The Beauty of a Web-Based Vital Health Record
Posted by Amy Wallace on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 @ 01:06 AM
Health history and emergency contact information - as a school, you need to collect this every year for every student and almost every year the information remains the same. Parents are required to complete paper after paper with information that was provided to the school the previous year. Wouldn’t it be great to have it completed ONE TIME online and have the parent go in and update/verify every year thereafter?
That is the beauty and benefit of a web based Vital Health Record (VHR). Parents complete the essential information the first year that their child enters the school. Before the beginning of each school year from then on, the parent would simply be required to log on to their student’s account, update/verify that the information is still correct and make any necessary changes online – no paperwork being sent to the school. Imagine how happy parents will be when they do not have to reinvent the wheel year after year. Imagine how happy the school will be to save on printing and paper costs. Imagine the efficiency for both the parents and the school in reviewing and updating the information.
VHR ensures that all information gathered is comprehensive: no questions can be left unanswered. Schools will no longer be left to assume that an allergy does not exist if the question is left blank - a “yes” or “no” must be selected. If a “yes” is chosen, the parent will immediately be prompted to provide more information. In the example of a “yes” to an allergy, a parent would instantly need to select: type of allergy, severity, reaction, date of last reaction, whether or not an Epi Pen is needed and a place for the parent to type notes. This attention to detail is carried throughout the VHR. With matters as important as our children’s health, we want to be sure that we are as thorough and specific as possible.
And don’t forget, Magnus Health can also review VHR and all other incoming forms each year for the school – removing yet another burden that is extremely time consuming. (see blog post on Record Review, February 24, 2011)
At Magnus Health, we create solutions that benefit the school as well as the parents.