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.

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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

MARCH 28, 2019

Nurses find that EHR functionalities such as integrating with outside organizations still are sorely lacking, however

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2024

The latest State of US Nursing Report from Incredible Health found 89% of nurses haven’t used AI in their roles and nearly two-thirds (65%) think AI will negatively impact the industry. Additionally, the vendor released research indicating 23% of medical devices have at least one known vulnerability, along with 14% of EHRs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

"Having this kind of tool built into the clinicians' workflow by being embedded within the EHR is another level of convenience that is becoming table stakes at this stage." What elements of cancer care can physicians and nurses tend to with telemedicine along the cancer care journey?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 12, 2021

In a recent study, researchers associated more favorable electronic health record usability scores with lower odds of burnout among nurses. Unfortunately, that study also found that nurses scored their EHR usability at an F – which seems to bode ill for workplace satisfaction in an already stressful environment.

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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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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In a preview of their HIMSS22 panel, Serena Bumpus of Ascension and Stephanie Hoelscher of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center explain their Texas pilot study on crisis documentation during COVID-19 surges and how it could lessen the burden on nurses.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations. THE PROBLEM. " Brandy Armstrong, RN, CarDon & Associates. MARKETPLACE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Throwing too many solutions with too many workflows and too many log-ins at physicians and nurses is a recipe for failure. Here, Lotan shares his expertise with the combined forces of telehealth and EHRs. The importance of seamless telehealth-EHR integration cannot be underestimated, both in synchronous and asynchronous workflows.

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AMD Telemedicine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Increased workloads and health risks and the ever-changing dynamics in the workplace are making life more challenging for both nurses and physicians. With all that’s at stake for our healthcare staff members, nurse retention should become a focal point for those in charge of healthcare facilities. Reducing Burnout Among Nurses.

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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

MAY 1, 2019

Slightly more physicians said that electronic health record (EHR) systems have decreased quality of care (44 percent) in their primary workplace than increased it (40 percent), according to a recent poll from Medscape. The survey included 273.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 11, 2020

" By directly integrating video conferencing within the athenaOne EHR, the company says it hopes to streamline patient and provider experience. " Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. Monitoring could also reduce readmissions and other costs.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The program brings two-way virtual care communications to the hospital bedside to increase nurse assistance, improve patient safety, and advance care model innovation within the regional health system. The platform integrates with Epic, allowing staff to launch virtual visits within the native electronic health record (EHR) environment.

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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT

MARCH 18, 2019

Nearly half of nurses working in poor environments reported that the EHR system did not help them to work efficiently

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 14, 2024

Studies The latest ONC data brief indicated 58% of PCPs are satisfied with their ability to access external immunization information via their EHR and/or portal. A Nurse.com and Relias report found 54% of nurses are experiencing prolonged stress , and 68% are feeling overwhelmed. The new solution is called Greenway Clinical Assist.

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33 Charts - Digital Health

JANUARY 31, 2018

If you got together the best user experience professionals in Silicon Valley and invested billions into the creation of The Best EHR in the World, doctors would still hate it. They would complain that The Best EHR in the World is destroying medicine and hurting patients. Sure design has a long way to go.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2022

HPG), which has provided industry-leading consulting expertise for EHR technology since 2002, announced today that it acquired Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS). Healthcare Performance Group, Inc. We’re extremely excited to join this partnership, and we know our clients and teammates who are joining HPG are in great hands.”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 16, 2020

But then his EHR vendor, athenahealth, recently launched athenaTelehealth. “I have been using athenaTelehealth exclusively in my family medicine practice for several weeks now and the interface is embedded right within the athenaOne EHR, making documentation much faster and easier.” The experience was often frustrating.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In this video at the Oracle Health conference, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Suhas Uliyar describes how Oracle Health is creating tools that accompany and augment the workflow of physicians, nurses, and patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

.” Incredible Health’s 2023 State of US Nursing Report found that 80% of nurses plan to remain in the healthcare industry until retirement – though an even greater number, 84%, worry that the industry isn’t doing enough to address poor pay, understaffing, and burnout.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 27, 2023

There is a related requirement in HIPAA for ‘ Unique User Identification’ , meaning that all computer users must be uniquely identifiable, prohibiting shared generic logins like ‘Nurse’, ‘Receptionist’, etc. retained for 6 years. Whatever your sanction policy is, make sure you share it with your staff.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 20, 2020

” To support staff and patients, the health center began reviewing a telemedicine application called Otto that could integrate with its NextGen EHR. ” "Our health center also has purchased information technology services and equipment that will integrate our telehealth technology with our existing EHR."

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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 26, 2024

During my doctoral study in nursing practice a couple of years ago, I learned about a champion of nursing informatics, Dr. Nancy Staggers. Dr. Staggers assisted in developing the American Nursing Association’s Scopes and Standards of Practice. She also contributed to electronic health record (EHR) implementation.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2021

There’s a classic software problem that many who use an EHR don’t understand. This was highlighted in a recent tweet by Dr. Graham Walker: While Epic is certainly responsible for a lot of issues with its EHR, at least half of the complaints I see on social media from doctor/nurse users are actually due to […].

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

According to Eli Ben-Joseph, CEO and co-founder at Regard, their tool “amplifies and empowers doctors and nurses who use it to be the best they can be.” ” Regard is also dedicated to reducing the administrative burden on clinicians, where so many tools ask them to do somethning extra.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2020

By Anne Dabrow Woods, critical care nurse practitioner, Chester County Hospital These are the days we never thought we’d see – unimagined times, pushing our nurses and healthcare workers to the brink with the demands […]. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Innovative care models including fetal cardiology, seizure-rescue-medication teaching for school nurses, and virtual nurse visits to reduce post-discharge readmissions. Patient-family experience, overall, 86.3% positive (n=995), which is on par with the organization’s overall satisfaction for in-person ambulatory care.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

physicians and nurses as the pandemic emerged in early 2020. The poorly-conceived rollout of EHRs following the HITECH Act legislation and incentives, from design to implementation, led to a lot more insights about how technology can be well-intended and an epic fail for those who were meant to benefit from a shiny new thing.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2024

Information is often taken directly from their EHR and displayed at the entrance to the room. No longer does a nurse have to take extra time to post a physical marker. They do display a few more facts, such as the nurse in charge of that patient. Putting too much information would mean that crucial information would be missed.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 7, 2024

A Nursa survey found 86% of health systems had 10% or more of their nursing staff quit in 2023. Kentucky-based Lotus Weight Loss & Wellness implemented eClinicalWorks EHR and healow Open Access for online booking and increased new patient visits by 30%.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

Do not use the EHR for clinical communication. EHRs are essential for hospital operations and most include a communication feature. However, O’Connor said, it is a mistake to rely on the EHR for clinical communication. EHRs are not designed to provide the real-time, contextual communication needed by clinicians.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 26, 2024

"We now have a fit-for-purpose space where our doctors, nurses and even our oral health team, physiotherapist and other allied health clinicians can set up full-scale clinics," remarked RFDS South Australia/Northern Territory chair Peter de Cure.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The company recently expanded the platform's capabilities to support those in inpatient settings to work across hospital, ambulatory, telehealth, skilled nursing facilities and home health. "We support bidirectional integration with all major EHRs, including Epic, Cerner, Meditech, and Athena."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 23, 2021

The other area that I think we're quite interested in, because we do own some post-acute facilities at UPMC, is the SNF at home – sort of the post-acute care type of experience that can be done at home, different from just the traditional home health nurse. Let's talk about EHRs a little bit. How can they do better?

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Enzyme Health

JUNE 5, 2019

Nurse practitioner Michelle Everhart loved her career, but when she got pregnant she struggled with the decision of whether to leave the job she loved to spend more time with her son. From Family Nurse Practitioner to Urgent Care Telemedicine NP. I’ve been a nurse since 2007. What’s your background? My life has changed a lot.

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