Neighborhood Healthcare, which serves communities in Riverside and San Diego counties, will automate both the clinical and business sides of its health centers for its 115 providers across 11 locations.
The 40-year-old organization has selected technology from Westborough, Mass.-based eClinicalWorks. Neighborhood Healthcare will deploy both the unified electronic medical records system and the practice management solution along with eClinicalWorks Enterprise Business Optimizer's (eBO), which provides reporting capabilities.
A private, nonprofit community health organization, Neighborhood Healthcare employs 450 people and provides medical, dental and wellness promotion to 65,000 people a year including 20,000 children who might otherwise go without care.
"Electronic medical records are the next step in helping us provide high quality, cost-effective healthcare to all of our patients," said Tracy Ream, CEO of Neighborhood Healthcare. "eClinicalWorks has a long history of successful deployments in health centers. Using eClinicalWorks will increase the quality of care our patients already receive, helping us reach our goals," Ream said.
eClinicalWorks EMR/PM will enable Neighborhood Healthcare to streamline processes between locations and promote patient care while reducing costs, according to company executives. The system has been enhanced according to the stringent reporting and billing requirements that apply to nonprofit community health centers, ensuring there is no interruption in the funding that helps pay for patient visits.
Neighborhood Healthcare has also chosen to implement eBO, which uses meta-data to give the practice more flexibility through the creation of customized reports and by performing clinical and financial analysis.
"Health centers, including Neighborhood Healthcare, perform a necessary function in our communities," said Girish Kumar Navani, CEO and co-founder of eClinicalWorks. "eClinicalWorks has been working with community health centers nationally and in California specifically to ensure its solutions serve as important resources to meet the requirements for these centers, including providing OSHPD reports for Medicaid."
By: Bernie Monegain for 
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