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First issue of AHDI’s Matrix hits the inbox

March 10, 2011

Network Media Partners and the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity Launch New Digital Magazine

After months of planning, the first digital-only issue of AHDI’s Matrix was sent out on March 1, 2011…via email. The print publication was redesigned into a digital magazine to fit the growing demand by Association members for more electronic content and research tools.

Network Media Partners worked closely with AHDI to plan a digital magazine that met the needs of the readers and advertisers alike, then enlisted NxtBook to produce the magazine. Click here for a recent NxtBook blog post highlighting the work Network has done on Matrix.

Converting a print publication into a digital only version is not an easy task.

“Re-establishing Matrix as a digital-only publication, in a lot of ways, meant throwing out everything you know about making a magazine,” said Jen Smith, Network’s Creative Director. “Writing, designing and collaborating on a digital-only magazine is so very different from the traditional print method and process. But on the same token, there are a number of similarities. The foundation of good publishing is still there…it presents itself a little differently though.”

With so many changes in the transcription industry over the past few years, AHDI reviewed how they communicate with members and what types of information and content they provide, and a digital version seemed like the best fit. For an advertiser, a digital version allows current suppliers a new and innovative way to reach their customers.

The quarterly Matrix targets all sectors of the transcription market, and reaches 15,000 AHDI and CDIA members. AHDI practioners, along with corporate and educational members receive Matrix as a member benefit. Matrix addresses the evolving trends and emerging technologies of today’s healthcare documentation marketplace, as well as legislative advocacy, cutting-edge clinical medicine, and professional practice issues.

AHDI and Network Media Partners have been collaborating since 2004, and have worked together to provide valuable resources, like Matrix, to the healthcare documentation industry.

If you would like additional information on the digital version of Matrix, please contact Jen Smith, Creative Director, at 410-584-1910.

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