City of Philadelphia has selected eClinicalWorks, the Westbourough, Mass.-based ambulatory clinical systems provider, to help improve the continuity of care for the City’s Department of Public Health, according to eClinicalWorks.
Using eClinicalWorks will provide the approximately 230 providers across 20 primary care units with a preventative-care oriented electronic health record (EHR) solution to improve the quality of care through enhanced reporting capabilities and the ability to share data between different facilities.
The Department of Public Health and the Philadelphia Prison System will use eClinicalWorks comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) solution for its clinics, combining electronic medical records, practice management, patient portal, interoperability, mobile and messaging capabilities, all unified and linked by a single database. Improving communication with access to real-time information, eClinicalWorks Electronic Health eXchange (eEHX) will act as a hub providing better access to patients’ health information allowing them to exchange data more effectively and eventually connecting to health department registries, including those for smoking and vaccines.
