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November
2005 – The University of Southern
Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg, MS recently announced that
they have selected NEGLEY, OTT & ASSOCIATES,
INC. (NOA) to provide consulting and information technology
leadership support services on their CONNECT project.
The consulting and I.T. leadership support
will be primarily provided by NOA’s Rod Walker, FACHE, FHFMA who has
extensive years of IT Leadership experience within the Hattiesburg,
Mississippi healthcare arena. This announcement represents a
strategic decision by USM who sought out a consulting company with both
clinical systems consulting experience as well as I.T. leadership
experience in order to ensure a best demonstrated practices approach to
the CONNECT project.
The CONNECT project is a federally funded
(grant) initiative whereby multiple healthcare/provider organizations
will collectively develop an electronically accessed community based
health record.
Congratulations to
The University of Southern Mississippi
for their commitment to demonstrate quality and excellence towards
community health by initiating the CONNECT project in conjunction with
the Institute for Disability Studies.
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