“Located in a medically underserved area of rural north-central Wisconsin, Peter Christensen Health Center shows how the successful transition to an electronic health record system, or EHR, can fully support improved performance for patients—even amid the most challenging of circumstances.
From its founding in 1960 until 2010, Peter Christensen Health Center served only members of the Lac du Flambeau Tribe of the Chippewa Indians on the tribe’s 144-square-mile reservation. During that time, the center relied on a combination of Indian Health Service funds and significant annual subsidies from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to finance its operations. As the medical challenges faced by the center’s patient population grew, so did the need for greater operating subsidies from the tribe. Seeing that it was not on a financially viable course, the center’s leadership opted to seek more diverse sources of funding.”
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Tony Ryzinski, USNews, 18 June 2011
