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Subcommittee advances DPH amendment to extend Netsmart EMR contract, citing nearly 3,000 clinical users
Summary
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee forwarded a contract amendment to extend and expand the Department of Public Health's master agreement with Netsmart Systems for behavioral health electronic medical records; DPH said the system has nearly 3,000 clinical users and the extension adds roughly $22 million to the prior agreement.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Budget and Finance Subcommittee voted to advance a Department of Public Health contract amendment with Netsmart Systems that would extend the city's behavioral health electronic medical record agreement and add product enhancements to meet federal meaningful-use requirements.
David Counter, IT director for the Department of Public Health, told the committee the current system went live July 1, 2010 and "we have nearly 3,000 clinical users utilizing it, and 200…
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