Opposed to modern-day Electronic Health Records (EHRs), old-fashioned EHR systems have a Do It Yourself (DIY) model. Your IT team fixes software issues, your staff installs expensive servers, and your team manually downloads applications, all on their own. Tom Powers, previous Director of Business Development at Patagonia Health, said: “Over twenty years ago, [EHR] software […]
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Working Together: Top 10 Public Health Achievements in 10 year span. How can local health departments continue to make more impact?
Remember the eye exams for color blindness? Where a series of dots in various colors hide a number or a shape? At first it may be hard to see, but once you identify the number, it becomes quite easy to focus on it. Well with the public health goals it is quite similar. Having achieved […]
Read MoreHow can EHR help with Evidence-Based Approach to improving patient health?
According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), “the practice of evidence-based public health (EBPH) is an integration of science-based interventions with community preferences for improving population health” It makes sense to focus limited public health resources on implementing strategies that have already proven to be effective in producing positive health outcomes. […]
Read MoreWhat is it? EHR Management Dashboard App for local health departments
A “Dashboard” provides users a quick view of overall performance of a system. For example, we are all used to a car dashboard which provides a quick view of performance of a car and its sophisticated engine. Car dashboards provide driver performance information (e.g. speed), indicators (e.g. remaining fuel, engine temperature) and warning alerts (engine […]
Read MoreSure, price is important when buying an EHR.
What is the next most important thing for a Local Health Department? You may be surprised. Local health departments across the nation have seen their budgets reduce year over year while expenses continue to rise. However, we all know Electronic Health Record (EHR) software will bring needed efficiencies while complying with federal EHR meaningful […]
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