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How EMR alert fatigue overwhelms physicians

KevinMD

As a hospitalist, like most in health care, I am afflicted by the slow march of thousands of mouse clicks on the electronic health record (EHR) every day I work. But after starting a new job and learning a new EHR, I have become painfully aware of the volume of alerts that pop up when […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.

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Ensuring the Security and Privacy of Patient Data while Managing Large Volumes of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)

Healthcare IT Today

How can healthcare organizations ensure the security and privacy of patient data while managing large volumes of electronic health records (EHRs) ? Also, make sure your core IT vendors especially your EHR and any analytics vendors do the same. So what is the balance between the two?

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EHR Innovations That Should Be Happening But Aren’t

Healthcare IT Today

There are a lot of very exciting innovations that are happening to or are being talked about for EHR systems. But what innovations aren’t being discussed or happening for EHR systems that should be? Financial incentives for health organizations can encourage them to adopt interoperable EHR solutions. The time has come.

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MSK-focused startup Hinge Health can now integrate with a user's EHR

Mobi Health News

With HingeConnect, the platform has access to EMR data from 750,000 providers across 71,000 care sites to identify opportunities to offer users alternative care options.

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Improving EHR Systems with User Experience and Interface Design to Reduce Clinician Burnout and Enhance Workflow Efficiency

Healthcare IT Today

minutes on EHR per visit trying to find the time to do this for every patient in addition to all of their other tasks is very difficult. Finding a solution that improves EHR systems to increase efficiency and reduce clinician burnout should be a high priority for your organization. The following are their answers.

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Benefits and Challenges of Integrating AI and Machine Learning into EHR Systems

Healthcare IT Today

Today we are going to narrow our focus on these exciting and vast technologies down to their impact on EHR systems. We reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community to ask what are the potential benefits and challenges of integrating AI and machine learning into EHR systems? Below are their answers.

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Oracle Health Raises the Bar on their EHR

Healthcare IT Today

At the 2024 Oracle Health Summit in Nashville, TN, the company unveiled its next-generation EHR. It is too early to tell how the new EHR will be received by customers, but it has already helped the company overcome one of its challenges. The new EHR has energized the Oracle Health team.

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