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Supplementing Your EHR To Improve Patient Care and Experience

Electronic Health Reporter

As of 2017, nearly nine in 10 office-based physicians had implemented an electronic health record (EHR). Despite widespread adoption, a 2018 Quest Diagnostics survey was among the first to cast doubt on overall usefulness of “basic” EHRs. Only 39% of physicians surveyed believed […].

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Emerging Technologies Shaping the Health IT Landscape and How They Contribute to Improving Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

To help, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: what emerging technologies in Health IT are currently shaping the landscape, and how do they contribute to improved patient outcomes and healthcare delivery ? The following is what they had to share.

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For Oak Orchard, telehealth relieves shortage of medical, dental and mental health pros

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

COVID-19 forced Oak Orchard Health, a health system based in Brockport, New York, to change the way it did almost everything at its health centers – beginning with its inability to see patients face to face. Typically, patients are unable to get reliable transportation. THE PROBLEM But services were needed more than ever.

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Why CMHCs should consider building a formal telepsychiatry program

Iris Telehealth

As COVID-19 continues to impact communities across the United States, many CMHCs are looking into building a sustainable future that incorporates telepsychiatry into their core services with the hope of supporting their patient populations and improving behavioral health care access. But, we’re here to help you get started.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

For something as important and as sensitive as healthcare, there are plenty of rules and regulations in place to protect both patients and organizations. Further, as artificial intelligence (AI) takes center stage, new regulations may be needed to disclose the nature and source of care dispensed. The following is what they had to say.

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Virtua Health offers lessons in creating a Digital Transformation Office, Part 1

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtua Health is a nonprofit community health system with five hospitals, seven urgent care centers and 280-plus locations across South New Jersey and Philadelphia. It employs 14,000 people, including more than 2,850 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, and has more than one million patient encounters per year.

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Telemedicine 101: Answering Your Questions

GlobalMed

Correctional leaders have asked how to provide medical care without inmates leaving the facilities. Hospitals want to supplement their coverage with virtual provider networks. So today we’re answering their most common questions – and hopefully helping those of you out there who are just beginning your telemedicine journey.