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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.

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Lighting the Way to Efficient Patient Care – How Interoperability and Analytics Change the Nurse Call Paradigm

Healthcare IT Today

Of course, with this growth of technology we’ve also seen the growth of burnout and alert fatigue as devices send off warnings that aren’t useful and the volume of alerts that a nurse is getting is overwhelming. Plus, they look at how interoperability can help address this problem and provide valuable analytics.

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Unifying telemedicine efforts can help health systems succeed with virtual care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Transitioning from decentralized efforts to a unified framework is one way a health system can achieve notable milestones such as significant time savings for nursing staff and securing grants for community-based care initiatives.

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Think Quintuple Aim This Week at #HIMSS25

Health Populi

Ironically, the adoption and implementation of electronic health records technology accelerate some aspects of burnout due to the systems lacking interoperability and user-centered design workflows. Now I’ll share some of my early takes on how each of these could play out at 2025 HIMSS’s featured innovations and announcements.

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Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-term and Nursing Care

Healthcare IT Today

Even though skilled nursing facilities, long-care homes and retirement facilities are highly regulated, Charnetski says that regulators don’t really understand the industry’s needs. The next step would be to achieve real interoperability in health records, a still elusive goal.

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Key Insights & Top Takeaways from HIMSS25 Day 2

Healthcare IT Today

Check out some of our short video interviews from Day 2 of #HIMSS25: Ty Greenhalgh, Industry Principal, Healthcare at Claroty Dr. Lavonia Thomas, Dr. Lavonia Thomas, Nursing Informatics Officer at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Katherine Ivanova, Co-Founder HistAI Dave Henriksen, Head of Value Based Care at Notable Michael Gould, (..)

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These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthcare IT Today

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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