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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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DrChrono launches video telehealth features for its mobile EHR platform, with patient-facing service to come next month

Mobi Health News

The integrated app allows providers using DrChrono's platform to schedule and launch video visits from within their calendar, while next month's tool helps patients search for and receive virtual care.

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Geisinger saves $560K in pilot integrating video visits into Epic MyChart

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This was largely because telemedicine visits were not embedded in the patient portal, MyChart from Geisinger's EHR vendor Epic , said Benjamin C. "After their visit, providers had the ability to share a copy of the patient's treatment plan via specialty plans of care in the Epic EHR."

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Zoom announces new integration with Cerner EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The initiative, which is currently available to beta customers , is aimed at facilitating easier access to telehealth from within Cerner's EHR. Cerner users at hospitals, health systems, physician offices and clinics will be able to launch secure Zoom visits directly within EHR workflows, the companies say. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Athenahealth launches new EHR-embedded telehealth tool

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" 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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Tackling the challenge of integrating telehealth seamlessly into the EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Here, Lotan shares his expertise with the combined forces of telehealth and EHRs. When attempting to integrate telehealth with an EHR, what is the importance of synchronous versus asynchronous virtual care workflows? Physicians increasingly are spending large chunks of their day on administrative tasks instead of caring for patients.

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Clinicians have spent even more time in the EHR during COVID-19 – is telehealth to blame?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By July 2020, clinicians were spending consistently more time in the EHR than before COVID-19. "An obvious potential driver of this finding is that many clinicians delivered care virtually via telemedicine, including both phone and video visits," observed researchers. minutes of EHR active-use time.

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