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How to recover from a bad electronic health records implementation

KevinMD

Is your health care organization reeling from a bad EHR implementation? There have been rumblings from hospital leadership and congressional committees about the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospitals’ implementation of the Cerner Corporation electronic health record (EHR) replacing the VistA EHR.

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Urgently Ortho’s integrated EHR-telehealth creates seamless, tech-enabled clinic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Urgently Ortho in San Francisco, California, had an overarching goal: to create a tech-enabled orthopedic urgent care facility that provided a seamless patient experience using technology that could scale with leadership’s growth ambitions. ” Most hospital EHRs did not offer a great patient experience. THE PROBLEM.

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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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Strategies and Best Practices for Developing and Nurturing Leadership Skills in Health IT

Healthcare IT Today

So to become a better leader in health IT, we need to figure out what skills and best practices we must do and find out if these skills for health IT leadership is different than other healthcare sectors. CIOs are at the forefront, leading transitions to new EHR vendors while managing constrained budgets.

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Concerns and Uncertainty In the Wake of Sweeping HTI-1 Rule

Electronic Health Reporter

By Stephanie Jamison, Executive Committee Chair and Public Policy Leadership Workgroup Vice Chair, EHR Association. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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6 EHR Optimization Tips

Healthcare IT Today

One thing I’ve learned in 16 years writing about health IT and particularly focused on EMR (now EHR if you prefer), is that the EHR still impacts so many things in the life of a clinician. Yes, hospitals and health systems have 1000s of health IT solutions that they have to manage, upgrade, secure, etc. […].

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Healthcare’s Digital Evolution: Transforming Patient Care with Your EHR

Healthcare IT Today

Electronic health record (EHR) systems have drastically reduced the need for physical records, and they have been a critical part of healthcare operations for decades. This article will explore how digital records have improved the quality of patient care and the ways in which EHRs are continuing to evolve. hospital beds.

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