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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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Lehigh Valley streamlines ED triage with virtual docs and nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nurse and virtual doc triage To make this happen, the health system implemented a virtual nurse and virtual physician triage program designed to get patients moving through the ED process sooner rather than later. The tests included physicians, nurses, technicians, scribes, EKG techs, etc.,

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New efforts try to balance nurse staffing ratios with access to care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's National Nurses Week 2024 , and it's time to celebrate the more than 5 million RNs nationwide who are so essential to care delivery. But overshadowing the celebration are many challenges impacting the nursing workforce. Feds, states take up nurse staffing The past four years have been especially tough on nurses, of course.

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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses that want to continue practicing but may not be able to practice at the bedside by extending their nursing careers.

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Provider burnout rates have leveled off, says KLAS report

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Most of the measured contributors to burnout have become less prevalent than they were at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Provider Burnout and the EHR Experience report from the KLAS Arch Collaborative. Platforms for electronic prior authorization and virtual nursing have released some of the pressure on providers.

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When Numbers Talk: Bridging Gaps in Healthcare Leadership

Healthcare IT Today

By integrating Aidins care management platform with their Cerner EHR, the health system automated time-consuming processes, standardized communications with post-acute providers, and introduced a badge system that rewarded facilities based on performance metricslike response times and quality ratings. What was the result?

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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.