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HIT News
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Save the Date: The 2015 NCHN Leadership Summit will be at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort January 19-20, 2015 in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Agenda and registration information will be posted soon. 
E-RHIT is a network of ambulance services across Louisiana supporting the implementation and adoption of electronic Patient Care Reporting (ePCR). ePCR is used in these rural ambulances to document care given to patients at the time the care is provided and to record the type of incident. E-RHIT currently supports ePCR for ambulance services many of which are in very rural areas with limited cell phone reception. The software is installed in each ambulance on a ruggedized laptop that can connect to the state database via cellular network. The data collected consists of demographic, scene, and clinical information such as chief complaint and medications. Each service is also able to setup their own template and collect information that is relevant to their service area and local hospitals.
From the Executive Director (October 2014)
Chairs of Network Leadership: Part III
National Cooperative of Health Networks