Duke Behavioral Health Informatics Implements Wireless Clinical System Configuration

Raleigh, NC – December 5, 2007 – Duke University’s Behavioral Health Informatics Division, a leading developer of clinical information systems for Behavioral Healthcare, today announced the first successful implementation of a fully wireless, remote access client configuration for their electronic medical record, CRIS (Clinical Research Information System). 

Aurora Mental Health, located in Aurora, Colorado elected to implement the wireless configuration for their team of school-based therapists.  The organization equipped each clinician with a Microsoft Windows equipped laptop and a Verizon Communications USB Wireless Card to establish instantaneous Internet connectivity from any site accessible via the extensive and reliable Verizon network.  Once connected, therapists authenticate their respective identities onto Aurora’s secure, password-protected VPN, and access CRIS for their daily medical record documentation.

About Aurora Mental Health

The Aurora Mental Health Center (Center) is a 501 (c) 3 corporation founded by volunteers in 1975. Services were provided in donated space. The Center has operated and grown continuously.  Currently more than 240 regular employees and 80 volunteers provide services to more than 7,500 people annually. Services are provided by 16 specialty clinics, located in seven counseling and specialized service centers, six residential facilities, public schools, two county departments of human services, in homes and foster homes, and at other community locations.

In 2001, the federal Department of Health and Human Services named the Center to be part of a nationwide effort (The National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative) to bring the very best treatment for children who have suffered serious trauma.  This year the Colorado Division of Mental Health named Aurora Mental Heath, the best mental health center in Colorado.  Visit Aurora MH on the web at www.aumhc.org.