American Academy of Physician Assistants joins AmericanEHR Partners as a Professional Society Partner
Date:
November 22, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, November 22, 2010, 8 a.m. Eastern Time
Alan Brookstone: (604) 813-6729
American Academy of Physician Assistants joins AmericanEHR Partners as a Professional Society Partner
Company Press Release
VANCOUVER, November 22, 2010 - AmericanEHR Partners is pleased to announce that the American Academy of Physician Assistants has joined AmericanEHR as a Professional Society Partner. AAPA brings valuable expertise and educational content to AmericanEHR. Physician Assistants work in every specialty area, from remote rural settings to major urban centers, in doctors’ offices, hospitals, clinics, HMOs, the armed forces, and other federal government agencies. "With electronic health records helping physician assistants and other providers offer quicker, flexible, and more cost-efficient health care for their patients, it's important that PAs participate in planning for the development and use of EHR technology," said Kenneth R. Brady, AAPA's Vice President for Membership, Marketing and Strategic Business Development. "The partnership with outstanding organizations like the American College of Physicians and American EHR allow the PA voice to be heard as this technology evolves."
About AAPA
Founded in 1968, the American Academy of Physician Assistants is the national professional society for physician assistants. Representing more than 74,000 PAs clinically practicing across all medical and surgical specialties in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the majority of the U.S. territories, and within the armed forces and federal services, AAPA advocates and educates on behalf of the profession and the patients PAs serve. With more than 43,000 members worldwide, AAPA works to ensure the professional growth, personal excellence and widespread recognition of physician assistants. It also works to enhance their ability to improve the quality, accessibility and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered health care.
About AmericanEHR Partners
AmericanEHR Partners helps U.S. physicians and other healthcare practitioners review and compare certified EHR systems based on functionality, security, interoperability, and meaningful use criteria. Working with specialty societies and content partners, AmericanEHR Partners also enables practices to identify systems that provide content and features best suited to a particular specialty. AmericanEHR Partners provides unbiased information about EHR vendors and their products and does not endorse any EHR products, services or systems.
For more information, contact:
AAPA
Kenneth R. Brady
Vice President, Membership, Marketing & Strategic Business Development
kbrady@aapa.org
AmericanEHR Partners
Will Underwood
wunderwood@acponline.org
Alan Brookstone
abrookstone@cientis.com
Source: AmericanEHR Partners
Author: Alan Brookstone, MD (Cientis)
Source: AmericanEHR Partners
Author: Alan Brookstone, MD (Cientis)
