage and deliver learning content to employees across the organization. Pathlore LMS is enabling HIP to better develop and manage employee skills, and in turn provide members with the highest level of healthcare services. More than 1,700 employees across 20 business units at HIP are using Pathlore LMS to gain critical skills, track licensing and certifications, and organize training processes. Employees are taking advantage of classes including project management, managed care and ethics, as well as strengthening core competencies with word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , accounting, presentation and database programs. "We've always placed a strong emphasis on furthering our employees' education, and now with the flexibility, automation and scalability of Pathlore LMS, we have been able to roll out our training program to the entire organization," said Fred Blickman, senior vice president of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. for HIP Health Plan. "Employee reaction to e-Learning has been extremely positive, and we've found that employees are more eager to engage in courses and to take advantage of the training opportunities we provide." Pathlore LMS' administration capabilities allow HIP to track employees' use of training opportunities and efficiently manage their learning initiatives from a central location. Managers within individual business units at HIP now can access employees' training records and opportunities, and use this information when conducting annual employee reviews. One HIP department that is seeing the positive effects of Pathlore LMS is the Information Systems (IS) department, which is requiring its employees to maintain the highest standards in developing and executing IS projects. The department can monitor employees' interaction with training programs through Pathlore LMS. "HIP Health Plan of New York has shown commitment to the professional development of its employees that will benefit all customers, partners and stakeholders," said Steve Thomas Steve Thomas may refer to:
HIP Health Plans selected Pathlore in April 2001. After strong initial support during pilot programs, HIP extended e-Learning via Pathlore LMS to the entire organization in November 2001. About HIP With almost 800,000 members, HIP Health Plan of New York is the largest HMO in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . HIP provides access to care in a variety of ways. Members can go to doctors organized and practicing in medical groups or they can go to doctors associated with hospitals, including Beth Israel Medical Center Beth Israel Medical Center is a hospital in New York City. It has four major locations providing health services. It acts as University Hospital and Manhattan Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. , St. Luke-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Lenox Hill Community Medical Group, and Montefiore Medical Center Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, New York, is the university hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital, named after Moses Montefiore, is one of the 50 largest employers in New York State [1]. . HIP members can also go to HIP's network of more than 15,000 private doctors who work out of their offices in 25,000 neighborhood locations. HIP members also have access to care at more than 100 participating hospitals, including those named above and such other outstanding institutions as Long Island Jewish Medical Center Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJMC) shares the title of clinical and academic hub of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. It is an 827-bed voluntary, non-profit tertiary care teaching hospital serving the greater metropolitan New York area. and North Shore University Hospital. For more information about HIP please visit http://www.hipusa.com/. About Pathlore Founded in 1995, Pathlore develops e-Learning software that maximizes the potential of an organization by building a smart, fast and empowered work force. A privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , Pathlore powers the e-Learning initiatives of leading global companies, including 75 percent of the Fortune 100. Pathlore Learning Management System is the most widely deployed LMS worldwide. More information can be found at http://www.pathlore.com/. Pathlore is a registered trademark of Pathlore Software Corporation. All other registered and unregistered trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners. |
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