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Health Department lays out $50M behavioral-health push and EPIC electronic record rollout
Summary
DPH presented a $2.4 billion budget that includes a $50 million two-year behavioral-health package (about 200 new treatment beds) and plans for the Wave 1 EPIC electronic health record to unify clinical and billing systems; supervisors asked for vacancy and staffing detail.
Dr. Grant Colfax, director of the Department of Public Health, presented the department's fiscal proposal and a set of priorities that place additional resources on behavioral-health capacity and infrastructure.
DPH's proposed budget for FY20 is roughly $2.4 billion, driven by large clinical delivery operations and community provider contracts. Colfax said the mayor's proposal includes a $50 million investment over two years to…
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