Electronic Medical Record at Hunterdon Healthcare

Hunterdon Healthcare exists to prevent disease, illness and injury; to seek cures; relieve pain; give comfort; and inspire a healthy way of living. Hunterdon Medical Center, the flagship hospital, is acknowledged as a leader in developing comprehensive medical and health care services. Hunterdon Medical Center treats over 8,600 inpatients annually, with 33,000 Emergency Department visits and over 292,000 outpatient visits per year. The 178-bed hospital provides a full range of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic inpatient and outpatient hospital and community health services.

The Hunterdon Medical Center is also a teaching institution and is affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The Family Practice Residency Program is one of the first in the nation for the training of specialists in family medicine.

Hunterdon Medical Center is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health, and accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

Hunterdon Healthcare has partnered with the Hunterdon Physician Practice Association to form Hunterdon Healthcare Partners LLC, an integrated delivery network dedicated to enhancing patients care. Hunterdon Healthcare Partners has over 204 providers who have come together to improve the overall quality of healthcare in the community. Working with key payors, we have improved access to care for individuals living in and around our county. To date, 14 practices are using the Electronic Medical Record, 11 Family Practices and 3 Specialists. In the next 15 months, 8 more family practices will go live and 7 more specialty practices. With the use of the Community Health Solution Portal, we will ultimately enable all our physicians to share key pertinent healthcare data.




For more information on Hunterdon Healthcare call 908-788-6100 or visit www.hunterdonhealthcare.org.

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