Dominion Power today presented MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital with $9,000 to implement an electronic medical record for Get Connected to Health patients and $3,239 to install new computers onboard the Dr. J. Patrick Jarboe Mobile Health Center. The MedStar St. Mary’s Get Connected to Health mobile health center provides primary medical care to underserved residents of St. Mary’s County.
“We are pleased to award this grant to MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital,” said Hunter Applewhite, president of the Dominion Foundation. “The hospital’s Get Connected to Health mobile medical program brings health care to those most in need. We have no doubt about the positive results an electronic medical record capability will produce, and we feel privileged to partner with them.”
“MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital knows the many patient safety benefits that come from an electronic medical record,” said MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Vice President Joan Gelrud. “With a new centralized electronic record, our providers will have immediate access to patient records complete with unlimited access to the latest literature and opportunities to provide the highest quality clinical care.”
Electronic health records provide immediate access to patient records and education materials; direct information entry by provider, eliminating transcription errors; standardization of documentation; facilitated identification and documentation of chronic conditions; improved immunization management; customizable clinical documentation templates; and a regularly updated drug database which indicates potentially dangerous drug interactions.
Get Connected to Health provides low cost, primary adult health care serves those who need it most. Onboard the unit, care providers offer flu shots, laboratory testing, pregnancy and blood sugar tests, and much more to patients. Instead of going untreated, patients receive the care they need right in their own neighborhood.
