Case Study: Second Chance Health Center

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Our goal at Second Chance Health Center is to implement an Electronic Health Record (EHR), which we believe will help improve our practice by:
Immediate access to patient records, allowing comprehensive review of patient information at the point of care.
Legible, complete documentation resulting in better patient care and more accurate coding practices.
Improved efficiencies in treatment, payment, and other practice administration.
Appropriate alerts and reminders resulting in improved patient care and fewer treatment errors.
Reduced expenses for office supplies, transcription, record retrieval, etc.
Reduced duplication of services (may be offset by implementation and ongoing maintenance costs).
Improved patient satisfaction.

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