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Electronic Health Record (EHR) Project for School-Based Health Centers Underway
April 23rd, 2010
LPHI is implementing and supporting a state-of-the-art information management system for School Based Health Centers (SBHCs) in the Greater New Orleans Region. This project assesses, develops, implements, enhances and maintains an information management system that will increase revenue capabilities, support administrative functions and provide continuity of care for SBHCs.
10 of the 13 potential SBHC sites are implemented and are using the Practice Management/Electronic Health Record (PM/EHR) system with the remaining implementations scheduled for this Summer and Fall. When implementations are complete, approximately 16,000 students will have access to a SBHC using the PM/EHR system. The current focus of the project is to enhance quality and efficiency of care delivery by (a) continually optimizing and integrating clinical and practice management components of the system, (b) assisting our partners with sustainability planning, and (c) providing technical assistance towards compliance with 2011 “meaningful use” requirements as set by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT).
In 2008, LPHI leveraged a W.K. Kellogg Foundation investment in School Health for Greater New Orleans to obtain a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant focused on implementing an Electronic Health Record and Practice Management system for Metro New Orleans’ School-Based Health Centers.
The projects’ overarching goal is improve the quality and effectiveness of health service delivery in the SBHC environment. Implementing eClinicalWorks as the EHR solution, LPHI has worked across four major medical providers, Interim Louisiana Hospital (ILH), Tulane University Health Science Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS).
For more information, please contact:
Gaurav Nagrath, MBA
Chief Information Officer
Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI)