NEMT a finalist for AHDI technology award

BANGOR, Maine - June 8, 2013 - PRLog -- WOOLWICH, MAINE: The Maine-based medical transcription firm NEMT has been named a finalist for the prestigious Innovation Through Technology award by the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI), the national clinical documentation organization.

The industry’s top technology award recognizes a company for raising the bar when it comes to technology standards in the industry.

“We’re honored to have reached the finals in the award process,” said CEO and owner Linda Sullivan. “The NEMT team has worked tirelessly to find innovative solutions for healthcare documentation challenges and this announcement is a testament to their hard work.”

The Innovation Through Technology nomination is due to NEMT’s externship program, which provides transcription students with early training and preferential hiring. The company’s IT Department, led by Director Andrew Clarke, has taken the leading role in the project.

Since 2011, 49 students in six different schools have completed the program, which is a technology-based, distance learning externship that gives students real-world experience transcribing reports for real doctors and hospitals. In early 2013, the NEMT team, led by Clarke and President Linda Allard, CHPS, began expanding the program by partnering with ChartNet Technologies to provide speech recognition training to students as well.

“The speech recognition component is a huge leap forward in the industry,” said Sullivan. “NEMT is the only company that offers free speech recognition training to students and it’s being made possible because of the dedication and expertise of our IT team.”

The winner will be announced in August at AHDI's national convention in Florida.

About NEMT

NEMT is one of the nation's top providers of medical transcription and clinical documentation services and guarantees its accuracy and turnaround times. The company is a corporate member of AHIMA and AHDI and was named the AHDI Employer of the Year for 2012. NEMT is an entirely US-based company with no offshoring. Contact Tara Courtland at 804-370-4597 or tcourtland@nemtinc.com for more information.