I was invited to the blog to tell about the exciting development I’m involved in with the Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. I began my position as Coordinator of Consumer Informatics in September. We are working with a vendor to customize their EHR and web portal to support self management. Our special focus is to use technology to improve the health of the public, especially the Medicaid and uninsured populations in NYC.

This is a wonderful opportunity for me to use all parts of my experience and education. I’ve been a family nurse practitioner (FNP) since 1982, and I’ve maintained at least a day or two a week practice, mostly in community health centers (CHC), ever since. At one CHC, I consulted in the development and implementation of a custom EHR. I have formal informatics post-doctoral education and experience working with Sue Bakken at Columbia University. We developed and implemented hand-held computerized encounter documentation system for the ~300 Columbia NP students. Prior to that, I directed the FNP program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. I am proud to say that many of those graduates are now working in CHCs. In NYC, 100% of the CHCs will participate with the PCIP. Our self management tools are being built on the published evidence base and on years of self management and clinical systems improvement done by our health department. Stay tuned, and I will tell you about it as it grows!

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