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Texas CHC Wins Health IT AwardHeart of Texas Community Health Center (HTCHC) in Waco, Texas, received the 2009 HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence for Community Health during National Health IT Week. Since 1994, the Davies Award has recognized excellence in the implementation and value from health information technology, specifically electronic health records (EHRs).
A federally qualified health center, HTCHC supports the oldest family medicine residency west of the Mississippi and serves 90,200 residents of McLennan County, Texas, with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. Davies Awards are given in four categories: Organizational, Ambulatory, Community Health Organizations and Public Health. Read about all the 2009 Davies Award winners and learn how to apply for the 2010 Davies Awards online. |
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Dr. Tim Barker, medical director at HTCHC and an advisor to ACU on health IT issues, said "Since implementing the EHR system in 1997, Heart of Texas Community Health Center continues to optimize the system to improve health care quality, efficiency and access to care. The EHR is the cornerstone of our disease management efforts, giving us the ability to apply decision support at the point of care and systematically identify patients who are due for services when they fail to return as planned."
