Virtual Care Works Celebrates Health IT Week
CENTENNIAL, CO—(September 17, 2013): Health information technology improves the quality of healthcare delivery, increases patient safety, decreases medical errors, and strengthens the interaction between patients and healthcare providers.To mark the important role health information technology plays in improving healthcare delivery in America, Virtual Care Works and others across the U.S. have joined together to celebrate National Health Information Technology (NHIT) Week , September 16-20, 2013.
Within the NHIT Week theme: One Voice, One Vision: Transforming Health and Care, Virtual Care Works will be focusing its social media conversations, blogs and other education & outreach on the theme.
“Our participation in National Health IT Week highlights our organization’s commitment to ensure health information technology is integrated, interactive, interoperable, and intelligent to provide the best patient outcomes, said Keith Clay, Chief Technology Officer. “By working together we can leverage the technology to promote for the betterment of our healthcare system.”
For additional information about National Health IT Week, visit www.healthitweek.org/.
About Virtual Care Works
Virtual Care Works (VCW) provides secure, “medical-grade” communications solutions for health care providers. The VCW platform includes tools to converse with colleagues and patients via videoconference, exchange medical data and images via secure email or text and collaborate across a secure, HIPAA-compliant network. Healthcare organizations of all types and size benefit from the safety and security VCW offers, and use the VCW platform to avoid the significant fines ($10k per violation, up to $1.5m annually) and penalties that come with mishandling health information. VCW partners with other industry leaders such as Dell, Juniper Networks, Level 3 Communications and Vidyo to provide their medical-grade communications platform. VCW has members nationwide and is headquartered outside of Denver, CO.
About National Health Information Technology WeekNow in its eighth year, National Health IT Week is a collaborative forum assembling key healthcare constituents—vendors, provider organizations, payers, pharmaceutical/biotech companies, government agencies, industry/professional associations, research foundations, and consumer protection groups— working together to elevate national attention to the necessity of advancing health IT. Log onto www.healthitweek.org for more information.
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For more information or to schedule an interview with Keith Clay, Chief Technology Officer, please contact Jodi McGee at 610-888-2043 or jodi.mcgee@virtualcareworks.com.