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MedEZ volunteers for CCHIT Workgroups
Davie, FL – June 24, 2009 – MedEZ, a leading provider of medical and behavioral health management software, today announces that Thedy Brezault, MedEZ President/CEO, has been selected to serve as a member of Certification Commission for Health Information Technology’s (CCHIT®) Behavioral Health work group for the upcoming certification development cycle. This workgroup consists of 11 members, including Mr. Brezault, that encompass various stakeholders within the behavioral health industry. He was one of 265 members –from an applicant pool of more than 600 overall– invited to work with the Commission’s 2009-2010 workgroups.
According to CCHIT, “The Commission’s volunteer work groups will operate under a completely new criteria and test script development model and timeline in order to align with standards and implementation specifications as well as the meaningful use objectives and measures that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must publish by December 31, 2009”. 1
With 15 years of experience in the medical and behavioral healthcare field, Mr. Brezault feels that he can provide valuable contributions to the Commission’s quest for “the adoption of robust, interoperable health information technology”.2 With his extensive involvement with industry stakeholders in behavioral health, Mr. Brezault offers a unique perspective into both end-user needs and high standards of engineering and development. Upon receiving notification Mr. Brezault responded by saying, “As the CEO of a healthcare software company I’ve witnessed first-hand the importance of providing and implementing a credible solution for the populace and I am firmly committed to the universal standardization of information exchange within the industry”. For a full list of the Behavioral Health work group members, visit http://cchit.org/
About MedEZ™ Software- Experience the difference we can deliver MedEZ™ provides the healthcare community with affordable HIPAA-compliant healthcare software programs for management and automation needs. This medical and behavioral health management software boosts healthcare facilities’ effectiveness and employee productivity. MedEZ’s modules provide a seamless experience that simplifies daily activities such as medical billing, claim submission and Electronic Health Records allowing your employees to focus on patients, not paperwork. MedEZ is privileged to offer products that impact the patient directly, resulting in a healthier, better informed populace. We succeed at this by building a community in which our employees and our customers work together in the spirit of innovation. Our vision is to provide the healthcare community with high quality, easy to use, cost effective, customizable, user friendly software.
Integrated Software Solutions Corp created and distributes MedEZ, a client server based software. For more information please call or email our sales team at 1-877-AT-MEDEZ (1-877-286-3339)
SOURCE: Integrated Software Solutions, CCHIT
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1 Certification Commission for Health Information Technology: 2009-2010 Work Group Volunteers Address New Paths to Certification
2 Certification Commission for Health Information Technology: Certification Commission
