May 2008: Negley, Ott & Associates, Inc.'s consultant, Brenda Rollins is currently supporting the configuration and development of procedures within the QuadraMed CPR (QCPR) system to support an initiative involving standardized system functionality for Breastfeeding at Coney Island Hospital which went live this month.  The same design and functionality on the system will be deployed at Woodhull Hospital in early June as well.  The project is an effort to promote breastfeeding in those patients that are clinically eligible.  The design supports allowing end-users to document delivery information, breastfeeding plans of the mother and breastfeeding eligibility details.  In addition, end-users are now able to document nutritional information on the baby while the newborn is an inpatient. The nutritional documentation will support a longitudinal record via allowing continued documentation on the baby during subsequent outpatient visits.

In addition to the above scope of newly deployed functionality on the system, Corporate has also gone live at Queens recently as the first site for phase II of the Depression module.  This initiative involves additional follow up functionality associated with the depression screening already deployed in phase I.  The recently deployed module encompasses follow-up documentation either via a phone call or clinic visit with patients who have been screened as being depressed and is used to monitor the progress of patients with depression.

The engagement by NYCHHC is designed to leverage NOA’s configuration and best practices expertise for database configuration to employ a standardized set of procedures at HHC facilities targeted for implementation.  NYCHHC Corporate plans to deploy the newly developed functionality to all of its facilities over the coming year.  The lead NOA consultant on this project was Brenda Rollins, who continues to work closely with members of the corporate HHC clinical analyst team in support of this initiative.

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (NYCHHC) is made up of multiple healthcare facilities across the city and has retained NOA for development of standard applications on the QCPR system for eventual deployment at each of the local facilities.

This project is another significant accomplishment for the NYCHHC and represents continued achievement towards improvement in community health.

Congratulations to NYCHHC and NOA's clinical consultants for yet another progressive initiative leveraging NOA's best-demonstrated-practices with clinical computing.

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