Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Telemedicine is not only cost-effective for both the patient and the hospital, it also can reduce the risk of exposure to disease for all parties, especially during a pandemic. The organization has offered services such as virtual urgent care, telepsychiatry and virtual post-op appointments for several years to meet the needs of patients.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
DECEMBER 6, 2021
Virtual visits information was tracked by a structured documentation section in the provider's EHR documentation. "However, for many patients who live outside our area, this technology is critical as it allows them to schedule their follow-up visits without a long drive to the hospital. " RESULTS.
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Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 25, 2023
With 185 hospitals, it takes effort for HCA to maintain good quality health data across their entire organization. As part of the sepsis project, HCA worked to streamline nurse documentation because some of the information needed for sepsis detection was collected manually by nurses. That is a much more complex data quality challenge.”
Lloyd Price
JUNE 26, 2018
Zesty for Hospitals It seems incredible, but today, the vast majority of NHS trusts still post paper letters to their patients. In fact, the average UK hospital sends over 1M paper letters to patients each year. Patients are informed of their appointments in a letter and have to call the hospital to make appointment changes.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 28, 2023
This type of document will require not only top-notch billing tools but also new levels of contractual collaboration between separate provider entities. The AHA’s aim was to reduce unnecessary documentation and streamline the coding process.
Digital Leaders HealthTech
APRIL 14, 2021
At the time, all nursing documentation was done on paper. We used whiteboards and clipboards to document our patient’s status and manage patient flow around the hospital. It was incredibly time-consuming, walking around the wards making notes and compiling bed occupancy. Not having real-time data made making decisions difficult.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
One challenge is extensive nomenclature differences across physician practices, hospitals, and pharmacies. While those are the right macro buckets, the clinical operational improvements are focused almost solely on physician/provider workflow optimizations (patient documentation, AI to improve diagnosis and treatment pathways, etc.).
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