Pediatric Office Recommends Florida SHOTS to Improve Workflow
published by: Kate H.For a recent newsletter, Florida SHOTS conducted a feature interview with Doreen Levin, Chief Information Officer with Pediatric Associates in Lauderdale Lakes, to discuss the registry. Here is an excerpt from that interview:
What do you think is the best feature of the registry for your office?
For us, being able to print immunization records is a huge benefit. In addition, we have been able to improve our daily workflow so that each night the immunizations for the day are electronically uploaded from our system to Florida SHOTS. If a new patient comes in who came from another state or a provider not using Florida SHOTS, then we enter the information manually into Florida SHOTS to have a complete record.
If another doctor’s office were to call and ask you whether they should enroll in the registry, what would you say?
- If a child was given shots at the health department, or at any other Florida SHOTS provider, you have a complete record the first time you see the patient.
- If you have an EMP or are planning to have one, you will need to be able to interface with Florida SHOTS to meet the “Meaningful Use” requirement.
- Florida SHOTS is an excellent program that allows the seamless exchange of information between providers and patients.
