Afia is looking for a committed person to head up our IT Infrastructure Strategy and Redesign business. If you are interested, submit a resume to resumes@afiahealth.com

Here is the posting:
Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Ann Arbor, MI – Chris Akerley will be presenting with Steve Wiland and Jim Svensson on Tuesday May 20, 2008 at the Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Board (MACMHB) Conference in Dearborn, MI. The presentation will focus on how Performance Data Dashboards can help staff and consumers measure progress and improve outcomes. Particular focus will be paid to the development and integration of dashboards into the electronic clinical record and staff workflow to support evidence-based practice implementation and monitoring. Read More »

Ann Arbor, MI - Jeremy Nelson will be presenting with Kathy Reynolds on Tuesday May 20, 2008 at the TEPR (Towards the Electronic Medical Record) Conference. The presentation will focus on EMRs in Integrated Primary and Behavioral Healthcare in the Public Sector. Read More »

Ann Arbor, MI – Jeremy Nelson presented for Washtenaw County, demonstrating the case study of Encompass, the Electronic Health Record used by Washtenaw County. The presentation will focus on how the public mental health and public health departments have created an electronic health record that meets the need of the community. Read More »

Ann Arbor, MI – Jeremy Nelson presented with Kathleen Reynolds from the Washtenaw Community Health Organization and Brad Zimmerman from PMP at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association 9th Annual Conference. Jeremy, Kathy, and Brad presented on the collaboration of implementing an EHR in an integrated health setting with behavioral health and primary care. Read More »

Ann Arbor, MI – Afia Inc announced today that the Washtenaw Community Health Organization (WCHO), has selected Afia to provide IT Strategy and System Design services to its internal Information Management Department. Under the three-year contract, Afia will provide project management, training, and design services for the WCHO’s Encompass EMR system. Additionally, Afia will support an ongoing IT roadmap that includes integration of IT services with WCHO strategic goals, staff development, and relationship building.

The WCHO is a premier public mental health, substance abuse and primary care health services system located in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Their mission is to provide leadership for the development and implementation of unique, effective models of integrated (mental health, substance abuse, physical health) healthcare that create medical homes for Medicaid and indigent consumers.

“The WCHO is recognized across the country as a center of excellence for implementation of integrated health and evidence based practices,” said Chris Akerley, co-owner of Afia. “With such a difficult operating environment, it’s incredible to see the results they produce for their consumers. We’re very excited to be a part of their success.”

Afia is seeing increased demand for its services in the Behavioral Healthcare industry.

About Afia

Afia Inc. is an IT services firm with a relentless focus on healthcare. Afia’s mission is to partner with healthcare providers to implement tools, techniques, and strategies that will dramatically improve patient outcomes. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, Afia operates across the United States. For more information, please visit www.afiahealth.com.