Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2024

For example, intelligent summarization of patient risk and what has changed in a patients health history will help healthcare professionals to better understand when to act and intervene.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom? The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others. The upshot?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Today we are going to focus on the role of EHR systems in this goal of improving interoperability and seamless data sharing between different healthcare providers. ASTP needs to keep going and specifically require EMRs to allow authorized 3rd parties to add or update information in their systems, not just read data out.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 25, 2019

I’ve been thinking a lot about the EMR implementation market lately. Take for example a comment that was recently shared on the HIStalk blog: “Re: KLAS doing research on consulting firms. Looking at the market, you see a lot of mixed signals about what’s happening.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Telehealth Workflow CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore standalone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows. These use cases must be assessed before shortlisting devices by specialty.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

It’s also well known that many physicians remain disappointed with the charting and clinical documentation capabilities of hospital and specialty EHRs. According to KLAS Research’s Arch Collaborative, physicians want three basic things from their EHRs: strong user mastery, a sense of ownership and system personalization.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This means, for example, offering treatment and medication options that are suited to the patient’s current situation (socioeconomic status, transportation availability, location, etc.). The natural place to capture and display this type of information is in the Electronic Health Record (EHR). EHRs hold a lot of data.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 9, 2020

We all know that telehealth has been growing thanks to COVID-19. Let’s be honest, a lot of healthcare doesn’t have any choice. They have to move towards telehealth or not see patients that need to be seen. We highlighted the telehealth growth in smaller medical practices. Now, let’s take a look at some health system […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2023

This familiar scene exemplifies the unnecessary burdens traditional EHRs have placed on providers, patients, and the overall healthcare system. As a former ER physician and current digital health professional, I’ve dealt with these challenges firsthand—and see the enormous potential EHRs hold to change care experiences for the better.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 28, 2024

#PatientExperience #QualtricsX4 pic.twitter.com/WrmMV5JJqo — EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) May 16, 2024 Next up was Craig Richardville, Chief Digital & Information Officer at Intermountain Health, who shared how they were using Qualtrics and what their experience has been like using their software.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 23, 2022

Much has been written about Larry Ellison’s vision of what he called a “National EHR Database.” To be clear, I’m not sure if this was Ellison’s goal with a “National EHR Database” or not. He gave the example of going to the ER and the ER doctor having access to your full records.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Hospitals often rely on siloed electronic health records (EHRs) and manual processes that lack the necessary insights to optimize patient flow. According to one respondent, the technology extracts data from their EHR to assist in patient movement, capacity management, and demand forecasting.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 5, 2024

At the 2024 NextGen Healthcare’s User Group Meeting (#NextGenUGM24 ) Neighborhood Health’s CIO Tony Villanueva and NextGen Healthcare ’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert (Bob) Murry shared how the strategic use of technology, like NextGen’s EHR platform, is helping to deliver care in a more personalized way.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2021

One example of a […]. Balancing all of those competing IT projects that can provide value to their organization and improve the workflow for clinicians and patients is what makes being a CIO so challenging.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In a recent interview with Healthcare IT Today , Aidan Lee, Director of the Certification Program at OntarioMD , and Matt LaDuke, Director of Products, Integrations, and Service Management, shed light on the evolving landscape of electronic medical records (EMRs) and the state of interoperability in the healthcare sector.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2022

I remember my first EMR implementation about 16 years ago and we put up this same sign (although, it was Medicat instead of Epic for the EMR). However, my guess is that this will always be the case with pretty much every EHR and not just Epic which is featured in the above image. VBC for the 5% that spend 50% of costs.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Sides points to the use of AI to craft automated responses to patient inquiries as an example of over-hype: “I think there is a lot of attention being placed on doing simple things with AI technology – like using it to respond to patient emails. There is no need to copy and paste the note generated from the ambient system over to the EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A few examples are obtaining permission to share information with third parties, having patients “opt-in” to communications, and putting the right data security measures in place. Embracing Secure EHR Software and Patient Portal Effective EHR software helps ensure HIPAA-compliant interactions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is transforming its technology systems to create foundational change, says its chief modernization officer.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 5, 2024

They partner closely with clients there to implement their cloud-based Sunrise EHR , their dbMotion data integration platform, and more. For example, how are they addressing interoperability of health data across the provinces in Canada.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Telemynd , a leading behavioral health practice, has integrated its CharmHealth EHR with the Salesforce CRM platform to scale its delivery from coast-to-coast. Tight Integration Between CharmHealth and Salesforce According to Chellappa, CharmHealth’s EHR platform was always built to be flexible and adaptable.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Example: noise in drug interaction alerting. I wonder how many other EHR vendors think about this concept. I’ve seen so many across a wide variety of EHR vendors. Another example of usability putting patients at risk. I could give more specific clinical examples, but this can also be applied more broadly as well.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2023

We’ve only seen a few times where something has dramatically changed the EHR product roadmap. The first time this happened was when the HITECH act and associated $36 billion of stimulus money was included to stimulate adoption of EHR software. In order to get access to that stimulus money, you had to use a certified EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

As electronic health record (EHR) systems become nearly universal and interoperability initiatives gain momentum, many healthcare providers assume their revenue cycle challenges are solved. In 2008, 9% of hospitals and 17% of office-based physicians used EHR systems. By 2021, these numbers had soared to 96% and 78%, respectively.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For example, I missed Larry Ellison’s keynote, but Kristian Feterik did a nice job capturing at least part of Ellison’s vision for Oracle Health in this tweet. The US EHR market is quite saturated, but the same isn’t true internationally. That’s still true with many EHR vendors unfortunately.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Take something like hosting your EHR as a simple example of this challenge. As a healthcare organization expands, this often would mean their IT staff would have to source a local data center vendor and everything that’s involved with hosting your EHR on a private cloud that is reliably close to the new locations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

As an example, elder care differs from pediatric care. Who is my telehealth consumer? The demographic profile of healthcare consumers is a significant factor in determining the telehealth program that will work best for them.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The problem is that EHR alerts are great until doctors stop looking at them – and with hundreds of alerts streaming into the average EHR every day, John Lynn said he’s worried the EHR may soon look like the email inbox with 10,000 unread messages. Read more… Is Disruptive Innovation Really Such A Good Thing?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Storage of Information in Various Systems While serving diverse medical institution needs, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) parallel existence complicates information access and exchange between doctors, patients, and different medical centers.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It has been an up and down year for the ambulatory EHR maker and its customers in this ever changing climate. Candance Lemke, MS, RN, NP-C a Nurse Practitioner at Bowen Health, for example, had her comment enlarged on several signs displayed at the UGM. Their UGM was a chance to reset and chart a clearer path forward.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 6, 2024

Patient Portals Electronic health/medical records (EHR/EMR) have increased collaboration between healthcare providers, removing data silos and improving outcomes for patients. EHRs can facilitate patient engagement and allow patients to view and update their medical records through secure patient portals.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Over time, most stopped complaining about this problem, though I’d wager it was because they simply had worse things to worry about during the painful initial period of EHR adoption. It may also have been that complaining wouldn’t help. In so doing, it joined Northwestern Medicine and Lurie Children’s Hospital.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

In an effort to better facilitate communication among medical professionals and allow access to the entirety of a patient’s care, healthcare providers are using electronic health records (EHRs) instead of electronic medical records (EMRs). Several other benefits exist in implementing EHRs, including: Better targeted treatments.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

The translation of that scribing directly into the EMR can do the same – this will also reduce provider burnout related to EMR fatigue. Let’s look at an example to make this more clear. To start, studies show that scribing for doctors can save millions of dollars. ChatGPTtool recently passed the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 21, 2025

A prime example is the success of their Ambient Assist solution, which has significantly reduced documentation time for clinicians. He shared the companys strategic approach to artificial intelligence (AI) and how the technology is already improving practice efficiency.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Analytics in their eClinicalWorks EHR helps this front-line organization in several ways, according to Chief Medical Officer Hari Nallapaneni, M.D. CareSTL, for example, makes use of the new AI-powered tool from eClinicalWorks that can help identify patients who are a most likely to miss their appointment (ie: no-shows).

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

For example, I attended a session on Medication Success that was presented by Franck Tricot, VP, Strategic Partnerships at Synapse Medicine. However, this one about cumbersome EHR really stood out to me. Reminds me of the EHR user conference recently where they said that simplicity is safety in healthcare.

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