Healthcare IT Today

MAY 17, 2023

We focused especially on systems that use advanced machine learning techniques to address the serious problem of physician burnout related to heavy workloads required to document patient care in electronic health record systems (EHRs). EHRs have multiple benefits. EHR workloads have become a significant cause of physician burnout.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2023

Improved EHR Help Desk Support Mitigates these Issues while Making a Positive Impact on Clinician Workflow and Patient Care. Among many well-documented pain points for clinicians is the complexity of dealing with electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 26, 2023

We’ve only seen a few times where something has dramatically changed the EHR product roadmap. The first time this happened was when the HITECH act and associated $36 billion of stimulus money was included to stimulate adoption of EHR software. In order to get access to that stimulus money, you had to use a certified EHR.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The 2020 HIMSS Annual Conference is just under 4 weeks away. In case you don’t know about the HIMSS conference, it brings together 40,000-50,000 of the best and brightest healthcare IT professionals along with 1300+ exhibitors in one conference in Orlando, FL.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine has agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower suit alleging that the vendor engaged in varied kickback schemes as well as causing its provider customers to submit false claims. The lawsuit was filed in 2017 by law firms Phillips and Cohen LLP and Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

When they finally have a chance to check their emails, they are frequently multitasking or rushing between meetings and discussions with colleagues. Healthcare workers, from doctors and nurses to administrative staff, are often overwhelmed with critical patient care responsibilities and day-to-day operations.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 23, 2023

The alliance was a bold gesture made ten years ago by leading EHR vendors to demonstrate their commitment to data sharing. She also pointed out how encouraging it was to see an even split of men and women in a meeting with candidate QHINs and federal partners. This is the burden still faced by three quarters of U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s not a huge surprise that the week of the ONC Meeting, they would make a number of big announcements for those of us in health IT. HTI-1 Final Rule Appropriately, we’ve been breaking down what health IT and EHR vendors need to expect when it comes to HTI-1 in our Healthcare Regulatory Talk series.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 9, 2023

Given that DrFirst works with 300 EHR and other health IT partners and athenahealth touches 20% of physicians in the US, they were able to offer some really detailed perspectives on the evolution of e-prescribing and what it still needs to be even more successful. This would allow them to better meet the needs of prescribers and patients.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Improved Vendor Engagement MGMA introduced a new hosted buyer program at this year’s conference, allowing vendors to sponsor attendee registrations in exchange for one-on-one meetings to explore potential fit. The approach, a win-win for MGMA, attendees, and vendors, created more value for sponsoring companies.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

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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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2024

They do ask callers to distinguish between regular service and the “clinical service desk,” which mostly helps people use the EPIC EHR. UI Health switched its EHR to EPIC in 2020, planning to do intensive training for service desk workers after the switch. It can better scale up and down to handle 24/7 services.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 26, 2021

Still on my bucket list of conferences to attend is the Epic UGM (User Group Meeting) they hold every year for Epic users. I love user conferences because you hear about the true realities users face. Plus, there’s a common bond on the same application that makes finding someone who shares your challenges easy. As […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 2, 2023

and Chief Medical Officer at CPSI New collaboration between mobile app developer, EHR vendor and health systems decreases clinician stress The perennial challenge of clinical burnout has reached an inflection point. The following is a guest article by William J. Hayes, M.D.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 27, 2020

To meet the challenges of serving this population in the time of COVID-19, DVCH recently went through a technology upgrade that helped to support remote workers and allowed clinicians to […].

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

And how can we make sure these devices are affordable, scalable, secure, and can interconnect with current healthcare technologies such as EMRs? Digital services and technologies for personal use increased, prompting the healthcare industry to modernize its services and technologies to meet consumer demands.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2024

In the spirit of prevention of burn out, where technology can automate administrative burden, make chart reviews more efficient, use ambient listening capabilities to reduce time spent in the EHR will have a positive impact on the clinical burnout epidemic.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 23, 2023

The theme of this year’s Epic User Group Meeting (UGM) was Castaway which was inspired by both the Tom Hank’s movie as well as earlier fare like Gilligan’s Island. A more appropriate theme may have been the Fast and Furious movies given the fast pace of announcements from senior company leaders on Day 2 of the event.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For federal agencies and state and regional exchanges, this is an excellent time to demonstrate leadership in interoperability by joining a network that will likely provide a ready on-ramp to TEFCA. And while it’s not clear when the first QHINs will be fully certified, it’s not too soon for potential participants to consider their options. .

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2019

It’s not hard to see the appeal of such technologies, which stand to meet the objectives of many groups within healthcare. Digital therapeutics — therapeutic interventions driven by software rather than pharmaceuticals – have been on pharma’s viewscreen for quite some time.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 31, 2023

At ReMedi , we frequently support health systems going through transitions at various stages of the EHR life cycle. Along the way, we almost inevitably uncover challenges surrounding the quality of the patient data transferred to the new and existing EHR. Clinicians vs. Abstractors: Who should do it?

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

Providers not using certified EHR may face downward payment adjustments to their Medicare reimbursements in the affected payment year. Engage with Health IT Developers: Collaborate closely with certified health IT developers to ensure that the DSIs integrated into your systems meet HTI-1 Final Rule standards.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 9, 2024

Integrating diverse systems–BD analytics, predictive tools, medical devices, patient portals, EMRs, and more–facilitates real-time information flow, for real time decision making. Kari Hall, Chief Strategy Officer at PointClickCare In 2024, EHR data will be crucial for advancing care in conjunction with generative AI.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 3, 2024

They also showed some ways that they can personalize the note creation to the specific doctor so it meets their specific needs and style. One other great feature they demo in this video is what they call Dot Phrases.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

Instead, patients will start to see consumer-grade tools that make it easy to download, register, book and conduct visits – all fully integrated into major EMRs. We predict healthcare organizations will begin to look for solutions that will enable their staff to meet this demand and offer support for diagnosis and the titration of drugs.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 10, 2023

Meeting Practices Where They Are “Our mission at EverHealth is simplifying and empowering the lives of healthcare providers, the administrators, and indirectly, the patients they serve,” said Lasky. “To To do that, we surround our customers with assets that meet them where they are.” The small and medium practice market is unique.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

Whether it’s clients or clearing houses, the EMR technology and the workflows that are available there. I think it’s worth just noting too the fear of losing your job…it’s important to make the distinction and good communication at the leadership level. 00:13:38] Jess Stover : Yeah, it is.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 10, 2018

DoD will be first in line once it’s ready, so as to exhibit “leadership,”right?) However once you hit “whole organization” level systems, as you do with an organization-wide EMR/EHR, putting a bit of distance between you and the primary vendor becomes important. CommonWell hooks itself up to the rest of the world! Brian Too ).

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