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API Healthcare was founded in 1982 by Luis Garcia and is based in Hartford, Wisconsin. [1] Formerly known as API Software, Inc. the company was purchased by Francisco Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in San Francisco, in November 2008. Before that, Luis Garcia and his wife Iris had run the company since 1982. [2]
The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) is a recognized higher education accreditation organization in the United States specializing in the institutional accreditation of private, postsecondary institutions that offer allied health education programs, and the programmatic accreditation of programs leading to associate degrees or certificates in the medical assistant ...
In the United States, an independent practice association (IPA) is an association of independent physicians, or other organizations that contracts with independent care delivery organizations, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat retainer fee, or negotiated fee-for-service basis.
The U.S. JASON task force report on "A Robust Health Data Infrastructure" says that FHIR is currently the best candidate API approach, and that such APIs should be part of stage 3 of the "meaningful use" criteria of the U.S. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
The provision and administration of the CHES credential represents the major strategy of NCHEC to fulfil its mission to "improve the practice of health education and to serve the public and profession of health education by certifying health education specialists, promoting professional development, and strengthening professional preparation ...
The allied health professions represent a large cluster of health and care service providers, which usually require specific training and/or certification, but which are distinct from the medicine, nursing and dentistry professions. [1] There is a large demand for allied health professionals, especially in rural and medically underserved areas. [2]
Traditionally focused mainly on hospitals and paper medical records, the field presently covers all health information technology systems, including electronic health records, clinical decision support systems, and so on, for all segments of health care. As of 2013, the association has more than 71,000 members in four membership classifications.
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