It’s time to evolve how we measure the success of EHRs to make us healthier
KevinMD
JANUARY 6, 2024
We’ve known for the last decade that electronic health records (EHRs) have a significant impact on physicians’ ability to deliver high-value care.
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KevinMD
JANUARY 6, 2024
We’ve known for the last decade that electronic health records (EHRs) have a significant impact on physicians’ ability to deliver high-value care.
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Today, we’re featuring the EHR Strategic Advisory Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers.
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Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 10, 2024
Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Do you have an open health IT position that you are looking to fill?
KevinMD
JUNE 11, 2022
How the EHR is like a growing blob originally appeared in KevinMD.com. Finally, after three years, we will get the next installment of Stranger Things and another round of monsters, friendships, and 80s memories. For those of us Gen X-ers who grew up when all that retro fashion and music wasn’t retro, it’s. Read more….
KevinMD
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Clinical decision support tools in the EHR are gaining momentum. In the late 1800s, the telephone created unexpected challenges in medical practice at its inception; it brought Read more… New primary care decision support tools make offloading below-license tasks from the EHR more important than ever originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 27, 2024
While we happily helped many health IT professionals find jobs and healthcare organizations fill their health IT positions, our focus has definitely moved from growing the job board to the content, podcasts, and videos we have been doing on Healthcare IT Today. That doesn’t require a health IT specific job board.
KevinMD
OCTOBER 13, 2021
It has been a central goal of Health and Human Services (HHS) to at first encourage and later mandate sharing clinical data across multiple electronic health records. Sharing medical information between EHRs: 4 different approaches originally appeared in KevinMD.com. Unfortunately, progress has been slow. Read more….
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 13, 2024
We haven’t seen this much universal interest in a health IT product since the government offered $36 billion in stimulus money for EHR software. Plus, we dive into the important topic of EHR integration. In this interview, Sunoh notes that available APIs with Oracle Health (Cerner) are also integrated.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
ECRI's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety is working with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association chart some of the common challenges involved in integrating behavioral health systems with primary care EHRs. Optimize clinical documentation for behavioral health and primary care integration.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 23, 2022
Today, we’re featuring the EHR Implementation Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. This position was posted by Cayuga Centers and is in New York.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 26, 2022
One thing I’ve learned in 16 years writing about health IT and particularly focused on EMR (now EHR if you prefer), is that the EHR still impacts so many things in the life of a clinician. Yes, hospitals and health systems have 1000s of health IT solutions that they have to manage, upgrade, secure, etc. […].
KevinMD
MAY 19, 2020
If you are a physician unhappy with your current EHR system (surveys suggest 2 out of 3 are), and you do have the ability to switch, this article is for you. Our COVID-19 pandemic may place you in a bad financial time for this, but it's also placed you in an excellent time to plan […]. Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com.
KevinMD
AUGUST 31, 2021
This system is still as common in health care settings. From electric fish to smart device EHRs: the mind-blowing evolution of health care technology originally appeared in KevinMD.com. Read more….
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 6, 2024
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were designed to streamline operations and improve coordination across healthcare systems. And while EHRs have largely benefited the organizations that have adopted them, data accuracy is still a point of concern. Data entry is still fraught with human error.
KevinMD
MARCH 19, 2022
How an AI bot transformed my EHR experience originally appeared in KevinMD.com. I was ecstatic to be part of the generation that entered the computer age in medicine. The first day I opened a chart on a pull-down menu within a pixelated screen I felt like I was ushering in the future. Read more….
KevinMD
SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
Ironically, the same electronic health records (EHRs) initially designed as a tool to help physicians diagnose diseases have largely evaded diagnostic scrutiny. Talk to physicians who utilize them on a daily basis, however, and it becomes abundantly clear that today’s EHRs are ailing.
KevinMD
APRIL 24, 2018
Physicians have a love-hate relationship with the electronic health record (EHR). And on the other, today's EHR systems are cumbersome, clunky and slow physicians down. Indeed, there's much to love and much to hate about today's EHRs, alongside a variety of ways to address the problems they create.
KevinMD
AUGUST 10, 2019
In 2012 our practice invested $300,000 into building computer infrastructure and the purchase of a brand-spanking-new electronic health record, commonly referred to as an EHR. The mandate for this purchase was brought forth from the federal government with the intent to improve overall health care communication.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 3, 2024
Let us take that stress away by finding a mix of great health IT jobs for you! We hope you enjoy this look at some of the health IT jobs we saw healthcare organizations trying to fill this week. Health Epic Beaker Analyst – Engage Partners Inc. Do you have an open health IT position that you are looking to fill?
KevinMD
OCTOBER 13, 2021
It has been a central goal of Health and Human Services (HHS) to at first encourage and later mandate sharing clinical data across multiple electronic health records. Sharing medical information between EHRs: 4 different approaches originally appeared in KevinMD.com. Unfortunately, progress has been slow. Read more….
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS) EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom? The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others. The upshot?
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Software giant Oracle has integrated generative AI services into its Cerner electronic medical record system as health IT companies race to harness this cutting-edge tech for providers. The use of AI will help reduce physician "pajama time," Oracle executives said Tuesday.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Today, we’re featuring the EHR Product Demonstration Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. Here’s a description of the position: The role of the EHR Product Demonstration […]. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 17, 2023
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the central technology pillar for healthcare organizations. EHRs are vital to both clinical and administrative operations. Because of that, we wanted to dedicate an entire article to where EHRs are headed in 2023. What is your prediction for the EHR market in 2023?
Healthcare IT Today
MARCH 14, 2022
Today, we’re featuring the Director of EHR Systems Operations position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. This position was posted by Cayuga Centers and is in New York.
Healthcare IT Today
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
But in a time when our industry is facing high staff overtime and burnout, there’s simply no way that we can be aware of everything happening in health IT. What should be trending right now in health IT? So what trend isn’t being talked about enough? The following is what they had to share with us.
KevinMD
DECEMBER 9, 2017
You sign in, and there it is, your third request for your password just to open your electronic health record (EHR). It seems physicians are becoming increasingly frustrated with EHRs, and in most surveys, EHRs are noted as a main contributing factor to physician burnout. Read more.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 3, 2020
It would be nice if the analytics packages included with EHRs did exactly what you hoped they would do. However, for many health IT leaders these analytics platforms just aren’t cutting it, if the results of a recent survey are […]. After all, you want the various capabilities you manage to play nicely with one another.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 4, 2023
This familiar scene exemplifies the unnecessary burdens traditional EHRs have placed on providers, patients, and the overall healthcare system. As a former ER physician and current digital health professional, I’ve dealt with these challenges firsthand—and see the enormous potential EHRs hold to change care experiences for the better.
Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 26, 2021
Today, we’re featuring the NextGen EPM & EHR Technology Specialist position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. This position was posted by Planned Parenthood Northern, Central and Southern and is in New Jersey.
Lloyd Price
JANUARY 23, 2024
Exec Summary: The intersection of large language models (LLMs), electronic health records (EHRs), and social determinants of health (SDoH) holds immense potential for revolutionising healthcare delivery and improving population health outcomes. Robust data governance and anonymisation techniques are essential.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Region Tag: Global Edition Hide Collection: 0 Primary topic: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) By Bill Siwicki | October 18, 2021.
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 27, 2022
Yesterday we shared 6 EHR optimization tips with you. Today, we’re going to look at the ecosystem of technology that interacts with the EHR and makes the EHR experience better (or worse if done wrong).
Healthcare IT Today
MAY 15, 2023
Greenway Health continues to focus their efforts on optimizing their EHR. Michael Blackman, Chief Medical Officer at Greenway Health to learn more about the company’s EHR optimization activities. Job #1 for an EHR “An EHR should help people provide better care,” Dr. Blackman stated emphatically.
KevinMD
MARCH 20, 2018
At the start of the transition to electronic health records (EHRs), I was totally on board as one would expect of a millennial doctor. I, along with my fellow millennials, grew up alongside the internet. But, I did find myself in a unique position in the millennial.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry. If this looks like a position that would interest you, check out the full details for the job and how to apply. You can also register for free and post your resume where recruiters search for job candidates regularly.
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 11, 2023
There were a number of Health IT companies that came by at #ViVE2023 to share their latest product developments and company news. Here is what CPSI , Linus Health , Imprivata , Mediktor , and Fortified Health Security had to say. Be sure to check out all of our coverage of the ViVE conference.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 17, 2020
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently finalized a new rule to support seamless and secure access, exchange and use of electronic health information (EHI). […].
Healthcare IT Today
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Before I dive into the specifics of these new requirements from CMS, let’s consider what this means for EHR vendors: more work and increased investment on top of what’s waiting when the next regulatory shoe drops. Both will require EHRs to redevelop different aspects of their roadmap simultaneously. And then what?
Digital Health Global
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Previously, Resilience Healthcare used different EHR systems for acute and ambulatory care. Additionally, the organization will implement Altera’s Ventus Contract Management, Ventus Compliance Advisor and Ventus Intelligent Coding solutions to optimize revenue and reduce compliance risk.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 13, 2021
One of the most important and least covered things in healthcare IT is the various EHR Documentation Workstations. No doubt it’s a regular topic of conversations at healthcare organizations because an EHR workstation configuration really impacts EHR users experience and therefore the patient.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 7, 2023
While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.
Healthcare IT Today
OCTOBER 28, 2022
MEDITECH continues to invest and expand into the ambulatory EHR market. Healthcare IT Today spoke with Sandra Greene, Product and Marketing Manager for MEDITECH’s Ambulatory EHR. The company recently made their Expanse Ambulatory solution available to independent and physician-owned practices.
Healthcare IT Today
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Under supervision, the incumbent maintains clinical nursing and provider modules within the electronic health record (EHR), assists with staff education pertinent to clinical information technology, performs data analysis, and assists with assessment, implementation and evaluation of new technology.
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