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Wilkes County Health Department adds provider, eyes new electronic health record
Summary
The health department hired a new provider and plans to rotate new staff through school-based MESH visits; officials are exploring a new electronic health record system (Athena) with a tentative January go-live to address current system inefficiencies.
The Wilkes County Health Department has added a new clinician and is reorganizing provider coverage to support clinic and school-based services, Health Department staff told the board April 13. Ms. Rachel Willard said the new provider, Stephanie, is completing onboarding and shadowing clinics and is expected to begin seeing patients independently in May. Willard also said the department plans to rotate providers through MESH school visits rather than assigning a single clinician.
Willard said the department is evaluating a move to the Athena electronic health record system with a tentative January go-live because "we truly cannot be efficient and effective with the current system we are on." She added that the diabetes management program will restart in June after hiring a registered dietitian, Lindsey, who brings experience from Hugh Chatham.
