Nashville ’ s Neighborhood Health Takes to the Streets with NextGen ’s Mobile Technology

Equipped with NextGen Healthcare’s mobile application and other tech, Neighborhood Health, an FQHC in Nashville TN, is bringing care to the streets of the city – literally. Learn more about this grassroots approach to meeting patients where they are. Healthcare IT Today caught up with Anthony Villanueva, the CIO of Neighborhood Health after he presented at the NextGen User conference. Together with Dr. Ebony Funches from Venice Family Clinic, Villanueva shared insights and strategies for street medicine programs. Street Medicine Neighborhood Health faced a significant challenge when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020. With their facilities shut down and no public transportation available, they could not see the patients they care for. To address this, the organization decided to bring healthcare directly to those in need on the streets of Nashville. To do this, Neighborhood Health chose to implement NextGen’s mobile solutions Care Through NextGen Mobile Since laptop computers were not an option for field work (too bulky, battery life too short, and too expensive), NextGen’s mobile app was the perfection fit. The app provides all the basic functions needed in the field – access to the medical record, e-prescribing, and charge entry. “It also provides us the ability to take pictures and send them securely back to our office,” explained Villanueva. “This helps to fully document a chart which saves time, and a complete chart means better care for our pati...
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