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Health IT execs offer thoughts on the big issues of 2021

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" EHRs: Automation can help. Burnout has been an ongoing scourge at hospitals for years now, and the crushing demands of the pandemic have only made it worse for physicians , nurses , telehealth managers and others. Electronic health records don't usually help, even if their impact on burnout is more complex than many realize.

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How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Anna Twomey , Senior Director, Healthcare Providers – Americas at SS&C Blue Prism With rising staffing shortages and burnout among healthcare workers, digital transformation will be key to overcoming these challenges and protecting patient care. It’s estimated that the U.S.

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Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

We are a diverse team of physicians, technologists, MBAs, nurses, and operators. You will be recognized and appreciated for your curiosity, tenacity and ability to challenge the status quo; approaching problems with an optimistic attitude.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

He sees an opportunity not only in connecting providers with different EHR systems serving common patients, but in applying these tools at the statewide HIE level. That generates a call from the care team to the ED. In a nursing facility for over N days? In a hospital emergency room?

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

EHRs: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) go one step beyond EMRs by tracking clinical data from multiple facilities and agencies. EHRs share a patient’s medical history from all providers involved in his or her care, and are often digitized to improve efficiency, care and cost.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

EHRs: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) go one step beyond EMRs by tracking clinical data from multiple facilities and agencies. EHRs share a patient’s medical history from all providers involved in his or her care, and are often digitized to improve efficiency, care and cost.