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Fire Department rebrands physician office, reports TB/hearing screenings and plans for electronic health records
Summary
Dr. Jennifer Brokaw and NP Stephanie Phelps said the Office of Employee Health has been rebranded, completed a mobile TB and hearing‑screening effort (about 1,381 screenings with six confirmed positive TB results) and is close to contracting for an electronic health record system.
Dr. Jennifer Brokaw, supervising physician for the Fire Department's employee‑health unit, told commissioners the office has been rebranded from a physician‑centric model to the "Office of Employee Health," is fully staffed for the first time since 2019, and is restarting health checks and preventive programs that were paused during the pandemic.
Nurse Practitioner Stephanie Phelps described a mobile TB and hearing…
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