Los Angeles, CA – May 21, 2012: Health Nuts Media Chief Medical Officer, Gregg Alexander, DO, has been named “Super Doc” by the Ohio Health Information Partnership for his work in health information technology. Dr. Alexander was awarded the honor at the Patient Care: Connecting the Dots in Ohio conference held at Ohio State University in Columbus on April 26, 2012.

A practicing pediatrician at Madison Pediatrics in London, Ohio, Dr. Alexander has long promoted the use of a variety of technologies for advancing healthcare. He is the current director of the Pediatric Office of the Future for the American Academy of Pediatrics and also serves on the AAP’s Council on Clinical Information Technology Executive Committee as well as the Project Advisory Committee for the Child Health Informatics Center.

An original member of the Ohio Health Information Partnership’s Regional Extension Center Committee, he was elected to OHIP’s primary Board of Directors in February 2011. He further promotes the value of advanced healthcare technology as a regular blogger for HIStalkPractice.com, a part of the HIStalk.com family. He is also a Founding Medical Expert on HealthTap.com.

About Ohio Health Information Partnership

The Ohio Health Information Partnership is a nonprofit entity whose mission is to assist physicians and other providers with the adoption and implement of health information technology (HIT) throughout Ohio, specifically in the adoption and use of electronic health records. The partnership is funded through the Office of the National Coordinator of HIT within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

About Health Nuts Media

Founded in 2010 by Emmy Award-winning producers and animators, partnered with a tech-savvy pediatrician and a medical television pioneer, Health Nuts Media leverages the power of animation, games, and interactive tools to help communicate health issues in a language that is easy-to-understand. Available across a wide array of distribution channels, including web, mobile, VOD, DVD, and more, Health Nuts Media products are designed to deliver the most effective health literacy content where, when, and how people want to receive it.

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