Wednesday, January 15, 2025
1/15/2025
Heritage will expand its electronic clinical record which will enable Heritage staff and the physician assistant (PA) to efficiently and effectively gather and share needed information between the partnering agencies about the PBHCI clients. This supplemental grant will be used to support the following goals: 1. Partnering with a compatible e-prescribing platform creating a current list of medications in our clinical record. By the end of this 1 year grant supplement, at least 40% of prescriptions will be submitted electronically for Heritage clients. 2. Enhancing and developing a certified electronic health record system to achieve Stage 1EHR Meaningful Use Specifications will be accomplished by installing the 8.13 version of Clinician's Desktop that is certified for meaningful use. 3. Becoming capable of sharing a continuity care record between our primary care partner, CHIC, and Heritage. 4. Incorporating information from the primary care visit into our clinical record,preferably through a Clinical Care Report. 5. Electronically incorporating lab and test results into our clinical record so that the staff treating the client could see tests results. 6. Establishing methods for extracting data from the clinical record and importing it into the clinical registry. 7. Continued participation in the development and implementation of the central Illinois Health Information Exchange to achieve improved health outcomes for patients.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).