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Affirma Healthcare

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AFFIRMA HEALTHCARE

AFFIRMA provides innovative products to healthcare organizations that are focused on the principles of Service, Security, and Strength. AFFIRMA couples inventiveness and imagination to seek out the right products for improved operations, safety, productivity, and revenue generation. Focused primarily on the information technology, AFFIRMA represents high quality companies with industry leading products and services for healthcare organizations.

Current healthcare products include; TotalAlert – Mass Notification System, Healthcare Internet Marketing products, and Aionex work flow based patient management tools.

Review the overviews of these industry leading products and schedule a demo or contact us today for more information:

TotalAlert – Originally designed for military purposes, is a mass notification system that allows an organization to immediately provide notification to any and all end users. Unlike other systems, this mass notification platform is designed to inform users that are on the internal network, smart phones, cell phones, regular phones, email, and other alarm devices. TotalAlert can be used in emergency situations (lockdown, safety alerts, weather alerts, news, etc.) or in day to day operations (group notices, meeting reminders, training notices, etc.) and can include content or links to content.

Healthcare Internet Marketing – Products and tools utilizing the internet to drive referrals to hospitals and/or physicians. Most hospitals do not utilize the full power of the internet even when the majority of the population looks to the internet for information on healthcare. The first product from HIM is focused on the Bariatric Surgery market and has been very successful. The process can be quickly and effectively implemented on a local level and can include a wide variety of consumer-driven service lines.

Aionex – This forward thinking company offers a healthcare software solution that is an overlay for any hospital information system. This workflow based system provides a healthcare organization with the ability to improve efficiencies and increase revenue. Many organizations are implementing a “transfer center” concept and Aionex provides a solution that allows the facility to streamline its referral/admission process. In addition, it provides decision support data regarding referral patterns and patient mix from a variety of sources. Central to this functionality is a workflow based bed board/resource management system that facilitates the communication associated with patient movement, bed control, and staffing levels. Additional modules available from Aionex include Patient Tracking, Staff Tracking, Surgical Flow, and Nurse Call.

For more information on how AFFIRMA solutions can meet your institutions needs Contact Us and schedule a Demo today!

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Healthcare Compliance Understanding Hipaahitech Regulatory Controls

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Security is a major cause of concern in today”s techno savvy global corporate environment. With organizations and healthcare facilities going towards a paperless environment, most of the information transfer and storage is in digital formats. Organizations, healthcare institutions and hospitals are faced with security challenges of their records and personnel. The need to protect the privacy of employees or patients involves a critical issue of the access to the electronic information.

Through a forward looking approach with view to address the current problems of IT compliance and security requirements of the healthcare industry and corporate sectors, various regulatory controls were put in place. This includes healthcare compliance in the form of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, signed as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Act, besides adding requirements for security breaches, has also laid down security standards for maintaining electronic health records. This Act also expands the privacy provisions beyond the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) Act.

Tthe HIPAA act was enacted in 1996 in the United States among other things to protect the health insurance coverage for employees and their next of kin in case of change of workplace or retrenchment. With the widespread use of electronic data exchange, HIPAA also made provisions for health care providers, insurance companies and employers to confirm to national standards in electronic health care transactions, so as to maintain high level of security. However, since the integrity of data is at risk by technological enhancements, the HIPAA healthcare act has transaction and code rules besides a number of standards and guidelines for the organizations to maintain the privacy and security of sensitive health information.

Though considered a boon to the security of healthcare information, these regulatory systems offer the entities a number of challenges too. The use of compliance management software developed by experts in the field will help organizations streamline and automate compliance initiatives. Further organizations have also made use of smart cards to identify access to the electronic documents. Such holistic enterprise-wide approach is needed for effective controls

Conformance to HIPPA/HITECH regulatory controls ensure Information security and healthcare regulatory compliance. These Acts address the security and privacy issues in healthcare industry. HITECH applies to the business associates too. Under such provisions, the business associates are also accountable for any data breaches and face penalties for non-compliance.

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A Glimpse Into Taiwan Healthcare System And Medical Events 2013

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Most of us know about the teardrop shaped island- Taiwan for its technological progress but there are many tourists that are not aware about its beauty, warmth and culture. It is a wonderful tourist destination and with the growth of medical tourism, it has become the most sought-after place for global tourists that come here for medical events in Taiwan. It truly a great place for travel and treatment.

Taiwan as a Medical Tourism Destination

Taiwan is truly a cultural retreat and has succeeded in promoting integration while maintaining its heritage and traditions. It is a great destination for people coming for treatment due to its superior quality and cost-effective medical treatment. No doubt Taiwan hospitals are known for state-of-art equipment and service which looks after the unique needs of the patient.

Healthcare in Taiwan is controlled and administered by the Department of Health of the Executive Yuan. In comparison to other developed economies, Taiwanese people are well-nourished but face number of health issues like heart disease and chronic obesity.

Taiwan Medical Event 2013

Speaking about medical events in Taiwan 2013, TAITRA or Taiwan External Trade Development Council is going to organize Taiwan Medicare 2013. It is a B2B exhibition which will focus on an array of innovative healthcare products like artificial joints, dental surgical treatments, artificial teeth, orthopedic surgical treatment and others. These products are sure to highlight the booming healthcare Industry of Taiwan.

Last year medical events in Taiwan became a huge hit among participants. In fact it also caught the attention of buyers around the world. There were about 1,200 overseas buyers in 63 nationalities. It managed to garner enough business in comparison to the event held in 2011. Again the events held by Medicare Taiwan 2013 have managed to show the same expectations.

Today there are number of events held in Asian countries and have earned their praises for their economic growth due to their progress in medical technology. Due to this it has become one of the preferred medical suppliers among manufacturers and buyers. This medical event is scheduled to be held from June 20, 2013 to June 23, 2013 at Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

Exhibition Areas of the Medical Event

Some of its exhibition areas are medical disposables and commodities, diagnostics, disinfection and sterilization equipment, biotechnology equipment and pharmaceuticals, laboratory, medical test and hospital equipment, surgical, dental and orthopedic equipment, medical services and publications, manufacturing equipment, parts, accessories and materials, rehabilitation equipment, mobility aids and healthcare products. Added to all these there are rehabilitation equipment, mobility aids and healthcare products.

The exhibition activities of medical events in Taiwan are in the series of forums and seminars which customized through one-to-one meeting, new product launch announcement and opening ceremony or press conference.

To conclude the medical facilities in Taiwan not only focus on serious disease but on number of affordable health examinations like cancer PET exams, general physicals, coronary artery exams and cranial spine exams.

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Online Medical School Pursuing A Degree In The Medical And Healthcare Fields

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The medical field is vast and by attending online medical school you will qualify yourself to work in the nursing, medical, or overall healthcare field. Online medical school gives students the option of pursuing a number of different medical specialties such as registered nurses (RN’s), medical assistant, dental technician, or physical therapist, to name a few. Students interested in the medical or healthcare field often pursue an online degree in order to gain the qualifications they need to advance in the field while maintaining their current job.

Medical positions are competitive and those applicants with a degree are the most likely to acquire a position. In fact, many online medical school students already work in the medical or healthcare field, but choose to pursue an initial or advanced degree as the field continues to be ripe with advancement possibilities for those employees with the right credentials. .

Additionally, the healthcare and medical fields are slated to grow from 2008 to 2018 by a staggering 22%, significantly faster than the 8.2% average for all civilian jobs. A major part of this growth will be due to continuing advances in medicine as well as the need for qualified medical and healthcare professionals to care for an aging baby-boomer generation.

Because the healthcare field is one of, if not the fastest growing field today, healthcare and medical professionals are able to command competitive salaries. Nurses, for example, earn median annual salaries of $57,000. And, as the field continues to grow, salary earnings may also increase.

As the medical and healthcare fields experience explosive growth, online medical schools are also growing rapidly. By pursuing and earning a degree from an accreditedonline medical school, you can position yourself to work in of the most exciting and fastest growing fields today.

Emily writes about Online Education for University-bound.com – a resource site for those interested in earning a degree online.

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TSI Healthcare Evolving Healthcare Industry With The Infusion of Latest Technology

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No Industry in today’s date can sustain without technological support as for any company to provide effective service, they have to integrate modern technology to provide quality products and services as well as to maximize profitability. Same is the case with healthcare industry as well and it has become mandatory to survive in this modern era for every physician as well as medical facility centre to be upgraded with modern technology for record keeping, billing system, etc. There are just endless systems and services one can provide and avail through technology today in medical and healthcare world and thanks to leaders like TSI Healthcare to bring such innovations to daylight.

TSI Healthcare provides many different products and services which can help physicians as well as medical facilities to function smoothly in this highly technological era. Applications of products and services provided by TSI Healthcare not only increases the efficiency but ensures that important data can be accessed easily and that records are maintained without any errors for years to come. They also provide medical billing facility and much more. Few of their services include EDI Solutions, Electronic Health records, practice management systems, online eligibility verifications, implementation and installation, ongoing support and system maintenance, financial benefits analysis, electronic prescribing for prescription deliver and authorization, application service provider or in-house client servers and also streamlining and integration with many other laboratories, pharmacies and diagnostic equipments for better and faster works.

TSI Healthcare actually improves the integration between medical and healthcare world with technology with their cutting edge customized solution, technology and implementation plans. They ensure that their products suffices your needs and requirements perfectly and they have tie-ups with NextGen Healthcare and TSI Healthcare used their HER and EPM systems to integrate with your healthcare services to ensure more productivity. They are the finest in the market when it comes to custom implementation and installation of these latest technologies and they also help you upgrade your existing installations. Customer support provided by TSI Healthcare is second to none and you can be rest assured that their services are going to increase the efficiency and profitability of your current transactions manifolds. TSI Healthcare is based in Chapel Hill in North Carolina and was established in July 1996 and since then, there has been no looking back for the company and has established themselves now as one of the pioneers in the field of healthcare industry for anything that is related to healthcare technology products and services.

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