North Coast Health Ministry is located at:
16110 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 44107
216-228-7878
Fax: 216-529-5051
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Westown Physician Center (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY on Wednesday and Thursday mornings)
10654 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44111
216-228-7878
Fax: 216-529-5051
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We are also pleased to announce the latest addition to our industry-leading care:
Electronic Health Records
Striving to provide the highest level of quality care in the most efficient way, we have invested in an electronic health record system for our patients. Launched in September 2007, the electronic health record (or EHR) now enables our doctors and nurses to document and manage patient care directly through computers.
Storing and maintaining health records electronically is fast becoming the norm in hospital systems, and more and more physicians’ practices too are embracing the trend. The reasons are many and compelling as electronic records allow for more efficiency and accuracy in managing patient care.
Phil Tomsik, MD, Medical Director, and Lee Elmore, Executive Director, began investigating the possibility of using such a system for NCHM patients in early 2006.
“All of medicine is going this way where data is shared among all the people involved in a patient’s care. Using paper charts in our clinic was particularly challenging, too, since the information on the charts had to be in several places at the same time. Given our configuration in the clinic, that was difficult,”
- Philip E. Tomsik, M.D., Medical Director, on the importance of going paperless
“All the patient charts are there in the computer, easy to find. The labs and the tests, which are mostly done off-site, are there, too. Having such quick access to full patient records helps the practitioner make better decisions about care."
- Kathy Rodgers, RN, Head Nurse
“It lets us take care of our patients easier and better,”
- Lee Elmore, Executive Director |
