First Friday News
May 2010
Chicago Family Health Center Expands with the Opening of its 5th Center in Chicago Lawn
Yes, it’s true. Chicago Family Health Center recently announced the opening of its 5th site with the opening of the Chicago Lawn community health center this June. Located at 63rd and Kedzie, the center will open its doors to thousands of medically underserved and uninsured residents on the Southwest Side of Chicago and surrounding communities.
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May 2010
Why the CFHC EHR Implementation Will Succeed
By Guest Contributor: Ted Radzik, PA, MCSE
IPHCA EHR Implementation Specialist
I recently read an interesting internet post about why HIT implementations fail. My only problem with the post was that it focused too much on the negative. Too many organizations, doctors and clinical staff are looking for reasons to have their HIT implementation fail and not enough of us are looking at the reasons that will bring success to an HIT implementation.
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May 2010
Are you reading your First Fridays Quiz
The first person to complete and deliver to me in-person (no intra-office mail) beginning at 3:00 on Monday morning will receive a free ticket to the Healing Hands Dinner on Friday, June 4th.
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April 2010
Maintaining Patient Privacy and Security with an EHR
With the emergence of electronic health records, patient privacy and medical information safety has become a very important issue in the healthcare industry, and many new policies, procedures and practices have been developed to protect the privacy and security of EHRs.
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April 2010
Spotlight on CFHC’s IT Department
Whether we are talking about converting the organization’s computers to the domain or our upcoming electronic health record implementation, it is safe to say that there are a lot of technical changes happening at Chicago Family Health Center.
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March 2010
Welcome to the first edition of Chicago Family Health Center’s First Fridays!
First Fridays is the official organization-wide newsletter for CFHC employees, and is designed to keep you informed, engaged and excited about news at Chicago Family Health.
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March 2010
Coming Soon to a Chicago Family Health Center Near You: Electronic Health Records!
As many of you know, this summer, Chicago Family Health Center will begin using an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system to help enhance the quality, efficiency, service and safety of our organization. This is going to be a huge change for our organization. Going from paper to electronic will not only change the way we record information, but it will change the cultural fabric of our organization.
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