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6 EHR Optimization Tips

Healthcare IT Today

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. […].

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Downstream Impacts of EHR Optimization

Healthcare IT Today

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).

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Weekly Roundup – February 17, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Andy Oram dove into the approach Health Note is taking to questionnaires, which includes combing EHR data to create specific questions relevant to each patient and customizing for different types of care providers , including schools and community clinics. Read more… Why Self-Scheduling Has Reached a Tipping Point.

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Health Care Portals: Looking Beyond the Patients’ Horizon

Healthcare IT Today

athenahealth’s integrations with hospital EHR systems allow the platform to receive discharge instructions when a patient leaves a hospital. Automation is supported by exchanging data with the EHR and other sources of information, such as the user’s location. Technology has the potential to improve both simultaneously.

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How the pandemic has reshaped CIOs' views on adaptability, agility, security and hiring

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In this 11th installment in Healthcare IT News ' Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era feature series, we speak with three health IT leaders from points across the map, including: Dr. Andrew W. Burchett, chief medical information officer at Avera Health, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

The PHI includes the PII and other data like medical record indicators, health plan identifiers, certificate or license numbers, vehicle identification and license plate, and biometric identifiers (such as the face, fingerprints, voice, and eye retina).

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. 2023 was a tipping point for telehealth treatment. Surya Singh, CEO at InformedDNA I believe/predict health plans, providers, and patients will begin witnessing the evolution of precision medicine into precision health.