Making EHRs work with and not against clinicians is possible. When EHRs take a human-centered design approach, collaborating closely with clinicians to optimize workflows, the EHR can stop being the focus of clinicians’ days, and instead support them as they provide care to patients
Instead of EHR companies trying to build solutions in-house, collaborating with a patient engagement technology provider is the simplest and most cost-effective way for them to deliver the communication link demanded by today’s healthcare consumer.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Full EHR interoperability and data standardization remain the holy grail: mysterious and elusive. So hospitals are employing different strategies to access a patient's complete medical history.
One reason clinicians struggle to find what they need in EHRs is because most legacy systems were not designed to provide a diagnostically holistic view for specific clinical conditions.
Though the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated some aspects of health IT, it slowed others, including EHR replacements and back-office system upgrades. CIOs from some of the nation's leading health systems shared not only the projects they put on hold, but also how they made those decisions and the challenges they faced when trying to reignite their efforts.
The startup, which won a Pitch Perfect contest at MedCity INVEST Digital Health, offers a solution that integrates with EHRs to predict wait times in doctors' offices and texts patients in real time to let them know what to expect. This virtual waiting room can help increase efficiency and improve patient experience.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Though the total number of unique apps that integrate with major EHRs, like Epic and Cerner, increased from 600 at the end of 2019 to 734 in December 2020, growth in the number of apps that support the FHIR data exchange standard was stagnant.
Apple has integrated with 700 providers for its health records app. But it faces a similar challenge to other health records projects that have failed in the past: patient uptake.
As a result of the partnership, clinicians using Epic will be able to order Foundation Medicine's genomic profiling tests directly from the EHR and view results in the system, providing them with clinical decision support.
Feinberg comes to Cerner from Google Health, which he has led since 2019. The move comes amid news reports that Google plans to dismantle its health division, though the company denies any such plans.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
The next step in the evolution of interoperability will involve examining data flows in digital healthcare, according to panelists at the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference. This includes looking into how data sharing will support telehealth, remote patient monitoring and programs involving wearables.
A new digital health company — spun out from Providence's Digital Innovation Group — has raised $20 million in its first funding round. The company offers a platform that aims to help providers coordinate and manage digital care services.
In a wide-ranging interview, UAB Health System CIO Joan Hicks shared some of the projects on her list for the year ahead, and how remote work has affected her team as well as IT hiring prospects in Alabama.
Healthcare interoperability is evolving, but it is not keeping pace with industry needs. New federal and state policies, as well as advancements in technology, that focus on data management will be needed to push interoperability forward.
EHRs have caused a few problems for healthcare but they have paved a path on which we can set out on the journey of healthcare transformation. Without the existing EHR infrastructure, we’d not only have to map out a path but lay the road while we’re on it.