In the evening of January 7, 2009 a fire occurred in the building housing the Bo Hoon Lee Wilshire Clinic, located at 3242 West 8th Street in Los Angeles. Thankfully no one was hurt. Due to an amazing staff and a fully functioning Electronic Health Record, we were able to salvage our provider tablets and PC's and spread our providers amongst the remaining six clinic locations in record speed.

The only thing we had to worry about was letting the staff know where to report and the patients know where their providers were now located. Within two business days, providers and patients were situated and we resumed providing care as normal, labs and all! We did not have to worry about sorting through charts and since everything had already been scanned, no one was worried about losing any patient information. For the OB department that had yet to become paperless, we had to box their charts and move them separately.

With the Electronic Health Record, we as an organization were able to focus on our staffing and operations without the stress of worrying about thousands of medical paper charts and the associated lab orders for those patients.

Unfortunately, the Wilshire clinic will most likely remain closed for at least four to six months, however, our patient care continues uninterrupted. To speak with a Wilshire clinic staff member, please call 323-671-2434.

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