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San Francisco DPH says EPIC go‑live proceeding with support teams; activates congenital syphilis response
Summary
DPH Director Grant Colfax told the commission that EPIC went live Aug. 3 with thousands of staff hours and over 4,700 service tickets opened; no patient-harm events reported so far. Colfax also said the department activated a 6–12 month response to congenital syphilis and is responding to CDPH deficiencies at Laguna Honda.
Grant Colfax, San Francisco's Director of Health, told the Department of Public Health Commission on Aug. 6 that the department's EPIC electronic health record went live at 2 a.m. on Aug. 3 and that teams across the health network have been supporting clinicians through the transition.
"So the big news is that we are epic go live. We went live at 2AM on Saturday, August 3," Colfax said, reporting…
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