WOOLWICH — Maine-based medical transcription firm NEMT recently won the Innovation Through Technology award from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI), the national clinical documentation organization.

The industry’s top technology award recognizes a company for raising the bar when it comes to technology standards in the industry. NEMT CEO and owner Linda Sullivan was on hand at AHDI’s national convention in Florida where the award was announced.

“This is a huge honor for our company,” she said. “We’ve been dedicating tremendous resources to ensuring that we are always on the cutting edge of clinical documentation and this award confirms our efforts and success.”

The Innovation Through Technology nomination is due in part to NEMT’s externship program, which provides transcription students with early training and preferential hiring. The firm’s IT Department, led by director Andrew Clarke, has taken the leading role in the project.

Since 2011, 49 students in six different schools have completed the program, which is a technologybased, distance learning externship that gives students real-world experience transcribing reports for real doctors and hospitals.