Missouri HIT Assistance Center Partners with Digital Collaboration Solutions to Launch a Statewide Collaborative Community for Healthcare Providers

Wakefield, MA (PRWEB) September 26, 2012

Digital Collaboration Solutions (DCS), a connected health company that provides managed cloud-based communities supporting the changing business of healthcare, announced today Missouri HIT Assistance Center has become a community partner and launched an online community for Missouri healthcare providers to support, promote, and accelerate the meaningful use of health information technology. The Missouri HIT Community will provide secure online collaboration, important healthcare content, shared resources, and expert guidance for the Missouri healthcare workforce and its stakeholders. Digital Collaboration Solutions designed and implemented the Missouri HIT Assistance Center community and provides community management, collaboration facilitation, and content creation and production in partnership with the Missouri HIT Assistance Center.

“We are pleased to be launching an innovative collaboration solution for Missouri healthcare providers that are committed to implementing technology, reducing inefficiencies and costs, and improving the health outcomes of Missourians,” said Dr. Lanis Hicks, PI/Director, The Missouri HIT Assistance Center. “It is our mission and goal to break down the barriers across the state, foster collaboration, and build relationships among providers to leverage best practices and knowledge sharing. DCS has in-depth knowledge of key healthcare challenges and how to provide actionable, relevant information to address them.”

Digital Collaboration Solutions services for healthcare organizations include:

•     Managed and co-managed dedicated collaborative communities
•     Healthcare communications, social media, and collaboration advisory services
•     Data analytics and benchmarking tools and services

“The Missouri HIT Assistance Center is a great example of how organizations are striving to achieve their healthcare technology and business goals through strategic collaboration, important partnerships, and knowledge sharing,” said Michael Levinger, CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Collaboration Solutions. “We are excited to work with the Missouri team to provide this important foundation for healthcare improvement across the state.”
The Missouri HIT Assistance Center community is only available to their participants.

To request access, go to https://www.thehitcommunity.org/groups/mohit/

ABOUT MISSOURI HIT ASSISTANCE CENTER
The Missouri Health Information Technology Assistance Center is a public-private partnership that brings together leading health care and information technology experts from health care organizations, academia, industry, and government and is focused on providing resources to promote meaningful use of health information technology. Missouri HIT Assistance Center was established in April 2010 as the federally designated Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center for the state of Missouri. Missouri HIT Assistance Center operates in collaboration with the University of Missouri, through the Department of Health Management and Informatics and the Center for Health Policy. http://ehrhelp.missouri.edu/

ABOUT DIGITAL COLLABORATION SOLUTIONS
Digital Collaboration Solutions (DCS) is an innovative connected health provider of cloud-based social collaboration solutions for healthcare. DCS helps healthcare organizations manage and accelerate critical business changes such as payment reform, care coordination, and healthcare information technology by managing online communities that connect colleagues across teams and geographies, boost productivity, nurture innovation and share institutional knowledge. DCS solutions accelerate positive strategic change and provide measurable return on investment through decreased costs, improved efficiency of operations, and increased revenue. DCS manages both private and public communities including The HIT Community its public, national community focused on healthcare business challenges. Follow us @thinkdcs and visit http://www.thinkdcs.com