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WASHINGTON – Children's National Medical Center in the nation's capital is poised to install software to automate clinical and business records for its Children's IQ Network.
The Children's IQ Network is dedicated to improving connectivity, care and outcomes for children.
It will be the first of its kind in the Washington, D.C. , Maryland and Virginia region.
Community pediatricians will be connected to Children's National Medical Center through the eClinicalWorks EMR. The Children's IQ Network will use eClinicalWorks' Electronic Health exchange community health record to connect public schools, foster care programs and mobile medical vans as well as state immunization registries, commercial labs and other regional healthcare providers.
"Most pediatricians in our region have not yet taken advantage of an office-based electronic medical record," said Brian Jacobs, MD, vice president and chief medical information officer at Children's National Medical Center. "We've developed the Children's IQ Network - the first such network in our area that focuses on interconnecting the healthcare of children."
Jacobs said that after reviewing systems for nearly two years, the center selected Westborough, Mass. -based eClinicalWorks because of its focus on a high quality product for children, the success the company has achieved in community settings and the commitment shown to the Children's IQ Network.
The Children's IQ Network will connect Children's National Medical Center's employed pediatricians in its seven D.C. primary care clinics, its D.C. foster care program and mobile medical vans through eClinicalWorks software and will be open for additional area pediatricians to join.
Interfaces will be available for Children's inpatient Cerner system, commercial laboratory systems and the Sage Intergy EMR in practices owned by Children's National and HealthMaster, the EMR to be used by 172 schools in the District of Columbia. E-prescribing and vaccine registry information for Washington, D.C. , Maryland and Virginia will be available in the eClinicalWorks system.
