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Doctors Love Alerts Until They Don’t

Healthcare IT Today

You can imagine the EHR Product Manager that had the great idea to alert physicians to a drug to drug interaction or an allergy issue. It seems obvious that an alert like this is going to help doctors provide better care to their patients. This sounds great until you get into the nitty gritty details.

EHR 101
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A rural Kansas FQHC brings remote patient monitoring to the underserved

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Therefore, in an area with high rates of chronic disease, many patients may not be able to travel to the clinic for a weekly blood pressure check with the nurse, even though these are free and quick appointments." "We worked with our EHR vendor, eClinicalWorks, to implement integrated telehealth solutions within a few days.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2020

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. The hope, of course, is that the galvanizing technology innovations that have emerged from the stress and disruption of the past year will be foundational to a better, brighter world in 2021 and beyond.

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How can I start a telemedicine program, and what does it cost?

AMD Telemedicine

The cost of quality, FDA-registered medical devices for basic primary care services can range from $500 to $5,000, and this would include devices such as examination cameras, ENT scopes, ECGs, and digital stethoscopes. Form Factor Design and Mobility. Bandwidth and Internet Connection Recommendations.

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Zealous for Wellness: Deciding What Kind of Change You Want

Healthcare IT Today

Resilient Healthcare Employs Extensive Data Analytics Resilient Healthcare provides in-home care for conditions that have traditionally required a hospital stay. Payers are naturally interested in evidence that Resilient Healthcare can provide comparable care and reduce readmissions. ” The results?

Medicare 101
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Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Society for Participatory Medicine

Healthcare informatics provides electronic access to medical records for patients, doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, insurance companies and health information technicians. Before the introduction of the HITECH Act, only 10 percent of hospitals had adopted EHRs. Here are three of them.

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Top Six Healthcare Executive Challenges in 2019

Henry Kotula

Primary care. Physician and nurse shortages will continue to intensify in 2019, creating significant operational and financial challenges for healthcare organizations. On the nursing side, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a need for 649,100 replacement nurses by 2024. Living with EHR choices.

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