Deane Smith Media Innovations Selected By Shared Health, Inc.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Deane Smith Media Innovations, a leading Nashville public relations, marketing and advertising agency, has been chosen by Shared Health, Inc., a company in the health information technology industry, to provide public relations, media relations and executive team coaching services.

Under the agreement, DSMI will launch a multi-faceted PR campaign that combines a diverse mix of traditional, new media and social media strategies to build the Shared Health identity nationwide.

An innovator in the health care information industry, Shared Health was launched in 2004 with the mission of transforming patient care. With smart online clinical decision support tools and the secure exchange of medical information, Shared Health’s health information technology solution currently connects physicians, labs, and hospitals with the data of more than three million patients.

Shared Health offers patient-centric electronic medical record technology so stakeholders can provide better quality care. Through the combined forces of its information exchange, workflow/clinical decision support tools and leading-edge services, Shared Health is improving outcomes for patients and driving down the total cost of health care.


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