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These Three Things Can Bring EHRs to the Next Level

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Dr. Mark Pratt , Chief Medical Officer at Altera Digital Health The patient quietly sits while her physician delves into the data stored in her electronic health record, combing through different screens for specific information. Here’s how. It’s past time to deliver on this.

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Telehealth Linked to Physician EHR Burden

Digital Health Wire

Telehealth is great for a lot of things, but reducing physician EHR burdens isn’t one of them, according to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Time spent working in the EHR during PSHs increased from 4.53 Time spent working in the EHR during PSHs increased from 4.53 of all encounters. hours for every eight PSHs.

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5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price

2018 Digital Health Prediction 2: Voice technology will be the first step to personalising pharma. 2018 Digital Health Prediction 3 : Healthbots will increasingly focus on solving automation problems in Healthcare, such as workflow data entry and fraud detection. After years of ambition, hype and hope.

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The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network Leverages Digital Health to Engage High Risk Employees in Maintaining a Healthy Weight

Xealth

It is important that, as a health system, we do the same for each member of our team,” said Bradley Crotty, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer of Inception Health, the innovation arm of the Froedtert & MCW health network; and Associate Professor of Medicine, MCW.

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Digital health news briefs for 6/7/2018

Mobi Health News

Connected via Bluetooth, the spirometer includes a touch screen interface, EHR connectivity, and proprietary technology to improve device calibration and accuracy. Henry Schein Medical announced today the launch of its EasyOne Air Spirometer, a device designed to measure lung function and improve diagnosis of COPD.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. GDP, in 2018.

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Five Things Digital Health Companies Need to do to Achieve Success

The Digital Health Corner

It has been a long time since my last post of 2018. The digital health economic, clinical, regulatory, and political landscapes have changed significantly since then. One of my tenets of the differences between a digital health tool and a solution is the ability to solve an existing problem. Create credibility.