Project Spotlight: Indiana University Students Work With Local Health Care Clinic to Solve Information Technology Challenges
By: Ada Inman
Southern Indiana Community Health Care (SICHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center located in Paoli, Orange County’s seat. A fixture in the Paoli community, SICHC provides residents with vital health services. The clinic relies on its digital databases in order to internally maintain and track patient health information and streamline quality care. When it came time to assess and improve SICHC’s information technology, the clinic reached out to students at Indiana University.
Seeking functional solutions, Doris Weaver of Southern Indiana Community Health Care partnered with the Sustaining Hoosier Communities (SHC) program at Indiana University. This partnership involved students in Matt Hottel’s Serve IT clinic in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. Participating students were challenged to assess SICHC’s specific information technology needs, automate and streamline processes, and train clinic staff on new IT tools.
Indiana University IT students delivered valuable results for Southern Indiana Community Health Care. Participants evaluated the clinic’s existing IT system and identified and implemented improvements. They also conducted staff training which brought the clinic up to date with current best practices and enabled staff to focus on quality patient care.
Modern healthcare workers rely on up-to-date, organized data systems in the workplace. Participating students helped to make this essential community clinic’s information technology––and by extension, its overall operation––more effective and efficient to the benefit of both staff and patients.
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