BridgeHead Introduces New Technical Courses Designed for Health IT Professionals

WOBURN, MA and ASHTEAD, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Oct 2, 2013) - BridgeHead Software, a leader in healthcare data management, today announced the introduction of a new series of technical training courses designed for health IT professionals. These courses encourage technical skills development and are organized around the types of healthcare applications that health IT professionals are responsible to manage, such as HIS/EMR, database, PACS, and Microsoft applications. Along with the new courses, BridgeHead has also introduced a new recognition program for professionals who complete the HDM courses.

See a complete list of the new HDM training courses at:
http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/services/training_and_education/

"Technical skills development is of paramount importance in today's healthcare IT arena," said Steven Giangregorio, VP of Professional Services, BridgeHead Software. "The sophistication of the technologies comprising IT infrastructure in hospitals has leap-frogged older technology environments within recent years, and the pace of change continues to accelerate. Health IT is now at the cutting edge of data management in the world among all industries. Expanding the breadth and depth of our training schedule provides health IT professionals with greater access to BridgeHead's unique expertise and experience."

With its HDM recognition program, BridgeHead hopes to help bring more awareness to the healthcare industry of the importance of skills development for its IT professionals, as well as recognition of skills excellence by health IT professionals, which rivals that of professionals in any industry. Recognized professionals will receive HDM Professional certificates suitable for use in social media profiles, as well as exclusive invitations to participate in the new HDM Professional group, which BridgeHead introduced on LinkedIn in Sept. Any health IT professional completing training with BridgeHead since Jan 2011 will be formally recognized into the program.

Interactive Resources

Join the HDM Professionals LinkedIn Group at: http://www.linkedin.com/company/45907?trk=vsrp_companies_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A20859421378736013576

Follow the BridgeHead Software blog with our RSS feed at: http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/company/blog/

Watch BridgeHead instructive videos at: http://www.youtube.com/user/BridgeHeadHDM

About BridgeHead Software

With 20 years' experience in data and storage management, and 12 years in healthcare, BridgeHead Software is trusted by over 1,000 hospitals worldwide. Today, BridgeHead Software helps healthcare facilities overcome challenges stemming from rising data volumes and increasing storage costs while delivering peace of mind around how to store, protect and share clinical and administrative information.

BridgeHead's Healthcare Data Management (HDM) solutions are designed to work with any hospital's chosen applications and storage hardware, regardless of vendor, providing greater choice, flexibility and control over the way data is managed, now and in the future. For more information, visit http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com or follow on Twitter at @BridgeHeadHDM.