BOWIE, Maryland – September 11, 2009 – MedAssurant, Inc., a leading provider of data-driven healthcare solutions, announced today their sponsorship of the American Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA’s) 2009 Health Policy Meeting held September 9-10, 2009 in Reston, Virginia.
“Biomedical and health informatics represents the cutting edge of medical technology and an improved understanding holds the potential to drastically enhance care for patients,” said Edward H. Shortliffe, MD, PhD, President and CEO, AMIA. “We continue to push the bar forward and as a leader in the private sector application of analytics to health care datasets, MedAssurant brings a real-world perspective that complements those of the policy and academic community leaders who will be at the conference.”
AMIA’s annual health policy conference is a “by invitation only” multi-disciplinary working meeting to foster dialogue between public and private sector stakeholders in the world of medical informatics. The topic for this year is “Anticipating and Addressing Unintended Consequences of Health Information Technology and Policy.”
“The ability to use information to drive improvements in the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care is more urgent now than it has ever been,” said Cary Sennett, MD, PhD, MedAssurant’s Chief Medical Officer. “We are delighted to help make this meeting possible, and to be able to share our perspectives and insights with others through it.”
About AMIA
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is dedicated to promoting the effective organization, analysis, management, and use of information in health care in support of patient care, public health, teaching, research, administration, and related policy. AMIA’s 4,000 members advance the use of health information and communications technology in clinical care and clinical research, personal health management, public health/population, and translational science with the ultimate objective of improving health.
About MedAssurant, Inc.
MedAssurant, Inc. is a leading medical informatics service provider focused on the importance of healthcare data and its ability to drive dramatic, objective improvements in clinical and quality outcomes, care management, and financial efficiencies throughout the healthcare community. Proprietary healthcare datasets, abstraction, and analysis capabilities, combined with a national infrastructure of leading-edge technology, clinical prowess, and deep human resources empowers MedAssurant’s new generation of healthcare assessment and improvement through highly informed solutions. In partnership with many members of the healthcare community, MedAssurant provides local, regional, and nationwide health insurance plans, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, regulatory bodies, government organizations, physician organizations, and their many coveted patients with powerful turnkey solutions to address matters of clinical outcomes analysis, quality of care, cost improvement, risk adjustment, disease management, utilization, and healthcare data verification. Driven by a mission to improve today’s healthcare landscape, the employees of MedAssurant proudly apply care, ingenuity, and dedication to delivering a new approach to healthcare – one driven by data and insight – one resulting in meaningful action.
Contacts Regarding This News Release:
Merritt Group on behalf of MedAssurant, Inc.
Melissa Chadwick
Phone: 703-390-1539
chadwick@merrittgrp.com
MedAssurant, Inc.
Leslie Edsall
4321 Collington Road
Bowie, Maryland 20716
Phone: 301-809-4000
Fax: 301-809-4040
www.medassurant.com
ledsall@medassurant.com