PCS Chooses Electronic Health Record Vendor!
After months of evaluations, demonstrations and negotiations with
various Electronic Health Record vendors, PCS has chosen
Credible Behavioral Health as
our partner in the implementation of a fully integrated electronic
health record. Credible's flexibility, ease of use and mobile
options were key factors in their selection. We now begin work on
implementation.
Thanks to all the staff at PCS for your valuable time and input into
the final decision.
PCS Joins Four Board Coalition for Electronic Health Records
Recently, Piedmont Community Services has joined with a four board
coalition to select an Electronic Health Record system.
Evaluations are currently underway of the eleven respondents to the RFP.
More information to come... Next Meeting April 22nd, 11:00am
Sylvia Smith Board Room at Clay Street.
Next Team Meeting: August 29th, 10:00 am @ Blue
Ridge Regional Library
June 26, 2007 - Specifications are currently being developed to
deliver to eClinicalWorks for the development of a Behavioral Healthcare
Electronic Health Record (EHR) module. These specifications will
be delivered by July 6th to eCW. If eCW accepts the
specifications, development of the software will begin. Testing
will take place over the summer and fall of 2007. The projected
delivery is around the beginning of 2008.
Click Here to view the current version of the specifications.
Governor Kaine Announces Award of Health Technology
Grants
– Grants focus on expanding use of electronic
health records –
GATE CITY — February 28, 2007: Governor
Timothy M. Kaine today announced the award of three health information
technology grants to projects designed to expand the use of electronic
health records across Virginia: MedVirginia in Central Virginia, the
Community Care Network of Virginia in Southside Virginia, and CareSpark
in Southwest Virginia. Each program has been awarded $250,000 through a
grant program initiated by Governor Kaine and endorsed by the 2006
General Assembly.
“Health information technology has the potential to significantly
improve quality of care in Virginia, holding-down patient costs,
protecting confidentiality, and reducing medical errors,” Governor Kaine
said. “Yet we know up-front costs to transition to electronic health
records can sometimes appear daunting, so we are excited that a
relatively modest investment from the Commonwealth can help advance this
important technology.”
MedVirginia, based in Richmond, proposed a project focused on
improving medication management for state government employees.
CareSpark, a regional health information network based in Southwest
Virginia and reaching into northeast Tennessee, is working to provide
accurate up-to-date information electronically to doctors across the
Tri-Cities region. The statewide Community
Care Network project will work with Piedmont Access To Health Services
(PATHS), located in Danville and Martinsville, and the Piedmont
Community Services Board, to establish a “Community Care Record” to
improve primary care and mental health outcomes for patients in that
community.
Last August, Governor Kaine created the
Health IT Advisory
Council and charged it with recommending investments to encourage
the transition to electronic medical records. More than 60 project
proposals were received and reviewed by the Council and staff. The
Council developed selection criteria based on business case, physician
interest, and privacy concerns. The Council will meet this spring to
determine how it will recommend awarding the remaining $700,000 of the
$1.4 million allocated by the 2006 General Assembly.
On December 13, 2006 the first organizational meeting of
the EHR Project Team was held. This webpage has been developed as a
resource center for the members of the team as well as for the staff of
PCS. We will post meeting minutes, articles, presentations, etc.
as they are available. Team members and staff are encouraged to
check the page frequently to keep up with the progress of the team.
Stay tuned for more information
