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EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS The study proposed that if telemedicine expansion indicates physicians spending more overall time in EHRs, health systems and policymakers may need to alter productivity expectations and their reimbursement policies. They found that physician time spent working in the EHR during patient scheduled hours increased from 4.53

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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. Comparing the pre- and post-pandemic windows, telehealth use increased from 3.1% Comparing the pre- and post-pandemic windows, telehealth use increased from 3.1%

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Osmind EHR integrates Zoom for psychiatry telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Within the Osmind EHR, clinicians can access a suite of digital tools to meet high-patient demand, like progress monitoring and journaling tools. "As clinicians, we have a professional obligation to only use telehealth platforms that are HIPAA-compliant," she added. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

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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. As researchers noted in the study, clinicians in the United States already have a greater EHR burden than those outside the country , potentially (but not always ) contributing to burnout. minutes of EHR active-use time.

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Mass General Brigham on the finer points of EHR-telehealth integration

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As more health systems begin to build out their virtual care portfolios, they're quickly finding that integrating with their EHR is an essential piece to providing an experience that delights patients and doesn't disrupt care providers. Ambulatory was more difficult to iterate, due to the EHR integration.

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Grady Health System gets through 2020 with Epic-linked telehealth and RPM

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But when COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March, the system’s telehealth strategy took a sharp turn. Tight Epic EHR integration imperative. Atlanta-based Grady Health System has historically offered some telemedicine services to the community.

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Epic EHR-linked telehealth skyrockets at Children’s Colorado

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

” Phase One was mobilization, ramping up telehealth services quickly to meet patient and family needs. "We overhauled our telehealth training and onboarding effort to ensure provider acceptance, knowledge and compliance with best practice standards for tele-enabled practice." " John F.