37 Community Health Centers buy EMR IT

WESTBOROUGH, MASSCHUSETTS: EMR or Electronic Health Records systems for streamlined practice operations and to promote patient care, are taking off here, if eClinicalWorks claims it right.

The company, a player in ambulatory clinical systems, has secured contracts with 37 Co

A press release tells that eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management (PM) system allows CHCs and FQHCs to streamline processes and promote patient care. Its product has been enhanced according to the stringent reporting and billing requirements that apply to these organizations, ensuring there is no interruption in the funding that supports their work. A select group of these centers that have signed with and have implemented eClinicalWorks during the past year include Indiana’s HealthNet, Illinois’s Crusader Community Health, Montana’s RiverStone Health and New Jersey’s Horizon Health Center.

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Recovery Act Capital Improvement Program (CIP) will provide about $851 million in grants to upgrade and expand CHCs. It is anticipated that more than 650 centers will use the funds to purchase new equipment or health information technology systems, and nearly 400 health centers will adopt and expand the use of electronic health records.

mmunity Health Centers (CHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the country in the past few months. The majority of these centers have been implemented quickly after contract signing.