iContent Provides Access to more than 100 Hybrid Healthcare Compliance Courses
Arlington, Va. - 27 August, 2007 –Plateau Systems, a leading provider of talent management software, content and services, today announced a strategic partnership with CourseAvenue, the leader in Learning Content Authoring Systems (LCAS), to make its entire eComply for Healthcare Series available through iContent. iContent, the industry’s only multi-vendor internet solution for procuring, distributing, hosting and managing custom content will enable healthcare professionals and organizations to easily access critical compliance courseware via a centrally hosted platform, simplifying management and distribution. Leveraging CourseAvenue’s Hybrid eLearning Program, iContent provides users more than 100 customizable healthcare courses to address their specific compliance needs.
“The world-class iContent platform allows us to offer industry-acclaimed compliance courses and content to a broad base of healthcare professionals and organizations,” said Joe Gorup, CEO of CourseAvenue. “The dynamic nature and increased regulatory environment affecting the healthcare industry and its professionals require that in addition to keeping up with the latest advances in medicine, organizations be up-to-speed with regards to compliance issues. iContent’s flexible infrastructure combined with CourseAvenue’s leading content and customization capabilities enable us to help organizations meet these needs by providing an unmatched training experience to healthcare professionals throughout North America.”
CourseAvenue's eComply for Healthcare Series, written by the experts at CCH®, a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, provides healthcare compliance training in a variety of areas including HIPAA, administration, patients' rights, billing, and many others. The courses were developed for a wide range of healthcare departments, ranging from billing departments and compliance officers to medical directors, board leaders, and CEOs. Through this relationship with Plateau, nearly all major U.S. healthcare organizations will be able to access CourseAvenue’s healthcare compliance courses via iContent.
iContent users will be able to tailor eComply content to their specific needs by leveraging CourseAvenue's Hybrid eLearning program. For example, organizations may wish to begin a course with their corporate compliance officer introducing the course, or to insert personalized case studies or contact information at the end of a course. CourseAvenue allows for this flexibility.
“The addition of CourseAvenue’s eComply healthcare compliance content to iContent’s growing base of online assets highlights the investments we are making to ensure that users across various industries have access to critical courses for supporting their business goals,” said Paul Sparta, CEO of Plateau Systems. “With its ability to manage, administer, and host more than 25,000 talent management titles, iContent is the most comprehensive and easiest to use source for talent management content. By continuing to add resources from trusted partners, such as CourseAvenue, Plateau delivers a cost-effective solution that enables organizations to focus on training and results.”
iContent is a next-generation solution for managing and delivering talent management content. Introduced less than a year ago, it provides a single place where customers can locate, store, and deliver thousands of third-party packaged content offerings as well as customer-specific content. iContent speeds the availability and delivery of content while decreasing the overhead costs and frustration associated with managing and storing learning and talent management content. View information about iContent at http://www.icontentportal.com.
CourseAvenue joins a growing list of learning and performance content providers representing a wide range of subject areas -- from business, technical, leadership development to legal, healthcare, workplace and safety compliance -- who are making their training and development content and referenceware available through iContent. Current iContent partners, include: Brightline Compliance, Drug-Free Business Solutions, Element K, getAbstract, Medcom Trainex, MedSenses, Monitor Group, Ninth House, PureSafety, and SkillSoft/Thomson NETg.
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About Plateau
Plateau is a leading provider of talent management software, content and services designed to increase workforce productivity and drive business success. Plateau’s award-winning software is powering talent management initiatives across some of the world’s most successful organizations, including the American Red Cross, General Electric, the Internal Revenue Service, Capital One Services and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Industry analysts at Bersin & Associates, Forrester Research and other leading information and technology research and advisory firms continue to recognize Plateau’s leadership in delivering best-in-class functionality, technology and customer satisfaction. Plateau is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.Plateau.com.
About CourseAvenue
Since 2002 CourseAvenue has been simplifying the process of creating and distributing eLearning content through a unique online and on-demand platform allowing users to quickly build and publish standards-based eLearning courses. CourseAvenue’s revolutionary eLearning solution allows collaborative, synchronous content development which improves learning and business productivity across an organization, addressing the needs of both global enterprises and small businesses. For more information, visit www.courseavenue.com.
