The Health Department plans to replace the existing clinical management system with an integrated system functionality that will also consolidate many of the stand-alone program applications that make the clinical management system cluster (patient registration, case management, chart tracking, electronic medical record, epidemiology, immunizations, lab, etc.).
The new Health Enterprise Resource Management System (ERP) will ultimately improve patient care, clinic management, and agency management through an integrated data system. This new system will also provide a common data collection site that will allow patient information to be shared by multiple programs without being requested and entered by each program/agency and compatible with the Public Health Information Network (PHIN) standards and compliance with Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. These standards are crucial to a successful implementation. The system will be web enabled and provide real-time access to data for both employees and Houstonians.
Please check the Health Department web site at www.houstontx.gov/health to follow updates regarding this project.
