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Washington County Human Services seeks $100,000 to upgrade behavioral health electronic record
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Washington County Human Services presented a Capital Improvement Program request to fund a one-time upgrade of its Netsmart MyAvatar electronic health record to the vendor's NX platform, estimating about $100,000 and planning implementation in 2026 or 2027.
Washington County Human Services staff told the county's Health & Human Services Committee that the department expects a one-time cost of roughly $100,000 to move its Netsmart MyAvatar electronic health record (EHR) to the vendor's NX platform.
Julie Driscoll, Human Services staff, said the county purchased a new MyAvatar EHR in 2019 and that the system improved client tracking and billing. "We were notified in 2023 that this system, MyAvatar, is moving to a new platform called NX," Driscoll said. She said counties could volunteer to move earlier but that Washington County elected to wait; she added the vendor plans to require…
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