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DPH budget hearing prioritizes EMR investment while warning of state revenue risks
Summary
At a Jan. hearing, San Francisco Department of Public Health officials outlined a multi-year plan to modernize IT and implement a unified electronic medical record, estimated at hundreds of millions over several years, while flagging uncertainty from the state'level realignment and the federal/state 1115 waiver.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health outlined plans to stabilize and modernize its information technology systems and to implement a unified electronic medical record as part of its proposed budgets for fiscal years 2015'16 and 2016'17.
Greg Wagner, DPH chief financial officer, opened a two'year budget hearing by describing improved city revenues but still-significant five'year projected deficits of $15.9 million and $88.3 million that frame the department's planning. Wagner said the mayor's office's guidance permits no general fund reduction in year one and a modest second'year target; the department's strategy is to use the relative fiscal respite to examine…
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