The search for an electronic health record (EHR) that is right for your health department can be time consuming and, at times, overwhelming. You want to ensure you find an EHR that meets the specific needs of your health department and is a great fit for your workflow. Here are ten questions you can ask [...]
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) or Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) can usually be categorized as either "installed" or "web-based"/"cloud-based". An installed software is stored on your agency’s local computers, whereas a web-based software is stored in the cloud. The word "cloud" refers to using online applications which manage and store your data in remote servers spread [...]
This article is designed to give a basic overview of HIE (health information exchange), and explain what an HIE is and what it can mean to public health personnel. Health Information Exchanges are a crucial piece of the data exchange puzzle. While HIE is a somewhat common term among public health personnel and many health [...]
Following on from our Top 10 Nightingale Notes Features article, this time we’ll look at the Top 10 Nightingale Notes EHR Benefits. 1.Built on the Omaha System Nightingale Notes EHR is built on the Omaha System, which is a Standardized Terminology. The Omaha System is: Research based Specifically created to describe community health care Designed [...]
If you’re evaluating different EHR systems for your public health agency and don’t really know what to look for, what’s important to you, and what you need to be aware of, then this guide is for you. In no particular order, here are the top 10 features our clients say are important them, and why [...]
This articles answers the often asked questions What Is The Omaha System and What Does It Offer You? Do you: Have little time to set everything else aside to research standardized terminologies and EHRs? Need to be shown the criteria a standardized terminology should meet in order to fulfil your requirements? Want the tools to [...]
Nightingale Notes is your partner in improving community health. So, how does a public health EHR help to improve community health? The use of a common Electronic Health Record (EHR), such as Nightingale Notes, with all your clients in it, including their demographic descriptors, presents a wealth of data pooled in one central location. Your [...]
One of our colleagues, Karen Monsen, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing and Director of the Omaha System Partnership, recently had the opportunity to speak at the Michigan Premier Public Health Conference on achieving health equity. Her presentation was titled, “Social Behavioral Determinants of Health (SBDH) & the Omaha System: [...]
In this article, we'll cover the basics of CCD. A CCD is a Continuity of Care Document. Health entities use CCDs to send health information about patients to each other. Other terms related to CCDs that we'll cover include: HL7 and Mirth appliance. We'll talk about what these terms mean, how they're related to CCDs, [...]