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The Harris Center is working with Harris Health to implement a best-in-class electronic health record system to support the center’s complex healthcare operations. Epic is a powerful tool that allows us to connect our clients to their care team and foster a deeper integration among care providers to share information and improve outcomes.
The Epic implementation team is working on a new pilot program to bring kiosks to the clinics with the highest traffic. The kiosk machines will provide clients a streamlined check-in experience and enable them to sign up for MyHealth, their online health record system. Additional future capabilities will include scanning client ID cards and barcodes.
The pilot program is scheduled to go live in April 2022 at the Southwest Service Center. Stay tuned for more Epic updates.
Every October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month raises awareness about disability employment issues and celebrates the many varied contributions of America’s workers with disabilities. This year’s theme is “The Right Talent, Right Now.” As part of this month’s activities, The Harris Center is highlighting our recent summer internship collaboration with the H.E.A.R.T. Program.For many individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), finding jobs out in the “real world” may not always come easy. As part of The Harris Center’s commitment to transform the lives of people with IDD, the agency recently collaborated with the H.E.A.R.T. Program to provide summer internships to individuals with IDD to allow them the opportunity to gain hands-on work experience across our agency’s various programs.
It is early morning, and stepping out of the Metro bus is Sh’Clara Smith. She makes her way to the front doors of The Harris Center’s Gessner Day Program where she signs in and greets her friends ready to take on the day. As she sits, other participants gather around and they begin sharing what they did over the weekend.
Jail Re-Entry Program: Mr. Simon* is an Iraq War veteran who was referred to us by Brothers in Arms, a program assisting veterans at the Harris County jail. Shortly before Mr. Simon was released, we offered him a bed at our new Jail Re-Entry program during the time Veterans Affairs coordinated permanent housing for him. Mr. Simon was admitted to our program on Jan. 11 this year.
The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, in cooperation with Harris County Probate Court 3 and the University of Houston, has received a grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for an Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program for people with serious mental illness.
The Harris Center, along with the University of Texas Health Science Center, proudly announces a new post graduate program for physician assistants in Psychiatry.
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