American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - (Page 22) H E A lT H Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System By Michelle Tirado People who go to any of South Dakota Urban Indian Health’s three clinics will notice the next time they visit that there is something missing — those infamously sloppy hand-written patient charts. The SDUIH clinics, located in Pierre, Sioux Falls and Aberdeen, are the first in the Indian Health Service’s Urban Indian Health Program to adopt the agency’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) software, which integrates with its Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS). SDUIH went live with the RPMS and EHR in September. “We are already entering right into the patient charts,” said Donna Keeler, SDUIH executive director. RPMS has been around for more than 25 years, yet it was not until 2006 that the IHS decided to deploy it to urban facilities. The system, modeled after the Department of Veteran’s Affairs’ Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), or VistA, is 22 November/December 2008 American Indian Report http://www.sduih.org/ http://www.ihs.gov http://www.ihs.gov/CIO/EHR/ http://www.ihs.gov/CIO/EHR/ http://www.ihs.gov/CIO/EHR/ http://www.ihs.gov/CIO/EHR/
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of American Indian Report - November/December 2008 American Indian Report - November/December 2008 Contents Notes from Indian Country Elders Conference Offers Balancing Lessons Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture Congress: Activity on the Hill Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College Honoring Nations Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water Blogroll American Indian Report - November/December 2008 American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page Cover1) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page Cover2) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - American Indian Report - November/December 2008 (Page 3) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 4) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Contents (Page 5) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture (Page 6) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Student Blanket Design Reflects Plains Horse Culture (Page 7) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Congress: Activity on the Hill (Page 8) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Congress: Activity on the Hill (Page 9) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College (Page 10) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Prep School Recruits Native Students for Transitional Year Prior to College (Page 11) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 12) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 13) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 14) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 15) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 16) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Honoring Nations (Page 17) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World (Page 18) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Clinton Global Initiative Brings Native American Focus to the World (Page 19) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop (Page 20) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - A Q&A with Indian Country’s Top Cop (Page 21) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System (Page 22) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Urban Clinics Go Paperless with IHS Record System (Page 23) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 24) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 25) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Ohkay Owingeh Restores Wetlands, Protects Drinking Water (Page 26) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Blogroll (Page 27) American Indian Report - November/December 2008 - Blogroll (Page Cover4)
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