Florida Shots

MedAppz Becomes Florida SHOTS Certified Software Provider

Alliance between electronic healthcare records leader and state agency makes it easy for physicians to upload patient immunization information to statewide system with just one click.

MedAppz, the leader in web-based electronic health record (EHR) applications, today announced that MedAppz iSuite 3.5 CCHIT Certified (SM) Ambulatory EHR 2007 software now has a direct interface to the Florida State Health Online Tracking System (SHOTS) system.

The SHOTS system, a program of the Florida Department of Health, Provides a central repository of childhood and adolescent immunization information that helps doctors, schools, and parents keep track of immunization records.

The MedAppz iSuite 3.5 CCHIT Certified (SM) Ambulatory EHR 2007 software interface simplifies record keeping for the many Florida physicians who use MedAppz software.  "It saves me a ton of time," says Dr. Tina Caroll-Scott of the South Miami Children's Clinic Inc.  "Instead of having to enter patient immunization twice--once into MedAppz iSuite electronic health record, and again into the SHOTS system--today, the minute I sign my clinical encounter in MedAppz, my patient immunization information is automatically sent to the Florida Department of Health."

"We are excited that MedAppz has worked with us to create this new functionality," says Susan Lincicome, Director, Florida SHOTS.  "Their partnership helps ensure the success of our data upload service to make this time-saving feature possible for more and more health-care providers."

Registries are only helpful if health-care providers use them, and since currently, 22 immunizations are recommended for infants in the first 18 months, participation in the SHOTS registry can be a time-intensive task without the sort of technology available in MedAppz iSuite 3.5.

Total records in Florida's registry now exceed 64 million shots for more than 5.4 million individual patients.  Ultimately, Florida SHOTS' goal, as part of the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) Healthy People 2010 initiative, is to increase to 95 percent the number of children age 0 to 6 with at least two shot records in a fully functional immunization registry by the year 2010.

The Florida SHOTS system has gained wide acceptance throughout the state and has earned endorsements from the Florida Pediatric Society, Florida Medical Association, Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, and Florida Association of Health Plans.

About MedAppz, LLC                                                                                                                      Based in Wichita, KS, MedAppz is the industry leader in web-based Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) applications that integrate with scheduling and billing software to simplify clinic management, cut costs, reduce risk, and ultimately improve pateint care.  Three things set MedAppz apart from its competitors.  First, the MedAppz Software as a Service (SaaS) model means MedAppz products are available to anyone with a web browser, and so provide a quick return on investment.  Second, MedAppz is modular and customizable, so offers great flexibility.  Finally, MedAppz incorporates and automates transcription servces, so physicians don't need to change the way they work. 

About Florida SHOTS                                                                                                                     Florida SHOTS (State Health Online Tracking System) is a free, statewide, centralized online immunization registry that helps health-care providers, schools, and parents keep track of immunization records.  SHOTS helps ensure that children receive all vaccinations needed to protect them from dangerous vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, diphtheria, polio, varicella, and others.  It is a program of the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Immunization. 

Call 877-888-SHOT or visit www.flshots.com.