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Telehealth, hybrid care adding to physicians' EHR workload

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While telehealth alone doesn't appear to add significantly to a primary care physician's workload, mixing modalities – telehealth and in-person hybrid care environments – led to a 6% increase in time spent with documentary and EHR work, new research shows. more medical record review minutes. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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EHR documentation burdens increasing with virtual care expansion, says study

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

WHY IT MATTERS The study proposed that if telemedicine expansion indicates physicians spending more overall time in EHRs, health systems and policymakers may need to alter productivity expectations and their reimbursement policies. They found that physician time spent working in the EHR during patient scheduled hours increased from 4.53

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Health IT Trends that Deserve More Attention

Healthcare IT Today

These new ideas and technologies are only successful, however, if enough people collectively take notice and talk about it in order to make it trend. This then results in certain topics being neglected – regardless of their quality and how much you would personally like to see them trend. FHIR, HL7).

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Zoom announces new integration with Cerner EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The initiative, which is currently available to beta customers , is aimed at facilitating easier access to telehealth from within Cerner's EHR. Cerner users at hospitals, health systems, physician offices and clinics will be able to launch secure Zoom visits directly within EHR workflows, the companies say. THE LARGER TREND.

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Osmind EHR integrates Zoom for psychiatry telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Within the Osmind EHR, clinicians can access a suite of digital tools to meet high-patient demand, like progress monitoring and journaling tools. " THE LARGER TREND. Other EHR vendors, including Oracle Cerner and Epic , have already integrated Zoom with their platforms. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Clinicians have spent even more time in the EHR during COVID-19 – is telehealth to blame?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

By July 2020, clinicians were spending consistently more time in the EHR than before COVID-19. As researchers noted in the study, clinicians in the United States already have a greater EHR burden than those outside the country , potentially (but not always ) contributing to burnout. minutes of EHR active-use time.

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Tackling the challenge of integrating telehealth seamlessly into the EHR

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

That's why Healthcare IT News interviewed Ophir Lotan, vice president of product and customer success at telemedicine company TytoCare. Here, Lotan shares his expertise with the combined forces of telehealth and EHRs. But it's not necessarily an easy get.

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