Develop electronic healthcare records system in women's facilities
Biennium
2016-2018
Budget Round
Initial Bill
Category
Information technology
Region
Multiple Regions
Description
Provides funding to develop and implement an electronic health records system in women's prisons. The agency needs an electronic health records system to replace its current paper-based system. An electronic system would improve consistency and coordination of medical services to inmates and reduce the chances of errors. It would also enable DOC to analyze the medical needs of its inmate population from a system wide perspective and thereby be in a better position to develop strategies that could improve health care while reducing costs. By developing the system first for a defined segment of the inmate population, females, the agency will be able to bring the system online quicker, while laying the groundwork for the expansion of the system to the rest of the population at a later date.