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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. Consumer demand in healthcare has shifted; led by the need to meet patient convenience inside, as well as outside, the four walls of the organization. hospital beds.

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The Evolution of the EHR Service Desk and Leveraging an Outside Provider

Healthcare IT Today

They do ask callers to distinguish between regular service and the “clinical service desk,” which mostly helps people use the EPIC EHR. UI Health switched its EHR to EPIC in 2020, planning to do intensive training for service desk workers after the switch. It can better scale up and down to handle 24/7 services.

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What to Look for in an EMR for Psychiatry

TheraNest

Choosing the right EMR for your psychiatry practice is an important decision. A good EMR solution can make you more efficient and make your practice more enjoyable to run. But choosing an EMR that lacks the features you need can sap your energy and waste time. A Robust Client Portal. Appointment Self-Scheduling .

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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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Greenway Incorporating Health Equity Features into its EHR

Healthcare IT Today

Addressing health equity starts with meeting patients where they are. The natural place to capture and display this type of information is in the Electronic Health Record (EHR). EHRs have a role in addressing health equity. EHRs hold a lot of data. Other Greenway enhancements. Enhanced support for phones and tablets.

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Pharmacy Interoperability and Pharmacy Perspectives Coming Out of the ONC Annual Meeting

Healthcare IT Today

Babbrah had also just attended the ONC Annual meeting and shares with us how ONC’s interoperability and efforts to stop information blocking are going to impact medication sharing.

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Virtual care's new frontier: Beyond the telehealth evolution

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth helped to meet demand, but virtual care innovators are touting a hybrid care model, with an emphasis on asynchronous communication. Demand for behavioral health services outstripped supply at the height of COVID-19.