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Integrated EHR enables shift to virtual post-discharge follow-up

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The research team studied nearly 250,000 hospital discharges in patients with diabetes from 2005 to 2011. From 2006 to 2010, they explained, an integrated delivery system staggered implementation of an integrated EHR across 17 hospitals. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Physician burnout is at an all-time high, says AMA

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Within UCHealth's EHR, providers can now see previously inaccessible data, like lower-cost options. "By making this information accessible at the point of care and integrating with our EHR, the technology also reduces the administrative burden on clinical staff and streamlines workflows," Dr. physicians was 62.8%

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DrFirst Acquires Diagnotes Secure Messaging and Care Coordination Platform

Healthcare IT Today

” Diagnotes was launched in 2011 and primarily serves clients in the Midwest and southern regions of the U.S. DrFirst solutions are used by nearly 325,000 healthcare professionals, including more than 220,000 prescribers, 70,000 pharmacies, 300 EHRs and health information systems, and 1,500 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada.

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Health Care Portals: Looking Beyond the Patients’ Horizon

Healthcare IT Today

athenahealth’s integrations with hospital EHR systems allow the platform to receive discharge instructions when a patient leaves a hospital. Automation is supported by exchanging data with the EHR and other sources of information, such as the user’s location. Technology has the potential to improve both simultaneously.

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Kareo Acquires PatientlySpeaking to Add RPA-Powered Capabilities for Billing Companies and Medical Practices

Healthcare IT Today

PatientlySpeaking was founded in 2011 with a mission […].

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Nordic Consulting Acquires Healthcare Consulting Company Hygeian

Healthcare IT Today

Founded in 2011 by David Chevins, Hygeian utilizes an innovative management consultancy model to help clients leverage the expertise of the top independent healthcare management consultants at an affordable cost.

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Parsing eCW’s $155M payment to the government

Docnotes

EHR purchase / deployment / optimization is a multi-year initiative. You don’t want your patients / competitors / peers to know that your EHR doesn’t work as expected. Indeed, the imperfection of the program was a motivating factor for me to join the government in 2011. You made a mistake.

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