Erie Receives Lumity Technology Leadership Award
Monday, March 22nd, 2010Erie Beats
On Thursday, March 18, 2010 Erie Family Health Center was honored at the Lumity Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel. Erie is honored to have received the 2010 Not for Profit Technology Leadership Award.
The Lumity Technology Leadership Award, presented by Accenture, recognizes innovative uses of technology in the nonprofit sector. Projects submitted had to exemplify the ways in which creative application of technology produces measurable, sustainable impact in the community. There were 22 organizations submitted for this honor and 13 judges. The judging of the final four organizations took place Friday, March 5th.
Left-to-right: James Bowler, Lumity Board Member; Kara Kennedy, Executive Director, Lumity; Lee Francis, MD, MPH—President and CEO, Erie Family Health Center; Kate Sanserino—Manager, Quality Improvement, Erie Family Health Center; Neil Gissler, North America Technology Managing Director, Accenture
Erie Family Health Center submitted the Electronic Health Records System (EHRS) Project, a multi-year technology project through which Erie implemented electronic medical records at all 9 of its sites. In 2002, Erie’s Board of Directors decided that electronic health records would help achieve the organization’s goal of providing the highest quality of care to underserved populations. Therefore, the EHRS Project was written into the organization’s strategic plan and business plan. Eight years later, in January 2010, Erie proudly completed the project a year ahead of schedule. Erie was specifically recognized for its innovative use of health outcome measures to improve patient care. (more…)
