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Public Health seeks $225 million multi‑year electronic medical record and funding to staff new hospital and shelter health services
Summary
Department of Public Health told the committee it will add 118 FTEs to staff the new San Francisco General Hospital, expand medical respite by 30 beds and invest in a citywide electronic medical record estimated at $225 million over five years. Director Barbara Garcia said the upgrades are needed to meet federal reporting and clinical integration requirements.
The Department of Public Health presented a multi-year budget plan to the Board’s budget committee on June 18 that pairs investments in shelter and mental‑health services with a major technology upgrade for clinical care.
Barbara Garcia, Director of Health, told the committee the department will expand medical-respite capacity by 30 beds and add health workers to shelters to better support vulnerable populations. "We will be opening up stabilization beds and expanding medical respite," Garcia…
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